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VOLUME 11, NO. 26

School year start will be delayed

Schoolhouse honored 9 THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2020

Escape Route

Here’s how the Mahon family is finding happy places in their RV to fight the COVID-19 blues. Also in Health Matters: Fishing for normalcy. PAGES 17-20

The School Board may revisit the school calendar later in the year to add in teacher work days and training days.

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KEEPING YOUR KIDS SAFE

Here’s what Flagler Schools is doing to help keep students safe. A department-bydepartment look.

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The Mahon family: Joy and Ryan, with their daughters, Sydney and Avery.

CITY WATCH

PC Bike closes

City plans water treatment upgrades, wastewater and drainage improvements PAGE 4

VACANCY

How to apply for CARES Act dollars JULIE MURPHY

Co-owner Jake Scully said that, over the past 18 years, the shop helped connect many people in Palm Coast — including himself.

City Council to interview three applicants for temporary council appointment PAGE 3

INDEX

Briefs..................... PAGE 8 Letters............... PAGE 6, 7 Real Estate...........PAGE 15

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Photo by Brian McMillan

James Clayton and Jake Scully, co-owners of PC Bike for 18 years, until it closed on July 21.

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Flagler County is making available $5 million of the federal Coronavirus Relief Funds to assist individuals negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Applications opened Thursday, July 23.

Grants of up to $1,000 will be available for eligible Flagler County residents to bridge financial gaps for rent, mortgage, and/ or eligible utility expenses.

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DOH, AdventHealth work to handle logistics

AVERAGE AGE The average age for COVID-19 infections has been going down.

Statewide, the average age is in the low 40s.

In Flagler County, the average age has been between 38 and 45 in five of the past seven days.

BRIAN McMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Flagler County’s two highest daily totals for COVID-19 cases occurred in the past two weeks, as cases continue to climb.

Meanwhile, AdventHealth Palm Coast is nearly at capacity, after accepting COVID-19 patients from nearby hospitals.

Flagler County had 30 positive cases on July 23, the second highest total since the pandemic began, after the 40 that were reported on July 18.

The total of cases remains the best measurement for how well the community is doing at slowing the spread, according to Department of Health-Flagler Medical Director Dr. Stephen Bickel.

“We’re not controlling the infection,” he said on July 24’s “Free For All Friday” on WNZF. “Those 30-40 numbers are not good.”

Bickel also praised the hospital’s work during the pandemic.

“I don’t know if people appreciate what an unbelievable logistical problem this is for our hospital,” he said. “This is beyond a perfect storm.”

Public Information Officer Gretchen Smith said DOH-Flagler is tracing 500 people who were close with individuals who tested positive for COVID-19.

Additional staff is being added, and some staff could be moving out of the DOH building on Dr. Carter Boulevard in Bunnell and relocating to a county building at the Flagler Executive Airport.

Meanwhile, DOH-Flagler has already distributed 130,000 masks funded by the state, and

Source: The Florida Department of Health

there is another shipment of 67,000 on its way.

Flagler County cases and positivity rate

HOSPITAL CAPACITY

The hospital has had to retrain staff members, deal with financial stresses and manage personal protective equipment.

“I think they’re doing a great job,” Bickel said. “We need to take the pressure off them.”

Wally D’Aquino, chief operating officer for AdventHealth Palm Coast, said the number of hospitalized patients seems to have hit a “plateau.”

He declined to say how many patients are on ventilators or are being treated for COVID-19, but the Agency for Health Care Administration reports that as of July 27, there was just one available bed in the adult intensive care unit, out of 18 total ICU beds.

D’Aquino said AdventHealth Palm Coast has other rooms that can be used as ICU rooms, so the capacity is actually higher than 18.

“In preparation for the surge back in March and April, we did some intensive work internally, so that we have more capacity,” D’Aquino said.

AHCA also reported that there were eight beds available out of 99 total in the hospital, or 8%.

Meanwhile, Volusia County hospitals in aggregate have 550 beds available out of 1,572, or 35%.

Still, D’Aquino said some patients were transferred to Palm Coast from Volusia County hospitals. The goal is to stay ahead of the problem. He added that there are more than 30 ventilators not being used in Palm Coast, so capacity is sufficient.

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Earlier this week the Florida High School Athletic Association voted not to make any changes to the fall sports calendar at the state level.

FHSAA decided to leave school districts the discretion to make adjustments according to local circumstances.

Flagler Schools has made the decision to postpone all fall sports until further notice.

What does this mean for our athletes?

Our conditioning program will continue as it has since it began last month, with safety protocols in place. Currently, our teams are in Phase 1 of our multi-phased system. However, tryouts and practices will not begin on July 27 as originally scheduled.

The head coaches and athletic directors at each school can give additional information to our students and their families. District staff continues to work with school administrators and athletic directors to monitor and reevaluate our protocols.

Flagler Schools encourages our potential athletes to complete their online Athletic Clearance so that they may participate in conditioning and be ready for tryouts, practices, and competitions when they are allowed to resume.

Again, each head coach can help our families with this process. Our fall sports include football, bowling, golf, swimming, cross country, and volleyball.

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Council to interview 3 applicants

School year start will be delayed until Aug. 24.

lagler Schools students won’t return to school until Aug. 24 — 10 school days later the school district had initially planned.

The School Board during a special meeting July 28 voted to revise the school calendar to shift students’ start date back, shortening Thanksgiving, winter and spring breaks and front-loading four teacher work days and four training days to the start of the year, before students’ return.

The front-loading of the eight teacher work days and training days means a dense school year for teachers and staff — who will return on Aug. 10 — and drew opposition from board member Colleen Conklin, who was the only board member to vote against the proposed calendar change. Conklin said she didn’t oppose moving the start date back but would have preferred an arrangement that left some days during the school year for teachers.

“There’s zero time in this calendar for teachers to do grading, planning, inputting grades — all the things that they do on that teacher workday, and so I’m really concerned about that,” Conklin said. “That is a tremendous amount of work to be done on its own time.”

Other board members expressed similar concern, and decided to revisit the calendar later in the fall. Board Chairwoman Janet McDonald said she wondered about options for relief for students as well.

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Classrooms have been arranged at Bunnell Elementary School to enable social distancing.

State laws requiring specific amounts of instruction time per year limit the district’s options. Conklin asked whether the school year could be extended so that it would end later in the summer, allowing for more breaks during the year.

The district looked into that, School Board Attorney Kristy Gavin told board members, but it would be expensive: Each additional school day would entail $230,000 in extra costs for the district in teacher pay alone.

The newly approved calendar for the coming year keeps the school year at 179 days for students, down by just one day from the previous calendar.

PUBLIC SAYS TO WAIT

Board members’ vote to alter the school start date followed several dozen comments on the matter by members of the public, and an explanation by Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt and Executive Director of Leadership and Operations Earl Johnson of the benefits of the proposed delay.

The residents who submitted comments that were read at the board meeting overwhelmingly favored waiting to reopen — in many cases, for much longer than the district was considering.

“I recognize the great need to reopen schools for both parents and students, the amount of work and planning the School Board has done, and the challenging situation that the School Board has been put in,” wrote Maureen Malloy. “It is unfortunate that gyms and bars reopened too, soon and now our children have to suffer. However, the high number of daily coronavirus cases in our community, the high transmission rates among middle and high school children, and the potential health complications including hospitalization and death make it irresponsible and negligent to reopen schools now.”

Malloy said that in-person instruction shouldn’t reopen until community transmission rates drop below 1 per 100,000 people.

Local parent Jennifer Bertrand wrote, “Please consider a switch to virtual learning across the entire district for the first semester of the 20-21 school year. With the positive cases continuing to rise, and an announcement of

Photos by Jason Wheeler

8,000 children under the age of 17 having tested positive in the state of Florida, the responsible action to take would be to go 100% virtual for the first semester.”

Joseph Schneider wrote that he’s been a school bus driver for 20 years and can’t wait to get back to work. “But not under these circumstances,” he wrote.

“If you think teachers are afraid to go back, what do you think bus drivers and aids are feeling? If you think a mask is going to help us on a bus in that small confined space, then you are sadly mistaken. If one student is sick from COVID we are all in trouble, and could possibly die. Not only should schools not reopen, but there should be no transportation at all.

The School Board has the power to keep schools shut down and should do so. I personally will not let anyone play Russian roulette with my life. Please wait until the numbers have stabilized for a required amount of time before reopening.”

TIME TO PREPARE

Mittelstadt and Johnson said the reason for starting 10 days late isn’t to wait out the virus, but to give school staff more time to prepare.

Teachers will be teaching in two formats simultaneously this year — to students in a brickand-mortar classroom and also to students who are watching from home over a webcam.

“We have a lot of trainings that we need to do,” Johnson said.

“We wanted to make sure that we provide enough training for our staff ... so they will be prepared to receive our students on the 24th.”

He offered to take the proposed calendar back to the committee that had developed it.

But other board members wanted to make a decision. The board voted 4-1 in favor of the calendar change, with Conklin dissenting.

“If you think teachers are afraid to go back, what do you think bus drivers and aids are feeling? ... If one student is sick from COVID we are all in trouble, and could possibly die.”

JOSEPH SCHNEIDER, school bus driver

MCDONALD TOUTS DUBIOUS SOURCES Near the end of the July 28 meeting, School Board Chairwoman Janet McDonald referred to a viral video with “frontline doctors” who downplayed the risks of the pandemic and suggested that increasing infection rates would lead to herd immunity.

McDonald referred to it as a “wonderful press conference.” The video’s claims are at odds with the general medical community and have been debunked by fact checkers.

Four people have applied to fill the District 2 Palm Coast City Council seat vacated by councilman Jack Howell, who stepped down on July 9 due to a recurrence of cancer. The City Council at a July 28 meeting agreed that it will interview three of the four applicants during a council meeting at 6 p.m. Aug. 4.

The appointment will be for only a few months, as the seat will be opened up for election in November, and the person elected will serve the remaining two years of the term. The city has asked that people who apply for the temporary appointment not run in the election.

Of the four applicants, one — Jon Netts, a former Palm Coast mayor and city councilman — has held elected office in the past.

The people who have applied for the temporary appointment, according to the application materials, are: n Jon Netts, a former Palm Coast mayor and councilman and former marine towboat captain with a master’s degree and doctoral coursework in administration, policy and urban education n Hung Hilton, a senior solutions architect for Gerber Life Insurance with a bachelor’s degree in information technology management n William Schreiber, a retired scientist/mathematician and high school science and math teacher with a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics, plus graduate coursework n Jack Norman, a retired former pastor, correctional officer and police chief with an associate’s degree in law enforcement/ criminal justice.

At the July 28 meeting, Councilman Eddie Branquinho raised the possibility of simply selecting an applicant that day, since the list of applicants was short to begin with. But other council members wanted to hold interviews.

“It’s tempting to just say, ‘Well, you’re not going to find anybody with much more experience on the job than former Mayor Netts,’ and I have no doubt that he could do the job without missing a beat,” Councilman Bob Cuff said. “But Mr. Hilton and one of the other applicants, I think, are qualified and at least deserve our consideration.”

The council agreed unanimously to interview Netts, Hilton and Schreiber during the Aug. 4 meeting.

As of July 28, three people — Victor Barbosa, David Alfin and Jarrod Maxwell— have filed to run for the District 2 seat in the November election.

Email Jonathan Simmons at jonathan@palmcoastobserver. com.

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City to improve water treatment

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

BY THE NUMBERS

$17.5 million

Proposed 2021 operating expenditures for the city’s Stormwater Fund, up from $17.1 million in 2020

$3.1 million

Proposed 2021 expenditures for the Building Permits Fund, up from $2.9 million in 2020

$724,700

Proposed 2021 expenditures for the Information Technology Enterprise Fund, up from an estimated $672,600 in 2020

$31.5 million

Proposed 2021 Water and Wastewater Capital Project Fund expenditures, up from $17.4 million in 2020

Palm Coast is predicting a 6.1% increase in revenues and expenses in the city’s water and wastewater operating fund this year as the city undertakes major water treatment upgrades, city staff told City Council members during a July 28 budget workshop.

Those include well and wellfield rehabilitation, installation of a new filter system at Water Treatment Plant No. 1, and the ongoing design and expansion of Water Treatment Plant No. 2, said Steve Flanagan, the city’s water and wastewater director.

The city plans to work with consultants to improve the water’s color, taste and odor in 2021-2022, a process that will cost slightly over a million dollars, and to add three new wells for Water Treatment Plant No. 2, at an estimated cost of $1.8 million.

The city usually spends approximately half a million dollars per year on the rehabilitation of existing wells, he added.

The city is also conducting water main work in

Parkway. That’s expected to cost about $250,000 in fiscal year 2021, he said.

Photo courtesy of the city

The city is installing generators at wastewater pumping stations to keep wastewater moving during a power outage. Here, a city staff member checks on a PEP tank panel.

conjunction with the fourlaning of Old Kings Road just north and south of Palm Coast

RADIO METERING Mayor Milissa Holland asked about the possibility of fitting residences with sensors that would tell the city when a pipe is broken or there’s another infrastructure problem.

That’s part of the city’s radio metering program, Flanagan said: About 75% of the city is already fitted with transmitters, and all will be in the future as the city replaces old meters.

City Manager Matt Morton said the system tells the city when there’s a sudden spike in usage at an address — for instance, from a broken pipe.

“This way, people can be aware more quickly of water usage or water issues so we can help them correct the problem.”

Holland said she believed that would be especially helpful for snowbirds.

“This is very important, and I’m excited to hear that this is part of the solution that we’re driving,” she said.

“This way, people can be aware more quickly of water usage or water issues so we can help them correct the problem.”

Email News Editor Jonathan Simmons jonathan@ palmcoastobserver.com.

MATT MORTON, city manager, on residential water metering equipment that alerts the city to unusual flow patterns that could indicate a water leak or a burst pipe

Stormwater projects planned Palm Coast is planning significant stormwater construction projects this coming year, including dredging, ditch and pipe work and weir replacements.

The city will also be working on the design phase of stormwater improvements in the golf course bypass in the E-Section and drainage improvements in the K-Section.

The city has hired a firm with divers for underwater pipe inspections, so that pipes can be assigned ratings and added to a long-range work plan.

Councilman Bob Cuff said that it's important that residents understand “what the longterm game plan is of the eventual rehabilitation."

Generators at pump stations Palm Coast is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to add generators at its wastewater pump stations.

A total of 30 such sites are under construction. Some of those projects were delayed by the pandemic but are now starting to wrap up, Flanagan said. The city is also planning to start five more sites.

The generators will help prevent sewage backups during the long power outages that can accompany hurricanes.

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How Flagler Schools is preparing for students Reopening schools during the pandemic requires a reworking of everything from bus routes to HVAC equipment.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The Flagler County School Board voted on July 28 to delay the start of school by 10 school days, to Aug. 24. (See Page 3.)

In the meantime, what is the district doing — or planning to do — to help keep students safe when schools reopen for the fall semester? District departments briefed the board on their plans during a workshop on July 21.

Here’s a department-bydepartment look.

TEACHING AND LEARNING

 Families will have three options for the fall semester: Inperson instruction at brick-andmortar schools; iFlagler online classes; or remote-learning, in which students stay home but use a webcam to follow along with the classes that are occurring on campus.  As of July 21, 1,300 students had selected iFlagler, up from 55 last year. Another 1,160 had initiated iFlagler applications but hadn’t finished them. A total of 2,100 chose the remotelearning option.  The district is still determining which classes and special programs can be offered through remote learning.

FACILITIES

Photo by Jonathan Simmons

Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt speaks during a July 21 School Board meeting.

 The district plans to keep schools’ relative humidity between 40% and 60%.  The usual school temperature standard is now 78 degrees, but the district might lower that in order to reduce humidity. That might mean going down to 76 degrees or 75 degrees.  The run time for school HVAC systems will increase, and the district is working with Florida Power & Light to see about a rate adjustment.  The district is still determining how much fresh air the school HVAC systems can feasibly bring into schools while maintaining appropriate humidity levels: Currently, the maximum setting appears to

be between 75% and 80%.  The district will start flushing school buildings with fresh air starting on July 27.  The district will change all air filters and increase filter ratings.  An average of three to four air changes will be completed per hour (the CDC recommends at least two air changes per hour).  HVAC systems will be turned on two hours before school starts and will continue running until one hour after teachers’ contract times.  The cleaning schedule for HVAC coils will be increased.  Water bottle filling stations will be added in schools.  At this point, the district is not planning to make water fountains off limits, but the district is awaiting further guidance from the CDC on the issue.

TRANSPORTATION

 Bus drivers have been given goody bags of masks for themselves and for students. The bags also contain gloves and hand sanitizer. Drivers are also being given hydrogen peroxide wipes for intermittent cleaning.  All school buses will be disinfected using a disinfectant sprayer between morning and afternoon runs.  Masks will be required at all times on buses.  The district will adjust bus seating to minimize situations in which students must walk past one another on buses.

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Holland’s tax lie is dangerous Dear Editor: Milissa Holland participated in FlaglerLive’s candidate interviews and said, “I have not raised taxes in my entire term of office,” Holland said.

That is untrue. In fact, it is nowhere near true. In fact, the interviewer challenged her, calling it “categorically inaccurate.”

The truth is that by Florida law, Palm Coast taxes have gone up every single year Holland has been in office.

Taxes are a function of the millage rate and property values.

Each year, the state of Florida publishes the “rollback rate,” which is the millage rate at which tax revenue would stay level in the face of rising property values. Not only has Holland failed to adopt that rollback rate (which means, by definition, she has raised taxes) but the millage rate itself has also gone up multiple times since she took office, so there is no semantic game — it’s just a lie.

Holland also had a misstatement about Palm Coast’s debt, claiming there is no municipal debt, even though the city carries $170 million in debt. It is true that the general fund has no debt, but to ignore $170 million seems to be either an extreme oversight or yet another lie.

The first budget Holland approved was the FY2018, which had a bottom line of total expenditures at $133.3 million. The most recent budget (FY2020) sits at $187 million. That’s an increase of 40%!

Her entire term as mayor has been tax-and-waste. She cannot pretend to be fiscally responsible now. The city of Palm Coast cannot afford another four years.

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Election Guide is truly a public service Dear Editor: First, let me thank the Palm Coast Observer for publishing such a complete and helpful catalog of candidates running for office in Flagler County. Truly a public service.

Of the mayoral candidates that listed priorities, three fell into the useless aphorisms such as “responsible growth,” “quality of life,” “strengthen local economy.” Only one laid down priorities that a resident could actually relate to and — hallelujah — swales led that list!

In the 17 years I’ve lived in Palm Coast, absolutely nothing has been done on my street to remediate the inadequate drainage. Yet, in that time, my utility bill has increased by 41%.

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have no proof of this, so don’t say it. We come in contact with more people than we realize in a day. Be smart, stay inside, but let’s not live in fear of going to Publix because of this case.

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Holland makes unsubstantiated claim Dear Editor: Last week, in a story published by the Palm Coast Observer, Mayor Milissa Holland attacked one of the largest employers in our city, Publix, with an unsubstantiated claim insinuating that her friend got COVID-19 while at Publix.

There was no evidence whatsoever to support her accusation, yet there she was once again attacking another business in Palm Coast, just like she did to Dollar General. Recently released emails from the mayor make it crystal clear to all that the only business Ms. Holland is friendly to is her private employer, Coastal Cloud.

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Editor’s Note: Lowe is a candidate for mayor of Palm Coast.

Also, Holland stated during the July 16 City Council meeting that when the friend tested positive, “They asked her where she had been, especially in the last three days, because to test that high you’d have to actually come in contact with someone that would have transmitted it in that time period. The only place she had been, with her children in the last three days, was Publix. And she got it at Publix, and her two children tested positive.” Holland said she’d been to Publix herself over the weekend, and only noticed one person not wearing a mask. “There was tremendous compliance with this, so thank you to our residents,” she said.

Vote out the mayor and City Council Dear Editor: What’s going on at City Hall?

Why is everybody leaving or getting fired? The mayor has lost control of the city! The lies, cover ups, and the city employees’ morale is at an all-time low.

We must hold the mayor responsible.

Her biggest accomplishment as our mayor is a dog park, which took too long and cost too much to finish! Her lack of leadership has hurt our city! Investigations into her ethics are overwhelming.

The new city manager rubberstamps everything she wants.

Some council members do the same. The voice of reason has retired, due to health issues. He will be missed!

Now they look to stack the deck with another rubberstamper! I call on the mayor to resign!

Wake up, Palm Coasters. Let’s start fresh. Vote them out before they bankrupt the city. They have already cost us taxpayers $430,000 in severance packages, thanks to our mayor, and a toxic City Hall!

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Dear Editor: I think Mayor Milissa Holland was way off when she had the nerve to blame Publix for her friend getting COVID-19. You

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Dear Editor: I am a retired law enforcement officer from a large state police agency. As I read through the NAACP Police Reform Agenda in the Palm Coast Observer, I anticipated what Sheriff Rick Staly’s answers might be.

Most of the proposals are fair, and I recognized that most were likely institutionally and doctrinally in place already. Where I bristled — and, make no mistake, I fully support diversity in policing — was at the “demand” that a police agency “initiate a program designed to pay all costs associated with attending the Basic Law Enforcement Academy at Daytona State College for eligible candidates, including earning $10 an hour for 40 hours a week while enrolled in the academy.” That demand is out of line, and it’s said to come from “our community.” I was left wondering who that is, precisely.

Our sheriff responded with data showing that his agency has been proactively recruiting and hiring minority candidates and last year made the overture requesting the partnership of the NAACP in that endeavor. Flagler may be a small, quaint county, but our sheriff is a professional with big-agency experience, and it shows.

If the community wants the sheriff to successfully recruit and hire qualified minority candidates, the community need not be demanding how he spends taxpayer or grant dollars— unless, of course, those grant dollars are secured for that purpose.

Rather, the community would be better partners by demanding less and instead creating scholarships and cultivating private donations to help defray costs for candidates to attend the Basic Law Enforcement Academy. The community would best serve the candidates by mentoring them on how to find temporary employment while they attend the academy and not demand a guaranteed 40 hours per week, $10 an hour, for a make-work job at the Sheriff’s Office.

Pride, confidence and selfrespect come from having some stake in earning your own achievements.

Lastly, leadership is not demonstrated by making demands.

Take the lead by demonstrating positive support of law enforcement, policing as a career, and participate with the Sheriff’s Office in recruiting.

And remember, if the community promotes an unfavorable view of the police, don’t expect the young men and women from that community to want to be police officers.

One final thing: When a scholarship program is formally established, please come see me, and I will be happy to make the first generous donation.

DAVID LYDON Bunnell

Hire the most qualified people as officers Dear Editor: On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. That means all people, regardless of race, color, religion or creed have been placed on a level playing field, so to speak. Why, then, are there countless numbers of colleges, funds, legal firms, pageants and magazines that are exclusive to

one particular group of people?

Why does this one group of equal citizens need a nationally based enabler?

The local chapter of the NAACP is now “demanding” that the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office acquiesce to their 26-point proposal to “go easy” on individuals who are breaking the law.

I would invite the lawyers who drafted the proposal for the NAACP here and the local chapter’s executive members to physically ride along with Sheriff Staly’s officers for a few months and get a taste of reality.

Equal rights does not mean automatic equal success. If a person is not qualified for a task, they don’t get hired for that task.

For an association to “demand” that their members be hired for a task or job, regardless of that member’s inability to perform to the standards of the employer is to essentially undermine the morale and efficacy of an employer’s entire staff of qualified personnel and the company’s mission statement.

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Demand accountability from drug dealers Dear Editor: I read the NAACP Police Reform Agenda, and, as a member and high-muck-a-muck of the NOOFWAC (National Order of Old Folks Who Appreciate Cops), I must refute some of their proposals.

The NAACP demanded community-policing accountability from our Sheriffs Office and Bunnell and Flagler Beach police departments. How about working on accountability from the gang bangers, car thieves and drug dealers that flaunt the law?

They want the escalation of black candidates for law enforcement. How about going after the best people regardless of race, creed, color or gender who are willing to do a job where you put your life on the line and most people don’t appreciate what you do but want to defund you?

Most absurd, they want the Sheriff’s Office and police departments to remove Confederate statues, flags, etc. Will someone please explain what this has to do with law enforcement? The war’s been over for 155 years.

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Deputies arrest a second teenager in car burglary cases Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies have arrested a second 16-year-old boy in connection with car burglaries in the Seminole Woods neighborhood, according to an FCSO news release.

Deputies on July 15 had arrested a 16-year-old on more than 20 charges in connection with the series of 30-50 burglaries. Two days later, attempting to recover missing firearms that the teen was suspected of stealing, they served a search warrant on the home of a second 16-year-old with whom the first teen had been staying with at the time of the initial arrest.

They arrested the second teen after he admitted that his bedroom was the location at which a video showing the first teen holding stolen firearms had been filmed. The missing guns have not been recovered.

“Unfortunately, at just 16 years old our agency has arrested this kid for serious crimes over and over,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in the news release. “It is time that the juvenile justice system makes him face his charges and help him get his life turned around.”

Man, 29, charged with rape of disabled Palm Coast juvenile A 29-year-old man has been arrested in South Florida and charged with the sexual battery of a physically disabled Palm Coast juvenile.

The juvenile reported the crime to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 30 and advised that the perpetrator, Jonathan Xavier Santiago, does not live in the area and therefore was staying at the teenage victim’s Palm Coast residence along with multiple other family members while

visiting.

The victim told deputies that a sexual battery occurred while Santiago was staying at the residence.

Detective LaVerne of the Major Case Unit was assigned to investigate the case. Through investigative techniques, admissions of guilt were obtained from Santiago.

“This brave victim came forward and reported what happened, and if not for that we would not have been able to help,” Sheriff Rick Staly said.

“It took a lot of courage to do that and I commend them for seeking help. I also want to thank the Miami Gardens Police Department for their assistance with this case and in the capture of this fugitive. Let this be a warning to criminals, it doesn’t matter if you flee to the next city, across the state, or across the country, we will come and find you and arrest you. Justice has no boundaries!”

On July 22, contact was made with the Miami Gardens Police Department’s Crisis Response Team, which responded to Santiago’s residence to attempt to serve the arrest warrant. During the service attempt, Santiago’s aunt provided the officer’s with false information that the suspect was not home.

After police conducted surveillance at the residence for approximately 30 minutes, Santiago was seen exiting the residence and attempting to flee the area. The Miami Gardens Police Department’s CRT Team arrested Santiago.

Santiago was subsequently charged with Unlawful Sexual Activity with Certain Minors and an arrest warrant with a bond of $50,000 was issued by the Honorable Judge Perkins with nationwide extradition.

At this time, Santiago has not posted bond and is still in custody in Miami-Dade County.

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Four suspects arrested in connection with stolen vehicles Advanced technology and proactive police work helped Flagler County deputies recover two stolen vehicles and arrest Adreahnna Sonich, Caprice Darnell Leggs, Javaris Taron Perkins and Nathaniel Vashon Williams on July 23.

Leggs also admitted to stealing a grocery cart, air mattress and tent from Walmart, deputies reported.

“None of the subjects involved with these stolen vehicles reside in Flagler County and were apprehended before they could commit crimes locally,” Sheriff Rick Staly said.

“We will never know what crimes we prevented by good police work and a quick apprehension.”

Both stolen vehicles were towed to the impound yard for processing and will be returned to their rightful owner.

Kilo of cocaine washes up on Cinnamon Beach in Palm Coast The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office responded to Cinnamon Beach in Palm Coast on Friday after a beachgoer called to report a suspicious package on the beach that appeared to be a kilo of cocaine.

Deputies examined the package and tested the white powdery substance inside. The substance tested positive for cocaine.

“These packages have washed up on shore in Flagler County over the years, typically when the storm systems start brewing in the ocean,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “If anyone comes across these packages or anything suspicious on the beach, we ask that you do not touch it and call us immediately. Narcotics can be lethal and must be handled carefully.”

New testing site opens at fairgrounds The COVID-19 testing site at Daytona State College in Palm Coast will operate through Thursday, July 30; and, beginning Monday, July 27, Cattleman’s Hall at the Flagler County Fairgrounds will become the new site for the majority of community testing moving forward.

The Florida Department of Health – Flagler County will manage and operate the testing site with the county’s assistance.

This site will operate Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. by appointment only. Cattleman’s Hall is located at 650 County Road 13, Bunnell.

DOH-Flagler is also operating testing, by appointment only, at the following: n Santa Maria Del Mar Church in Flagler Beach (4:30-6 p.m. Mondays); n First United Methodist Church of Bunnell (4:30-6 p.m. Wednesdays); n Flagler Pharmacy (910:30 a.m. Thursdays); n Church on the Rock (10 a.m. to noon Saturdays).

For appointments, call 86-313-4200.

Deputies from FCSO’s Marine Unit searched the beach but did not locate any other packages.

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was contacted to assist in the investigation into the source of the cocaine.

To report suspicious activity to the FCSO, call 386-313-4911.

For emergencies, dial 9-1-1.

CARES Act Grant application process for individuals CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

The application process is simple — completion of an online application and online scheduling of an in-person appointment will determine acceptance. Interviews will be on an appointment only basis.

The Assistance Center is located at 1000 Belle Terre Blvd., Palm Coast, in the David I. Siegel Adult Day Care building.

Applicants will be required to provide proof of Flagler County residency, U.S. citizenship or legal alien registration, as well as valid Florida Photo ID or drivers license and a Social Security Card.

“This is a first-ready, firstserved program for all eligible residents that will continue until the funds are depleted,” said Health and Human Services Director Joyce Bishop. “Distribution of federal grant money requires us to verify everything very carefully before we approve an application.”

Only one application per household is permitted.

In addition to the above listed identification documents, the following documentation MUST be brought to the appointment: paper copies of the bills for which assistance is sought. In the case of proof of rent, you must bring a signed paper copy of your rental agreement. Digital copies will not be accepted. Applications will be automatically rejected if documents are missing, falsified or illegible.

Accepted applications will be processed for assistance of up to $1,000. Distributed funds are intended to assist residents to bridge financial gaps for rent, mortgage, and/or utility expenses. This assistance is in the form of a grant, not a loan.

For more information, go to www.flaglercounty.org or call the help line at 386-586-2324 (press 0).

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Espanola Schoolhouse on National Register of Historic Places The building was for black students only and had no running water, during the Jim Crow Era. RANDY JAYE GUEST WRITER

The Espanola Schoolhouse, located at 98 Knox Jones Ave., Bunnell, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 22. It is Flagler County’s first landmark directly associated with black history to receive national recognition for its historical significance in the areas of Education and Black Ethnic Heritage.

The Espanola Schoolhouse is the last standing one-room schoolhouse in Flagler County. It went into operation in 1950 during the Jim Crow Era as a segregated black-only Flagler County public school. It operated from 1950 to 1957 as an elementary school, first through eighth grades, and accommodated around 30 students per school year from Espanola and the nearby communities of Neoga and Bimini.

During its operation as a segregated black-only Flagler County public elementary school, it had electricity but no running water or bathroom inside the building.

Located in the backyard of the building, a hand pump provided water, and an outhouse provided toilet facilities for the students, teacher and teacher aides.

Some children with no access to automated transportation walked more than six miles per day to attend this school.

From 1958 to 1970, the Espa-

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nola Schoolhouse operated as an independent kindergarten for the Espanola area. From 1971 to 2001, the building was used as a storage facility and gradually fell into disrepair. Fortunately, a community renovation project began in 2001, led by Rev. Frank Giddens and Queenie Jackson. Considerable exterior and interior repairs were accomplished including the installation of air conditioning and the addition of a bathroom inside the building, which enabled it to be open to the public as a clubhouse.

The Espanola Schoolhouse is currently owned by the Trustees of the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church and now serves the Espanola community as the St. Paul Youth Center, which is used for academic tutoring and a social center and summer camp.

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provided by Rev. Frank Giddens, of the St. Paul Baptist Church in Espanola, proved to be crucial to the documentation that was ultimately submitted to the National Park Service. Not only is Rev. Giddens still active with the property he was instrumental in its construction in 1949-1950.

The Espanola Schoolhouse is the 12th property in Flagler County to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The other 11 are as follows: n Bulow Plantation Ruins (1970) n Bunnell [Coquina] City Hall (2019) n Bunnell Water Tower (2019) n Cherokee Grove (1997) n Dixie Highway-Hastings, Espanola and Bunnell Road

(2005) n Holden House (2018) n Mala Compra Plantation n Archeological Site (2004) n Marine Studios (1986) n Old Bunnell State Bank Building (1992) n Vocational Agriculture Building (2007) n Washington Oaks Historic District (2009) The property and its history was researched and nominated by historian Randy Jaye of Flagler Beach. Jaye previously researched and nominated the Holden House, Bunnell [Coquina] City Hall and Bunnell Water Tower, which were all added onto the National Register of Historic Places. Jaye is the author of “Flagler County, Florida: A Centennial History” and “Perseverance: Episodes of Black History from the Rural South.”

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When students enter buses in the morning, the first students to board must go to the rear.

As the bus continues along the route, student will continue up toward the front. In the afternoons, the students who will get off at the last stop on the route will sit at the back of the bus, and students who will get off at the first stop will sit at the front.  All students on buses must keep their hands to themselves.  Students will not be allowed to share items, and all items must stay in backpacks.  The district is advising (but can not require) students to wear masks and observe social distancing at bus stops.  The district is asking parents not to bring a student to the bus stop if the student is showing symptoms of COVID-19.  If a student is ill at a bus stop when the bus pulls up: If the student’s parent is still there, the driver will ask the parent to take the student home. If the student is alone, the driver will contact dispatch, and dispatch will attempt to contact the student’s parents; the bus will then wait until a parent arrives. If a parent isn’t available, the district

will try to get another bus or a van to pick the child up and take the student to the school clinic.

If there is not another vehicle available, the student will board the bus in the front seat, be given a mask and will be taken straight to the school clinic. Details of these procedures are still being developed.  Bus seating plans are being revised to reduce the number of students per bus. Three new routes may be added, bringing the total to 82.  About five bus routes won’t have air conditioning. Buses without air conditioning will be used for the shortest routes.  Drivers will clean buses daily with Clorox wipes.

CUSTODIAL SERVICES

 The day crew will do additional cleaning of touch points like door handles and light switches.  More trash cans have been added in lunch areas.  A Clorox 360 disinfection machine is available at each school. It will be used to clean schools regularly.  If a student becomes sick at school, the school locations that the student has passed through will be disinfected.  Each school has been given 3,000 reusable masks, and the district is trying to get nitrile gloves as well.  Custodians have been given N-95 masks. The district is considering providing face shields for staff at school nursing stations and ESE classrooms.  Clorox wipes will be provided for classrooms.

FOOD SERVICES

 The district is looking at options for prepackaging lunches so that students can be handed a to-go box or bag.  Lunch trays will not be used.

 The district is developing procedures to provide school lunches to iFlagler students and remote learning students. The system will likely involve offcampus meal pickup sites.

TECHNOLOGY

 Devices like student computers and iPads will be distributed through a drive-thru system, with staff wearing personal protective equipment during the distribution process.  Technical support is shifting to a remote-first model.  The district is communicating with other local government bodies about increasing internet access in underserved areas of the county.  The district is working on setting up webcam and audio options with conferencing USB microphones for teachers who are teaching remote-learning students. The cameras will be set up on tripods.

HEALTH

 District schools already have protocols in place for communicable diseases. Those contain flow-charts that have now been enhanced for COVID-19.  If a student or staff member tests positive and the test is confirmed by the Health Department, the approach taken will differ based on whether the case was isolated or part of a cluster. If it is an isolated case, the district will notify the group of people potentially affected, and the Health Department will begin contact tracing. If there are multiple cases, there will be a campaign to inform school community members, potentially with emails and social media notices posted by the communications department.  If an individual shows up in a school clinic showing any of a list of 14 possible COVID-19 symptoms, the school nurse will call a Department of Health nurse liaison, and they will determine whether the symptom is something that requires a further assessment for screening

or quarantine.  A “line list” protocol will be used to determine where a potentially infected student has been on school property, so that those areas can be disinfected.  If a student is sent home for quarantine or testing, they must be cleared through the Department of Health or by a doctor before returning to school.  The district already has care plans for students who are medically fragile. Those plans are being evaluated for COVID19-specific enhancements.  School nurses will be notified ahead of time when a student is sent to the clinic for COVID-19 symptoms, so that the nurses have time to don personal protective equipment.  Separate spaces will be set aside at school clinics for students who are symptomatic.  The district will try to reduce traffic in school clinics by providing things like Band-Aids outside the clinic itself.

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 Mental health services are being provided through telehealth by the district’s mental health providers.  The district is planning to hold four family support events in coordination with the Education Foundation and the Connect Bus. For more info and to view the district’s Return to School Guide, go to https://flaglerschools.com / return_to_school.

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“You’ve got to be a decent guy to own a bike shop.”

JAMES CLAYTON, referring to his business partner, Jake Scully

James Clayton and Jake Scully were co-owners of PC Bike for 18 years until it closed on July 21.

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Jake Scully’s granddaughter Clara and James Clayton.

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How PC Bike boomed, then closed, during COVID-19 BRIAN McMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

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irst, PC Bike enjoyed a COVID boom. Then, COVID effectively put PC Bike out of business, after 18 years of multigenerational bike sales and support for community causes.

“It has been an honor to serve this community, bring happiness through the simple joy that is a Bicycle and do our part to help some of the great organizations in our area,” PC Bike posted on its Facebook page before closing on July 21.

The shop was owned by two men who are passionate about bicycles: Jake Scully and James Clayton.

BEGINNINGS

Scully is a longtime Palm Coaster.

His parents moved to town in 1982, and he returned with his own family in 1991. “I was 28,” he recalled. “Our kids were both in diapers.”

Scully was an avid cyclist, but he had to drive to Daytona Beach to find a decent bike shop. He also worked at a company in Daytona and wasn’t involved in Palm Coast much at all; meanwhile, his wife, Kelly, was volunteering at schools and felt truly part of the community. Scully decided he wanted to connect to Palm Coast also.

The two needs came together in PC Bike, which opened in Palm Coast in 2002. But Scully didn’t have time to run the shop.

Fortunately, he knew an expert repairman, Clayton, who worked at bike shops in Volusia County and was also a teammate of Scully’s on an amateur cycling team in Orlando. Clayton moved to Palm Coast and became the face of PC Bike starting in 2003.

“He’s really been the essence

of the shop,” Scully said of Clayton. “He’s the heart of the organization.”

Clayton said Scully has been “very selfless.” The shop never made much money, but it wasn’t about money for Scully.

“The vast majority of what he’s done has been pro bono to keep the shop going,” Clayton said.

“You’ve got to be a decent guy to own a bike shop.”

‘EVERYONE RIDES’

From the beginning, it was meant to be a shop that would serve everyone.

“We didn’t want to be a shop that served just the high-end guy in spandex, even though I was one,” Scully recalled. “We wanted a shop that served young families, retirees and everything in between. We kept it pretty simple.”

Clayton recalled the wide demographic of customers.

“I’ll get a homeless person and a millionaire,” he said. “You don’t know who’s going to walk in the door. Bicycles tie all kinds of people together. Doesn’t matter how poor, young, ethnicity — nothing matters. Everyone rides bicycles.

In our store, everyone, for the most part, gets along. Everyone can talk about turning the pedals.”

COMMUNITY INSTITUTION

Scully said he used to refer to PC Bike as his “favorite nonprofit” because it didn’t make much money. But the shop also was active in promoting other causes, including the Flagler Beach Rotary Courtesy photos

SEE ‘A GOOD RIDE’ PAGE 14

When James Clayton was growing up in New Jersey, his father used to find old bikes and fix them up for anyone who needed them.

“It’s not saving the world, but it’s a simple philosophy that does help in the long run,” Clayton said.

Today, Clayton doesn’t own a car. He sold his truck and commuted 2.5 miles to work, at PC Bike, until the shop closed.

He has saddlebags and does his grocery shopping by bicycle, as well.

In addition to reducing his carbon footprint and getting more fresh air, Clayton said using a bicycle as transportation connects him to neighbors.

“I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve encountered friends and customers, exchanged pleasantries,” he said. “I thought, ‘I’m glad I’m not in a car.’”

Clayton also had a generous attitude when it came to helping young people with repairs. Kids sometimes asked for help, and he would let them borrow tools.

He wouldn’t charge them any money, but he would insist that they pay it forward. He’d tell them, “You have to go home and do something nice for your mother.”

Being a force for positivity like that, he said, is a “step in the right direction, and it’s something every small business should do.”

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“My father had a very dry sense of humor and would probably think it hilarious that I opened a bike shop,” he said.

I haven’t laughed so hard in such a long time. Not having our phones allowed us to remove one of the biggest distractions we have in our day to day lives while focusing on what’s most important; each other. We talked about trips we want to take in the future, spent time laughing and getting to know each other again, and even got to sleep in! This was truly one of my favorite trips and it was in our own backyard!

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Scully and a former coworker rode across the United States in 2009 and raised $10,000 for the Flagler County Education Foundation, sleeping in tents half the nights.

The shop also repaired and donated hundreds of bikes for Project Share. It hosted Ladies’ Flat-Repair Clinics, sponsored sports teams and supported the Palm Coast Arts Foundation.

“It’s something that’s kind of defined all of us involved — James’s better half, Diane, and my wife, Kelly,” said Scully, who also is on the board of the Flagler Tiger Bay Club and the Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Regulation Board.

In short, it worked: Starting PC Bike helped Scully connect to the community he lived in. In fact, he joked, he had to drive less aggressively because he put a PC Bike magnet on his truck and didn’t want to make the business look bad.

Kelly Scully, who did the books for the shop for years, also recalled stories of customers, including a Pennsylvania couple who vacationed in Palm Coast and loved the bike paths so much that they moved here. Or the older man who was depressed but seemed to find joy in riding his three-wheeler that his family bought for him.

“He died four or five years ago,” Kelly Scully said, “and his wife said how much the bike meant to him.”

Another meaningful way Jake Scully got involved was in advocating for the bike path extension that was eventually built in 2017 along Old Kings Road. A teenager named Kelvin Smith had died where the path had ended, and

In 18 years, the busiest time for PC Bike was this spring, after the pandemic hit Florida.

“Everyone went bicycle crazy, and you can call all sorts of local shops, and they will tell you the same thing,” Jake Scully said.

Prior to the pandemic, PC Bike sold 20-25 bikes a month. Thanks to the emphasis on spending time out doors and social distancing, people realized that cycling was a desirable, safe option, and bike sales doubled for a couple of months. When bikes started selling out at department stores, people started pulling their old bikes out of garages and bringing them in to PC Bike for repairs, Clayton said.

In mid-April, Scully and Clayton realize it might not last. Not only were manufacturers of bicycles running out of inventory but, in late May, so were manufacturers of spare parts and inner tubes.

Orders for 200 new bikes weren’t going to arrive till October or November.

“We had absolutely nothing to sell,” Scully said.

Repairs that were usually completed in two days were now backlogged three weeks.

He and Clayton asked each other whether the business was sustainable.

“We really couldn’t serve the community anymore,” Scully said. “James and I were both kind of like, ‘This might be time to call it a day. It’s been 18 years; it’s been a nice run.’”

CLOSING TIME

Clayton is hopeful that other shops in the area will benefit from less competition with PC Bike closing. “Small mom-and-pop shops are a dying breed,” he said.

But cycling is here to stay, and someone needs to deliver on those multigenerational sales that reminded everyone at PC Bike why the shop existed.

One of those sales occurred on the last day PC Bike was open. A young woman who, when she was about 12, had bought a BMX bike at the shop, stopped in again.

“She now has her own kid,” Clayton said, “and she was buying her kid her first bicycle.”

“He has outfitted entire families,” Jake Scully said. “James has touched a lot of lives.”

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house on the ocean was the top real estate transaction for the week of June 18-24 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service.

Judith Buhay, of Orlando, sold 3051 Ocean Shore Blvd. to Roger and Laura Herde, of Flagler Beach, for $975,000. Built in 1995, the house is a 4/2 and has a fireplace, dune walkover and 2,282 square feet. Following is a partial list of other transactions for the week.

CONDOS

Walter and Roberta Hooker, of Palm Coast, sold 60 Surfview Drive, Unit 822, to Robert and Kathy Harris, of Palm Coast, for $435,000. Built in 2004, the 3/2.5 condo has 1,840 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $446,500.

Gerd and Lupe Noel, of Palm Coast, sold 25 Ocean Crest Way, Unit 1231, to Christina Berger, of St. Augustine, for $270,000.

Built in 2004, the condo is a 3/2 and has 1,696 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $599,000.

Conservatory at Hammock Beach Bellagio Custom Homes LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 432 Bourganville Drive to Arkadiy and Zhann Alter, as trustees, for $439,900. Built in 2019, the house is a 3/3 and has 2,435 square feet.

Cypress Knoll Mark and Valerie Walston, of Palm Coast, sold 91 Ethan Allen Drive to Michael and Gina Bradley, of Eagle Point, Oregon, for $381,000. Built in 2008, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,603 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $267,500.

William and Lenore Miles, of Port Charlotte, sold 21 Essington Lane to Donovan and Nicole Edwards, of Palm Coast, for $365,000. Built in 2013, the house is a 4/2 and has a swimming pool and 2,450 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $315,000.

Flagler Harbor Robert Walker, of Flagler Beach,

sold 119 Flagler Ave. to Mike Willing, of Flagler Beach, for $360,000. Built in 1984, the house is a 2/2 and has a boat dock and 1,220 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $365,000.

Grand Haven Elena Peck, individually and as trustee, sold 90 River Trail Drive to James and Elizabeth Heafner, of Palm Coast, for $960,000.

Built in 2005, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a swimming pool, boat dock and 3,225 square feet. It sold in 2003 for $460,000.

Richard and Joann Ziemann, of Palm Coast, sold 13 Riverbend Drive to Neil and Roberta Schwartz, of Palm Coast, for $460,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 4/3 and has a swimming pool and 2,663 square feet. It sold in 2006 for $371,600.

Grand Landings D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 82 Hummingbird Court to Anthony and Chelsea Marino, of Palm Coast, for $259,900. Built in 2019, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,913 square feet.

Lehigh Woods Richard and Pamela Young sold 86 Raintree Circle to Delene Carlee and Sherrill McVeigh, of Palm Coast, for $223,000.

Built in 2006, the house is a 2/2 and has a fireplace and 1,590 square feet. It sold in 2006 for $282,300.

Maronda Homes LLC sold 4 Richland Lane to Danijela Dimitrijevic, of Palm Coast, for $209,900. Built in 2020, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,876 square feet.

Palm Coast Plantation Nedhal and Iman Saeed, of Palm Coast, sold 107 Heron Drive to D. Alexandra Spikes, of Palm Coast, for $800,000. Built in 2008, the house is a 6/8 and has a fireplace, fountain and 7,055 square feet.

Palm Harbor Carol Gatterdam, of St. Augustine, sold 52 Covington Lane to Bradley and Allison Staples, of Palm Coast, for $330,000. Built in 2002, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 1,885 square feet. It sold in 2014 for $250,000.

Ronnie Nichols, of Palm Coast, sold 36 Colechester Lane to Randy and Raconda Hibbard, of Winter Garden, for $325,000.

Built in 1988, the house is a 4/3 and has a swimming pool and 3,161 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $222,500.

Zoltan Mihalyi and Bernadett Herczeg, of Ponte Vedra Beach, sold 5 Fleetwood Drive to Mikhail Bakanurskiy and Anna Kruglikov, of Palm Coast, for $287,000. Built in 1980, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 2,459 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $208,000.

Valeri Ermolaev sold 81 Fountain Gate Lane to Laura Paavola, of Palm Coast, for $258,000. Built in 1998, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a swimming pool and 1,710 square feet.

Pine Lakes Lisa Annaheim and James Kuchenbrod, of Palm Coast, sold 5 Woodguild Place to Glen and Lisa Meyers, of Palm Coast, for $358,300. Built in 2006, the house is a 3/3 and has a swimming pool and 2,544 square feet.

Plantation Bay Josephine Morello, of Ormond Beach, sold 901 Creekwood Drive to Harold and Mary Coar, of The Villages, for $485,000.

Built in 2018, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,997 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $390,300.

Claire Nichols, individually and as trustee, sold 101 Westchester Lane to Barry Moore and Alison Palmer, of Palm Coast, for $254,000. Built in 1990, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 1,852 square feet. It sold in 2012 for $162,000.

Quail Hollow U.S. Bank Trust, as trustee, sold 4 Llowick Court to Property Potential LLC, of Palm Coast, for $170,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,147 square feet It sold in 2006 for $231,400.

Seminole Woods Patricia Nice, of Palmetto, sold 15 Ulmaceal Path to Richard and Alicia Munoz, of Hanford, California, for $248,000. Built in 2014, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,814 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $191,900.

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BUSINESS OBSERVER OCEAN BLISS DAY SPA OPENS IN FLAGLER BEACH Denise Palumbo has been going to spas for most of her life and has always wanted to own one herself. Using her experience in the travel industry, which gave her an international perspective on the world of spas, she decided to open one in Flagler Beach.

Ocean Bliss Day Spa opened July 6, featuring nail care, esthetician and massage services, including Eminence Organic Skin Care products. Lea Stokes, who like Palumbo has been a business owner in Flagler County for over 20 years, joined her as a cofounder; they are joined by a third proprietor, Denise’s husband, John Palumbo, whose background is in construction.

General Manager Marina Helm has been in the spa industry 15 years and previously owned Beyond Bliss Spa. She is joined

by Jill Brooks, spa coordinator; licensed massage therapists Tammy Newberry, Melissa Ritchie and Shelley Chapman; esthetician/nail techs Julie Grisanti, Sandy Kinney and Jamie Wright; and esthetician Maura Stuckey, who recently adopted an 80-pound tortoise named Tank.

The spa features a reception area, a lounging and retail space, along with dedicated facial and massage rooms and a body ritual room with private shower.

Packages are available, and groups are welcome.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Ocean Bliss Day Spa, which held a ribbon cutting on July 6, believes everyone deserves to feel pampered.

Sundays unless privately booked.

Call 386-439-9000, visit www. oceanblissdayspa.net, or email info@oceanblissdayspa.net. The spa is located at 205 N. Second St., Flagler Beach.

NEW CAR DEALERSHIP A locally owned and operated car dealership, Flagler Auto Mart, recently opened at 3 Market Place. The company is set up to approve anyone for financing, from great to good to bad credit, according to a press release. Visit https://flaglerautomart.com.

Call 445-0450. Owners are Julio Roman and Isaac Rodrigues.

MCDONALD HOUSE FUNDRAISING Area McDonald’s restaurants are raising money through the drivethru for local Ronald McDonald House Charities and families in need. As a result of the pandemic, the local RMHC Chapter is down thousands of dollars in funding and donations. To help close the gap, each time someone orders through the Drive-Thru, they can round up their purchase to the nearest dollar or choose to give $1, $3 or $5 for RMHC. Local McDonald’s restaurants are engaging in a friendly competition to see who can raise the most donations for RMHC and encouraging more visitors in

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While Gov. Ron DeSantis says he can’t afford a Tesla, he’s all in on adding electricvehicle charging stations to the state’s highways.

On July 10, DeSantis announced the state will spend $8.6 million from a legal settlement with Volkswagen to add 34 fastcharging stations along Interstate 95, Interstate 4, Interstate 75, Interstate 275 and Interstate 295.

“This comes as Floridians and Americans continue to purchase more and more electric vehicles,” DeSantis said while at the Turkey Lake Service Plaza in Orlando. “Electrical vehicle purchasing in Florida has increased 10-fold in the last nine years. And we expect that trend to continue.”

In all, the state awarded 27 contracts to set up the 34 stations.

Project selection was based on the proximity of stations to highways and amenities and the importance of hurricane evacuation routes, according to the governor’s office.

The Professional Women of Flagler County is hosting a free networking event 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, July 30, virtually via Zoom.

“We wanted to create an event for people that are missing out on talking to other business people and making connections,” said Danielle Silva, president of PWFC. “And with everything going on, we wanted to make the event free to those that are interested in attending,” she added.

Registration is required. Those interested in attending, can visit https://professionalwomenflagler. org/, and click on the events tab to register. The Zoom link will be emailed once the attendee registers.

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS NEEDED To become a bus driver for Flagler Schools, visit shorturl.at/ svL69.

St. Johns County School District also is hiring 300 operators, according to a press release. With an 11% wage increase, full-time SJC bus operators now make between $16 and $23.93 per hour, plus benefits and bonuses. Go to www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/transportation/jobs or contact Monica Thurston at monica.thurston@stjohns.k12.fl.us or 904-547-8814.

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HEALTH MATTERS What keeps you happy during the pandemic?

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Four months.

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Some days, those four months feel like the blink of an eye, and others, they feel more like four years. Like everyone else, I’ve had to adjust to what my new “normal” is like, and there are things I miss from what I’m calling the “pre-COVID era.”

For example, going to the movies. I desperately miss the smell of overpriced popcorn. My wallet, on the other hand, doesn’t.

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Fishing offers a break from pandemic concerns.

NEWS EDITOR

A lemon shark flopped and jerked on its line as a trio of tanned fishermen hefted it up over the wooden rails at the T at the end of the pier and, smiling, held it up for photos.

“We’re after kings [king mackerel]; we’re getting tarpon and sharks,” said fisherman Neil Foglia, a regular at the pier. The sharks were mostly lemons and blacktips.

COVID-19 has closed a lot of gathering spots, while mask requirements and social distancing have drained much of the appeal from others. But the T of the pier the afternoon of July 27 looked like a scene from preCOVID: With a light breeze in the

air, folks didn’t feel the need for a mask.

About 30-some anglers were on the pier that afternoon, despite a hot sun and the likelihood of thunderstorms, which would force life guards to whistle everybody off the pier and out of the water later that day.

At the T, young men played music on a smart phone and swapped bait and fishing tips and tales. A dozen or so big baitcasting rigs rested against the rail, their lines tied to panfishsized live bait. Younger boys used lighter spinning gear to chuck out pyramid sinker rigs tipped with minnows. At a cutting station, a young man in a straw hat sliced fillets out of four fat sheepsheads.

“The pier’s mobbed,” Foglia said. “Everybody who’s not work-

ing’s got to do something.”

Out here, said Frankie Camerato, a Daytona resident and pier regular, “COVID doesn’t affect us, really.”

The regular pier guys have been doing pretty well lately reeling in the kingfish and tarpon, said Larry Quick, the pier attendant. The kings have been running around 30 pounds, and some of the tarpon hauled in lately have been the big ones that can put up a feisty fight — like the 100-pounder a young kid caught last week.

A longtime local fisherman on his second week as pier attendant, he hasn’t noticed so much of an increase on the pier, accounting for its COVID-limited capacity and hours — it’s dropped its capacity to 50 and is closing at 6 p.m rather than at midnight — but he has noticed more outof-towners.

“There’s a lot of people who have shown up from other areas to go out there, go fishing or just walk out there looking around, we’ve had some people from Gainesville, some from St. Augustine,” he said.

Local bait and tackle shops are also seeing more customers, and Florida Fish and Wildlife officials have noticed an uptick in sales for the past three months of this year versus the same time frame in previous years.

“There’s been an increase in tackle sales,” said Doug Davis, of Granada Pier Bait & Tackle, in Ormond Beach. “It’s been pretty robust here. I’ve noticed there’s a lot of people that haven’t fished in many years who are finding fishing again for recreation, with all the social distancing. ... In our little park here in Cassen Park, there’s a lot more

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people walking and just enjoying the outdoors — more than we’ve typically seen.”

Even in the fishing world, the pandemic has caused some disruption — closing some fishing spots and affecting shipments of tackle that’s manufactured overseas.

At Big Al’s Bait & Tackle off of East Moody Boulevard in Flagler Beach, some inventory has become more difficult to stock.

An order for rods, placed on May 1, just came in on Friday, July 24. Sand spike and sand flea rakes have been hard to come by. “Lead [sinkers] seems to be a hot commodity, too,” said Amy LaMonica, who owns the shop along with family members.

People are going to big box stores and coming up short.

But a lot of people are coming in to pick up a license or some sinkers or live bait.

People are tired of hearing about COVID, she said, “and people are afraid this is going to be the new normal.”

Fishing offers a bit of genuine normalcy.

“During the summer it’s always usually pretty busy,” she said, “but now people are like: ‘Well, what better way to socially distance myself from everybody else? I’ll go fishing.’”

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Joy Mahon is a scheduler. Between herself, her two daughters and her husband, the family has always had a packed schedule — until social distancing and isolation became the new way of life.

“It was a lot for me, emotionally, to shut down,” she said.

The family got creative around the house: They bought lawn darts, then bows and arrows for the backyard. They have lived at the water’s edge for three years

and only since the pandemic did they finally buy fishing poles.

They planted flowers around their pool.

They also had to find a new vacation.

“We were supposed to go to Ireland, and that got blown out of the water,” Mahon said.

In the past, they had rented a recreational vehicle to visit Mount Rushmore and loved it.

The girls learned how to shuffle cards and play dice games. So, they used their Ireland money to put a down payment on a used RV, which sat in their driveway on July 24 as they prepared for the next trip.

“It’s good for the family,” said Joy’s husband, Ryan. “It gets us

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Avery, 7, climbed up the RV’s ladder for a giraffe’s eye view.

out of the house and doing activities together. We used to go to the store; now we got to Florida parks.”

“Anything we can do to be together and have fun,” Joy Mahon said. “I don’t want the kids to feel crowded, contained. I want them to understand enough about what’s going on to have a healthy appreciation, but I don’t want there to be fear.”

The younger daughter, 7-yearold Avery, apparently has no fear.

During the interview, she climbed up the ladder on the back of the RV for a giraffe’s-eye view. (For her birthday, she also got rockclimbing pegs that have been screwed into a tree trunk in the backyard.)

Sydney, 10, said she has had mixed reactions to the forced isolation.

“Depends on my mood,” she

“It was a lot for me, emotionally, to shut down.”

Photos by Brian McMillan

The Mahon family: Joy and Ryan, with their daughters, Sydney and Avery.

JOY MAHON

Although sales have mostly remained steady at Robbins Camper Sales Inc., at 1112 N. U.S. 1, in Ormond Beach, salesman Buddy Reaves said there are more people asking about smaller RVs since the pandemic.

“People have smaller vehicles, and they want to pull small trailers, or they’re up for a small camper van,” he said. “People are wanting their own hotel room, basically, that they can take with them, with clean sheets, their own bathroom, own food, own linens. It’s an attempt to keep it sterile.”

Some customers are leery of cruises or hotels, and they also don’t want to be stranded if a park or attraction closes. “They’re creating their own,” Reaves said.

Robbins Camper Sales has been in business for 46 years, selling “really nice used,” he said.

said. “Sometimes when I want to go out and socialize, I get moody. But sometimes I like being trapped in my room.”

Ryan Mahon, according to Joy, is more introverted and hasn’t been bothered as much by the isolation.

Ryan Mahon works as a team leader for systems engineering at Baptist Health in Jacksonville; Joy Mahon is the senior director of benefits for NASCAR, in Daytona Beach. They both have transitioned fine in working from home — mostly.

“Ryan may not like having me as an office mate,” she said with a laugh.

“She’s loud,” Ryan Mahon said.

The downpayment for the Mahons’ RV was paid for with money that was originally earmarked for a trip to Ireland, but the trip was canceled due to the pandemic.

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