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VOLUME 12, NO. 29
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Overwhelmed The coronavirus runs rampant in Flagler, straining health care BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Seven Flagler County deaths and 92 hospitalizations were reported by AdventHealth to Department of Health-Flagler Health Officer Bob Snyder, on Aug. 17. The previous afternoon, more than 200 SEE COVID PAGE 10
Deputies clear the room at School Board meeting Mask debate riles crowd. BRENT WORONOFF CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Many taking a stand against mask mandates in their children’s schools, residents filled the chambers at the Flagler County School Board meeting Tuesday, Aug. 17. An hour and a half into public comments board attorney Kristy Gavin ordered sheriff’s deputies to clear the room after Gavin and Board Chair Trevor Tucker repeatedly warned the audience not to clap or interrupt in other ways. But a boisterous group refused to leave as Bunnell police joined deputies in dispersing the crowd. “You have the right to be here, don’t leave,” one man yelled. “You have the right to be replaced,” another yelled to board members. “Shame on you,” a woman shouted. “This is our house,” said another. School Board member Jill Woolbright called for decorum.
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Health Officer Bob Snyder talks on the phone with an assisted living facility while dozens of cars file through the Department of Health parking lot to get COVID tests, just outside his office. The number of people requesting COVID-19 tests has more than doubled, and for students in Flagler Schools, it all has to be done at the DOH, to sure proper documentation. Snyder is requesting more staff from the state, and he is talking with county officials to move the testing operation back to the fairgrounds, in Cattleman’s Hall.
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Vaccine as dune, as insurance, as miracle If you’re still deciding whether to get a vaccine, let me try a few new angles. For the facts on the coronavirus and vaccines, visit cdc.gov.
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Still hesitant? A few things to consider.
First, let’s compare the vaccine to another local issue: the dune that protects Flagler Beach from ocean surge. Imagine that the ocean is the virus, and it’s crashing into our community and spreading far and wide. The dune, if it’s contiguous along the coast, is the
vaccine, which is nearly 100% effective at stopping the virus. A handful of oceanfront property owners have said they are suspicious of the government and are therefore refusing to let the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers build part of the dune on their property. In effect, that leaves holes in the entire community’s line of defense against storm surge. (Fortunately, most are coming around.) Similarly, many people are declining the vaccine because they either feel their own health
isn’t at risk, or they don’t trust the government for pushing the vaccine so hard. But that calculation leaves out the impact their decision has on their neighbors. The more unvaccinated people, the more eligible hosts for the virus. Thus, the pandemic continues to flood the community, overworking health care workers, canceling elective surgeries, disrupting supply chains. Our community’s quality of life is diminished right now, SEE VACCINE PAGE 6
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Flagler in for a ‘couple rough weeks’ due to COVID-19 Also: Here’s where to get vaccinated or tested.
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Although the number of Flagler County residents getting a COVID-19 vaccine is rising, the cur-
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With the start of school and continued increases in the number of COVID cases reported each week, the Flagler County Health Department continues to expand its testing and vaccination clinics. Testing appointments and vaccinations are now available seven days a week at 301 Dr. Carter Blvd. in Bunnell and testing five days a week at 120 Airport Road, second floor. Please consider the following when contacting the health department for COVID-19 testing or vaccination: nWeekdays 3:30-6 p.m. at 120 Airport Road, second floor, in Palm Coast is for the testing of students, parents, teachers and school staff. No appointments are necessary. This site does not provide vaccinations. nWeekdays from 3:30-6 p.m. at 301 Dr. Carter Blvd in Bunnell offers both drive-thru testing and walk-in Pfizer vaccinations. This drive-thru is designated for people with COVID symptoms, by appointment. Appointments fill quickly and can be scheduled by calling 386-437-7350 on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. nNo appointments are necessary for walk-in vaccinations, offered exclusively at the 301 Dr. Carter location. The Pfizer vaccine is available for anyone age 12 and older. Saturdays and Sundays, from 9-11 a.m. at 301 Dr. Carter Blvd., will host testing for Flagler students, teachers and school staff who are considered close contacts of a confirmed COVID cases. For more information, call 386-437-7350, Ext. 0 weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
rent COVID surge is expected to last for at least two more weeks, overwhelmingly affecting people who are unvaccinated. “We’re in for another couple rough weeks,” said Dr. Stephen Bickel, medical director for the Florida Department of Health in Flagler County, on Flagler Broadcasting’s “Free For All Friday. “It’s hard to digest how contagious this Delta variant is. ... I urge people to take this very seriously now,” he added. “This is worse, even, than last year.” The health department had started its positive case list that day with 70 cases — half of them children in the local school system, said Florida Department of Health-Flagler Health Officer Bob Snyder. Previous high numbers had been in the teens. “That’s the first time that we’ve had so many,” Snyder said. The majority of the children who’ve tested positive have symptoms, though none locally have been hospitalized. However, although the health department is tracking a 77% increase in positive test results, it has also seen a 95% increase in vaccinations: 1,236 people have been vaccinated over a seven-day period. “We’re seeing that statewide, so that’s the good news,” Snyder said. “I think the Delta variant has gotten people’s attention.”
“That’s the first time that we’ve had so many. BOB SNYDER, on positive cases in children
QUARANTINE SUSPENDED VPK THROUGH FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL The voluntary pre-kindergarten program at Belle Terre Elementary School has been delayed a week due to COVID-19 related quarantine. According to Flagler Schools spokesman Jason Wheeler, three members of the VPK staff at Belle Terre, including the instructor, have been placed in quarantine due to contact tracing following an off-campus event. The school’s VPK class was expected to resume on Aug. 17.
The department is vaccinating and testing every day. Still, though, there are more people coming in for testing than for vaccination. “And gosh, we want it to be the other way around,” Snyder said. The surge is straining staff at AdventHealth Palm Coast. “Staff is extremely tired,” AdventHealth Palm Coast chief operating officer Wally De Aquino said. “… We’re hoping that this is not going to continue to turn worse.” The hospital has halted all elective services. The county government and local city governments are working with the health department on a campaign of public service announcements promoting vaccination, masking and social distancing, Snyder said.
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THE MEAT OF THE PROBLEM 9:41 p.m. First block of Amber Lane. Domestic battery. A woman got into an argument with her exspouse. During the argument, the woman hit the man and threw a fast food hamburger at him. She admitted to deputies that she’d thrown the hamburger. They arrested her.
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SPOOKY SITUATION 3:56 a.m. 2200 block of South Old Dixie Highway Burglary. Someone called the Sheriff’s Office and reported hearing glass shattering at the vacant former hotel location on Old Dixie Highway. Deputies found two young men and a 17-year-old girl, who said that their friends told them to come there because it was a good place to come and smash things. They said they first went to a spot in St. Johns County, but got “spooked” at that location. Deputies arrested them.
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Sawmill Branch 493 single-family homes
Matanzas West 285 apartment units
APPROVED FOR DEVELOPMENT The dots on this map are all the residential developments that are fully approved, according to the city’s website. More are in process.
The Trails 275 town home units
Spring Lake 421 singlefamily homes
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Tuscan Gardens Phase 2 66 cottage units
BOOM With some members fearing overdevelopment, council splits on proposed apartment complex
Aviara Subdivision Unknown multifamily units
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Unnamed Easthampton Residential Unknown units
“The way we’re going, one of these days we’re not going to have the infrastructure, and the quality of life [will] not exist.”
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proposed development on Old Kings Road would have no immediate neighbors — or at least, no human ones: The proposed “higher-end” 246-unit apartment community known as the Tribute would look out over Graham Swamp. Project manager Charlie Faulkner, for that reason, told Palm Coast City Council members during a recent workshop that the site was “the best location in all of Flagler County for an apartment project.” The council was not convinced: With one member of the fivemember board absent — Councilman Ed Danko is quarantining due to COVID-19 exposure — the board split 2-2 on whether to approve a rezoning needed for the Tribute development to move forward. Mayor David Alfin and Councilman Nick Klufas voted in favor of the rezoning, while council members Eddie Branquinho and Victor Barbosa voted against. Split votes on a proposal mean that the proposal fails. But the council was willing to give the Tribute development
The council also approved a rezoning and Future Land Use Map amendment for a 108-acre parcel on the corner of Belle Terre Boulevard and Citation Boulevard. But for that parcel, the developer’s proposal reduced the overall number of proposed units on the site, eliminating plans for 287 multifamily units, 72 townhomes and 108 assessed living facility beds and increasing the proposed number of single-family homes from 86 to 295. Overall, the rezoning request and Future Land Use Map amendment request the council heard at the Aug. 17 meeting involved 150 fewer homes than had earlier been approved for the site. The council approved those requests 4-0. COUNCIL ADDS ‘PROPERTY RIGHTS’ CLAUSE TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
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development elsewhere. The council voted 4-0 to annex 142 acres of property on Roberts Road so that the city can provide water and wastewater service to the land, which is known as Grand Reserve East and is the planned site of a singlefamily residential community. The five parcels that make up the property are located about half a mile north of State Road 100. The land is listed as commercial property on the county Property Appraiser’s Office website, and the developer will need the council’s approval to rezone it for residential use and change its Future Land Use Map designation.
another chance, voting 4-0 to revisit it at a Sept. 7 meeting with the hope the Danko will be back to break the tie. A denial could place the city in a legal quandary if the developer challenges it: In voting on the rezoning, the council was acting in its quasi-judicial capacity, which is subject to rules under state law: The council can’t, City Attorney Bill Reischmann warned council members before the vote, deny a rezoning request or Future Land Use Map amendment request arbitrarily. It would need to be able to justify its decision by showing that the proposed development in some way doesn’t accord with the city’s requirements as stated in the Future Land Use Map or city codes. Although council members didn’t state their reasons for voting as they did before the vote, Councilman Victor Barbosa has opposed the rezoning of commercial land to residential, as the Tribute development requires, saying that the city needs more commercial development so that businesses pick up a larger share of the city’s tax share, lessening the burden on homeowners. Branquinho has expressed discomfort with large multifamily
developments, and did so again in his comments toward the end of the council meeting, saying the city should consider revising its Future Land Use Map. “Due to the fact that we have so many projects coming in — multifamily homes — we should look into the Future Land Use [Map],” he said. “The way we’re going, one of these days we’re not going to have the infrastructure and the quality of life [will] not exist.” He said he’d like to keep Palm Coast from becoming overcrowded, and proposed having staff look at potential changes to the FLUM, then bring it to the council for a workshop. Mayor David Alfin was concerned that a broad, open discussion at a workshop may not be focused ebough to accomplish much. “There are a lot of pieces in this process,” he said. Alfin suggested having city staff tackle the details first, then bring proposals to the City Council when they’re further along.
Complying with a new state law, the council voted 4-0 to update its Comprehensive Plan to add a property rights clause that states that the city, in its decision making, will respect the following rights: “The right of a property owner to physically possess and control his or her interests in the property, including easements, leases, or mineral rights. The right of a property owner to use, maintain, develop, and improve his or her property for personal use or for the use of any other person, subject to state law and local ordinances. The right of the property owner to privacy and to exclude others from the property to protect the owner’s possessions and property. The right of a property owner to dispose of his or her property through sale or gift.”
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“I’ve wanted to hear from you since I’ve been elected,” she said. “I’m up here fighting battles for you.” More than half an hour later, the meeting resumed with a crowd yelling from the lobby as speakers were called in individually. With the first phase of public comments completed and the crowd thinning out, doors were opened again and the board finally got to its first agenda item. While a change to the district’s mask policy was not on the agenda, Vice-Chair Colleen Conklin made a motion to adopt a universal student mask policy for the next 90 days that complies with the governor’s order and allows parents to opt out. “I would like to see us communicating more frequently about COVID,” she said. “All hospitals, airlines and airports require universal masking. Eight hundred physicians asked the governor to repeal (the ban on school mask mandates).” Janet McDonald noted that the motion wouldn’t change the district’s current policy except for adding another step, a parental form, for students to forgo face coverings. Cheryl Massaro asked how the district could enforce that. After Gavin told the board that legally a mask order would have to be an emergency policy that could only stand for 90 days, McDonald asked, “How do we determine an emergency?” The motion failed by voice vote, and Conklin then made a motion to have universal masks on buses. That motion also failed by voice vote. Finally, Conklin made a motion to mandate universal masks for all students for the next 90 days. That motion was not seconded. Apparently one of the reasons for the large attendance was a viral video of a parent’s confrontation with a school principal. Jessico Bowman said her 12-yearold son was taken out of class at Indian Trails Middle School on Monday, Aug. 16, and put in an isolation room with four other students he had never met until he could be picked up. Bowman said over the weekend she had received “an obscure call from someone claiming to be from the health department.” She said the woman said her son “may have been in contact with someone who may have COVID.” The woman asked if her son had been vaccinated, Bowman said, and told her that if he provides proof of vaccination he could return to school Monday morning. Bowman told the Palm Coast Observer her family has a religious exemption for vaccinations. Bowman said the school informed her Monday, Aug. 16, that he can return to school on Aug. 21. Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt admitted that communication between the district and parents can be improved. “Listening tonight, it is evident our communication has been faulty, and I fumbled at times,” she said. “We absolutely must do better.” Should Flagler Schools require masks? Why or why not? Send your letters to editor@palmcoastobserver.com.
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Commissioners lean toward School boundaries to shift next year symbolic tax rate reduction A 10th-of-a-mill reduction in the rate would still bring in an estimated $5.9 million more in taxes. JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR
Flagler County commissioners hope to cut the property tax rate by at least by a symbolic amount — the equivalent of $20 on the tax bill of a house with a taxable value of $200,000 — and grant the sheriff funding for the majority, though not all, of the 15 additional deputies he’d like to hire. The county’s property tax is currently 8.2547 mills, or $8.2547 per $1,000 of taxable value. Three commissioners are interested in lowering it by at least a tenth of a mill, since a 9% increase in property values will mean that a tenth-of-a-mill reduction would still bring in an estimated $5.9 million more in taxes in the coming year than were generated in the current fiscal year. “If we can’t reduce the millage rate even a tenth of a point ... then I really worry about when we will ever be able to do that,” Commissioner David Sullivan said. But that reduction would also require the county to forgo planned infrastructure projects and the hoped-for addition of two new staff positions. Commissioners Greg Hansen
and Joe Mullins weren’t convinced of the wisdom of trimming back county services to save residents just $20 over what they would have paid on their tax bills if the rate stayed flat. The commission must set the property tax rate in September. The proposal commissioners converged around at a budget workshop Aug. 16 was more moderate than one they’d considered weeks prior, when Commission Chairman Donald O’Brien had suggested that the county fully fund all requests from its constitutional officers, such as the sheriff, while still cutting the tax rate — a proposal that would have likely required trimming back county services. That proposal drew warnings from interim county administrator Heidi Petito, who said the county is trying to handle deferred maintenance and build up its reserves. But if the county can’t manage to cut back its property tax rate in a year with such a dramatic increase in property values, commissioners Sullivan and Andy Dance said, when would it? “If you’re looking for consensus, I’m not voting for flat millage,” Dance said. “If you’re not going to cut it this year, it’s never going to happen.” The county proposed funding the sheriff’s requested for a mobile command station using $400,000 from reserves.
Forums scheduled for Aug. 25 and Aug. 26 to collect residents’ feedback; final plan to be submitted in December. BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER
The last time Flagler Schools underwent rezoning was 15 years ago, when Rymfire Elementary School opened its doors. But next school year will be the first time every campus in the school district will be affected by a rezoning plan, said Jason Wheeler, the district’s community information specialist. The rezoning plan is necessary due to current and projected growth in the county, district Planning Coordinator Patty Bott told the School Board at an infor-
mation workshop on Tuesday, Aug. 17. Members of the rezoning committee presented boundary maps for a preliminary plan. On April 20, the board approved moving sixth graders back into middle schools. The shift to K-5 elementary schools will level out enrollment, but current school boundaries are insufficient for the county’s growth, Bott said. The proposed rezoning maps can be viewed on the Flagler Schools website by clicking a new District Rezoning button on the home page. The rezoning information can also be accessed on the School Board page. Forums on the rezoning plan will be held on Aug. 25 at Buddy Taylor Middle School and on Aug. 26 at Indian Trails Middle School. Both are scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. After the forums, the district’s rezoning committee will present community concerns and additional findings at the next two
School Board information workshops on Oct. 19 and Nov. 16. The committee’s final plan is scheduled to be submitted on Dec. 21 to the School Board, with the new school zones to be implemented at the beginning of the 2022-23 school year in August. The boundaries take into consideration the county’s main arteries, waterways, bus routing and student ride times, neighborhood outlines and student and county demographics, Bott said. Board member Jill Woolbright said she hoped the new plan would make the schools more equitable for low socioeconomic students on the county’s west side. In addition to rezoning information and interactive maps, the District Rezoning section on the Flagler Schools website lets residents provide feedback and ask questions on a “Let’s Talk” page. View it at https://flaglerschools.com/ school_board/district_rezoning. OLD AND PROPOSED ZONING FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Bunnell Belle Terre Rymfire Wadsworth Old Kings
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Palm Coast to create redistricting commission Every 10 years, after the federal government releases census results, Palm Coast and other municipalities check their polling districts to make sure that the population is evenly spread across districts. Palm Coast’s population has risen by 14,000 over the last decade, according to city staff. To prepare for redistricting, each council member will choose a community member from their own district to appoint to a fivemember commission that will examine the population trends and district boundaries, and recommend changes to keep the city in compliance with the law. Council members will present their proposed commission members in a special meeting Aug. 24.
People who want to swim or hit a golf ball or tennis ball at one of the city of Palm Coast government’s recreational facilities will soon have to pay a bit more to do so: The city is raising its user fees to cover rising costs. The city last revised its fee structure three years ago. City staff checked fees at facilities in surrounding areas before creating the new fee schedule for Palm Coast. “They’ve done their homework, and this is also a work in progress, so the fees will be monitored to be consistent with what is appropriate for the public,” Mayor David Alfin said at a Palm Coast City Council meeting Aug. 17. For individual users, the increases won’t be especially steep — an extra $5 on monthly payments for an annual pass for the tennis center, for example. The more notable increases will affect people and groups that rent out city facilities like rooms at the Community Center, where rates have been lower than comparable rates elsewhere: The Community Center’s Room 116, for example, is currently offered after-hours at $30 an hour plus a setup fee of $37.50 for up to 50 guests, or $50 for more than 50. That will change to a flat $75 hourly fee. Fees will also rise for park pavilion rentals. “I think that these fees are more — more— than fair, especially in comparison to what’s around us,” City Councilman Eddie Branquinho
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said at the Aug. 17 council meeting. “I’ve been speaking to other people, especially at the golf course, and they are absolutely in favor ... especially for the product that we’re giving for that money.” Also at the Aug. 17 meeting, the City Council approved this year’s set of requests to the Florida Legislature. The city has three requests this year: That the state deem the restoration of power to PEP tank areas after emergencies such as hurricanes a “lifeline function,” to help keep PEP tanks from backing sewage into homes due to extended power outages; that the state support the Old Kings Road widening project, and that the state support transportation projects that would link Matanzas Woods Parkway, Palm
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Support reading and child care financial assistance for it. Only 4.2% of infants and toddlers in families with low-or moderateincomes are served by the federal Child Care and Development Fund. What can we do? Our community needs to immediately prioritize: Improving the quality and quantity of outreach and services to families with children from birth to age 3; Ensuring a multi-generational perspective for addressing family and child development; Improving the quality and quantity of training programs for persons working in early learning settings; Strengthening the accountability system for all of Florida’s early learning providers. The Early Learning Coalition of Flagler and Volusia Counties is leading a Grade Level Reading campaign to address some of these priorities. Campaign strategies to address child and family development include: Helping families know what to expect from children at each stage of development; Giving parents easy access to tools that can help them interact with children in ways that support brain development and learning from birth; Delivering books to families and children at their homes so that children spend time with, talk about and read books with people they love. Eleven years ago, a group of community leaders decided to launch Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Flagler County, delivering books to any enrolled Flagler County child from the time they are born until their fifth birthday. To date, $375,720 has been invested in mailing 125,240 books to enrolled children. More than 2,160 children have graduated (aged out) from the program and, as of August 2021, 1,499 children receive a book in their mailbox each month. You can support this effort by donating to Dolly Paton’s Imagination Library of Flagler County: $30 will send books to one child for a year. 2030 will be here soon. Let’s make the first pillar the strongest. The secret is investing in our youngest Flagler residents. (Don’t keep that a secret!) John Birney is interim chair for the Early Learning Coalition of Flagler and Volusia Counties.
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The first pillar of The Florida Chamber Foundation’s Florida 2030 Blueprint deals with improving our state’s talent pipeline. Two key targets in that pillar (there are six total) are Kindergarten Readiness Rates and Third Grade Reading Scores. In short, by the year 2030, Florida’s goal is to have 100% of kindergartners ready for school and 100% of third graders reading at grade level. Flagler County stands at 55% in kindergartenready 5-year olds, and only 59% of its third graders are reading like third graders should. Under the best of circumstances, it’s hard for parents to juggle jobs while raising young children. Having access to high quality, affordable child care is critical to families throughout Flagler County. This kind of care from skilled early learning professionals feeds a growing brain, building the foundation for the development necessary for them to thrive as they grow. It helps children get ready for kindergarten and prepares young children to stay on track for success with reading through third grade, when they’re learning to read for the rest of their lives — when they must read to learn. It also engages families in their children’s learning right from the start. And child care isn’t just important for children. In 2019, 61% of infants and toddlers had mothers in the workforce. Working parents need to know that their babies are well taken care of. For too long, high-quality child care has been difficult to access, especially for those who need it the most. High-quality care for infants and toddlers costs more than college in 30 states, and many families with low incomes can’t benefit from the current child care tax credit. Even if they did, the maximum tax benefit doesn’t come close to the actual cost of care. And, despite the high cost of infant care, few families receive
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With the beach, cultural activities and parks, Flagler County residents have a lot to be grateful for — as long as you have a home where your family can live without having to rely on subsidies. For many of our long-term residents, this is not the reality. We have way too many homeless students enrolled in our schools, and those numbers will only grow in the future if we keep approving affordable housing developers in name only. Even “affordable” rents start at $1,100 and you need a minimum of $2,900 to move in, in addition to needing a clean background, a good credit score and an income of $2,500 a month and no liens, late payments, evictions or bankruptcies. In Florida, communities are required to have comprehensive plans, and each plan has an affordable housing component. In 2016, the Flagler County Homeless and Housing Taskforce developed strategies; however, the leadership never
adopted the recommendations. Then, in 2019, we aggressively cleaned up the homeless camp behind the library and then gated it without providing resources to the homeless. So what is the solution? We need leadership that will take the time and energy necessary to bring the right people around the table to create a workable model, similar to the cottages at Princess Place, that can be replicated and made affordable to build. Flagler County governments are still the largest land holders in our community, so, be the leaders and come together with the social service agencies, religious community and caring volunteers including the homebuilders and the newly established Chamber of Commerce to develop a truly affordable housing community that allows residents to become homeowners. Such an approach would provide an incentive to go to work and to address the attitude that says, “not in my backyard,” or, “Let’s put a gate around it and provide 24-hour security.” As a grant writer, a volunteer executive director of a local notfor-profit and a licensed security guard, I would be willing to be the first volunteer. Call 386-2253053 if you want to help. Denise Calderwood is the executive director of Family Matters of Flagler.
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scale. People of all faiths around the world have prayed for relief — and what was the result? A vaccine was developed in record time, thanks to decades of research that happened to come together at just the right time to battle COVID-19. Let’s look at the vaccine not as a conspiracy or a mark of the beast, but rather as what it truly is: a miracle. Whatever your beliefs, let’s be good community members and do our part to reduce human suffering. It’s time to get vaccinated. Email Brian McMillan at editor@palmcoastobserver.com.
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Deputies have arrested a 13-year-old girl for threatening on social media to shoot one of her peers. Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies were alerted to the threats on Aug. 14. The suspect made multiple threats to the victim and sent the victim pictures of a gun, which deputies determined belonged to the suspects’ father. “Many of our kids and students are now learning online and actively using social media, so I ask that parents be the sheriff of their homes and monitor their kid’s online activity,” Sheriff Rick Staly said.
In an Aug. 8 letter to the Florida Commission on Offender Review, Sheriff Rick Staly wrote that he vehemently opposes the release of inmate Bruce H. Grove Jr., who was sentenced to prison in the 2003 death of Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Charles “Chuck” Sease. Grove is seeking a commutation which would allow him to be immediately released rather than serve out his sentence, which is set to end in 3033. Sease was killed July 6, 2003, when Grove deliberately struck Sease with a stolen vehicle while fleeing law enforcement after a domestic disturbance. Sease was trying to place a tire-deflating device on the roadway to stop Grove, who had led law enforcement on a chase at speeds over 90 mph, including driving south in the northbound lanes of I-95. In 2005, Grove was convicted of Manslaughter of a Law Enforcement Officer and other charges and sentenced to 30 years in prison. “Inmate Grove Jr. needs to
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Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies rescued an elderly man at around 2 a.m. Aug. 14 after he got wedged between a fence and a saltwater canal in the area of Coconut Court. “The community coming together to help search for a missing person in the middle of the night is a great reminder of just how great Flagler County is, and probably saved his life,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “I thank and commend everyone involved.”
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Nysean Giddens, a former basketball star at Flagler Palm Coast High School, was arrested on Aug. 13, 2021, and is charged with manslaughter in a fentanyl overdose case that killed Shaun Callahan. Callahan was found unconscious on Sept. 13, 2020, by his girlfriend, who called 911. Callahan’s girlfriend told detectives that he sometimes used cocaine and was trying to stop. Fentanyl was found in his room, and the medical examiner reported that the fentanyl killed him. Detectives discovered that Callahan had been communicating with someone called “Duke,” who was later identified as Giddens. Giddens admitted to selling drugs and that he placed cocaine in Callahan’s mailbox on Sept. 12, 2020, the evening before his death. Giddens was initially arrested on Sept. 13, 2020, on drug charges, while the murder case was being built by detectives. “Here’s another case of drugs taking a life,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “We investigate every overdose death as a murder. The victim’s death is a tragedy and poison peddlers are not welcome in Flagler County. Hopefully this arrest can offer some closure to family and friends of the victim. Let this be a warning to drug dealers: Keep your poison out of Flagler County or you’ll have a room at the Green Roof Inn.” Giddens turned himself in after the warrant was issued in August 2021 and is being held being held at the jail on a $25,000 bond. Giddens’ fall comes after showing great potential in high school. Often the leading scorer for FPC, he played basketball for four years and signed to play for ASA College in Miami.
At the beginning of Giddens’ senior season, in November 2015, former Sports Editor Jeff Dawsey wrote a column describing the first high school game that Giddens played with his father, Eric, in attendance. His father had been in prison for the previous three years, and Nysean Giddens had been looking forward to the game; he didn’t disappoint, scoring 25 points and grabbing 16 rebounds. The following is an excerpt from that story: “In his freshman year, when his dad was sent off, Nysean said he felt lost: ‘Everything happened so fast, and I didn’t know what to feel ... All my life, my dad been telling me to go down the right path and don’t mess up like he did in high school.’ “He says people often tell him that his father was one of the best basketball players to ever play at FPC, but he messed up and fell in the streets. Living in a bad neighborhood in Bunnell, Nysean regularly sees the drugs and violence that have taken so many lives and ended potential careers, but he’s doing everything in his power to avoid those potholes, and he hopes to reach college and help his family move to a better environment. “‘My senior year is here, and my dad is finally home and on the right path, and I’m ready to show him that I will not make the mistakes he’s made,’ Nysean said.” Meanwhile, Callahan’s loved ones continue to mourn for him, a year later. Autumn Smith, in a public Facebook page dedicated to his memory, shared a 2019 family photo and wrote: “Sweet, precious memories. We miss you so much daddy. The boys are growing up so fast. My heart hurts, but I’m still trying to stay strong...I love you Shaun Callahan. Forever and always.”
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people arrived at the DOH to be tested for COVID-19 — double the average daily tests of the previous week, thanks to the beginning of school. In short, the coronavirus is continuing to run rampant in Flagler County. The testing operation will likely be moving back to Cattleman’s Hall at the fairgrounds soon. The demand for more testing is frustrating for Snyder; he wants peopel to choose to be vaccinated rather than just tested. He gets emails regularly from people who say they want the freedom to not get vaccinated. “What about the rights of the rest of us, who you’re putting at risk?” Snyder said in an interview in his office, next to a window that gave a view of the crowded parking lot. “Your decision is negatively impacting mankind and the rest of society. You don’t have a right to do that. Sorry.” STAFF SHORTAGES
Despite the DOH increasing staff from 56 before the pandemic to 120 now, Snyder is still understaffed. He is paying retired nurses $35 per hour and is looking for more; he’s also asking the state for 10 additional employees. Among the employees are eight who are assigned to contact tracing, or investigating where the virus is spreading. They are busy with cases from Flagler Schools.
RUNNING ITS COURSE If you’re exposed to the coronavirus and get infected with COVID-19, your viral load in your nose will be very high after two or three days. That means you’re highly contagious, according to Health Officer Bob Snyder. You may then experience symptoms on or about Day 5, and then on Day 10, you’re no longer contagious. As a reminder, he said, it’s very important to cover your nose with your mask because that’s where the virus accumulates. The mask helps prevent you from spreading virus to others.
must quarantine for 10 days. For the schools to recognize COVID tests, they must be performed by the health department, Snyder said, because that way the cases and tests can be documented properly. The health department uses rapid tests, with results in 15 minutes. Students or staff who are informed they need to quarantine are not told the identity of the infected person, due to patient privacy laws. One parent, Jessica Bowman, recently objected to that process at Indian Trails Middle School. Her son was told to quarantine due to close contact with a positive case. Bowman wrote to the school district: “My son was falsely placed on some list of unknown
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Most health care facilities — including the health department, which answers to Gov. Ron DeSantis — have no vaccine mandate for employees. That puts patients and the most vulnerable populations at risk, Snyder said. “There is an oath: ‘Do no harm,’” he said. “You chose health care as a field, and to me, ‘do no harm’ means, if you’re passing medications to the elderly, turning them, feeding them, transporting them, you’re nose to nose with them — you’re putting them in jeopardy.”
Funding for a new library branch in Bunnell topped Flagler County’s list of requests to its legislators this year, followed by a request for more money for the county’s bus transportation program and internet access for rural areas. The county library project ranked first in the state’s library construction grant program five years in a row — only to be cut out of the state budget each time — in prior years. The county is asking the state for $500,000, and has already begun road construction for the library site. The second priority on the county’s list would add more money for the county to provide bus services for people who can’t drive. The service isn’t a regular bus line; trips must be reserved ahead. But people who have disabilities or are elderly use it to go to the doctors’ offices and other essential appointments. The service provided approximately 100,000 trips last year, and could have as many as 115,000 this year if current trends hold, Albanese said. If that happens without more funding, it would likely be unable to respond to an estimated 1,000 trip requests. The third item on the list is additional state support for efforts to bring internet service to rural areas like Flagler’s west side.
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lagler students will soon have new options for things to do after school: The city of Palm Coast is partnering with Flagler Schools to create a new after-school program for teens at the Palm Coast Community Center. “We are ready to have fun, and we are very thankful for this partnership with Flagler Schools,” city Chief of Staff Lauren Johnston told City Council members at an Aug. 17 meeting. The new program will begin Aug. 30, and will run from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. It will start with 50-75 students from Indian Trails Middle School, with capacity to grow to 150. The program will be free, with options for enrichment programs for a small fee. The program had its genesis two years ago when Jordan Butler,
Palm Coast, Flagler Schools create new after-school program at Palm Coast Community Center then head of the Flagler County Youth Center, approached the city and said the Youth Center in Bunnell was over capacity, and more options were needed for students in the northern areas of Palm Coast. The pandemic delayed work on the proposal, Johnston said. But city surveys of residents saw more than 1,000 people respond favorably to the idea of adding more teen activities, while surveys the city held at Indian Trails Middle School and Matanzas High School generated over 300 responses from students and parents in favor of the proposed Community Center after-school program. The schools will provide bus service, while the city will provide staff to supervise the students. The program will be free, with options for enrichment programs for a small fee. It will also feature a counselor-in-training program to help train students as future city camp counselors. There will be a robotics program, and the city also has a recent partnership with the Palm Coast rowing program, which is interested in supporting student teams, Johnston said. “There will be a bunch of different activities for these teens to participate in while they’re at the
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“In my opinion, after-school programs are one of the most important parts of education. If you don’t invest in education, you’re going to be investing in prisons and rehabilitation.” EDDIE BRANQUINHO, city councilman
Community Center,” Johnston said. “It’ll be happening.” “Good activities for the kids,” said Councilman Victor Barbosa. “Get them off the PlayStations.” “We may have some of those at the Community Center,” Johnston quipped. The proposal has the support of the City Council. “In my opinion, after-school programs are one of the most important parts of education,” City Councilman Eddie Branquinho said. “If you don’t invest in education, you’re going to be investing in prisons and rehabilitation.” Email jonathan@palmcoastobserver.com.
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HISPANIC AMERICAN CLUB TO HOLD SCHOLARSHIP DANCE
The Hispanic American Club of Palm Coast will hold its thirdannual Scholarship Dance at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, as a fundraiser to support students for the 2021 academic school year. The 2020 recipients, Mikella Penagos and Briana Whitfield, and their families will be attending as honored guest. Each $25 ticket donation will include appetizers, raffle winner announcements, live entertainment by Baba Caiman, sponsored by Steve Pesek, and DJ Vic. Wanda Denice, education and scholarship chairperson, said the two recipients received scholarships of $1,000 each.
TOYS FOR TICKETS PROGRAM RESULTS IN 179 ‘TOY WAIVERS’ IN FLAGLER BEACH In the Flagler Beach Police Department’s inaugural summer traffic safety/educational campaign, “Christmas in July,” conducted July 18 to Aug. 1, officers issued a total of 179 “toy waivers,” along with warning citations for non-criminal state traffic and city parking offenses. The “toy waiver” afforded each motorist the opportunity to donate a new, unwrapped toy, instead of facing a potential civil fine. Citizen participation in the program was 100% voluntary. “Thank you to our community for embodying the spirit
of the winter holidays during the heat of the summer,” said Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney, adding, “Our officers embraced the program with their outstanding efforts and once again our community’s generosity was overwhelming. A single donated toy will brighten the life of a child on Christmas morning and that pretty much sums it all up.” All toys from this initiative will be donated to the local nonprofit charity “Christmas Come True” for dissemination to local families. Nadine King, founder of Christmas Come True, stated: “It is always heartwarming for us to partner with the Flagler Beach Police Department. Our police force is among the very finest that serve our community in a loving and concerned manner. The continued success of this creative Toys for Tickets program is a blessing for so many children and their parents. This program has enabled us to extend our help to struggling families through our birthday program. Thank you to all that have given gifts of joy?” For additional information, call Doughney at 386-517-2020.
MATANZAS STUDENT’S POEM ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION Sydnee Wong, a student at Matanzas High School who has been writing poetry for seven years, recently had one of her poems, “Midnight Sonata,” accepted for publication in a nationwide contest sponsored by justpoetry.org. Only 2% percent of the entries in the contest will
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be published, and Wong’s poem will be among them. What inspires Wong’s poems? “My belief in Jesus, music, and personal testimonies,” she said. Aside from her poetry writing, Wong is also involved in Mu Alpha Theta at school, and plays the piano and the viola. She plans to continue her education after high school and wants to “enter a career path that enables me to help others.”
GARDEN CLUB OPEN HOUSE The Garden Club at Palm Coast will be holding a Membership Open House from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, at the Palm Coast Historical Museum. The public is invited. Meet fellow gardeners and plant enthusiasts. The museum is located at Holland Memorial Park, 18 Florida Park Drive. What is going on in your life or your organization? Send Your Town stories and photos to editor@palmcoastobserver.com.
Cooking classes, movie matinees, historical programs, and plant clinics are all available to adults at the Flagler Public Library in the upcoming weeks. Library Director Holly Albanese said, “My staff worked very hard to come up with a variety of offerings to suit all tastes.” Movie matinees are scheduled 1-4 p.m. on Aug. 20 and 27. Master Gardners from the University of Florida Flagler County Extension Office will host Plant Clinics from 9 to 11 a.m. on Aug. 28, and again on Sept. 25, to help residents diagnose plant and pest problems. Flagler County Attorney Al Hadeed at 2 p.m. Sept. 17 will discuss “The Long Arc of Our Constitution: The Path from Subjugated and Enslaved Black Labor to Citizenship and the Promise of Full Equality.” At 2 p.m. on Sept. 24, Zach Zacharias, Senior Curator of Education and History at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, will make a presentation about “Florida Crackers and the Cowboys of the East.” Historian Joseph Vetter returns at 1 p.m. Oct. 23 to portray Alexander Hamilton, an assistant to President George Washington, and the first Secretary of the Treasury. All of these events will be held at the Main Branch Library in Palm Coast — 2500 Palm Coast Parkway NW — and are spon-
sored and funded by the Friends of the Library of Flagler County. “We have the best Friends group a library could ask for,” Albanese said. “They are so generous and our residents are the beneficiaries.” A cooking series is as follows: n 2 p.m. Sept.10, “Cooking with Wine — Remove the Mystery and Discover the Benefits” n 2 p.m. Oct. 8, “Soup’s On! — Ditch the Can and Make Your Own” n 2 p.m. Nov. 5, “Company’s Coming! Now What?” n 2 p.m. Dec. 3, “Decadent Desserts — So Delicious, You’ll Want to Eat Them First!” For additional movie matinee titles, see the flyers in person at the library. Future Museum of Arts and Sciences presentations will include: n 2 p.m. Oct. 22, “Dragons from the Deep” n 2 p.m. Nov. 12, “A Baker’s Dozen” n 2 p.m. Dec. 10, “Steamboating on the St. John’s and the Ocklawaha Rivers” For more information, call 386-446-6763. TECH CLASSES
Free classes on mobile technology and computers, focused on teaching and improving the skills necessary to stay in touch remotely, are also offered. Signup is required for many of the classes. Ask for more information at the library.
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SPORTS Matanzas cross country to end preseason with unique relay Event will include two- and three-person relay races for boys, girls and mixed teams BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER
Coach Tim Kane’s goal this season is to make sure his Matanzas cross country runners have fun. So he’s kickstarting the season with an unconventional meet he’s only heard about. Matanzas will host the Preseason Pirate XC Relays at 7:40 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, at the school. “I wanted to do something different and fun for the kids,” Kane said. The meet will include six 5-kilometer relay races with categories for boys, girls and mixed teams. The first three races will be two-person relays. The final three will be three-person relays. Kane has been coaching for 35 years, and he’s never seen a cross country relay meet. Last year Kane’s son told him about one he saw in Ireland and how unique it was. “Father Lopez coach Sue O’Malley said she’s going to let her kids pick their own groups,” Kane said. “I’m doing the same thing.” A week before the meet, 12 schools from New Smyrna Beach
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to Tallahassee had registered, with more slots available. The Pirates are keeping costs down to $25 a team, which is just enough to cover the cost of awards. Members of the first-, second- and third-place relay teams in each of the six races will receive decorative batons. The Pirates have a spectatorfriendly two-loop course around the athletic complex. Runners finish in the football stadium,
and spectators are able to see just about the entire course from the top rows in the stands. Kane wants the event to have the relaxed feel of a road race, with music beforehand and a lot of laughing and joking, unlike the regular-season meets which begin next week. “During the season everything is so serious,” Kane said. “Sometimes we forget how much fun
running cross country is.” Last season was difficult for all of the students, Kane said, so he wanted this year to be special for his runners. That began in the summer. The Pirates had a cookout at De Leon Springs State Park and ran the beach in Daytona followed by a visit to Daytona Lagoon water park. “We had a fun summer,” he said. “I figured (the preseason relay meet) would be a great way to end it.”
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A1A marina on the horizon? Planning board votes to allow marinas along Scenic A1A corridor JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR
You can’t build a boat warehouse in the Scenic A1A overlay district, according to county codes. But, the county’s planning board decided in a 4-1 decision on Aug. 10, you can build a marina. The Planning and Development Board was discussing marinas on Aug. 10 because Hammock Harbour developer Bob Million wants to add a 57,000-squarefoot, 240-boat dry storage facility on his property at 5658 N. Oceanshore Blvd., near the Hammock Hardware store on A1A. His proposal — fought by community members who argued that it was inappropriate for the Hammock and too similar to the land use of “warehouse,” which is prohibited in the Scenic A1A district — was approved by the planning board and County Commission in 2019, but a judge overruled the county’s decision on procedural grounds and sent it back down to the local boards. Meanwhile, although the county’s codes are clear about a prohibition on warehouses in the Scenic A1A overlay district, they don’t
specifically address marinas. Million renamed his dry boat storage proposal a “marina” and asked the county to determine whether marinas are permissible. So the planning board on Aug. 10 considered whether marinas generally, in the abstract, should be allowed in the Scenic A1A overlay district. “We’re not looking at the proposal Mr. Million proposed a couple years ago,” Sean Moylan, assistant county attorney, told the planning board. “We’re not looking at his site plan or his building, but rather looking at the uses in the code to determine if this type of use is similar, if this is the right zoning district for this type of use.” Hammock Community Association members and supporters showed up in green shirts to speak against the Million proposal during the meeting’s public comment period. The board repeatedly warned them to restrict their comments to the theoretical question of whether marinas should be allowed in the Scenic A1A overlay district, rather than Million’s specific proposal. By the time board meeting’s public comment began, several board members had laid out their positions. Board member Mark Langello thought marinas should be allowed: Noting that they typically sell fuel, food and tackle, he
said he saw them as more comparable to retail shopping, which is already permitted, than to industrial warehousing. But he also thought they should require a special exception in the overlay district. The special exception application would give the county some leeway to reject a proposal that wouldn’t fit the area. “I think that by the nature of them, you’d want to have the board look at it and perhaps impose restrictions that may not be listed ... to help make them fit into a community,” he said. Board member Michael Goodman thought a special exception process could work, but was concerned about the code properly distinguishing a marina from a warehouse. Board member Jack Corbett asked why a marina should require a special exception when other uses don’t. “It’s not a true marina — it’s a warehouse,” Goodman said. Langello reminded him that the board wasn’t supposed to be discussing Million’s proposal. But Goodman said it was important to be able to define “marina.” “A marina, in my mind, has a safe harbor where you can tie your boat up, get off your boat, where you can get gas, where you can get a bite to eat possibly, where
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you can get repairs done — that’s a marina,” Goodman said. “When something is built as a storage facility, in my mind, it’s still a warehouse. And we then have to really distinguish the definition of a marina.” For instance, he said, how many wet slips should a marina be required to have, relative to dry slips? Million made the first public comment at the board meeting — he was granted 10 minutes to speak instead of the usual 3 — beginning his comments with a history of his project and saying that he believed it should be allowable already under the categories of “boat service establishments” or “commercial/recreational.” Goodman repeatedly warned him to keep his comments general and not to discuss his specific proposal. Attorney Dennis Bayer, representing the Hammock Community Association, noted that boat sales and repair are explicitly prohibited in the scenic overlay zone. “Our concern is ... that this really is spot zoning — that you’re really making this change just to
benefit Mr. Million’s property,” Bayer said. Hammock Community Association member Dennis Clark referred to Million’s proposal as “dry-boat storage masquerading as a marina,” and said that the Intracoastal Waterway in the scenic A1A overlay area is too narrow for a marina, absent the creation of an artificial cove. Resident Jan Cullinane called Million’s renaming of the facility as a “marina” as Orwellian. “When you say the word ‘marina,’ marine refers to water,” she said. “Go back to high school or college, we all read 1984 where they talked about ‘doublespeak’ and ‘newspeak’ — things like, ‘War is peace,’ ‘Freedom is slavery,’ ‘Ignorance is strength’ — you know, ‘A warehouse is a marina.’ No. It’s not. they’re two separate things.” The board voted 4-1, with Goodman dissenting, to direct its planning staff to prepare a revised ordinance that would allow for marinas in the Scenic A1A overlay district as a special exception. Email letters to editor@palmcoastobserver.com.
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Engineer to retire after 33 years of service Flagler County’s Richard Gordon humbly helped build the community. JULIE MURPHY FLAGLER COUNTY PIO
Richard Gordon isn’t a household name in Flagler County — he never wanted it to be. But the assistant county engineer of 33 years, who started with Flagler County on Aug. 8, 1988, will work his last day on Sept. 3. He’s left his mark on a community he helped raise from one of family homesteads and a single traffic signal to what it is today – one of the most popular and fastest growing in the nation. “When Richard Gordon and his wife, Shelley, moved to Flagler County over 40 years ago, the area was mostly swampy, wooded, wild Florida scrub with dirt roads, and farmland,” said Project Manager
Amy Stroger, who has worked with Gordon for 21 years. “Palm Coast was little more than an idea that existed on paper. He first worked in the county for ITT (for 12 years), and Richard continued to do the work in Flagler County to guide development, as well as ensure that the public infrastructure needs kept pace with the rapidly increasing demand.” The full list of design and construction projects that Gordon has worked on would be tough to enumerate. “One would be hard pressed to find anything in Flagler County that was developed, planned, or constructed that Richard Gordon hasn’t had a hand in,” said County Engineer Faith Alkhatib, who has worked with Gordon more than 18 years. “Richard’s colleagues and coworkers rely on his knowledge and his recollection of the intricacies, events, agreements, and technical details that are the
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backbone upon which this community is built.” A short list of the local projects Gordon has worked on includes: The Main Branch Library in Palm Coast; The widening of Belle Terre Parkway; Matanzas Woods Parkway and The Interstate 95 interchange; The Old Kings Road Extension; The original Sheriff’s Inmate Facility; He new expanded jail facility; The Airport Control Tower; The five new bridges on County Road 305; The Marineland Acres Drainage backbone; The Flagler County Government Complex; Seawall construction; Dunes restoration and hurricane recovery projects. Gordon has always been reticent to talk about himself, but his wife of 50 years is not. In a 2015 interview, she describe him as truthful to a fault. “Any hint of impropriety is unacceptable to him,” Shelley Gordon said. She said her husband once worked for Greiner Engineering in Tampa in quality control, and oversaw the building of the space shuttle runway. “Richard Gordon’s institutional knowledge and expertise will be greatly missed,” Alkhatib said. “His technical knowledge, experience, wisdom, and advice are respected by colleagues both within Flagler County government, as well as outside of the organization.”
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DAYTONA LAGOON RAISES $5,445 FOR BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS Daytona Lagoon raised $5,445 during a Christmas in July fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club Volusia and Flagler Counties. From July 22 to 29, Daytona Lagoon promoted Christmas in July, which was a reduced waterpark admission or Family Entertainment Center wristband in which The Boys and Girls Club received one dollar from each ticket sold. Since 2018, Daytona Lagoon has raised over $18,000 for The Boys & Girls Club of Volusia and Flagler Counties through their Christmas in July fundraiser.
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house in Flagler Beach was the top real estate transaction for the week of July 8-14 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Michael Mullen and Maryann Marquardt, of Palm Coast, sold 1500 Lambert Ave. to Thomas Bouma, of Flagler Beach, for $1.65 million. Built in 1988, the house is a 4/3.5 and has a fireplace, boat dock, boathouse and 4,591 square feet. Following is a partial list of other transactions for the week. WAYNE GRANT REAL ESTATE EDITOR
Condos Austin Miller and Sara DitzelMiller, individually and as trustee, sold 15 Ocean Crest Way, Unit 1341, to David and Janice Knapp, as trustees, for $575,000. Built in 2005, the condo is a 3/2 and has 1,696 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $315,000.
has 1,567 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $211,500. Belle Terre Nuno and Tanya Canelo, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, sold 87 Princess Ruth Lane to William Culler Jr., of Palm Coast, for $359,900. Built in 2001, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 1,999 square feet.
Coast, sold 3 Freneau Lane to Andrew Lurie, of Palm Coast, for $500,000. Built in 1999, the house is a 4/3 and has a swimming pool, boat dock and 4,425 square feet.
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has 2,093 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $268,300.
Built in 1985, the house is a 2/2 and has 1,569 square feet.
Grand Landings Odysseus and Mary Biberias, of Bunnell, sold 100 S. Hummingbird Place to James Seay, of San Diego, California, for $296,000. Built in 2013, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,719 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $166,000.
Wendy Duran and Joseph Trinkle, of Palm Coast, sold 97 Berkshire Lane to Greentek Inc., of Palm Coast, for $250,000. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,492 square feet.
Richard and Paula Kelton, of DeLand, sold 55 Riverview Bend S., Unit 2022, to John and Sandra Banko, of Palm Coast, for $450,000. Built in 2007, the condo is a 3/3 and has 2,007 square feet.
Cochran Place William and Pamela Peterson, of Jacksonville, sold 720 N. Central Ave. to Douglas and Jennifer McMillan, of Flagler Beach, for $715,000. Built in 2003, the house is a 4/3 and has 3,708 square feet.
Hammock Dunes Lynn and Diane Darby, of Duluth, Georgia, sold 9 Corte Del Mar to Merlin and Susan Miller, of Palm Coast, for $510,000. Built in 1990, the house is a 3/3.5 and has a swimming pool and 2,396 square feet.
Manuel and Laura Soares, of Oakville, Connecticut, sold 2001 Palm Drive, Unit G 103, to Kim and Teresa Marter, of Flagler Beach, for $269,000. Built in 2003, the condo is a 3/2 and
Eagle Lakes Waleid Elsayyed, of Flagler Beach, sold 22 Eagle Lake Drive to Bruce Harris, of Flagler Beach, for $380,000. Built in 2018, the house is a 4/3 and
Indian Trails Christine Oettinger-MacDonald, of Palm Coast, sold 116 Birchwood Drive to Jose Romero and Elsa Escobar, of La Grange, Illinois, for $255,000.
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Sawmill Creek D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 82 Oakleaf Way to Kevin and Judith Abercrombie, of Palm Coast, for $328,990. Built in 2020, the house is a 4/4 and has 2,363 square feet.
Lehigh Woods Brite Properties LLC, of Orlando, sold 39 Richland Lane to Leigha Cormier, of Palm Coast, for $289,899. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,779 square feet.
Seminole Woods Norman and Cathleen Arsenault, individually and as trustees, sold 58 Slumber Meadow Trail to Rose Calanni, of Palm Coast, for $295,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,022 square feet
Timothy Goan, of Palm Coast, sold 6 Seaford Place to Jose and Carmen Cabrera, of Palm Coast, for $259,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,014 square feet.
Matanzas Woods Galyna Boychenyuk, of Palm Coast, sold 45 Laramie Drive to Philip Armacida for $410,000. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,883 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $329,900. Palm Harbor Keith and Debra Parker, of Palm
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Pine Lakes Charlene Sanches, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, sold 2 Wembley Place to Christopher and Linda Sloane, of Palm Coast, for $235,000. Built in 1989, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,559 square feet. It sold in 1989 for $97,400.
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