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VOLUME 12, NO. 6

SPORTS PAGES 12-16 THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021

City serves up plan for courts Palm Coast considers $5.7 million Regional Racquet Center with dozens of courts PAGE 5

Shots for teachers

SURVEY SAYS ...

Citizen Survey results are in. What makes Palm Coast Palm Coast? PAGE 3

DOH to start vaccinating teachers; more than 25,000 residents vaccinated so far PAGE 2 INSIDE SLOW DOWN ON SLOW WAY VOTE Road closure delayed PAGE 3

KEEP MASKS ON FOR NOW

School Board members and superintendent oppose McDonald’s loosening suggestion PAGE 4

AFTERNOON WITH THE RABBI Q+A with Rose Eberle PAGE 6

SUBDIVISION PLANNED

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Judah and Talia Algee race up the new hill structure at Holland Park. Their mother, Rachel, said they are visiting from Jacksonville, and they love Holland Park. “This is the best city park we’ve ever been in, and we go to a lot of parks,” Rachel Algee said. “It’s unbelievable.”

At Pine Lakes Parkway and White Mill Drive PAGE 19

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MARCH 2

VANDALS RIP OUT FLAG POLE 7:47 a.m. 5400 block of Belle Terre Parkway.

Criminal mischief. Maintenance workers arrived at a local park in the morning and found that someone had ripped a flag pole from its base, causing an estimated $4,000 in damage.

An employee told deputies that he believed the damage occurred around school dismissal time.

Deputies are investigating and increasing patrols in the area.

MARCH 3

BARREL OF BONES 12:04 p.m. First block of Forest Hill Drive.

Suspicious incident. A man was

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County distributes nearly $10 million in CARES money A total of $9,786,014 in federal stimulus money has been distributed to 4,634 Flagler County residents and 701 small businesses, according to a Flagler County government news release.

The money was made available through three programs: CARES

cleaning up a property for a real estate company when he noticed an odd smell. He followed it until he found a pile of bones in a barrel on the western side of the property.

Deputies made contact with the home’s prior owner. The barrel wasn’t hers, she said, but other people had lived into house.

She’d been aware of the barrel beforehand: An assistant who was helping clean the backyard the previous weekend had noticed it.

Law enforcement collected the bones and presented them to the medical examiner’s office to make sure they weren’t human.

The medical examiner’s office found that they were not.

Individual Assistance; CARES Small Business Grants; and Coronavirus Relief Funds made available through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation.

Of the original CARES Funds, small businesses received $4,772,500, another $4,365,567 was distributed to individuals, and $644,947 was used to cover rent and utilities for low-income residents.

Health Department to vaccinate teachers The number of local COVID-19 cases has spiked, although hospitalizations are down.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The Florida Department of Health in Flagler County will hold a vaccination session for teachers on March 20, in accordance with federal guidelines that prioritize teachers and school staff for vaccinations.

The department has vaccinated close to 3,000 people per week for the last two weeks, Florida Department of Health-Flagler Health Officer Bob Snyder said on Flagler Broadcasting’s “Free For All Friday” radio program on March 5.

Teachers, school district staff, law enforcement officers over 50 and firefighters are now eligible for vaccination.

“We’re so glad this is happen-

BY THE NUMBERS

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Adult hospital ICU beds available in Flagler County

14 (down from 22 on Feb. 2)

Hospitalizations with Primary Diagnosis of COVID in Flagler County

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ing, the expansion of those getting the vaccine,” Snyder said.

Meanwhile, although COVIDrelated hospitalizations are down, the number of COVID-19 cases in Flagler County has increased: The daily case average was 27 last week, up from 23 the week before.

Florida Department of HealthFlagler Medical Officer Dr. Stephen Bickel said be believed behavior was the likely culprit.

“I think people are feeling like it’s starting to be in the past, or they’re getting worn out from the precautions,” Bickel said.

The county has had recent outbreaks at a migrant farm camp, at the Sabal Palms Assisted Living facility, and in third- and fourthgrade classes at Belle Terre Elementary School, Snyder said.

“Now’s not the time to be complacent about public health measures and not wearing masks,” he said.

A total of 25,467 people in Flagler County have been vaccinated so far, he said, and the county is ranked eighth out of the state’s 67 counties for the percentage of population vaccinated.

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What makes Palm Coast

Palm Coast?

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE THE CITY’S TOP THREE ASSETS ARE?

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alm Coast has many assets — its restaurants, its shopping, its tennis and golf facilities, its Community Center and City Hall — but the one most prized by people who answered Palm Coast’s 2020 Citizen Survey was the one not built by human hands: the natural habitat.

Asked about what they considered to be the city’s top asset, the largest share of respondents (28.31%) selected “natural habitat,” followed by “beautiful appearance” and “recreational opportunities.”

“Quality jobs” and “workforce talent” were selected by the fewest respondents, at less than 2% each. (See more selections in the image at right.)

The importance of the city’s scenic natural spaces was a priority for residents even in questions that weren’t directly about the environment: When a question asked respondents to rank their economic development priorities, the selection “preserving natural environment” topped the list, followed by workforce development, business resiliency, fiber network 5G service, innovation district, and diverse housing options.

Asked what types of recreational facilities or activities they’d like to see, the largest share of respondents selected “nature center,” then, in decreasing order, “cultural arts,” “outdoor sports/ recreation (disc golf, pickleball,

Preservation of the environment topped Palm Coast Citizen Survey respondents’ priorities.

Sense of community

28.31% Natural habitat 23.69% Beautiful appearance 20.46% Recreational opportunities

golf, croquet etc),” “multipurpose community center with recreation amenities (indoor gym),” “teen activities/after-school programs,” and “technology programs.”

Polled on how often they visit city parks and trails, and which ones they use, residents said they used Waterfront Park the most, followed by Holland Park and Linear Park.

One question addressed the impact of COVID-19, asking residents whether it had affected their employment. A total of 134 (4.5%) of the 2,970 survey respondents said they’d lost their jobs and 70 had retired as a result of the virus, while 282 had been required to work remotely.

That concerned City Councilman Ed Danko, who asked how representative the sample was.

“I am concerned about that 134 out of the 2,900 who say they’ve

Recreational opportunities

13.45% Sense of community 4.8% Educational opportunities 3.91% Business

lost their jobs,” Danko said during a presentation about the survey at a March 9 City Council workshop.

“Let’s hope it doesn’t reflect the entire city. ... When you do the math, it’s a little concerning.”

Councilman Nick Klufas pointed out that the Citizen Survey, which is created by city staff, is not statistically representative — unlike the International City & County Management Association’s National Community Survey, which is.

The two surveys are administered to Palm Coast residents on alternating years.

“We can extrapolate out numbers like that, but let’s just be careful,” Klufas said, “because like you’re saying, this universe doesn’t actually represent a proper cross-section. It’s just individuals who we could get to respond.”

Survey respondents were dis-

Beautiful appearance

Natural habitat

2.51% Diversity of housing 1.77% Workforce talent 1.11% Quality

proportionately homeowners and disproportionately retired.

Asked about development priorities, the largest share of respondents selected the development of the Town Center Innovation District as the most needed.

That selection, though, was followed by people who chose “not sure,” then by selections for industrial development in designated zones, commercial development off Matanzas Woods Parkway, residential and commercial development along U.S. 1, and “other.”

On growth and development priorities, respondents selected “providing adequate job opportunities,” “protection of natural resources,” and “protecting small town character” as their top three.

Respondents overwhelmingly said that they prefer to communicate with city staff the old fashioned way — by phone.

That option was followed, in decreasing order, by email, inperson, texting, Palm Coast Connect and postage mail.

Palm Coast in 2020 received its most positive ratings since 2015 in several metrics, including overall appearance, overall quality of life, overall economic health, feeling of safety, and the likelihood of respondents remaining in Palm Coast for the next five years.

WHO ANSWERED?

2,970

people completed the survey

7,060

people started the survey but did not finish it

67%

of survey respondents were 55 or older

55%

of respondents were female

20%

of survey respondents have children 17 or younger in their household

90%

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City delays Slow Way road closure decision Residents opposed to a proposed closure of Slow Way turned out at a City Council meeting March 2.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Palm Coast’s City Council has a delayed a decision on whether to close a road called Slow Way, opting not to finalize with a secondreading vote its earlier decision to close the road.

The council instead tabled the Slow Way agenda item and asked city staff to investigate further and report back.

The roughly 150 feet of roadway that link County Road 325 to residential Slow Drift Turn are a frequent cut-through for traffic heading between U.S. 1 and Seminole Woods Boulevard, to the frustration of some Slow Drift residents who see the nonlocal traffic — which is often speeding and includes large commercial trucks, they say — as a danger as well as a nuisance.

Residents who supported the closure turned up to speak at a council meeting on Feb. 16, the first time the council considered city staff’s suggestion to shut the road. Only a few people at that meeting criticized the proposed closure, and the council voted 5-0 to close the road.

But by the time the City Council considered the issue again for its second reading vote on March 2, word had spread about the impending road closure, and multiple residents told the council that a closure would add time to their daily commute and cut them off from easy access to friends, family and shopping.

One woman said that the closure would cut her 86-year-old mother off from her mailbox.

Some residents said they used Slow Way to get to the supermarket or to friends’ homes without having to navigate the roundabout on U.S. 1.

One man said his mother used Slow Way to avoid the roundabout because she didn’t feel safe on it.

“If you take that away from her, I don’t know how she’s going to get out, because she doesn’t like taking U.S. 1; that roundabout is not safe,” he said. “I’m all for it if you guys want to put a speed bump there if you think people are going too fast.”

Councilman Eddie Branquinho said he hadn’t heard those concerns before, and felt like he needed more information to make a decision. He proposed tabling the Slow Way proposal rather than voting on it.

Mayor Milissa Holland agreed, saying she wanted to know more about how the city’s traffic department had decided to recommend the road closure and what other alternatives city staff had considered.

“Without that, I can’t make a decision tonight,” she said. She added, “I really do appreciate residents who come out and voice their concerns.”

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School Board members, superintendent support mask policy Board member Janet McDonald had pushed to loosen mask policy.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

School Board members and Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt at a March 2 workshop rejected board member Janet McDonald’s push to loosen school mask restrictions.

McDonald, for the second workshop in a row, had pressed her fellow board members on masks, which she says don’t protect people from COVID-19 and are unhealthy. Those views are at odds with mainstream medical consensus and the advice of the CDC and Florida Department of Health.

“We have new information come to us and we have to adjust the way we’re going,” McDonald said. “Just to wait for somebody else to tell us, ‘Oh, the light is green now, we can go,’ is not being intellectually engaged and honest. We’re decision makers for 13,000 students, several thousands staff, and we’re a voice for an educated perspective. So, let’s present that to the public and let’s be open to ... seeing what actually fits now, now that we’ve been in this COVID fog for over a year.”

At a previous workshop in which McDonald spoke against masks, saying they make people less healthy and impede social and emotional growth, her fellow board members were silent. But on March 2, two of them made their opposition clear.

“I hate wearing a mask. ... But I do it because I think it’s the right thing,” board member Cheryl Massaro said. “Because I believe the science, I believe in our Health

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“Where we are right now as a school district is, I think, where we need to be.”

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tance of taking into account the district’s experiences with COVID-19.

“We have lost a principal in this community, and it hit this community hard. It hit FPC exceptionally hard,” Conklin said, speaking of the death of FPC Principal Tom Russell. “We’ve lost other folks to COVID who are staff, who are family members of teachers, and family members of students.”

Board member Jill Woolbright said her practice on masks has been to defer to the person in front of her, wearing one if that makes the person comfortable but also not objecting if someone else wants to remove theirs.

“I think science is on both sides of the aisle and is viewed differently on both sides of the aisle,” Woolbright said, “and it just really saddens me, the divide in our country. And I want to do everything I can do to bridge gaps and bridge education and understanding and respect of each others’ views and respect of each others’ right to have their views.”

Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt was not interested in changing current procedures.

“Creating a safe educational environment for day-to-day operations is my number one goal for every single student sand for all of our employees,” Mittelstadt said. “Where we are right now as a school district is, I think, where we need to be. Moving forward, over the summer and into next year, I think there’s some unknown factors that we can continue to explore.”

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Department here in Flagler County, and I will support their efforts in whatever way that I can: It’s as simple as that.”

Massaro was also tired of getting anti-mask emails from McDonald.

“I’ve asked before. I will ask now publicly: I don’t want these emails,” she said. “I don’t believe in the same things my colleague believes in.”

She added, “I will abide by whatever Flagler Health Department deems is necessary to keep our children safe — safer, in my mind. You know, I don’t care for the masks. But there are positive things that are coming out of it.

And we’ve lost 500,000 Americans. 500,000.”

Board member Colleen Conklin said nobody enjoys masks. But she wanted to follow the data.

“For me personally, I’m not seeing anything that would make me feel comfortable at this point in time removing the masks right now,” Conklin said. “For the start of next school year, I certainly hope ... we are not in the same place that we are. I can’t imagine that we will be. But for right now, to change our policy or adopted procedures ... as many parents that may be excited about that, I think there would be a great number that would be very concerned about the health and welfare of their children, and in addition to that, the staff.”

Conklin spoke of the impor-

Thomas Dee Kelley, CCM of Clinton, Iowa passed on March 2, 2021 at age 73 in Jacksonville, FL.

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Charlotte Dougherty, 51, passed away on February 10, 2021, in Asheville, NC, surrounded by her loving children and husband. Charlotte loved her family and friends and was always a beacon of light and happiness to all that knew her. She loved her grand-dogs and loved birdwatching.

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She is survived by her husband of 28 years, John Dougherty; children, Kayla Eve, John Anthony, and Anna Jean Dougherty; and brothers, Joe (Kinga) and Stephen (Maureen) Goodwin.

Charlotte is preceded in death by her mother, Beverly Larsen and her sister, Sharon McCutcheon.

A celebration of life will be held on March 16th at 4:30 at the Hammock Beach Club’s Lodge Courtyard

Tom was a longtime Certified Club Manager and former president of the Florida chapter of the Club Manager’s Association of America. He served honorably in the United States Navy. Tom served as General Manager and Chief Operating Officer of The Hammock Dunes Club from 1992-2005.

He enjoyed the game of Golf, Florida Gator Football, and the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather.

He is predeceased by his Mother, Jeanette Mary Kelley and his Father, Darwin Dee Kelley of Augusta, GA. Surviving family members include his wife Bonnie of Jacksonville, FL, his son Patrick and his wife Kristin of North Palm Beach, FL, his son Ryan Kelley, wife Kathy, and grandchildren Austin and Katelyn of Windermere, FL, and his sisters Gayle Davidson and Lynn Marie Jones of Augusta, GA, and stepson Ryan Edenfield and wife and 3 grandchildren of Jacksonville, FL. A memorial service will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home of Mandarin.

Arrangements by Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home of Mandarin, 11801 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville, FL (904) 288-0025.

Please sign the guestbook at hgmandarin. com.

Tom was a longtime Certified Club Manager and former president of the Florida chapter of the Club Manager’s Association of America.

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City considers $5.7 million Regional Racquet Center

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

BY THE NUMBERS

$3 million

small county surtax revenue expected to come to the Palm Coast city government in the 2021 fiscal year, up from the budgeted-for $2.4 million

$1.7 million

projected city capital improvement spending on parks projects in the 2021 fiscal year

$7.6 million

projected capital improvement spending on city facility projects in the 2021 fiscal year

$1,199

amount developers pay to the city per new dwelling unit to help pay for city parks and recreation projects Email News Editor Jonathan Simmons jonathan@ palmcoastobserver.com.

Locals who play tennis and pickleball like Palm Coast’s courts. But they want more of them, and the city government is planning to deliver with a $5.7 million transformation of the city’s Tennis Center.

Palm Coast’s city staff during a March 9 City Council workshop unveiled the latest iteration of the city’s proposal to transform its existing Tennis Center facility on Belle Terre Parkway into a Regional Racquet Center that could give locals more space to play, serve as a secondary community center for that area of the city and attract regional tournaments.

“The time has really come to advance the game of pickleball here in Palm Coast,” resident Steve Major said in the meeting’s public comment period. “If it’s done correctly, it can really bring a great advantage to living here.”

The first phase of the expansion would add a clubhouse and 12 dedicated pickleball courts — the city’s first — add six new hard tennis courts, and add two new clay tennis courts to the facility’s existing 10, said Carl Cote, Palm Coast’s director of Stormwater and Engineering.

The center could ultimately have more than 40 courts.

Image courtesy of the city of Palm Coast.

A rendering of the proposed expansion.

Councilman Ed Danko objected to the timing of the project, given the economic impacts of the pandemic.

“We’re talking about a lot of money here,” he said. “ ... I’m not opposed to this project, but I’m opposed to it now. We can wait a year, can’t we? We don’t have to move forward on this today. It’s not a must-have, like police or fire or roads.”

City Manager Matt Morton said much of the money for the expansion comes from grants or from parks and recreation impact fees that can only be used for parks.

Councilman Eddie Branquinho said the facility would attract tourists and

keep residents from driving elsewhere to play, keeping sales tax money in the city.

Mayor Milissa Holland said the city is in a good financial position.

“People choose Palm Coast for their home because they like the amenities,” she said. “... If we do this well — and I have confidence we will do this well, because we do have stakeholders in the community that will help it be successful — it will drive and generate additional income for our local business community.

It will allow for a greater experience for residents that want to spend dollars here in Palm Coast.”

“We can not just plan for tomorrow; we have to plan for years to come. ... All these different residents and employees ... will be coming over to the tennis center, and it will not accommodate it if we don’t expand now.”

AGNES LIGHTFOOT, president of Friends of Tennis, noting that new university facilities and a new hospital are planned for Palm Coast.

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Citation Parkway road closure begins Citation Parkway between Seminole Woods Boulevard and Sesame Boulevard closed for construction on March 8 and will remain closed until June 28.

No through-traffic is allowed, and detour signs help direct drivers to their destination.

The construction will include improvements at the intersection of Sesame Boulevard and Citation Parkway, a culvert replacement on Sesame Boulevard; an access road to a city property at Dry Lake, intersection improvements at the intersection of Universal Trail and Sesame Boulevard, and drainage and utility work.

Palm Coast wins award for financial reporting The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada has recognized the city of Palm Coast’s Finance team, granting the city its Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2019.

The GFOA announced the award on Feb. 23, according to a city of a Palm Coast news release.

The award recognizes the city for providing the public with a clear, simple overview of the city’s financial position.

The report can be viewed at www.palmcoastgov.com/ government/finance/auditreport.

TRIBUTES

As a young girl, her family moved to the Coast town of Santa Cruz, Ca, where spent a good deal of her life. She Married her first husband, Scott Andrew Peterson, on May 26th, 1986 and began their family of four not long after; Alexander Kyle Peterson, Emily Renee Davis, Kaila Arlene Peterson, and Savannah Rose Peterson.

She studied Culinary Arts at Cabrillo College and worked as a teacher’s assistant for many years. She worked many jobs to help keep her family afloat from a tech specialist at Texas Instruments to Palm Coast

Those who knew her, loved her and trusted her deeply. She had an understanding nature and was extremely generous.

If you needed her, she would be there doing whatever she could do to support you.

Data, sometimes even cleaning floors to give her family anything they may want.

In 2001, Lorinda and Scott moved to Palm Coast, Fl. Within a few years they divorced and she remarried in 2013 to Robert Edward Schafer.

Lorinda enjoyed art, anything from painting to sewing to building things. She spent her later times sharing her love with her 7 grandchildren. She would visit them multiple times a week, bringing craft projects and ingredients for baking. She was the backbone to every holiday and party.

She would cook, decorate and be the person bringing happiness. Her decorations were always handmade, she loved sewing.

Mrs. Almedia Quarterman 1942-2021

Mrs. Almedia Quarterman of Palm Coast, FL passed away at age 78 on March 3, 2021. Almedia is the daughter of Walter and Princess (Lee) Sanders and was born in Panama City, FL on August 3, 1942.

She was an educator with Pinellas County School Board for over 30 years before retiring to Palm Coast in 2005. Almedia is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 51 years - Frank Quarterman Sr, her 3 children Frank (Tonja), Andrea and Leslie (Lerverne), 5 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

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It is with great sadness that the family of Lorinda Peterson announces her passing on February 11, 2021.

Lorinda was born on June 18th, 1966 in Santa Clara, Ca to Arlene Jennifer Anderson and Donald Michael Levasser.

Her sewing went to making her grandkids pajamas and Halloween costumes, dolls, and Christmas decorations.

Lorinda was a kind and compassionate soul. Those who knew her, loved her and trusted her deeply. She had an understanding nature and was extremely generous. If you needed her, she would be there doing whatever she could do to support you. She was the person you would call for a shoulder to cry on. She would always put a smile on your face. She paid so much attention to details about people, she would hear that you like something or need something and manhunt for that item and surprise you with it.

Lorinda’s greatest love and pride were her children and grandchildren. Tyler, Abby, Ricky, Clair, Dakota, Hazel, and Ruby will miss her very much.

Lorinda’s death is preceded by the loss of her dear friend, Janice “Jazzy ‘’ Davis.

She is survived by her husband Robert Schafer; her parents Arlene and Mike Levasser; her children Alex, Kaila, and Savannah Peterson and Emily Davis; her siblings Michelle Johnson, Korina Weese, and Michael Levasser; her grandchildren Abby and Tyler Peterson, Ricky and Dakota Davis and Clair, Hazel, and Ruby Engel; as well as many friends in Ohio, California and Florida.

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Miracles, empathy and leafy sea dragons

“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

Friedrich Hayek “Road to Serfdom,” 1944

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abbi Rose Eberle doesn’t like labels. “Reformed, conservative — all those labels do is separate us,” she said. “My philosophy is to keep the doors of the synagogue open to anyone.”

Eberle decided to become a rabbi when she was just 6 years old but wasn’t ordained until age 58, after a career of “mundane” administrative and accounting jobs, she said. Now at 68, as rabbi of Temple Beth Shalom, she sees her role as helping others realize their connection to God. She spoke with me on March 5, at the synagogue at 40 Wellington Drive, about spirituality in 2021 and the responsibility to speak up against hatred.

We have a quiet, private sensitivity for those who are struggling. My concern early on was for people who live alone and don’t get out. We started opening up the services ahead of time for 30 minutes so we could schmooze and catch up. We started cocktail hour on Zoom.

We have some who are ill and cannot leave their homes and don’t have computers, but my folks are aways checking on them.

What does faith mean to you?

The word I always use for faith is trust. You trust that God exists, and you are grateful for all the things that are given to you. If you ate one time today, if you slept with something covering you, you’re better off than most of the people on this planet.

Gratitude is everything.

This year of deprivation has garnished an appreciation of so many things we take granted.

People used to say to me, “I wish I had a better job.” Now they say, “I would like a month to come where I could hug everyone I wanted to.”

Sometimes metal has to be put into the fire to temper it and make it have more strength.

Jews and Christians believe Moses parted the Red Sea thousands of years ago. Why don’t we see dramatic miracles like that today?

I think we do. We had a plague that humanity has struggled from and died from for generations — and small pox disappeared. That’s a miracle. Yes, I know it took time, but if you expect miracles to be like lightning bolts, you’re living in a movie. Miracles happen sometimes by baby steps.

Years ago, I was a very young woman, and I got up really, really early to walk to my job because I didn’t have any money to put

Does society value faith less than it used to?

I hope not. I admit to being discouraged occasionally.

I have to wonder if we are being desensitized to what actual torment is.

How has the pandemic impacted your congregation?

We’ve had one death in our congregation.

gas in my old junker car. I went out my apartment door and went to my mailbox, and there was a letter there from my godparents. I hadn’t heard from them in months and months, and I opened it, and it was a birthday card with $50 for gasoline for my car. That might not be the parting of the Red Sea, but, for me, it was providence. It changed everything for me.

What do your volunteers contribute to the synagogue?

Robert Arkin, president of Temple Beth Shalom Board of Directors, helps with all the things I need for spiritually making this thing work.

Claire Soria is our choir mistress, and she also belongs to a club in Flagler that knits or crochets blankets for homeless people, and she’s still giving piano lessons.

Marylynne Newmark is organizing our ad journal, our temple directory. She organized Thursday night at the movies.

Stephanie Weiser is our office administrator and sends three newsletters a week.

Steve Tollin is tireless, contributing above and beyond.

What principles guide your response when people come to you for help?

THE LEAFY SEA DRAGON One day about 20 years ago, Rose Eberle woke up in a bad mood. She grudgingly went on a trip with others and found herself looking at an aquarium.

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Rose Eberle has been rabbi at Temple Beth Shalom since 2019.

Sometimes what people say in a moment of anger or passion or fear is different from what it appears.

My first instinct is not to listen with my mind but to listen with my heart so I can understand how they feel — and then give them the best tools, often which are already at their disposal but they can’t see them because they’re blinded by the moment.

the beauty of God’s creation.

I didn’t appreciate anything that day, and God still showed me one of the most beautiful things he had made. I had a big attitude adjustment. Now, every time I think I’m going to let my temper get the best of me, I think of that leafy sea dragon.”

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How must spiritual life evolve with the demands of modern life?

People have cluttered their lives with many more things than they need to do. We seem to think the mark of success is having no open slots on your calendar. That’s lovely for machines but not so conducive for being a human.

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How can we fight antiSemitism?

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Whether it’s directed against Christians or Muslims‚ all baseless hatred, the Torah tells us, is wrong.

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CORRECTION The March 4 edition of the Palm Coast Observer listed incorrectly the last name of the president of the Palm Coast Little League. His name is Peter Schoembs.

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Woman arrested after trying to abduct 3-year-old A Palm Coast woman walked into a local family’s home and tried to abduct a 3-year-old boy, saying, “This is my baby,” according to Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies.

Deputies identified 26-yearold Zarut Jean Pierre-Theolin as the suspect. She was placed under arrest for burglary and kidnapping.

Critics fired up over proposed state pot caps GOP lawmakers are trying to rein in Floridians’ legal use of cannabis.

A pair of new legislative proposals would place a 10% THC cap on smokable marijuana and limit THC levels to 16% in other medical-marijuana products, excluding edibles. THC is the main psychoactive component of marijuana.

The bills, filed by Rep. Spencer Roach, D-North Fort Myers, and Sen. Ray Rodrigues, R-Estero, would also impose advertising restrictions on doctors who order cannabis for patients.

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care are advancing in the House and Senate, as the 2021 legislative session gets underway.

Sen. Ray Rodrigues, R-Estero, and Rep. Erin Grall, R-Vero Beach, are carrying the measures.

The plan has sparked controversy over students’ privacy rights.

John Mower, public policy director for the LGBTQ advocacy organization Equality Florida, said the measure “could compel schools to out LGBTQ youth.”

“Schools are sometimes the only place of safety for our LGBTQ youth. Many of them come out to teachers or guidance counselors, before they come out at home,” Mower told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The League of Women Voters of Florida also opposes the Senate measure.

Teens accused of beating, robbing autistic woman Three teenagers held a 19-yearold autistic woman in a car against her will, threatened her with a knife and a stun gun, beat her and then drove away with her belongings, according to a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office news release.

The attack occurred while the victim was in a parked car with the teens. The teens were aware that the victim was autistic, and one had called her demeaning names in the past.

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The Flagler County School Board is entering into agreements with four mental health providers, including one that can assist uninsured or underinsured students via telehealth.

The district’s relationship with these providers will help fill gaps in its provider list, which previously lacked providers that accept ed certain insurance companies, John Fanelli, the district’s coordinator of student supports and discipline, told School Board members during a March 2 board workshop.

Fanelli said people are becoming increasingly aware of the district’s mental health resources for students.

“We have been working to really get the word out, to bring about 100% awareness of the mental health and social work supports we have for students in our district, and the word is out — it’s working,” Fanelli said.

So far this year, he added, the district has issued 559 mental health referrals and 750 social work referrals for students.

“Our team has been working hard to make sure that all of the needs of our students are being met,” Fanelli said.

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ing free telehealth for uninsured or underinsured students, Impower, is receiving grant money to do so, Fanelli said. Impower also provides tele-psychiatry services, including medication management.

“This is another level of care that we’ve never been able to provide here locally,” Fanelli said.

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Flagler Schools is preparing to adopt new English Language Arts instructional materials. The public review period for the materials ended Feb. 28. Over 200 teachers and staff members provided feedback on the proposed materials, a district staff member told School Board members.

The shift in instructional materials keeps the district in line with state standards. The district had initially planned to make the change in 2019-2020, but swapped its instructional material adoptions schedule around to wait for English Language Arts standards changes to be finalized.

The district selected Benchmark as its publisher for K-5 materials and chose Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for grades 6-12.

The district expects to spend $1.8 on the materials for next year.

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United Way needs the community’s help to ‘fill the gap’ The ‘Fill the Gap’ Match campaign aims to raise $150,000 by the end of the month.

JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

In December 2020, United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties projected a $200,000 shortfall for its annual giving campaign, and, in a year when the nonprofit experienced a 200% increase in call volume to its 211 helpline, leadership knew they had to find a way to continue to fund community services.

Shortly after publicizing United Way’s need, the Root Organization, Intracoastal Bank and two anonymous donors committed up to $150,000 in match donations for the effort, should United Way be able to raise the same amount in the community.

“That’s a huge undertaking and a big challenge, but we are game for any opportunity to try to help meet the need,” said Courtney Edgcomb, president of United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties.

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paign began on Feb. 1 and runs through March 31, and, as of Friday, March 5, United Way had raised $30,000. Over the weekend, United Way, in partnership with Women United Volusia and Women United Flagler, hosted a series of International Women’s Day events to raise funds, including a speaking event featuring a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing, a beach yoga event at Andy Romano Beachfront Park and a Hunger Fight packing party, where volunteers aimed to pack 8,000 meals for Hope Place, a homeless shelter for families in Daytona Beach. It was the first time Women United Volusia and Women United Flagler worked together.

“The support that Women United provide in helping to fundraise for this campaign will directly impact families in our community who are in the most need,” Edgcomb said.

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A little rain didn’t keep volunteers away from the United Way’s building on International Speedway Boulevard on Saturday, March 6. From 9 a.m. until 4

“The support that Women United provide in helping to fundraise for this campaign will directly impact families in our community who are in the most need.”

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“It really costs nothing but your time to show up and help your community, and we have a lot of opportunities that we’d love to have people contribute and show up.”

LONG-TERM NEEDS

Last year, the need in the community in response to COVID-19 was immediate — families were in need of food and childcare, explained Edgcomb. To help, United Way was able to raise $180,000 for a COVID relief fund to fill those needs.

Now, a year in, the needs are more long-term, Edgcomb said. Support from Women UnitCourtesy photo ed’s initiatives helps such proRegina Nunnally of Palm Coast, Mica Lill and Molly Justice-Wainscott, help grams like transitional housing pack meals for Hope Place. programs, early childhood education and mental health services.

The organization is confident p.m., small groups of volunteers particularly those who live pay- the services and programs they filtered in and out, all helping to check to paycheck, Edgcomb said. and their partner agencies are pack meals for some of the most United Way refers to this group able to provide can address those in need in the community. as the ALICE families (Asset needs. But first, they need to “fill Amanda Lasecki, vice president Limited, Income Constrained, the gap.” of Women United Volusia, said Employed), and they account for “We cannot continue to fund the packing party was meant to about a third of the population those programs if the community engage the community for a good in Volusia and Flagler counties, doesn’t step up and support this,” cause. They partnered with Hun- according to the latest report.

Edgcomb said. “For an individual ger Fight, a Jacksonville-based Lasecki said there are many to make a donation right now and nonprofit that aims to provide opportunities to give back, and have their gift matched, it’s just families with nutritious meals. with ones like the packing party, a great opportunity and I would “They do so much,” Lasecki you are able to teach the next hate for us to miss out on it.”

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GRAND COLORS

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he artwork of Lee Richards and Dex Westphal could not be more dissimilar.

The two Flagler County artists present quite a contrast as they share an art show entitled “Singing Colors” at the Grand Gallery of Palm Coast Arts Foundation at Grand Living Realty, 2298 Colbert Lane, Palm Coast.

The show opened March 7 and will continue through April 17.

The Grand Gallery is open Mondays through Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and although it is normally closed on Sundays, an opening reception with the artists is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. Sunday, March 14. Admission is free, and masks are required for the reception and all of the show dates.

Richards is a stained glass artist. Every cut he makes must be precise. Westphal is an abstract acrylic artist and refers to herself as an intuitive painter. She begins her paintings “with no plan at all.

In fact, I’m as surprised as anybody else when it’s done,” she said.

Both artists have won multiple awards. Richards was the Gargiulo Art Foundation 2019 Artist of the Year, which was presented last year. Westphal was a 2018 GAF Artist of the Year nominee.

The show is the first since the Grand Gallery has come under the wing of the Palm Coast Arts Foundation.

“The association will make the gallery more of a presence in the area,” said Jan Jackson, the Grand Gallery’s curator. “It will definitely get more promotion, and that’s a good thing for artists in the area during this shutdown period.”

Here’s a look at the artists.

LEE RICHARDS Richards is the public works project manager for the city of Flagler Beach. He has a PhD in engineering management and Lee Richards a master’s degree in architecture. He began working with stained glass 45 years ago when he took an adult education class.

“I fell in love with it after the first lesson,” he said. “We did some simple patterns. I just was bored with the simple patterns. I wanted to move right in with advanced stuff, so I did a Tiffany lamp, and I did some parrots. I got progressively better and better over the years.”

And his pieces have gotten progressively more complex. His “Peacock” contains 1,200 pieces of stained glass. Each eyespot on the peacock’s tail feathers is made up of nine pieces of glass.

One of his pieces will be highlighted in the next issue of Stained Glass Quarterly. He has 16 pieces in in the Singing Colors show, including three light boxes, which look like framed stained glass artworks hanging on a wall.

He has another light box piece that is currently in a national show in Kokomo, Indiana.

Each of his pieces takes him up to six months to complete. He begins with a sketch, then cutting and oiling the glass, soldering it all together and cleaning it.

“My work is very, very different from anything you’ve imagined stained glass to be,” he said.

Dex Westphal

DEX WESTPHAL

Westphal, 81, doesn’t plan her paintings or even her schedule.

Intuitive painting means you don’t go into the studio “until something builds up inside you and you have to run in there and do it,” she said.

Sometimes that’s at 3 a.m. when it’s nice and quiet. Her beloved

goat hair brushes from China dance around the canvas. She even has one painting called “Dancing Brush.” She has a porcelain palette, also from China, and her brush dances around the palette and the canvas from color to color.

“When I go in I have no preconceived idea of what’s going to happen,” she said. “The rules are no correcting or going back.

Whatever happens, happens.”

“Some of these can be done very quickly,” she said. “Some can take a long time, oh, maybe a week. The fastest one I ever did, I started up the coffee maker, went

into the studio and the painting was done before the coffee.”

She also paints with dowels to produce artwork in the style of Australian Aboriginal dot paintings.

“Even with the dowel paintings, I never know what’s going to happen, how it’s going to turn out,” she said.

Westphal was originally trained to be a traditional oil painter. She evolved into her intuitive style only in the past 10 years.

She taught art for 10 years at the Community College at Baltimore County and continued teaching after moving to Palm Coast eight years ago.

“I’ve taught all different ages, but my favorites were the 3-yearolds and the senior citizens,” she said.

She has 33 paintings in the Singing Colors show ranging in size from 8-by-8 inches to 3-by-4 feet and ranging in price from $150 to $1,500.

There was a bit of drama in the Buddy Taylor Middle School cafeteria Tuesday night, March 2, as the top spellers from across Flagler County gathered for the district’s Spelling Bee. A trip to the regional Spelling Bee in Jacksonville was on the line as the group of fifth- to eighth-graders went round after round.

When all was said and done (and spelled), Indian Trails Middle School seventh-grader Daniel Belkin was declared the winner.

The championship word? Dramatization.

Cal Zwirn, a Bunnell Elementary fifth-grader, was runner-up, slipping up on the word “centipede” in the 16th round.

Daniel will represent Flagler County on March 29 as part of the 77th-annual First Coast Regional Spelling Bee. This year’s competition will be done virtually.

2020-2021 SCHOOL LEVEL SPELLING BEE WINNERS

n Bunnell Elementary Caldwell Zwirn (5th Grade); Brianna Long (6th Grade) n Belle Terre Elementary Tiago De Oliveira (5th Grade); Victoria Dalton (6th Grade) n Buddy Taylor Middle - Caleb Hart (7th Grade, did not compete); Ethan Johnson (8th Grade - did not compete); Holly Kittrell (7th Grade runner-up - replaced Caleb Hart) n iFlagler - Matthew Farlow (6th Grade); Shelby Brown (7th Grade - did not compete); Kasandra Baker (8th Grade) n Indian Trails Middle - Daniel Belkin (7th Grade); Kailee Smith (8th Grade) n Old Kings Elementary Samuel Bowes (6th Grade); Alena Karanas (5th Grade) n Rymfire Elementary - Riley Bouchard (5th Grade); Muhammad Khawaja (6th Grade) n Wadsworth Elementary Laila Niemann (5th Grade); Brian Martinez-Diaz (6th Grade) n Christ the King Lutheran Nolan Jones (6th Grade); Kadis Schermerhorn (8th Grade)

FAITH HANNAH LEA WINS STATEWIDE ESSAY CONTEST

Sponsored by VFW Post 8696, senior Faith Hannah Lea won the statewide Voice of Democracy/ Patriotic Pen contest and was honored at a dinner on Feb. 27.

Winning the state competition “was a huge shock,” she said.

Lea, who is homeschooled, is nearly done with her senior year of high school but also got accepted to Stetson University and is already attending. Visit palmcoastobserver.com to read her essay.

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SPORTS A way of life

Winning smile

Three Mills siblings wrestle at state level.

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

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Emma Wood held Seabreeze scoreless as pitcher —and then won the game with her bat.

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atanzas improved its record to 4-1 after winning against the visiting Seabreeze Sandcrabs. The March 5 game was scoreless late until a solo homer by pitcher Emma Wood gave the Pirates the win.

The team will next compete against University (Orange City) at home on March 9 and then DeLand on March 10, also at home.

Both games are scheduled to begin at 7 pm.

ome families call it roughhousing. Some call it training for college.

Tyson Mills, a junior at Matanzas High School, finished second in the region recently, in the 152-pound weight class. So did his younger brother Jordan, a freshman at Matanzas, in the 160-pound weight class. (Both also play for the high school football team.)

At home, Tyson said, “We’re constantly running into each other in the hallway and starting to wrestle. I’ll grab his wrist and try to do moves on him. If he’s doing homework, I’ll try sneak up from behind and twist his arm and get him in a headlock.”

Does it work?

Jordan, who is the first Matanzas freshman ever to qualify for states, is younger, but he’s stronger.

“I have to try to keep up my older brother dominance,” Tyson said, “but it’s pretty hard with Jordan at this point.”

Tyson’s flexibility and technical proficiency are his advantage.

“Tyson is really weird to wrestle,” Jordan said. “He just folds out of everything I put him in.”

Mariah, who is Tyson and Jordan’s seventh-grade sister, is also a wrestler and pinned her first competitor — at the state meet. Her video went viral on the family’s YouTube vlog, Sunshine Mafia, being viewed more than 222,000 times.

Both of the Mills’ parents — Abe and Rachel — are athletic (Abe got college offers for both wrestling and football). But Rachel says their success is due to hard work.

“I remember years ago, I saw a state wrestler, and he said his secret was, ‘I do extra work outside the gym,’” Rachel Mills recalled. “These boys, I made them run to practice and run home from practice. You have to do more than everybody else. So when they would get to the third period [in a wrestling match], the other guy would be tired, and they would come on strong and were never tired.’”

Tyson lost both matches at the Class 2A state tournament; Jordan won once and lost once. Teammate Carter Wilder also reached states, in the 106-pound weight class.

None placed, but all are motivated to improve for next year.

“The guys that really want to win find ways to do things that are extra,” said coach T.J. Gillin.

“The winning happens when the eyes aren’t on you.”

–KA’DEEM WYNN

Wood’s teammates celebrate the game-winning homer.

Tyson, Mariah and Jordan Mills

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‘Sue Baby’ prepares for unforeseen births at ER

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Thanks to a $22,000 donation from Palm Coast residents Peter and Sue Freytag, the ER now has an up-todate baby warmer.

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It’s a girl.

Sue Baby was delivered to AdventHealth Palm Coast’s emergency department in January.

But “Sue Baby” is not actually a baby.

“It’s a nice, new infant warmer,” said Mary Radcliff, AdventHealth’s director of emergency services.

AdventHealth Palm Coast does not have a birthing unit, but the emergency room does deliver about five to seven babies a year, Radcliff said.

Thanks to a $22,000 donation from Palm Coast residents Peter and Sue Freytag, the ER now has an up-to-date baby warmer to use in those unforeseen situations.

“We had one, but it was a much older model,” Radcliff said. “It’s nice to know we have updated equipment just as good as they have in a birthing unit. It has all the monitors you need. We can provide oxygen if the babies need

it. It’s very well equipped.”

It weighs the baby, has a heart monitor, monitors body temperature and has a heat lamp to warm the baby, she said.

Last spring and summer the ER delivered three babies during a four-month period. At that point it was evident the department needed a new baby warmer, Radcliff said.

“Delivering babies is never a fun thing to do in an ER, because it’s not something you do routinely,” she said.

The department reached out to John Subers, the director of AdventHealth Foundation of Palm Coast. Subers approached the Freytags, who are active with the foundation — Peter is on the foundation board — and have been helping to raise money for the new 100-bed AdventHealth facility to be built on Palm Coast Parkway.

“We were told about the new baby warmer the nurses wanted,” Sue Freytag said. “We decided we’d buy it for the hospital.”

After the baby warmer’s arrival, Subers told Peter the hospital wanted to name it “Sue” in honor of his wife. Peter had a slightly different idea.

“My high school nickname was ‘Sue Baby,’ “ Sue Freytag said. “In a weak moment I told my husband what my high school nickname was, and he’s used it ever since.”

So Peter Freytag suggested

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they name the baby warmer, “Sue Baby.”

Sue Freytag may not love the name, but she does love that she and her husband were able to help fill the need for the hospital.

“It’s a wonderful piece of equipment for the emergency room,” she said.

The Freytags moved to Palm Coast from Bloomington, Indiana, 18 years ago. Peter was a vice president of common stocks with State Farm. Sue was a public school teacher.

They have been very active with the hospital foundation as well as educational charities.

“Peter and I have lived here for 18 years. This is our home,” Sue said. “We feel like we should contribute locally. We feel that good

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AdventHealth Palm Coast does not have a birthing unit, but the emergency room does deliver about five to seven babies a year,

medical facilities and good education are important.”

There hasn’t been a delivery in the ER since Sue Baby’s arrival, but the new baby warmer is ready for that eventuality.

“Mr. and Mrs. Freytag have been very generous in buying this equipment,” Radcliff said.

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The one-time awards of $5,000 were awarded to the following: Early Learning Coalition of Flagler & Volusia Counties for the Safe Baby Program - To assist families with children (prenatal to 12 months). The program exists in other counties but the micro grant will allow the program to expand into Flagler County.

Children’s Home Society of Florida for the Family Transition Program George Washington Carver Foundation for the LIGHTSSS Program, which provides strategies and mentoring to students from a low-income neighborhood.

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A plot of vacant land at the southwest corner of Pine Lakes Parkway and White Mill Drive in Palm Coast has a new owner and is slated for residential development.

Image from the Flagler County Property Appraiser’s Office

The Whiteview Village parcel, in yellow.

Residential developer KB Homes purchased the land from California-based Miral Corp. for $2.85 million in a transaction negotiated by commercial real estate brokerage SVN Alliance’s Chris Butera, according to a news release from SVN Alliance.

The land is zoned for up to 205 single-family lots, and site work will start immediately, with construction overseen by KB Homes’ Jacksonville division, according to the news release.

The parcel is north of Whiteview Parkway and east of Woodborn Lane, surrounded by resi-

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The proposed single-family development is one of a number of new residential communities slated for construction in Palm Coast.

A community of up to 494 homes is planned for land near Colbert Lane and State Road 100, and a development of up to 268 homes is planned for the former Matanzas Woods Golf Course property.

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The House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee voted 12-6 along party lines to approve the bill (HB 55), sponsored by Rep. Toby Overdorf, R-Palm City.

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house Hammock Beach was the top real estate transaction for the week of Jan. 28 to Feb. 3. in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Elizabeth Larwood sold 49 Northshore Drive to Beyond the Front Door LLC, of Fallbrook, California, for $939,000.

Built in 2004, the house is a 3/3.5 and has a swimming pool and 4,023 square feet.

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

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Condos Kenneth and Joyce Harchick, of Westover, Pennsylvania, sold 80 Surfview Drive, Unit 423, to Redemption Assets LLC, of Spicewood, Texas, for $410,000. Built in 2003, the condo is a 3/2 and has 1,455 square feet.

Maria and Alfredo Julian, of Parkland, sold 45 Riverview Bend S., Unit 1934, to Ester Baruch, Lev Borukhov and Margarita Borukhova, of Rego Park, New York, for $280,000.

Built in 2007, the condo is a 3/2 and has 1,254 square feet. It sold in 2007 for $305,000.

Belle Terre Fernando and Luisa Desousa, of Palm Coast, sold 191 Pritchard Drive to Steven and Michelle Hanson, of Palm Coast, for $270,000. Built in 2011, the

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house is a 3/2 and has 1,957 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $172,500.

Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 101 Prince Eric Lane to Rachelle Seltzer and Francis Glancy, of Palm Coast, for $197,990. Built in 2020, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,806 square feet.

Cypress Knoll Joel and Molly Jacob, of Cedar Crest, New Mexico, sold 16 Edith Lane to Murna Byron, of Palm Coast, for $274,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,860 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $180,500.

Fuquay Anthony and Kristin Tucker, of Flagler Beach, sold 1939 S. Central Ave. to Jill and William Reynolds, of Palm Coast, for $529,000. Built in 1976, the house is a 4/4 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and

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Kanaha Beach Franklin Ingels and Nancy Olbert sold 3391 N. Ocean Shore Blvd. to Steven Wright, of Flagler Beach, for $770,000.

Built in 1966, the house is a 2/1.5 and has a fireplace, dune walk and 1,828 square feet.

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The top seller features three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a half-bath and a swimming pool.

2,880 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $440,000.

Michael White, of Flagler Beach, sold 2139 Flagler Ave S. to John Rademacher and Jenny Fitzsimmons, of Flagler Beach, for $370,000. Built in 1975, the house is a 2/2 and has 1,276 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $200,000.

Grand Reserve and Golf Club D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 484 Grand Reserve Drive to Brian Riggin and Laureen Riggin, of Bunnell, for $267,990. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,646 square feet.

Hidden Lakes Dennis and Shirley Siewert, of Murphy, North Carolina, sold 3 Arena Lake Drive to James and Margaret Smith, of Homosassa, for $330,000. Built in 2017, the house is a 3/2 and has 123 “Life is hard,” and a hint to interpreting this puzzle’s clues in all caps 127 “Yes, and” class 128 House overhang 129 Super simple 130 Area of expertise 131 Molecule hidden in “fingernails” 132 Stand for the judge 133 Edward’s adoptive mom in “Twilight”

1,918 square feet.

Pine Grove Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 5 Powder Lane to Richard Livingston, of Palm Coast, for $190,990. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,552 square feet.

Hunter’s Ridge Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 55 Huntington Place to Terry and Mildred North, of Ormond Beach, for $289,013. Built in 2020, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,973 square feet.

Indian Trails Seagate Homes LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 32 Barkwood Lane to George and Sandra Benelli, of Miami, for $276,900. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,208 square feet.

Olufunmilayo and Cecelia Oduyejo, of Sugar Land, Texas, sold 16 Biltvue Place to Severus Tomescu and Stela Jisa, of Weddington, North Carolina, for $250,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,244 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $179,000.

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Not in Subdivision Seagate Homes LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 49 Matanzas Lakes Drive to Victor Gutierrez Jr., of Petersburg, Virginia, for $277,600. Built in 2020, the house is a 2/2 and has 1,905 square feet.

Pine Lakes Leonardo Nogueira and Natanielle Silva, of Palm Coast, sold 64 Westmoreland Drive to Asmunder Herman, of Palm Coast, for $304,000. Built in 2019, the house is a 3/2.5 and has 1,860 square feet.

Seagate Homes LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 42 Westglen Lane to John and Elaine Lund, of Palm Coast, for $281,388. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,208 square feet.

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

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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 3/31/21.

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 3/31/21.

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GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO EARN 100% CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

GOING THE EXTRA MILE WITH LIFETIME WARRANTY AND OIL CHANGES

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.