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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019

FCSO faces rent hike Sheriff’s Office to vacate City Marketplace for a temporary solution. PAGE 4

“... AND THE SUN WILL RISE”

It’s illegal to park in a swale overnight. Here’s how the rule is enforced.

PAGE 3 INSIDE CAPTAIN’S DEAL COLLAPSES

Flagler County removed the Bings Landing issue from the May 6 agenda and has not rescheduled it. PAGE 5

AFTER THE RACIST THREATS

Kimberly Lee has returned to teaching at FPC. But she feels the case was mishandled and that more needs to be done to address racism at school. PAGE 6

CITY STAFF DISCIPLINED

Gifts of alcohol were all returned unopened to the builder, but city staff members were still disciplined for violating rules. PAGE 3

FLAGLER FREE CLINIC TURNS 15

A gala honored volunteers and donors and raised over $12,000. PAGE 20

YPG THROWS DERBY PARTY

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Flagler Palm Coast High School and Buddy Taylor Middle School students bring “Les Misérables” to life this weekend at the Flagler Auditorium. Nicholas Aiello stars as Jean Valjean. READ MORE ON PAGE 17

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Team spirit Bulldogs take second in Florida as a boys team

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Young Professionals Group of Flagler County hosts Kentucky Derby fundraiser for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. PAGE 20

Born to fly Photo by Ray Boone

Flagler Palm Coast’s Jacob Miley closes the gap in the final leg of the 4x800-meter relay. He started in 11th and finished in third.

Butterfly release highlights city’s Arbor Day celebration.

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County completes beach dune City moves forward with $975,000 plan to improve Public Works facility project millions under budget Also: Rezoning will allow cemetery expansion.

The county used its own staff to support 11.4 miles of the county’s coastline.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The beach along an 11.4-mile stretch of Flagler County’s coastline has been reinforced with 690,000 tons of sand, and the work — completed by county government staff with the assistance of contractors — cost millions of dollars less than the county initially thought it might. The 13-month project began Jan. 22, 2018, and cost $18 million. Initial estimates had placed it at $28.3 million before subsequent calculations lowered that number by several million dollars. “This was an amazing feat that you all accomplished, our road and bridge folks and our engineers,” County Commissioner Greg Hansen said to a group of county employees and contractors assembled at the County Commission meeting chambers for a celebratory project completion reception on May 6. “It’s remarkable, and we have become somewhat of a model for the rest of the counties in the state. ... Several counties have come and said, ‘How did you do this?’” The dunes are made to be sacrificial: They’ll help protect the properties along the coast from storms and erosion, and will be surveyed each year in compliance with the Florida Department of

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County Engineer Faith Alkhatib holds up a plaque celebrating the completion of the dune project.

Environmental Protection permit required for the project, according to a county staff presentation. The project, designed by Taylor Engineering’s Kenneth Craig, was funded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; Flagler County; and the Hammock Dunes, Ocean Hammock, and Hammock Beach Club homeowners associations. “I’ve seen beach projects all over the country, and this is unique,” Craig said. “This is really something that you guys should be really proud of. Again, doing something like this in-house is unprecedented.” Email Jonathan Simmons at jonathan@palmcoastobserver. com.

“We have become somewhat of a model for the rest of the counties in the state. ... Several counties have come and said, ‘How did you do this?’” GREG HANSEN, Flagler County commissioner

Palm Coast’s Public Works facility on U.S. 1 at Hargrove Grade has a litany of problems: There’s not enough meeting space. Not enough bathrooms. Water seeps inside the buildings during storms. It needs a covered fleet service area. The city now has a plan to begin fixing those issues, starting with a set of repairs and upgrades that are not to exceed a total of $975,000. The City Council voted unanimously at its May 7 meeting to approve the proposal, which will be undertaken without any new taxes or fees. The money will pay for additional bathrooms, an indoor meeting and training area, a covered fleet service area, and gutters and grading to improve drainage. New lifts will be added to Fire Station 25 for fire truck maintenance that has previously been performed at the Public Works facility. The $975,000 would be the first phase of the plan for Public Works. Over the course of the following seven years — the predicted life of the temporary fixes that would be covered by the $975,000 — the city expects to spend potentially as much as $26.4 milling building a new facility. City Councilman Eddie Branquinho, who’d expressed worry

during a previous council meeting about the safety of the fleet maintenance operations at the facility, said staff members had allayed his concerns. “I would like to thank you for the improvements,” Branquinho said after Fire Chief Jerry Forte gave a presentation on the proposed changes. “My main worry, which was the safety — it’s completely done.” REZONING APPROVED FOR LAND NEAR CEMETERY

A rezoning approved by the City Council May 7 will allow the cemetery at the Craig Flagler Palms Funeral Home to expand. The council approved the rezoning of 7.1. acres abutting the funeral home, about half a mile south of State Road 100 and east of Old Kings Road. The zoning designation is changing from Flagler County’s designation of agriculture (AC) to the city of Palm Coast’s designation of general commercial (COM-2) and preservation (PRS). The Future Land Use Map designation for the parcel is currently mixed use, with a sliver of conservation on the eastern side. The part that’s mixed use will be zoned general commercial, and the conservation area will become preservation. City staff and the Planning and Land Development Regulation Board approved of the changes.

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City employees disciplined after accepting gifts from builder

LOOKING FOR VIOLATIONS Once every week, two city employees start their days at 3:30 a.m., driving the streets until 6 to check for cars parked illegally in swales overnight.

The booze was returned unopened, but some chocolate got eaten. JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

STAMPING OUT SWALE PARKING

Palm Coast bans overnight parking in swales. Here’s how — and why — it enforces that rule.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

ost Code Enforcement rules are about eyesores: overgrown yards, trash cans left out, and so on. Code Enforcement staff make rounds in the community to check for those violations during the day. But there’s one common violation that only occurs right when most people are least likely to see it: Leaving a car parked in a swale between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. That’s a violation for safety reasons, not appearance: Cars parked along swales narrow the roadway, potentially making it hard for large emergency vehicles like fire trucks to get through, and impeding lines of sight for drivers and pedestrians, according to city staff. Plus, habitual swale-parking can rip up the swale, making it drain less efficiently. If those are the reasons for the rule, why is parking in swales only a violation from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m., and not all the time? “I’d ask the same question,” Code Enforcement Manager Barbara Grossman said. But that’s been the rule ever since ITT days, she said. Mayor Milissa Holland noted that the city had “inherited a very well-designed, engineered drainage system” from ITT. “We understand and respect that we have residents from all over the world that reside here and wonder, ‘What is that ditch in front of our house, what is it for?’ ... I always tell people, ‘If you’re seeing water in your swales, it’s much better than seeing it in your house.’ So the swale system really is an integral part of that wellengineered drainage system.” Avoiding vehicle ruts in swales, she said, is one way residents can protect that system. Holland grew up in upstate New York, she said, where there were no swales — but she remembers

her father cleaning the home’s gutters, and it’s the same concept. The city takes the matter seriously. For about five years, it has assigned two Code Enforcement employees to take to the streets from 3:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. once each week to check for violators. They’ll first get a courtesy notice; then, if that doesn’t work, a notice of violation; then, if that still doesn’t work, they’ll be scheduled before the city’s Code Board. For most people who break the rule, Grossman said, it’s a matter of “putting 10 pounds in a 5-pound bag,” with families getting more cars as children get old enough to drive or other relatives move in, and simply parking on the grass instead of bothering with cleaning out the garage or enlarging the driveway so all the cars can fit on pavement. Over the past couple of months, city Code Enforcement employees — with some help from citizens who’d reported their neighbors — noted about 270 potential violations, not including ones that were investigated but determined to be unfounded. A city report lists five “open” cases, still actively pursued by the city. Those could go before the Code Board: About that many cases make it to the Code Board each month. The rest have been resolved, with violators ceasing their swale-parking after a courtesy notice or a notice of violation, Grossman said. Sorting a list of violations from the past two months by the name of the street reveals series of clusters: 14 cases on Blare Drive, nine on Coral Reef Court, eight on Felter Lane. That’s because when Code Enforcement staff respond to check a citizen report of a violation, they also check every other home on the same street. “The goal of that is, we don’t want to single anybody out,” City Spokeswoman Cindi Lane said.

REPORTS AND VIOLATIONS BY SECTION Here’s how many reports and violations each section of Palm Coast had in February and April 2019: P-Section: 50 B-Section: 43 F-Section: 41 The Woodlands: 28 W-Section: 24 L-Section: 22 C-Section: 19 R-Section: 18 U-Section: 11 K-Section: 9 S-Section: 3 E-Section: 1

TOTAL REPORTS AND VIOLATIONS FEB-APRIL 2019

270 Does not include reports found not to constitute violations Reports by residents: 32 Reports by employees: 238

STREETS WITH THE MOST VIOLATIONS AND REPORTS FOR PARKING IN SWALES: Blare Drive: 14 Coral Reef Court: 9 Felter Lane: 8 Brunswick Lane: 8

One city of Palm Coast employee has resigned, and five more have been disciplined with unpaid suspensions, after an investigation found that they had accepted gifts from a builder before last Christmas. Another employee resigned before the investigation began. A whistleblower used the city’s internet-based reporting link to alert supervisors of the incident, which occurred Dec. 20. City policy bars employees from accepting gifts from customers. According to a city investigation report, Blue Crown Construction co-owner Sergey Nevod arrived at the Building Department in the morning with a bottle of Jack Daniels, eight gift boxes of chocolates and eight gift boxes of Crown Royal whiskey. Nevod, who had business before the city, handed the gifts to Planning Technician Teresa Williams and specified which employee was to receive each gift. The employees worked in planning, permitting and utilities. He also spoke with an employee, Plans Examiner Daniel Rewis, about a permit hold. Rewis later received a bottle of Crown Royal, the city’s investigation found. Williams hid some of the gifts in a cabinet behind her desk, and others beneath her desk, in the approximately 10 minutes it took to transfer all of the items over the counter, according to a city investigation report. The entire transfer was visible to another customer — a business owner — who was seated nearby, and who “turned in his seat watching the entire alcohol transaction unfold,” according to the city investigation report. “The optics of these transactions, coupled with the interaction with the plans examiner, cannot be understated,” the report continues. The incident was also captured on the city’s security cameras. One employee — Rickie Lee — refused the gifts outright. He’d been out of the area when Nevod arrived, and, when fellow employee Lydia Musgrove later brought him the Jack Daniels that Nevod had designated for him, Lee told Musgrove to return it to Nevod. He also reported the gift to a supervisor. Another employee, Alisha Mobley, accepted a bottle of Crown Royal that Musgrove had handed to her wrapped in a coat. But, after the Christmas break, she brought back the unopened bottle and told a supervisor. She said that although Musgrove had told her it was a gift from a contractor, she hadn’t known exactly what it was when she took it. Williams was given a five-day suspension, then resigned. Rewis had resigned before the investigation started. Musgrove was given a five-day suspension. Mobley, Jackie Gonzalez, Lucia Nabico and Marga DeFreitas were each given a two-day suspension. All of the alcohol was returned to Nevod unopened.

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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019

FSCO faces rent hike and clerk clash Moving the Palm Coast office will let the sheriff dodge a $40,000 annual increase in rent at City Marketplace. But questions remain at Bunnell headquarters.

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For almost a year, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has been dealing with the displacement of its staff from the evacuated Sheriff’s Operations Center on State Road 100 in Bunnell, where employee illnesses led to building testing, the exposure of a mold problem, and the facility’s evacuation last June. But now the FCSO is working on a new facility problem: The owner of the units the FCSO rents at City Marketplace for its Palm Coast branch office is planning to raise the rent, prompting the sheriff to seek new space for the agency’s Palm Coast-based staff as well. The county currently pays about $77,000 per year for the spot in City Marketplace. The rent hike by the owner, John C. Bills, would raise that to $120,000, County Administrator Jerry Cameron said at a May 6 County Commission meeting. “Have we tried to negotiate? ... Because that’s disgraceful,” County Commissioner Donald O’Brien said. Sheriff Rick Staly said that had already been attempted. “He is within his legal rights to do what he’s doing, although none of us like it,” Staly said. It’s not the first time Bills has hit City Marketplace tenants, including the FCSO, with a sudden increase in rent and fees. The county has already notified Bills that it will not be renewing its lease, and has been month-to-

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month since the last lease ended at the end of December. But the county had options, Cameron told commissioners: It purchased the former Sears building on Palm Coast Parkway for use as a Tax Collector’s Office branch, but since decided it didn’t need a new branch, so that space was available. It had also bought a bank building, formerly a Wachovia, near the Island Walk shopping center for a Sheriff’s Office branch in Palm Coast before determining that the building would need more repairs than the county initially realized. Those are ongoing. Meanwhile, the county has already started construction on a new, larger branch building in Palm Coast for the sheriff on county-owned land near the library on Palm Coast Parkway, but that will take about two years to construct. For now, Cameron suggested, the county could alter the Sears building for about $40,000, make that into a Sheriff’s Office branch building, and sell the Wachovia building. Then, when the permanent Sheriff’s Office branch building next to the library is completed, the county could also sell the Sears building. “That would be a considerable savings if we were to go ahead and do that,” Cameron said. And, he said, it would give the sheriff some extra space for staff members who have been displaced from the Sheriff’s Operations Center. They’re currently divided between the jail administrative building and the courthouse, where the

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FCSO competes with the Clerk of Courts Office for space. Moving FCSO employees into the Sears building, Cameron said, “would go some way to alleviating the situation at the courthouse in addition to saving the 200-plus thousand dollars.” County commissioners decided, by consensus, to follow Cameron’s suggestion. SHERIFF VS. CLERK

Moving employees to the Sears building, Sheriff Rick Staly said, would not do much to improve matters at the courthouse. Staly and Clerk of Court Tom Bexley — both constitutional officers entitled by law to space provided by the county government — have found themselves at odds over the limited space in the courthouse building. After the FCSO’s Ops Center was evacuated, the agency, with the county’s blessing, moved about 10 employees to the jail administrative building and another 60 to the courthouse, Staly said. Bexley has stated repeatedly that the FCSO’s increased presence there hinders his own operations. The sheriff has said his employees don’t have enough space to do their jobs, and are “packed like sardines.” That’s left Cameron in a difficult position, he said. “The clerk has taken the position that he is unwilling to make further accommodations,” Cameron said. “This leaves me with the task of figuring out what to do with the detective section of the Sheriff’s Department, which obviously is a critical operation. That needs to remain with the patrol and command. ... Right now we’re at a bit of an impasse, and I’m not sure what I would need to do to preserve the integrity of operation and at the same time come up with the space.” Staly said the current situation can not continue. “My staff has tried to work with the clerk also, and we have had no success,” Staly said. “Now it’s either time to bring it to a head, or we need to lease the sheriff new space. … I would encourage you to come and walk through and see the conditions they’re (FCSO employees) operating under, and also see the availability of space.” County Commissioner David Sullivan asked if the county could make the clerk give the sheriff more room. “I hate to go this route, but we do own that building,” Sullivan said.

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Proposed options for Captain’s BBQ at Bings Landing collapse The county removed the issue from the May 6 commission agenda and has not rescheduled it. JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

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The current, temporary construction fence on county land near the public library in Palm Coast

“It would seem to me that if push comes to shove ... that we direct the clerk that we need additional space in the building.” Cameron said that’s one option, though not the preferred one. Still, Cameron said, “I am running out of options.” He said he’d visited the detectives’ workspaces. Detectives, he said, have to have some privacy, for interviewing victims and witnesses. But detectives’ space at the courthouse, Cameron said, “looks more like a mail order phone bank.” FENCE APPROVED

Construction of the Sheriff’s Office branch that will abut the Flagler County Public Library branch on Palm Coast Parkway is in its earliest phase: Plastic construction fences have been added, and signs warn would-be trespassers to stay off. That hasn’t been working perfectly. The parcel also happens to be the site of a former homeless camp that has been displaced as the formerly wooded land has been converted into a construc-

tion zone. Some homeless people have tried to re-enter it and camp there again, Staly said, and have been removed by deputies. The County Commission, at its May 6 meeting, approved sturdier fencing: 6-foot-tall chainlink. The county administration says that new, sturdier fence is not about keeping the homeless population out. “It is a fence to keep any unauthorized person out of the construction area,” Cameron said. “You just can’t have unauthorized people running around in a construction zone.” The fence would be permanent: The Sheriff’s Office would use it for security after the building is finished. But the County Commissioner opted to fast-track the fence, and accept a $55,000 bid for the work from a local contractor, rather than spend the time to go through a standard bidding process. One other proposal came in considerably higher, county General Services Director Heidi Petito said, and moving forward with the local bid would save about six weeks.

The County Commission had planned to discuss the future of Captain’s BBQ at Bings Landing park the morning of Monday, May 6, but that didn’t happen: The Friday before the meeting, the county administration announced that it was removing that matter from the meeting agenda. “The Board of County Commissioners had instructed me to come back with two definitive options, and both sides retreated from their previous stated positions,” County Administrator Jerry Cameron said. The restaurant has a lease with the county to operate in Bings Landing, a county-owned park, that runs through 2026. But the current, county-owned building housing the restaurant is in disrepair, and the county has determined that it makes more sense to demolish it and build a new one than to repair it. The county also believes it would be breaching its lease, and vulnerable to a lawsuit, if it removes Captain’s from the park or makes it impossible for the restaurant to operate — as would be the case if the county tries to rebuild the current restaurant building in place, since that would mean displacing the business during construction. That dilemma has led the county

to look for other sites within the park, arousing concern from locals who don’t want the restaurant to eat up more park space. Still, until recently, the county had options — two of them. Previously, Cameron said, the proposed solutions had been as follows: Option 1: Captain’s BBQ had been willing to build a new building at its own expense, with the county not contributing anything, on a patch of reclaimed land that now contains a pavilion. The building would then be turned over to the county. This option would have allowed Captain’s to expand from 98 seats to 150, easing the process of obtaining a liquor license. Option 2: The county would build a new facility for Captain’s, approximating its current size — without an expansion to 150 seats — on the same patch of reclaimed land. But on April 12, Captain’s BBQ, through attorney Casey Arnold, sent the county a letter stating that the restaurant, if it builds a new building at its own expense, will not agree to pay for sewer and water connections. The same letter warned the county of the possibility that Captain’s, if displaced, may have a case if it decides to

sue the county for loss of future business. And it states that the county can not just rescind a lease it approved with Captain’s, through a 3-2 commission vote, in November, even though the county had voted to reconsider that matter just weeks later after an election changed the composition of the commission. That November lease had allowed for an expansion to 150 seats. Arnold’s letter removed Option 1 from consideration, Cameron said. Meanwhile, the Hammock Community Association, which had supported Option 2, expressed reservations about the location for the proposed building. The county communicated with both sides until late Friday afternoon, Cameron said, but it became clear they weren’t reaching a resolution. “I did not want to put the board, and the community, through that when there was no viable outcome,” he said. Ultimately, he said, there are three entities involved: Captain’s, the Hammock Community Association, and the taxpayers — who, he said, would benefit most from the solution that’s the least expensive for the county and least likely to invite litigation. “I do not believe that the two parties are going to get exactly what they want,” Cameron said. “But the taxpayers may.”

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FPC teacher returns after enduring racist threats Kimberly Lee feels the case was mishandled and that more needs to be done to address racism at school.

myself by going back, but it’s where I belong. It’s still difficult on some days, but I have very supportive colleagues that definitely help me to get through the day when I’m feeling anxious, because I definitely still have lots of anxiety. I’m definitely not as trusting as I used to be. I’m more aware of things that in the past I would have dismissed as, So-and-so’s having a bad day. I’m a little more conscious of what it looks like and what it might mean. And it’s kind of sad that I have to think that way. I’m less likely to give people the benefit of the doubt.

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fter learning that two teenagers — two of her own language arts students — had been caught having a racist rant about her at Flagler Palm Coast High School on school laptops on Dec. 10, 2018, Kimberly Lee was apprehensive about going to school on Dec. 11. The students had said disturbing, shocking things, making plans to “stomp on her f----- face” in hopes of getting a “medal for killing a [racial slur].” But what was also disturbing to Lee is that the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s incident report stated that no charges would be filed, even when the student had said something as blatant as “WERE GONNA GET AWAY WITH MURDUR TONIGHT.” She thought, How could the Sheriff’s Office dismiss these racist threats as not being credible without even interviewing her to see how she felt? She found the school resource deputy at FPC on Dec. 11 and told him that she did, in fact, want to press charges against the students. Ultimately, they were charged with misdemeanor assault with a hate crime enhancement. The NAACP called for more severe charges in a press conference on Dec. 18, and a State Attorney’s Office spokesman said on May 2, 2019, that the investigation is ongoing; no decision has been made yet on whether to pursue the case. After Dec. 11, Lee felt she was mistreated. She was afraid for her own safety, but just as importantly, she didn’t know if she could be the teacher her students needed. So she took an unpaid leave of absence. Months passed. She spoke with the Palm Coast Observer on May 2 about her teaching philosophy, how she feels now about the incident — and why she eventually returned to the classroom.

Q: How do you heal from this? Courtesy photo

Kimberly Lee has been a teacher for 20 years, including five at Flagler Palm Coast High School.

to understand that you really care about them, and I do. Q: Have you been impacted by racism before 2018?

A: I think every person that is African American or otherwise has experienced some degree of racism. I’ve definitely never experienced it to that degree before, so I was kind of blindsided. It being slapped in my face — I’ve never experienced it like that before. Q: How did you feel when you

learned that the students had this internet chat about you?

A: I’m probably very idealistic, like most teachers are. I hope to change the world in some sort of way. It’s my job to ask question and ultimately to get them to ask question for themselves. I’m hoping that that will help, in some way, get kids to think deeper than they might normally about things going on in the world. What I love most about teaching is that: the interaction with the kids.

A: I was really shocked. I thought that they made a mistake, because I hadn’t had any issues with any students, so I didn’t know who it possibly could have been. I pride myself on having positive relationships with students and being open. I’ve talked about race in my classroom before. The first or second day when you come in, I always do an activity where I have students draw a pair of glasses. In the lens of the glasses, I ask them to write things that represent who they are — one of those being race — and then we talk about perception and how you can’t help but see the world through the glasses that you wear. If I’m an African American, that’s my view of the world, so I see the world through those eyes. If I’m a person who has divorced parents, that’s how I see the world. I also encourage them to exchange glasses with someone — literally. We talk about how difficult it is to see through someone else’s glasses, but if you try hard enough, your eyes adjust. It’s uncomfortable, but at least you can see something. For the last five years, that’s the activity that I’ve done on the first or second day of class, and it’s helped to talk about difficult subjects. I’ll say, You need to try on her glasses, to think about how things are happening. After having done so many activities, how could I not know that something was amiss?

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developing relationships with your students?

A: I’m not afraid to share things that have happened in my life, or things I’m concerned about. They need to see you as a person, not just this teacher. I have challenges just like you do. You can overcome them the way I have. I think it’s important for them

appropriate response from the Sheriff’s Office and the school district?

A: The initial reaction from the Sheriff’s Office was disturbing to me, because I think that there was general thought that it was just a joke, and even if the threat itself was a joke, the racial implications of it was something

that bothered me more. I don’t understand how this was a joke, how it could have ever been considered as a joke. So that was really extremely bothersome to me that it was initially perceived that way, that kids just say things that they don’t mean, especially in today’s climate. I found it very alarming that they wouldn’t take things like seriously. Initially, the case was dismissed even prior to speaking to me. So I felt like some of the comments that were made within the chat, like African Americans not having any rights, that was true, based on the way that I was treated by them, that it wasn’t even worth talking to me, to even determine my level of concern. I wish they would have taken the time to interview me. I felt like I was not important. Q: Why did you decide not to return to school at first?

A: I was still feeling a lot of fear, a lot of confusion. I thought it was possible that the threat could be carried through. I didn’t feel they had done a thorough investigation. I wondered if there were other people involved in it. And it made me feel that I didn’t know the kids in my class. To me that was really unfair to have those thoughts because not every kid did that, but that’s how I was looking at them, so I didn’t feel that I could perform my job in that way, not being able to give them the benefit of the doubt, to feel comfortable teaching them. Q: How long were you out?

What was that period like for you?

A: I was out Dec. 12 to March 1. It was a very difficult time for us. I suffered a lot physically and emotionally. Financially, I was out on unpaid leave for a while, for something that I didn’t really do. I felt completely victimized. My name was out there, my children were confused and upset, but the perpetrators were being kept safe. I probably didn’t leave my house for a good month. I was just very depressed. Q: Why did you decide to return when you did?

A: I really needed to go back to see if I still love it. I felt like I owed that to myself, to see if I could still do it. I also felt like I needed to show my strength in going back, to not allow this to take away my career, and take away my life. I was reclaiming

How can the community heal from this?

A: I think that’s the most disappointing thing to me: Nothing changed. Nothing changed. Something like this should have changed us in some way. It hasn’t even been a conversation. I think people need to realize that those attacks were directed to me, but those comments affected every black and brown person at the school, and I don’t think people recognize that. No one addressed that at all. That’s extremely disappointing. I think people feel like if we don’t talk about it, it kind of goes away. Those attitudes came from the culture that exists at our school, and we need to recognize it and do something about it, and I don’t think as a district, as a school, that people are willing look at it. As I’ve said to the class before, through their glasses everything’s fine, but if they would try on somebody else’s glasses, some of the other students of color, they might get a different view of the school. I feel that we need to have more teachers of color at school. My daughter is in 10th grade, and she’s had one African American teacher. If we want to create a more diverse school, you need to have more diverse people there, and it takes effort to do that. When you do that, then our conversations will be different, our culture will be different, and we can make some changes when that happens. I’d like to see us do some diversity training at school, and I’d like to see some programs put into place to stimulate and have conversations with kids about these things. They’re not going to go away. We just need to pick up people’s glasses and put them on. Q: You said you wanted to see

if you could still do it. Can you?

A: I can. It’s hard to do, but the good moments certainly outweigh the bad ones. I love the energy in the classroom. I got lots of hugs, lots of emails while I was gone, and it was important for me to let the students know that I don’t lump them all into one category. I don’t really even think badly of the kids that did this. I think it was a horrible mistake, and I think we have to suffer the consequences when we do things, but I hope that they’re learning from this and that it will change them in a positive way. Because if they didn’t learn anything — if we all didn’t learn something — then it’s all for naught.

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Dear Editor: As the traffic is forced to slow to 25 mph northbound on A1A and southbound on South Central, those of us who live here are mildly inconvenienced. But those folks who are trying to eke out a living as small business owners are faced with much more dire circumstances. The construction on the highway and subsequent diversion of southbound traffic between South Ninth and South 23rd streets has resulted in as much as a 50% drop in business for some of these restaurants and shops. Many, like Sunny Nails, Kool Beanz Coffee, and Beach Belly Bob’s, for example, don’t even have a front parking lot right now. A visit to The Net by George for a recent dinner proved that the building is virtually invisible due to a massive pile of black drainage pipes blocking the view of the restaurant. Considering the pipes could have been laid just a few yards to the north and only block a parking area instead of the restaurant’s front door and windows seems especially cruel. We are beginning to enter our

busy tourist season. Those who are unfamiliar with Flagler Beach might not realize that there are entrances to all of these establishments either on South Central Avenue or on the adjacent side streets. Yes, there are street signs on Central indicating the locations of these businesses, but those are small compensation for the loss in spur-of-themoment stops from tourists looking for a bite to eat. It is a given that the construction will be around for some time. Hopefully the incentives being offered the workers to finish early will get this mess cleaned up as quickly as possible. But in the meantime, these businesses are hurting, and they desperately need local support. They are part of the charm that makes Flagler Beach a wonderful place to visit, eat and shop. I urge all Flagler County residents (and their visitors!) to please ignore the construction and come down to the beach to patronize these businesses. These are our neighbors, and right now they need our support. Thank you.

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Three arrested in F-Section drug bust Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested three people after Special Investigations Unit deputies searched a home on Felshire Lane in Palm Coast the afternoon of Tuesday, April 30,. The search warrant was the result of several months’ worth of undercover operations stemming from numerous complaints about suspected drug activity at the home, according to an FCSO news release. Shamine Giddens, 32, Kiedra Smith, 29, and Davon Hall, 38, were arrested and taken to the Flagler County Jail. Detectives found prescription pills, heroin laced with Fentanyl, some cannabis and various drug paraphernalia in the home. There were also three children

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A 16-year-old Matanzas High School student posted a threatening message on Instagram and brought a pocket knife to campus, according to a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office report. Another student reported the post May 1. “The picture is an open bi-fold common pocket knife laying on what appears to be a table with the caption of ‘Let a n----a test me today,’” a deputy’s report states. Deputies found the boy in a classroom. He admitted he had the knife in his pocket. A deputy retrieved it. The teen said that “he posted it because it was early and he was not thinking about what he was posting.” A deputy asked him about the slur word in the post. “He advised it is a common slang comment that ‘everyone’ uses,” the deputy wrote. “He said he used the word ‘n---a’ as a slang term and did not use it as a racial slur. (Name redacted) and his mother stated that he has a half-brother who is black and said that his uncle is black.”

The teen said he hadn’t brought the knife intentionally: He’d said been wearing the same pants on another day and had left the knife in his pocket. The deputies filled out a charging affidavit on the teen for the crime of making written threats to kill or injure, and have forwarded it to the State Attorney’s Office for review.

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County attorney should represent us Dear Editor: Al Hadeed, I am extremely disappointed in your position on the Bings Landing situation. You are the county attorney and should be representing all citizens of Flagler County, not just one entity. I realize your position is that you are trying to “protect the county from legal action.” However, you were instrumental in the proposal of this lease and should have “protected the county” at that time, rather than back pedaling now From all appearances, you are representing Captain’s and their aspirations to expand their business at the citizens’ expense. Your reputation is now at stake. You have always been a representative of the people, The Hammock and the A1A corridor. The position you

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Greed is at the heart of threat to Bings Dear Editor: The meeting of the county commissioners regarding the fate of Bings Landing was postponed on May 6 because now the owners do not want to pay for the necessary sewer hookups to accommodate their expansion plans. Instead they want the cost to be borne by taxpayers. Enough greed is enough. The next meeting of the commissioners on this Bings proposal will be rescheduled. Make your voices heard! BILL CAMPION Palm Coast

It’s Bings Landing, not Captain’s Landing Dear Editor: The Captain’s BBQ mess is just another example of a government privatization scheme gone badly. This deal, negotiated in secret, then rubber stamped by county commissioners without public comment or even knowledge until it hit the light of day, has been objected to by so many Flagler County residents one has to wonder how it ever came about. And now, of course, they tell us it’s too late to stop. Where is

a Flagler County escape clause in all of this? This land has been purchased using state and local funds and kept off the tax rolls by the people of Flagler County. It’s not Captain’s BBQ Landing, it’s Bings Landing. If the County Commission won’t act in the people’s interests and end this travesty, perhaps the Captain’s folks will recognize the ill will towards this project and go back in and negotiate a deal to close up shop. JEFFERY C. SEIB Palm Coast

Disentangle Bings from Captain’s Dear Editor: Captain’s BBQ proposes to design, permit, construct and maintain a $1 million building in Bings Landing that would increase its customer seating area by approximately 1,000 square feet and the number of seats from 100 seats in the current building to 150 seats. If the county commissioners approve this proposal, they would be abdicating their responsibility to manage the park and park facilities by ceding complete control of all aspects of the building to Captain’s owners. These are the same owners who have been cited by the state Health Department for high priority food violations and for operating the current restaurant with more seats than the Health Department approved. Further, this seating was approximately 20% higher than the seating

permitted by the county lease, and the additional sewage generated by the unauthorized seating endangered the Matanzas River by exceeding the capacity of the park’s septic system. Following are lease terms and county actions that have subsidized Captain’s operations since the current lease began in 2011: The below market monthly rental was $500 at the beginning of the lease, it increased $40 per month on each anniversary, and it now amounts to $780 per month. This rental does not begin to cover county expenses, does not provide for the real estate taxes paid by competitors, and does not contain a profit-sharing provision like the Flagler Beach lease with the Funky Pelican. The lease requires the county to maintain and insure the building at county expense. The sewage connection for the caretaker’s cottage was capped following the recent Health Department inspection to enable the Health Department to approve more restaurant seats based on septicsystem capacity. County administration has said that the current lease has stimulated economic development. In reality, it is government-subsidized corporate welfare that harms the taxpayers who provided the tax dollars to purchase the park, and it provides unfair competition to other restaurants in The Hammock. Captain’s proposes to construct the new building at their expenses and deed it over to the county when

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completed. This appears to be a gift, but Captain’s cost will be offset over the 20-year life of the lease by $960,000 in rent-reduction credits. The proposed transaction is not a gift. The county is actually buying the building with the rent credits. The Captain’s proposal would relocate the south pavilion to give their restaurant the best riverfront view in the park. The south pavilion would be reconstructed in a less desirable location, and parking requirements for the larger restaurant will consume half of the 120 parking spaces in the park. Forty-five of the remaining spaces are reserved for boat trailer parking, leaving only 15 spaces for the general public. Reducing the amount of parking available to the public will limit public use of the park that was purchased with taxpayer dollars to provide access to the Matanzas River for boating, fishing, and other recreational activities. This is another mess created by former County Administrator Craig Coffey. Some of the problems described above would be corrected in the proposed lease, but it would continue to benefit Captain’s to the detriment of competing restaurants, and it would continue to limit taxpayer access to their park by constraining parking. The commissioners should seek to extricate the county from this inappropriate entanglement with Captain’s BBQ as quickly as possible.

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Dear Editor: What a nice, dormant place this town is! Too bad the name Sleepy Hollow is taken. While the dimwitted leaders of the world, enabled by even dimmer supporters, allow the planet to heat, Comatose Coast is fixated by the fate of a barbecue stand. Not to worry. The restaurant at Bings Landing will soon be submerged, but Ocala will have a nice beach.

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rom their first practice of the season, the members of Flagler Palm Coast’s boys track and field team have had one thing on their minds: to win a state championship. Despite several qualifiers, the Bulldogs’ boys team didn’t score a point in last year’s state meet. But the 2019 season was going to be different. It had to be different. The Bulldogs’ roster was immediately bolstered by the transfers of sprinter Jacob Miley, from rival Matanzas, and hurdler Nathan Farrell, from Spruce Creek. And the team was returning key athletes from last season, namely distance runner Shawn Gordon, sprinter/hurdler Ken’Derick Morton and shot putter Nelson Paul, among others. The Bulldogs finally had all the pieces that would help them accomplish a goal they hadn’t achieved since 2009. But — as is the nature of most sports, especially track and field — there’s always the unexpected.

FPC’s Jacob Miley goes head-to-head with Piper’s Sukeil Foucha in the 800-meter run at the FHSAA track and field state championships. Miley finished .03 seconds behind Foucha.

meters. Not going too fast to where he’d tire out, and not going to slow to where he’d fall too far behind. Then, he attacked. He passed the runners in front of him with ease, his 6-foot-5 frame gliding gracefully across the track. He thought he was running the best race of his life. “Until the last four steps,” he said. Nearing the end of the race, Piper’s Sukeil Foucha dove for the finish line. He crossed in 1:51.00. Miley did so in 1:51.03. “I should have pushed through. I should have leaned harder,” Miley said. “I thought I had it in the bag.”

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Jacob Miley wasn’t ready to win a state title in 2018. He said so himself. As a junior at Matanzas, he was already one of the top 800-meter runners in the state. “It felt like I had the weight of the world on my shoulders,” he said after running a 1:56.41, placing eighth in the 800-meter final. “The nerves just got to me.” Last season’s state meet was a learning experience for Miley. It allowed him to focus on what he needed to improve and how he was going to do it. After months of rigorous training under FPC coach David Halliday, this year was going to be the year. The gold medal was his to lose, and there was no way to hide it. At the crack of the starter’s pistol, Miley burst out of his stance and

sprinted down the track in the 4A 800-meter run at the University of North Florida on Friday, May 3. It was a hot day, spattered with patches of rain and lightning. He hovered near the middle of the pack for most of the first 400

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The Bulldogs entered Day 2 of the FHSAA boys state track and field championships on Saturday, May 4, within striking distance of the team title and with nine opportu-

nities to put points on the board. Their first chance of the day came in the 4x800-meter relay. Shawn Gordon, who ran the opening leg, built a solid lead for the Bulldogs before handing the baton to teammate Darrell Thomas. Thomas sped down the track, leading by more than 20 meters. But he wasn’t used to running without people nearby. All alone, he had trouble pacing himself. He ran too fast and tired out. He surrendered the Bulldogs’ once large lead before handing the baton to J.T. Dahlberg, who struggled to close the gap during his leg of the race. When Jacob Miley finally received the baton, the Bulldogs were in 10th place. By the time he neared the finish line, he had passed seven people and almost caught up to Miami Columbus’ Sebastien Cantave. Miley split in 1 minute, 50 seconds flat, earning FPC’s relay team a bronze medal and six crucial points for the overall team score. “I didn’t realize how fast I was running,” Miley said. “I needed to pass as many people as I could. That’s the only thing that was on my mind.” THE FALL

Nathan Farrell didn’t make it out of the district in the 110-meter hurdles as a sophomore at Spruce Creek last season, and he failed to qualify for the 300-meter hurdles state final that year, as well. With a time of 14.69, he finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles this year for FPC. Then came his bread-and-butter event: the 300-meter hurdles, an event in which he set the U.S. No. 1 time at the Five Star Conference Championship on March 9. He started off slowly — he always does — and just barely grazed the top of the first hurdle. Still a bit behind nearing the final stretch, he “turned on the jets.” But his steps, always 17, were off. He couldn’t get his right leg over the first of the last set of hurdles. His shin hit the bar and he crashed face-first to the ground. He couldn’t get up. “My heart,” David Halliday SEE CLOSE PAGE 16

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“We know we can come back with our bats,” Hawkins said. “We know we can make runs happen. We just had to get our heads in the game and score runs.” The Pirates took a five-run lead into the top of the seventh. Wood gave up two runs in the inning. But even with the jeering of the Deltona dugout, she remained focused. After taking down two hitters, Wood got a Deltona batter to hit a ground ball. It was picked up by Alyssa Payne, who rifled it to Motsinger at first for the gamesealing out. The Pirates defeated the Wolves

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Michel Pierre Roux, 78, of Palm Coast, FL, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. He was born on August 31, 1940 in Soyaux, France to the late Emmanuel Jules Francois and Louisette Gabrielle (Lecocq) Roux. Michel graduated from University of Strasbourg, Hotel Management School, in 1958 and served in the French Army in 1959. Michel was the Chairman and CEO of Crillon Importers LTD., Importers of fine wine and spirits. Just a few of his accolades include a Distinguished Community Service Award as well as Doctor Honoris Causa in Humanities from Brandeis University (USA, 1988 and 1991) and Man of the Year awarded by the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse (USA, 1989). He was a man of many interests including: curating collectibles and observing nature. He was also a gourmand culinarian and “the man who planted trees”. For nearly half a century, Mr. Roux has distinguished himself as not only an exceptional marketer but also a visionary beyond his time and an avid supporter of the arts. Carrying his personal credo of “doing well by doing good,” he touched the lives of many through his decorated career trailblazing the spirits industry as well as his personal philanthropic passions. Mr. Roux was instrumental to the development, distribution and success of many products including Absolut Vodka, Stolichnaya Russian Vodka, Grand Marnier, Bombay Gin and Bombay Sapphire Gin. He was involved in and supported many charitable organizations including Citymeals-on-Wheels, in addition to establishing the Grand Marnier Foundation. Throughout his lifetime he received distinctions such as being named both a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur and Chevalier des Artes et Lettres by the French government in 1988 and the Commander of the Order of the North Pole Star, which is Sweden’s highest honor, bestowed upon him by the King in 1991. A titan within his industry, Mr. Roux was absolutely larger than life and always one to leave a tremendous impression upon anyone he came to meet. Michel moved to Palm Coast, Florida 24 years ago from Manhattan, New York. Michel is survived by his loving wife of 39 years, Kitty Roux; sons, Dominique Roux, Maximilien Roux; sister, Francoise Roux. The family of Mr. Roux entrusted the arrangements to Clymer Funeral Home & Cremations. Memorial donations may be made in Michel’s name to: Keep Memory Alive, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at Keepmemoryalive.org or 888 West Bonneville Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada 89106. Online condolences may be made at www.clymerfuneralhome.com

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said, “it just sank.” Farrell, who was one of four to fall in the event, doesn’t remember what the fall felt like. He was in a daze. He hadn’t fallen the entire season until now. “I thought I was going to get knocked out,” he said. Farrell eventually stood up with the help of Winter Park’s Sage Bertran, who also fell. However, he couldn’t go over the hurdles and was disqualified. He collapsed to the ground after crossing the finish line. Unable to put weight on his right leg, he needed the help of UNF trainers to get off the track and to

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It was a long, hard season for the Bulldogs. It was filled with success. It was filled with sadness. And although they fell short of their goal, it’s a season that won’t be forgotten. “This was a really special group of young men who bought in, who worked hard, who encouraged each other,” David Halliday said. “They’re brothers.”

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nity, despite a fifth-place surprise from Morton, that ultimately slipped away. And after Miami Columbus’ Xzavier Henderson finished second in the 200-meter dash, the Explorers led 39-33. The Bulldogs had one last chance to score in the 4x400meter relay. Darrell Thomas ran the opening leg, giving the Bulldogs a slim lead, before he handed the baton to Farrell. FPC’s David Halliday didn’t believe Farrell would be able to compete after his spill in the hurdles. At first, he didn’t want him to, but Farrell refused to be benched. After crashing in the biggest race of his life, Halliday gave Farrell a pep talk before the race. “I told him that that race doesn’t define who you are. It doesn’t define your athletic career,” Halliday said. “What you do next will define you.” Farrell’s head, neck, back and leg stung as he flew down the track. “He’s a warrior,” Halliday said. Morton worked to close the gap before giving the baton to Jacob Miley. Miley passed several runners and almost ran down Piper’s Ethan Hanna. “I wanted to leave it all out on the track for my last race in high school. I tried to catch him as hard as I could,” said Miley, who will run for the Florida Gators next season. “Five more steps and I would have had him.” The Bulldogs finished second. The Explorers finished third.

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Flagler Palm Coast, Buddy Taylor students brings ‘Les Misérables’ to life “Cosette has this type of fearlessness, and she has this type of courage and this hope in her eyes that I have found very inspiring, and I’ve found that she has helped me to become more of an optimist.”

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“This production is near and dear to my heart. It’s my first real, big lead in a show like this. It’s very nerve-wracking, but I wouldn’t want it any other way. Fantine is a dream role of mine, and working alongside a cast like this is so helpful because they’re all encouraging and supportive.”

LES MISÉRABLES n When: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9; 7 p.m. Friday, May 10; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 11 n Where: Flagler Auditorium, 5500 E. Highway 100 n Cost: $10 students; $15 non-students n Details: Visit https://flaglerauditorium.org for tickets, or call 437-7547.

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thank our parents and other significant adults who continually challenge our students to seek more advanced and demanding classes. I believe our students are seeing they can both do this work, and succeed at doing it.”

The latest U.S. News & World Report ranking is out, and both Flagler Palm Coast and Matanzas high schools are in the top third of all public high schools ranked this year. Matanzas High School came in 4,518 and Flagler Palm Coast High School is 5,055, in the national rankings. In all, more than 17,245 public high schools were ranked. “I think everyone at both schools, to include students, teachers, staff and administrators should be proud of where they stand on a state and national level,” Flagler Schools Superintendent James Tager said in the press release. “I also

WADSWORTH 5K RAISES $5,000 The second-annual Wadsworth Elementary 5k Run/Walk was held on Saturday, April 27, at the school. Over $5,000 in proceeds from the race will benefit Wadsworth Elementary Special Programs. There was also a free Kid’s Dash around the bus loop for children age 6 and under following the 5K. Flagler Schools Superinten-

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Award-winning graphic design teacher Ed Beckett, from Flagler Palm Coast High School, will lead a Youth Photography Workshop June 24-28, at the Guy Harvey facility, 860 A1A Beach Blvd. This workshop, with the St. Augustine Camera Club, teaches fundamental techniques on DSLR cameras provided by Canon. Class will be 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily, with the afternoon reserved for assignments. Cost is $250. Limited scholarships are available. Admission is juried based on a short portfolio. To apply, visit https://www.saintaugustinecameraclub.com/youth-summer-workshop.html.

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The Bookettes, a Grand Haven book club, visited veteran John Unger and presented him with a German chocolate birthday cake and card, which named him an honorary member of The Bookettes.

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To celebrate the 99th birthday of Tuscan Gardens Assisted-Living resident John I. Unger, his daughter-in-law, Jacki Unger, and The Bookettes (a book club in Grand Haven) joined together on April 30, after reading the book wrote about him, “The Last Corpsman.” The Bookettes visited John Unger and presented him with a German chocolate birthday cake and card, which named him an honorary member of The Bookettes. The book chronicles the life of John I. Unger from his birth in Austria in 1920, his immigration to the U.S., joining the Navy, his training as a Corpsman and his subsequent assignment with the Marine 1st Defense Battalion on Wake Island. He married young, and while he was at Wake Island, he became a prisoner of war for 44 months. All during this time, he wrote beautiful love letters to his wife; these letters are incorporated into the book.

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Police Athletic League Coordinator Kerri Henderson was named the March Inspirational Award Honoree by the National Police Athletic League, according to a press release. Henderson has worked for the FCSO for two years and spends countless hours of her personal time working with and mentoring children in Flagler County. Kerri has been instrumental in obtaining the McGruff grant, which allows the FCSO PAL to teach children about safety with McGruff the Crime Dog. “Kerri is instrumental in bridging the gap between law enforcement officers and school-aged children,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in the news release. “She continually finds ways to get students involved and excited to learn about safety.” Kerri was nominated by FCSO PAL Director Nicole Quintieri.

Two new instructors are joining the team at the Palm Coast Tennis Center — Jim Smiechewicz and Dennis De Rome — and plans are already underway for new clinics. Smiechewicz comes with more than 30 years of experience as both a player and an instructor. Most recently, Smiechewicz worked at the Florida Tennis Center where he primarily focused on youth lessons. He will be representing Flagler County and the state of Florida in the upcoming 2019 National Senior Games taking place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this summer. Dennis De Rome, who is originally from Australia, has 30 years’ experience as a pro, recently in Ormond Beach.

COURT RESURFACING TO BEGIN JUNE 3 Fence repair and maintenance project is currently underway at the Palm Coast Tennis Cen-

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JOIN THE QUILTS OF VALOR Quilts of Valor Sew Days are held at Palm Coast Elks Lodge 2709, at 53 Old Kings Road N., on the third Thursday of every month, since 2017 when Kelly Wise Chapman started it. The sew days are currently hosted by Leslie Mullins. Military veterans touched by war are nominated to receive a quilt. About 300 outstanding veterans are waiting to receive a quilt. Visit QOVF.org. Call Elks Lodge Public Relations Committee member Vivian M. Smith at 446-9954.

ter. The next big improvement is court resurfacing, which will start June 3 and could take up to three weeks, but the courts will only have be shut down June 7-9. The court resurfacing is part of regular maintenance and will bring in all new clay material. The courts will be regraded and players should feel an improvement in playability. Please pardon the dust while these improvements are being made. For clinics and other tennis activities, visit www. parksandrec.fun/tennis.

TEENS CAN HELP AT HOSPICE HOUSE High school students 16 and older who are interested in earning community service hours to meet requirements for curriculum or potential scholarships can apply to be a volunteer at the AdventHealth Hospice Care administrative office in Ormond Beach or at the Stuart F. Meyer Hospice House in Palm Coast. To learn more, call AdventHealth Hospice Care Volunteer Coordinator Raeanne Cade at 671-2138.

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J.J. Graham of Salvo Art Project has donated his painting to the Free Clinic.

J.B. Birney hosts his famous horse-racing table game, where folks make bets and roll their dice to move their racehorse to the finish line.

Flagler Free Clinic celebrates 15 years The gala honored its volunteers and donors and raised over $12,000

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SUBMITTED BY JASON GIRAULO, OF PALM COAST “Mom always taught me the importance of family. I wrote my first letter to my future wife a decade ago talking about my family, and she fell in love. Years later, we still live in the same neighborhood with my parents, aunt and uncle, and just across town from more family members. We spend lots of time with them each month. Now we are starting our own family and look forward to teaching our infant son how wonderful a life full of family can be. Mom was right.”

“The best advice my beautiful mom gave me was always trust your gut instinct. It will never let you down. It holds true today. I use it often when I am trying to make a hard decision. I know that if I have a bad feeling about the situation, then it is probably not a good choice. My mom always knew the right words to say in any situation. She never made motherhood look hard at all — raised five children, raised her granddaughter (Chantelle) with cerebral palsy after my sister passed away from a car accident that brought Chantelle into the world. My parents have raised hundreds of kids in foster care for over 30 years. Sadly, this will most likely be my mom’s last Mother’s Day on earth. She is in the last stages of dementia. Her mind and body is no longer hers. She is very weak and very fragile. She has taught me a lifetime of great things to use in my life. Relying on God’s purpose has sustained her in her life. There is no mom like my mom. She is a rare gem.”

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house in Hammock Dunes was the top real estate transaction for the week of March 28 to April 3 in Flagler County. William and Pamela Woodward, of Jacksonville, sold 10 San Marco Court to Donald and Lana Steimle, of Palm Coast, for $677,500. Built in 1998, the house has three bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 3,507 square feet. Following is a partial list of other sales for the week. WAYNE GRANT REAL ESTATE EDITOR

Condos Robert and Mary Meisenheimer, of Green Cove Springs, sold 15 Ocean Crest Way, Unit 1341, to Austin Miller and Sara Ditzel-Miller, as trustees, for $315,000. Built in 2005, the condo has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,696 square feet. It sold in 2006 for $760,000.

Timothy Haszard and Hugh Peters, of St. Augustine, sold 1200 Cinnamon Beach Way, Unit 1124, to Richard and Stephanie Lawson, of Hardy, Virginia, for $280,000. Built in 2004, the condo has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,682 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $432,700.

Palm Harbor Paula Canelli, of Flagler Beach, sold 44 Forrester Place to Brandon and Dana Canipelli, of Palm Coast, for $222,500. Built in 1992, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool and 1,688 square feet. Courtesy photo

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Elizabeth Gibson sold 104 Surfview Drive, Unit 2203, to Catherine Peterson, individually and as trustee, for $255,000. Built in 1992, the condo has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,158 square feet. It sold in 2000 for $200,000. Armand Beach Polly Roberts sold 5 Ulmacea Place to Susanne Flesch and Russell White, of Palm Coast, for $358,000. Built in 1993, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool and 1,800 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $245,000. Grand Haven Grand Reserve and Golf Club D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 123 Fairway Court to Dwight Robinson, of Bunnell, for $194,990. Built in 2017, the house has three

Hammock Beach Samantha Boomer, individually and as trustee, sold 323 Ocean Crest Drive to Joseph and Darlene DaMico, of Cypress, Texas, for $489,000. Built in 2006, the house has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,476 square feet. Indian Trails Seagate Homes LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 119 Beacon Mill Lane to Lawrence Garrett, of Wellborn, for $254,300. Built in 2018, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,208 square feet.

Seagate Homes LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 49 Biscayne Drive to Kent and Flavia Moore, of Westminster, Colorado, for $253,200. Built in 2019, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,208 square feet.

Frank and Amanda Coker, of Palm Coast, sold 39 Bassett Lane to Darren George and Virginia Bolzak, of Palm Coast, for $242,200. Built in 2005, the house has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,415 square feet. It sold in 2006 for $290,000. Lehigh Woods Sunita Ramsaywack, of Bogota, New Jersey, sold 16 Royal Leaf Lane to Aldrich and Tonnrey Callins, of Palm Coast, for $217,500. Built in 2006, the house has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,230 square feet. It sold in 2006 for $252,400.

Frances Turknett, of Swannanoa, North Carolina, sold 30 Richfield Lane to Andres Iglesias and Tina Goyzueta, of Palm Coast, for $214,900. Built in 2002, the house has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,876 square feet. It sold in 2002 for $97,900.

Pine Lakes Patrick and Phyliss Mohan, of Absecon, New Jersey, sold 21 Westmount Lane to Sean and Monica Tice, of Palm Coast, for $225,000. Built in 1994, the house has three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a swimming pool and 1,948 square feet. It sold in 2000 for $118,500.

Daniel and Kelley Gouldner, of Aiken, South Carolina, sold 9 Wendy Lane to Dawn Pemberton, of Palm Coast, for $190,000. Built in 1986, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace and 1,991 square feet. It sold in 2014 for $134,900. Quail Hollow Michael Stahley and Joanne Giovannucci sold 94 Zephyr Lily Trial to Karen DeCristofer, of Palm Coast, for $187,000. Built in 2002, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,409 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $153,000.

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a free week of summer camp to the children of wounded, injured, ill or fallen military veterans. Contact Selma Basic at 814-323-6551 or John Switalski at 793-5237 for a reservation.

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When: registration at 7:30 a.m.; shotgun start at 9 a.m. Where: Pine Lakes Golf Club, 400 Pine Lakes Parkway Cost: Tickets are $75 per player or $300 for a foursome Details: The Palm Coast Golden Corral is hosting its first-annual Camp Corral charity golf tournament. Money raised will go toward supporting Camp Corral, a nonprofit that provides

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When: 7 p.m. Where: Whitney Laboratory campus, Lohman Auditorium, 9505 Ocean Shore Blvd. Cost: Free Details: The Evenings at Whitney Lecture Series returns as Steven Noll, master lecturer at the University of Florida in the department of history, will talk about the relationship between humans and water throughout Florida history.

Details: The Flagler County Art League will present two shows that will run through June 4. “Textures” will feature textured art. The second show is a fourperson show by the Gargiulo Art Foundation, featuring work by Robert Mielenhausen, Sunny Vincent Ewachew, Joan Mangano and Stephanie Salkin.

Puzzle One Clue: G equals W

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AMAZON ALEXA Echo, brand new, still in box $50 386-283-4297.

3 BICYCLES, 26”, his and hers $40 each, weed wacker $40 386-446-5793.

BOYS 20” John Deere free style bike, excellent condition $50 863-289-4411.

4 BAR stools with backs, floor to seat 29”, light wood $40, leave message 386-283-4316.

BROWN VINYL loveseat and recliner, $75 each, beige cloth Queen Ann recliner $75 386-313-6041.

68 GALLON pond liner and pump $65 386-4417344.

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1982 CORVETTE Crossfire, glass t-tops, white with beige interior, needs radio and a/c repair, $6,000. 813-727-9331.

KENMORE FRIDGE, side by side water, ice in door. very good condition, $150 (386) 283-7396

Puzzle One Solution: “Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.” – Albert Einstein

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Puzzle Two Solution: “I only do one thing at a time; otherwise, I get confused and then I can’t trick you.” – (Judge) Judy Sheindlin

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