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GOLDEN BOOT

The league leaders in goals scored, as of Aug. 10:

Ramtin Amiri 14

Josh O’Hara 9

Jacob Putting 8

Landon Stone 8

Jorge Arroyo 6

Julian Gaviria 6

Luke Scaber 6

Will Dee 6

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KEEPING THE BALL ROLLING

Flagler Soccer has six teams, with seven players on the field per side.

Flagler Soccer action continued Aug. 10, at Indian Trails Sports Complex. The 7-on-7 league is in its eighth season in two years and was started by Gavin Ginnane. He said he had been playing in a league years ago but got injured, and when he was able to return, the league was gone, so he decided to start a new one, complete with standings, referees and championship trophies.

“I love that I get to play in it, and other players love it as much as I do,” Ginnane said.

The games are played on a smaller field (40 yards by 60 yards), and games are shorter (two 27-minute halves). Players are ages 18 and up, and slide tackles are not allowed, according to the league’s website, shorturl.at/eBEKR.

The six-team league is led by Terranova FC, coached by Michael Terranova.

— BRIAN McMILLAN

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Captain Joseph Albert Hanzel Jr. 1941-2020

Captain Hanzel died on July 28, 2020. He was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma and Amyloidosis, diseases with no known cures. He chose to forgo any treatments and to live out his last days with ice cream, rum and laughter with family and good friends.

Captain Hanzel was given the nickname Skipper by his parents before he was born in Jan ’41. His Father had been recalled into the Navy and spent WWII in the Pacific submarine force. Shortly after WWII the family moved to Groton, Connecticut. Skipper graduated from Fitch High School in Groton and reported to Annapolis in June of ’58.

He hardly created a ripple on the Severn. In four years, he had zero Grease and never even a squad CPO. Upon graduation he went directly to sub school and on to earn his gold dolphins in October ’63, a spot pro motion to LT in July ’65, and then departed active duty in June ’67. He returned to active duty in Sept ’69 and was promoted to LCDR in Aug ’69, becoming the most senior member of the class of ’62 on active duty. He was promoted to CDR in ‘77.

He spent the remainder of his career in the Washington area, first as a plank holder in the Joint Cruise Missile Program Office where he was responsible for the design of the missile planning system for the new weapon system and eventually as the Pro gram Manager for the Submarine Launched Cruise Missile. He went on to Strategic

Plans and Policy on the CNO staff and established the Cruise Missile in planning documents from the SECDEF to the CNO. His final posting was to the Special Projects Program Office where he led the Launcher Branch and then the Navigation Branch leading to the IOC of the Trident D-5 weapons system.

Captain Hanzel retired in April ’91, having spent his entire career in Submarine Billets. After retiring from the Navy, he got his Merchant Marine Master’s ticket and was a Skipper on the Block Island ferry for a number of years. He and Judy Bedell, his lovely wife for 38 years, sailed from Maine to Trinidad before finally swallowing the anchor in Palm Coast, Florida to watch their two children, Keith (USNA ’90) and Heidi and four grand children grow with joy and happiness. SERVICE: In the era of the pandemic, it is unlikely that there will be anything other than a private family memorial, and it was his wish that his ashes be scattered at sea.

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Photos by Luis Corazon

TRIBUTES

John Vincent “Jack” Kelly 1935-2020

John Vincent “Jack” Kelly passed away early on the morning of July 12th at Sabal Palms Assisted Living & Memory Care. He was four months shy of his 85th birthday.

Jack grew up in the Valley Forge area of Pennsylvania and attended Phoenixville High School where he lettered in basketball and met his future wife, Iris. He graduat ed from Cornell University in 1958 with a degree in Civil Engineering and took a job with the California Department of Trans portation. He ran three survey crews for the State during the initial planning and construction of the Interstate Highway System.

In 1967 Jack was hired by HNTB, one of the oldest and largest engineering firms in the country. During his time with HNTB, he specialized in highway and bridge con struction and lead projects that included the New Jersey Turnpike, the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago, Atlanta Hartsfield Airport and the East-West Expressway in Orlando (now known as the 408).

After moving his family around the country several times to work on these major projects, Jack settled in Flagler Beach in 1975. While his initial role here was to serve as an expert witness for ITT Community Development Corporation in a lawsuit, a few years later he took a full-time role with the company. As Director of Engineering for ITT CDC, he guided the development of

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Jack Kelly lived a life of quiet significance taking greater delight in the accomplishments of others than he did in his own. His impact on our community and even our country will remain long after his passing.

Palm Coast’s infrastructure.

Jack was a community servant volunteering for numerous beach cleanups, serving on the Flagler Beach City Commission and even providing free design services for Flagler Beach’s first dune walks. Much of his community service came through his membership in the Flagler County Rotary Club, serving in multiple leadership roles including a term as president. He was also a founding member of the Flagler County

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Education Foundation.

He loved fishing, especially surf fishing, and had an amazing ability to read the shoreline to determine the best spot to cast his line. When he wasn’t fishing, he was a voracious reader. He was always reading something, whether it was the local paper or a novel by one of his favorite writers such as Vince Flynn or James Patterson.

When Jack went out to dinner, he loved a good steak – the bigger, the better. After he had ordered a custom cut twenty-two ouncer on multiple occasions, Jim’s River House (Only long-time residents will remember that name.) wound up putting it on the menu and naming it after him.

Most of all he loved his family. He loved family gatherings of all kinds. Most family vacations involved packing up the car and heading back to Pennsylvania to visit relatives (No small feat with five kids and two dogs.) Despite the great diversity in his children’s personalities, he knew how to be the father that each of them needed.

Jack Kelly lived a life of quiet significance taking greater delight in the accomplishments of others than he did in his own. His impact on our community and even our country will remain long after his passing.

He is survived by and will be terribly missed by his wife of 62 years, Iris, his children Amy, Michael, Patrick, Daniel & Jennifer, as well as eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Burdette Hunt 1928-2020

Burdette Hunt transitioned on July 21, 2020. Burdette Hunt was born February 25, 1928 in Kingston, Jamaica.

He was trained as an Electronic Engineer in England. He worked for ITT Decca Marine in Jersey City, NJ and moved from Montclair, NJ to Palm Coast in the late 1970’s. He started his own electronic repair company, “Bram Hi Tech Assembly” located in Bunnell, FL.

He and his wife started “The United Cultural Caribbean Association”.

He is survived by wife, Cynthia and Daughter Charlene.