Palm Coast Observer 9-23-21

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VOLUME 12, NO. 34

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Civility abandoned again School Board crowd again disrupts meeting. Meanwhile, City Council members again trade insults. PAGE 3

INSIDE GREEN STATUS

AdventHealth transitions to normal operations, with drop in positive COVID tests PAGE 2

SOLAR PLAN

Proposed 261,000-panel solar energy project in western Flagler County earns planning board’s approval PAGE 19

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Inhabiting Billie Holiday in CRT production of ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill’ PAGE 13

HARD WORK

‘Nothing flashy about us’: Hard work propels Matanzas boys golf team PAGE 17

RENNER’S RISE

Lillian Hall, Felicia Danielle and Jason Hall joined the festivities at Town Center.

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Tree (and butterfly) City USA Palm Coast celebrate its roots. Find out how you, too, can throw shade. PAGE 12

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3-2 vote continues restricting commercial vehicles in driveways.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Palm Coast’s prohibition on commercial vehicles parking in residential areas will remain: The City Council voted 3-2 on Sept. 21 to keep the city’s regulations as they are, despite two councilmen’s arguments that the rule isn’t business-friendly.

The council left open the possibility of putting the issue on the

“The parking code has served the city well during the past 20 years, reinforcing the curb appeal of our neighborhoods and contributing to the value of our homes.”

DAVID ALFIN, mayor

ballot in the future.

The current rule bars not only large commercial vehicles like box trucks or semi-trailers, but also regular passenger vehicles with commercial signage larger than 3 square feet per side, from parking residential areas in residential areas unless they’re on a service call or are parked during lunch hours, defined as 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

As it pertains to the smaller, passenger-type vehicles, the rule is entirely about appearance: Those vehicles may be parked in residential areas, but only if SEE DIVIDED PAGE 5

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AdventHealth returns to normal operations Doctors urge vaccinations and masks to keep trends headed in the right direction.

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The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized across AdventHealth’s Central Florida system remained on a downward slope this week to about 850 as the hospital transitioned back to normal operations or “Green Status.”

“I think it’s really important our patients understand we are now business as usual,” said Dr. Neil Finkler, chief clinical officer for AdventHealth’s Central Florida Division, at Thursday’s AdventHealth Morning Briefing. “We understand that COVID

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The number of people coming to the Florida Department of Health in Flagler County for vaccination this past week exceeded the number testing positive for COVID-19, reversing a trend that had concerned health department staff members.

“We had 445 people get vaccinated, and we only had 441 cases,” DOH-Flagler Communications Manager Gretchen Smith said on Flagler Broadcasting’s “Free For All Friday” on Sept.

17. “That’s the first time that it’s flipped, so that’s good news.”

Smith noted that the department has passed the 1,000-case mark for COVID-19 cases among local school students in the past month.

There are approximately 13,000 students in Flagler Schools, so that would mean that one out of every 13 students has had COVID-19 in the first month of school.

The health department estimates that the number is actually at least twice that, said Dr. Stephen Bickel, medical director at the Florida Department of Health in Flagler County.

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The rate of positive virus tests at Centra Care, the health care system’s urgent care clinics, also dropped this week to 12.5%, about half of the figure from about six weeks ago at the height of the Delta variant surge, said Dr. Tim Hendrix, senior medical director for Centra Care.

He also said he’s seen an increased demand for the vaccine as a result of the Delta surge.

The vast majority of hospitalized COVID-19 patients continue to be unvaccinated, Finkler said.

See Page 6 for further commentary by CEO Ron Jimenez.

County OKs COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations continue to decline in Flagler County slight millage Numbers have still been concerning in schools, where at least one in 13 students has tested positive in the last month.

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will be with us and we are going to need to understand how to care for COVID patients while we also care for others that need care in our community.”

Finkler cautioned that the pandemic is not over and the number of patients is now at about the same level the health care system saw during the January peak.

He said the community continues to need higher vaccination rates and safety precautions such as masks and frequent handwashing.

The move to “Green Status” is a reflection of AdventHealth’s continued learnings and improved efficiency at flexing its staff,

locally have required hospitalization.

Overall, 60% of the Flagler County residents 12 and older have been vaccinated, Bickel said.

Flagler County school students have had the second highest rate of religious exemptions for vaccination, Smith said; Sarasota County has had the most.

Even people who’ve had COVID-19 should get vaccinated, Bickel said.

“It’s not an either/or,” he said.

“If you had COVID, you are much better off still getting vaccinated.

The evidence is overwhelming for that.”

Data on breakthrough cases in vaccinated people is still preliminary, but fending off the delta variant of COVID-19 requires stronger immunity than did previous variants, Bickel said.

Combined with the variant’s heightened contagiousness, that’s led to higher numbers of breakthrough cases affecting vaccinated people.

The FDA this week considered an application from Pfizer for COVID-19 vaccination booster shots for adults, but approved them only for people 65 and over and patients who are high-risk.

People who have immunosuppression can get booster shots now.

The vaccines are continuing to show effectiveness percentages in the high 80s to 90s, he said.

Email News Editor Jonathan Simmons at jonathan@palmcoastobserver.com.

TESTING AND VACCINES The health department has modified its COVID-19 testing schedule at the Flagler County Fairgrounds.

Priority will be given to students, faculty and school staff; the general public should schedule testing by calling 386437-7350, Ext. 0.

Testing will be 8-11 a.m.

Thursday, Sept.

23, and Friday, Sept. 24. There will be no testing on Saturday or Sunday.

Testing should take place at least 3-5 days after exposure.

Vaccinations are offered at 301 Dr. Carter Blvd. on Mondays at 3:30-6 p.m. Appointments preferred; walk-ins welcome.

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Flagler County commissioners have slightly lowered the county’s property tax rate for the coming year. But because of rising property values, the slightly lowered rate is still an overall tax increase: It will bring the county more tax revenue in the coming year than the county received this year.

Commissioners approved the new rate of $8.4847 per $1,000 of taxable value, or 8.4847 mills, during a meeting on Sept. 20.

The current rate is $8.5847 per $1,000 of taxable value, or 8.5847 mills, including debt service millage and environmentally sensitive lands bonds as well as operating millage. The operating millage rate commissioners approved is 3.91% over the rollback rate — the rate that would bring in the same dollar amount of tax revenue as the county received in the current year.

Property values have risen by 9% in Flagler County, and the coming year’s millage rate is expected to bring in $5.9 million more in taxes in the coming year.

For a $200,000 house with $150,000 in taxable value, the slightly lowered rate would save $15 over what the homeowner would have paid if the commission had opted to maintain the current year’s rate — $1,272.71 at the 8.4847 mill rate, versus $1,287.71 if the rate had remained 8.5847.

The commission also unanimously approved the county’s $221,094,445 budget for the coming year. The budget is an increase of $1,229,376 over the current year’s budget.

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School Board walks off as crowd gets unruly again Mask mandates were not on the agenda, but that did not stop Flagler County residents and nonresidents from speaking out.

BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

For the second month in a row, public comments at the Flagler County School Board meeting were combative, bordering on hostile.

Unlike the Aug. 17 meeting, the room was not cleared at the Sept. 21 meeting, but a man was escorted out during the first public comment session, and another was escorted out during Vice Chair Colleen Conklin’s closing comments.

And similar to the previous month’s meeting, the board members walked off the dais

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Speaker, belittling the effectiveness of masks, holds up a “chemical warfare mask.”

and halted the meeting while the crowd calmed down. This followed a deputy escorting a man out after Conklin began responding to his remarks, which is against the board’s rules. But before Conklin could finish her sentence, the man, raising his voice, said, “Good men are wanting to do some bad things right now.”

As the man was ordered to leave, there were shouts of “Cowards,” and “I recommend we get rid of every board member here.”

When the board returned, Conklin apologized for responding.

The meeting got contentious during the first public comment session when the majority of the speakers who opposed mask mandates and student quarantines as infringements on their freedoms were applauded, and those in favor of wearing masks as a public safety precaution were at times derided.

Chair Trevor Tucker repeatedly asked the crowd to refrain from clapping or interrupting speakers.

A mask mandate was not on the agenda, and three board members declared in their closing comments that Conklin’s motion for a mandate with a parental optout was defeated on Aug. 17 and the issue would not be brought up again.

“There’s no going back on that at this point, people,” board member Cheryl Massaro said.

“Unless you see it on the agenda, and you will not, it’s not going to happen. The (COVID) numbers are going down right now. Let’s hope they stay this way.”

Massaro agreed the school district has a problem with quarantining but said every school district in the nation has the same problem.

Janet McDonald agreed that quarantining is a problem.

“Overreach during this pandemic has been extreme,” she said. “We’re using tests that haven’t been verified to find COVID. Our mainstream media is not giving the full picture so

WHAT WAS REALLY ON THE AGENDA?  The board voted 5-0 to table a school concurrency proportionate share mitigation agreement with Colbert Landings and all other mitigation agreements and negotiations until the county finalizes an adjusted school impact fee.  The board welcomed two student board members to the dais for the school year. Kaylee Briggs is representing Flagler Palm Coast High School, while Karissa Jackson is representing Matanzas high School.  The board accepted the donation of a 1989 Pierce Lance fire truck/pumper from the city of South Daytona.

The truck, with an estimated value of $8,000 will be used as a training prop for FPC’s fire academy.

sometimes we’re walking around with crutches.”

Conklin again advocated for universal masks, saying, “It is critical for us to mitigate against the spread of the delta variant by utilizing whatever tools are in the tool box.”

Before Conklin was finished with her closing remarks a woman shouted, “She’s a disgrace,” and walked out of the room.

Jill Woolbright blamed communications on the unruly crowd that filled the chambers for the second straight board meeting.

“If we just four weeks ago put out the narrative (that the board would not be voting on a mask mandate) I don’t think the room would have been filled with people from this county and other counties,” she said.

Woolbright also responded to the question of going back to a remote learning option.

“We have 77 positions open right now,” she said. “We can’t keep employees. The teachers union told us they cannot do another year of teaching kids live and teaching kids remote.”

Elementary school rezoning delayed until 2023-24 The rezoning committee suggested a phased-in plan with secondary school boundaries changing in 2022-23.

BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

After getting feedback from parents and School Board members, the Flagler Schools’ rezoning committee has ditched its initial rezoning proposal for elementary schools and recommended a phased-in approach which would delay changing elementary school zones for one year.

The committee also tweaked its proposed zones for secondary schools, moving the Palm Coast R-Section from Buddy Taylor Middle School and Flagler Palm Coast High School to Indian Trails and Matanzas.

At a School Board workshop Sept. 21, the committee proposed pushing back elementary school rezoning to the 2023-24 school year. With sixth graders moving from elementary schools to middle schools next school year, the elementary schools will be able to tolerate growth until then, Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt said.

Buddy Taylor and FPC, however, are already over capacity in the K-5 model, and secondaryschool rezoning should continue as scheduled, the committee proposed.

The School Board agreed to phased-in approach and asked the committee to schedule two more public listening sessions to hear parents’ feedback.

The School Board will discuss secondary school rezoning at two more workshops on Oct. 19 and Nov. 16. A final plan is scheduled to be submitted to the board for adoption on Dec. 21 with new secondary school boundaries going

into effect in August, 2022.

At the workshop, several parents, some with children attending Old Kings Elementary School who would have been sent to different schools under the initial proposal, spoke against that plan.

Members of Flagler Citizens Committee objected to one of the committee’s guiding principles in formulating new school zones: “Prioritizing equitable access to safe, quality educational environments for students.”

“Equity is a Marxist principle,” Steve Furnari said. “Reorganizing based on race and class is unconstitutional.”

After the committee report Furnari praised the school district for pulling back the elementary school proposal but questioned why the new proposal to delay and revisit was not listed on the school district’s website in advance of the meeting.

“That could have saved us time and aggravation,” he said.

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Bill Reischmann told the council, “Consider your responsibilities.”

Outbursts, insults mar city meeting, prompting rebuke City Attorney Bill Reischmann warned councilmen that they were violating their own rules of decorum.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

City Council members shouted over and insulted one another during a meeting Sept. 21, prompting City Attorney Bill Reischmann to warn them that they were violating the council’s own rules of decorum.

Such comments by Reischmann have become a regular feature of City Council meetings in recent months.

“I take no pleasure in making these comments, but I would ask all of you to consider your responsibilities,” he said at the end of the council meeting after noting the section of the council’s rules that forbid council members from attacking one another’s motives and speaking over each other.

The acrimony at the Sept. 21 meeting had started during a discussion of a proposal to change the rule that bars commercial vehicles from parking in residential driveways unless they’re on service calls or lunch breaks.

Mayor David Alfin — who since he took office last month has combined firmness with a conciliatory diplomacy as he’s attempted to keep the rancorous council on track — had passed the gavel to Vice Mayor Eddie Branquinho in order to made a motion to keep the commercial vehicle rule as is.

(The mayor must pass the gavel to make a motion.)

Branquinho also wanted to maintain the current rule. As he explained his own position, he began to paraphrase fellow Councilman Ed Danko’s position in order to respond to it. But Danko, who wanted to change the rule, felt Branquinho was misrepresenting him.

“That’s not quite what I said,” Danko said.

Branquinho tried to continue.

But Councilman Victor Barbosa — who, like Danko, wanted to change the rule — interrupted Branquinho.

“He’s attacking everybody up here, but we can’t say nothing to him,” Barbosa said.

Branquinho banged the gavel sharply. “Would you stop! I’m talking,” he said.

They spoke over each other.

“I’m tired of this!” Barbosa said. “You’re being a little kid!”

They continued.

“Nobody wants to hear you

anymore,” Barbosa said.

“Good, thank you very much,” Branquinho said. He told Danko he’d give him a chance to clarify his position.

The meeting returned to normalcy until council members offered their comments at the end, and Councilman Nick Klufas made a statement about decorum.

“We’re sitting up here, and we’re representing our constituents, and we’re arguing about interrupting one another when we’re committing the same acts ourselves,” he said.

But then, after noticing that Danko had been taking photos, Klufas added, “Facebook politics doesn’t work either. I see one of our council members sitting here taking pictures of us so that they can be posted on Facebook momentarily. That’s not how we should be representing ourselves.”

Branquinho said he didn’t post to Facebook except to respond others’ insults. Recalling that Danko had told him to go back to New Jersey, Branquinho said he could do so and be welcomed with open arms. He suggested that Danko wouldn’t be welcomed back to his previous community in North Carolina.

Danko said he hadn’t been posting anything on Facebook.

“You can’t read my mind, Nick,” he said. “... You somehow have the thought in your brain that you’re the smartest person sitting up here. You’re like half our age, kid, alright? Maybe when you grow up some day you’ll learn a few things. I’m sorry, I watched you make smirks at Victor while he was talking, make your little stupid faces.”

Danko said that if Branquinho wanted to return to New Jersey, he’d buy him a plane ticket. He said he was joking as Alfin intervened.

“I appreciate everybody’s comments,” Alfin said. “What I’m looking for are comments that will move our agenda forward.

We’re not finished with the agenda yet.”

Alfin prompted the interim city manager to provide her comments on city administration matters, and the meeting proceeded without further interruptions.

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The Palm Coast City Council on Sept. 21 recognized a local resident and four city staff members who helped rescue 17 dogs and cats from a sweltering U-haul truck in July.

The local resident, Andy Duncan, had called the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office from the parking lot of the Harbor Freight store after seeing a woman open the liftgate of the truck to reveal over a dozen animals in clear heat distress.

The woman started spraying the animals with water, but that wasn’t enough: Duncan told her to remove the pets from the back of the truck and not leave until Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived, according to an FCSO news release.

Deputies and city staff members arrived and removed the animals from the truck, poured water on them and gave them drinking water.

There were 13 dogs and four cats in the truck, according to the news release. The animals were dangerously dehydrated, matted and covered in feces.

They were taken into the custody of animal control and taken to a veterinarian.

The woman and the man she’d been traveling with were both arrested and charged with animal cruelty.

At the council meeting Sept. 21, council members thanked Duncan and four city staff members — Chip Rish, Heather Priestap, Patrick Arena, and Rich Sagala —

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Flagler adds just three jobs in August Only three jobs were created in Flagler County in August, but the county’s unemployment rate has continued to decline, from 5.3% to 5.1%, according to a news release from the Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce.

“Because job creation data is a lagging indicator, we did not know the impact of the delta variant until now,” Greg Blosé, president and CEO of the chamber, said in the news release. “The data shows just three jobs were created in August 2021, as employers put hiring on pause in response to the incredible spread of COVID-19 in our community over the past eight weeks.”

The county lost 74 residents in August and 77 in July, according to the news release.

Photo by Jonathan Simmons Andy Duncan, left, helped rescue 17 animals from the back of a sweltering U-haul truck. Vice Mayor Eddie Branquinho is at right.

for aiding in the rescue, and presented each with a certificate.

“Thank you for your efforts,” Vice Mayor Eddie Branquinho

told them. “ ... You are heroes in my opinion, and you represent Palm Coast in my book. Couldn’t ask for any better.”

Council approves rezoning for developments A rezoning necessary to convert a vacant, 72-acre plot of land on the north side of the intersection of U.S. 1 and Seminole Woods Boulevard into a community of up to 653 homes earned the City Council’s approval Sept. 21.

The proposed development, called Seminole Pointe, would consist of duplexes, triplexes and other horizontal multifamily housing constructed in two phases.

It would also have some commercial properties fronting U.S. 1. The council voted 3-1, with Councilman Victor Barbosa and Councilman Eddie Branquinho abstaining, to approve the rezoning.

Another development off Seminole Woods Boulevard — this one about 2.5 miles south of State Road 100 — also was granted a Future Land Use Map amendment and rezoning at the Sept. 21 meeting.

The 70-acre, development, Seminole Trails, could have up to 227 units.

The council also unanimously approved a rezoning for a commercial property on the east side of Old Kings Road 1.5 miles south of Palm Coast Parkway.

That development, called Secret Gardens, would convert a 52-acre parcel into a landscape nursery and a set of showrooms for residential tradespeople.

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Divided council retains commercial vehicle parking restrictions they’re in a garage or if the signage is covered.

Councilman Victor Barbosa had opposed the rule since his election, arguing that regularsize passenger vehicles with commercial signage should be allowed in driveways.

Barbosa, who owns a pickup truck with an advertising wrap for his barbershop, had once himself received a violation notice from the city’s Code Enforcement staff after leaving the truck uncovered in his driveway. He moved the truck to his garage and wasn’t cited. But he heard from the small business owners and tradespeople that the rule created a hardship, he said.

He noted that he was the only small business owner on the council.

“I have people that follow me to the barbershop because they see the wrap,” he said at the Sept.

21 meeting. At red lights and stop lights, he said, “they roll down their windows and say, ‘Man, that looks great.’”

“This is what makes America us, this is what’s being attacked — the middle class — right now,” he said.

Councilman Ed Danko said that a lot of the people who’d stand to benefit most from the potential rule change couldn’t be at the meeting to share their thoughts.

“A lot of folks who would like to speak in favor of this aren’t here today because they’re out working — they’re out fixing your AC, they’re out fixing your plumbing,

they’re out doing whatever else needs to be done,” Danko said.

He added, “We’re no longer just a retirement community. ... We do have growing families, and people need to work. There is simply nothing wrong with working. It is part of the American dream. ...

We’re not an HOA. If you don’t want to see a work vehicle, move into an HOA.” After several real estate agents spoke during the meeting’s public comment period saying they opposed the proposed rollback of the regulation because allowing work vehicles could reduce curb appeal, Danko noted that real estate agents have also pushed the city to allow yard signs for open houses.

He didn’t oppose the idea, he said.

“But you can’t have it both ways,” he said. “If you want your signs in front of a house, and on the street corner pointing traffic in, directing traffic, well then what’s wrong with an AC truck or a plumber’s truck with some signage?”

As to the idea of placing the proposed change on the ballot for referendum, he said, business owners are a minority in Palm Coast, and a minority’s rights shouldn’t be subject to a vote.

“What other rights will we then use a majority vote to suppress?

That’s not America,” he said.

Most of the residents who spoke about the driveway parking issue during the meeting’s public comment periods wanted the rule to remain as it was.

One resident, Edith Campins,

Councilman Victor Barbosa said the middle class is under attack.

said she’d lived in another community when it did away with a similar rule.

“The results were not pretty,” she said. “... No matter how carefully you try to structure the rule, there will be people who will try to push the envelope.”

She suggested that the council leave the matter to the ballot box.

Resident Garrett Decker identified himself as both a real estate agent and a former deputy sheriff who’d parked his patrol car at home when he was a law enforcement officer. He supported changing the rule, saying that people notice the signage on vehicles, and it’s effective advertising.

“There are a number of ... home-based businesses that want to move here, but they can’t because they can’t advertise,” he said.

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“Homes in neighborhoods with high curb appeal demand higher prices and take less time to sell,” Sperber said. “... Code restrictions have been proven to help with maintaining and ensuring a home’s value.”

Three council members preferred to keep the existing rule — or, at least, weren’t willing to change it in the absence of evidence that a majority of residents would support the change.

Councilman Nick Klufas favored checking to see how much it might cost to put the issue on the ballot. Councilman Eddie Branquinho had also spoken in favor of a referendum approach during previous meetings.

When Mayor David Alfin made a motion to keep the rule as-is, noting that the city could still put the issue on the ballot later, Klufas and Branquinho voted in favor.

“The parking code has served the city well during the past 20 years, reinforcing the curb appeal of our neighborhoods and contributing to the value of our homes,” Alfin said. “We are projecting new growth again as we look forward and we should manage it smartly. So I am in favor of maintaining the code as currently enforced — and also will favor a ballot vote on the item at the next opportunity, provided it’s economically feasible.”

Alfin’s motion passed 3-2, with Danko and Barbosa dissenting.

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COVID hospitalization is mostly preventable.

RON JIMENEZ ADVENTHEALTH PALM COAST CEO

The past 18 months have been very trying. There is an abundance of misinformation about COVID-19, so I appreciate the opportunity to share the facts with you about the reality of the pandemic here at AdventHealth Palm Coast. We are your local health care provider, but we have an entire national network of physicians, scientists and other clinical leaders supporting us to bring the latest treatments and information to Flagler County. All that knowledge and experience

Thanks for your thoughts on 9/11

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Dear Editor: In response to last week’s letter on 9/11, titled “Our greatness is our acceptance and diversity,” I wish to say, Bravo and thank you! Do you have any interest in running for political office? Your wisdom, intellect and reason are desperately needed locally and afar. I, for one, would welcome your presence and views. Your thoughtful interpretation of events is exactly what the people of this nation need!

JOAN WHITTEMORE Palm Coast

Why no US flag on pole for 9-11? Palm Coast says the pole has been fixed and ‘We will do better’ Dear Editor: I would like to know why, on the 20th anniversary of 9/11/2001, one of the busiest, most visible flagpoles (at Palm Coast Parkway and Old Kings Road) in the city of Palm Coast was bare?

Facebook came alive! People came out to fly their flags.

Low and behold, it wasn’t just the flag at Old Kings and Palm Coast Parkway that was missing; so was the flag at Indian Trails Sports Complex.

How many others were taken down on 9/11/2021?

By the way, I would like to personally thank Fire Chief and Interim Assistant City Manager Gerald Forte for having his flag raised to half staff to honor those lost on 9/11/2001. From the bottom of my heart thank you, Chief Forte. You are forever a hero in my eyes.

SUZANNA “SUE” URBAN Palm Coast

Editor’s Note: According to the city of Palm Coast, the flag pole’s internal cabling system was inoperable in the weeks leading up to Sept. 11. Moreover, the trees behind the pole

bring us to an indisputable fact: Vaccines save lives.

We are encouraged by the downward trend we are seeing in COVID-19 patients being cared for at AdventHealth Palm Coast. We have seen a nearly 50% decrease in the number COVID positive patients we’re caring for since the peak in mid-August. Despite the downward trend and the feelings of hope that brings, we remain at an extremely high number of COVID patients in our hospital and Intensive Care Unit.

Although we are hopeful that the downward trend continues, we must continue to remain vigilant. This includes wearing masks, avoiding large indoor gatherings and getting vaccinated. We are by no means out of the woods; festivals, holiday gatherings and sporting events can be opportunities for the virus to spread, causing another surge.

The data is compelling.

Less than 10% of hospitalized patients with COVID-19

are fully vaccinated. Not only does the vaccine reduce the chance that you could become infected, but it also greatly reduces the chance that you’ll be hospitalized or need ICU care if you do become infected.

Among AdventHealth’s goals is not just to provide world-class medical care in our hospitals, but to extend that healing outside of our hospital walls and into the communities we serve. Seeing our community members become ill and dying from a mostly preventable disease is disheartening to me and extremely difficult for the health care team to witness.

Vaccines are that prevention.

If you test positive for COVID-19, it is important to understand when the symptoms are severe enough to seek care in our emergency room.

If you are 65 and older, have underlying medical conditions, worsening symptoms or shortness of breath, then we are here to care for you in our emergency department.

Our health care system

recently moved to Green Status. We know there are people who have been waiting patiently for certain procedures, and this move allows us to care for them as soon as possible. We want you to know that our hospital is here to care for everyone in our community, COVID patients and non-COVID patients.

Please don’t put off getting medical care if you need it. We have the resources to care for both COVID and non-COVID patients alike.

I continue to be inspired by the tremendous resiliency, compassion and mutual support our team members display every day. As our team provides healing to many of your loved ones and neighbors, please continue to do your part to educate and protect yourself, your family and your community.

Dr. Ron Jimenez is president and CEO of AdventHealth Palm Coast.

at Old Kings and Palm Coast Parkway have grown to the point that they encroach on the flag when it is at half staff.

“The crew made a determination on Friday, Sept. 10, that it would be better to take the flag down rather than display it incorrectly. … Obviously, removing the flag was not the best solution,” Director of Public Information and Engagement Brittany Kershaw wrote. “The proper display of our flag is enormously important to the city, and we will do better.”

Tree trimming was completed Sept. 13, and the pole was fixed. “Plans to move this flagpole are underway so that tree issues do not become a hindrance in the future,” Kershaw wrote.

closed lanes weeks or months ago would have alleviated much of the congestion, but no.

Our City Council sees growth as tax revenue, so that thinking gets us The Palms (88 units), Central Landings (233 units), The Tribute (246 units), etc. Councilman Nick Klufas says The Tribute, with perhaps 500 more cars, is “just not going to impact too many people.” Great thinking like that has gotten us to where we are.

tortoises took six weeks and cost $13,000. Although the rules and regulations are put forth by the Florida Wildlife Commission, they only issue the permit for relocation; the actual relocation is done by a private contractor who moves the tortoises to private land.

Both of these services (moving and receiving) charge hefty fees, and there is no alternative. Who regulates the fees?

This system needs to be reevaluated.

We sent an email to the Florida Wildlife Commission expressing our concerns about the large amount of money being charged for these “services,” and we were told that “the demand for relocation due to development exceeds the ability of state staff resources.”

The FWC has a meeting on Oct. 6-7 in St. Augustine, and public comments are “welcomed” in person or by mail. I encourage other people to express their concerns to the FWC.

Try Cornelia Manfre as city manager Dear Editor: Why is the city of Palm Coast conducting a search around the country for a city manager when you have the best candidate for the job right here in Palm Coast?

Mayoral candidate Cornelia Manfre is the perfect choice.

She is intimately familiar with the city. To bring in a candidate who knows nothing of this area is a waste of time.

LARRY AMATURO Palm Coast

Palm Coast is growing too fast Dear Editor: Dennis Rathsam’s letter last week, “Traffic is getting out of control in Palm Coast,” has it right. With all of its superfast growth, Palm Coast is turning into a parking lot. The construction at the intersection of Old Kings Road and Palm Coast Parkway has been going on for a year, and the permanent lane closures have totally disrupted Palm Coast’s main intersection with massive traffic jams.

I thought repaving the

GERALD ASH Palm Coast

Change needed in hefty price for relocating tortoises Dear Editor: My husband and I bought a lot in the F-section and contracted with a local builder last September. In February, we were informed that there were gopher tortoises on our lot and the city of Palm Coast put a “hold” on construction until the gopher tortoises were relocated.

Relocating the gopher

ANNMARIE AND DON BRENNAN Palm Coast

FACEBOOK FEEDBACK “Compared with other cities you’ve lived in, how is the traffic in Palm Coast?” The following were among the 174 responses posted on the Palm Coast Observer’s Facebook page: Jason Hamel: As someone who travels in traffic at least 4 to 8 times a day, it definitely takes way longer to get across town than it used to, especially from The Hammock to Belle Terre.

Luigi Battaglia: Anyone who complains about the “traffic” in Palm Coast has never driven in a real city.

Valerie Nicole: Compared to major metropolitan cities/ areas, much better. But this

city isn’t even close to that, so it’s silly to compare. How about asking how is the traffic here compared to a year ago? Five years ago? We are here four years, and traffic has certainly gotten heavy, especially on Palm Coast Parkway and State Road 100.

Old Kings Road started backing up, before road construction. Keep over building like it’s going, and it may become a traffic nightmare with no way to alleviate it. Better plan now.

PALM COAST

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

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VETERAN OF THE WEEK

George O’Dell  Branch of military: Army  Dates of service: Sept. 12, 1991, to March 28, 2013  Rank/occupation: Staff Sergeant, Combat Medic/Military Police Officer (dual certified)  Hometown: Newark, New Jersey  City of residence: Palm Coast  What I learned: “I learned to lead by example, accomplish my mission and take care of my soldiers and leaders. Throughout my career, my appreciation and love of our freedoms, liberties and opportunities in the United States kept me focused and motivated.

We live in the greatest country on earth and these freedoms, and those who sacrifice to ensure them should be cherished!”

O’Dell currently serves as the commander of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 86, Flagler County. He is also a certified Chapter Service Officer.

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Two arrested after 4-year-old falls out of moving car

Teenager charged with GameStop armed robbery

Fugitive felon arrested on drug, gun charges

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jacob Santos and Desiree Rodriguez on Sept.

15, after a child fell out of their moving vehicle.

The reporting party called 911 after witnessing a small child fall out of the rear door of a car which continued west on State Road 100 without stopping.

Shortly after, the vehicle returned to the scene to collect the child. During the investigation, it was discovered that there were four juveniles in the backseat, ages 4 to 9, including the child who was ejected. All four were not wearing seatbelts.

The two adults in the vehicle did not realize that the 4-yearold had fallen out until the other children had alerted them.

Deputies found marijuana and Xanax in the car.

The adults said they were heading to South Carolina from Miami to see family. Rodriguez said she fell asleep during the drive and awoke to the other children asking where their sibling was.

“This is another mother who will not be earning the mother of the year award and the uncle won’t be the uncle of the year,” said Sheriff Rick Staly. “I am glad that the child was not hurt.

This could have ended very badly for the child. Thank you to the witness for calling us and to the deputies that quickly responded to protect the child and arresting the uncle and mother for child neglect.”

All four children were turned over to the Department of Children and Families.

A teenager was arrested Sept.

14, and charged with armed robbery of the GameStop in Town Center.

Deputies responded after the dispatch center received a 911 call from an employee who said a customer came in, flashed a handgun at the waistband of his shorts and told her, “I’m not going to hurt you, I just want the money in the register.”

She gave him $353, the arrest report stated.

The suspect was later identified as Skyler Thomas, 15, according to the arrest report.

Thomas is enrolled in the Rise Up Program, an alternative learning program at the Flagler County Youth Center, which is co-located on the FPC campus.

School resource deputies at Flagler Palm Coast High School heard the call over the radio about the robbery and acted quickly to secure the entrance, then noticed a white male matching the description of the armed robber walking on the sidewalk in front of the school towards the open gate.

They secured him. The subject, Thomas, said he “wasn’t trying to hurt anyone.”

A sum of $353 was recovered in his right rear pocket and the gun — which turned out to be a plastic replica — was recovered in a ditch in front of the Olive Garden.

Thomas’ previous encounters with law enforcement include charges for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill and conspiracy to commit capital felony – Murder.

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies on Sept. 13 spotted a man they knew well on a bicycle on Avocado Boulevard in Bunnell: Ryan Giovine. He was known to have an active warrant and was a multi-time convicted felon in Flagler County.

When deputies stopped him, they saw a gray-colored firearm in Giovine’s right hand as he was gripping the bicycle handlebars.

Giovine was immediately secured but said the firearm was a BB gun. Multiple knives were observed attached to his backpack and in his pockets.

In Giovine’s backpack, a zipper case contained multiple narcotics, used hypodermic needles and a digital scale.

A criminal history search revealed Giovine is a local multitime convicted felon and had had an active Flagler County warrant for Domestic Battery

by Strangulation.

“This guy is a career offender,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “... He’s been running from law enforcement for months. Great job to the deputies who recognized this criminal and safely apprehended him.”

Giovine was placed under arrest for the felony warrant and the new drug charges. Upon arrival to the jail, a detention deputy found a single 9mm ammunition round.

Charges were added for Possession of a Firearm/Ammo by a Convicted Felon.

COPS CORNER SEPT. 7

SPRUCING UP THE AREA First block of Pine Circle Place.

Burglary. A homebuilding company left a number of bundles of wood in the garage of a partially finished home. When employees returned to the work site, $1207.03 of lumber, mostly spruce, was missing.

A deputy canvassed the area, but didn’t find any unattended bundles of spruce lumber.

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THE OLD SEAT SWAP Northbound U.S. 1 at Wellfield Grade.

Driving without a license.

A deputy was doing traffic

Two stolen cars found within hours of each other Deputies arrested Daniel Harris-Lucas and Karly Kissel for separate cases of stolen vehicles just hours apart on Sept. 13.

Kissel had rented a grey Ford Fiesta at the beginning of August and did not return it. The car was reported stolen by the rental company in California.

Deputies recovered the other car in high-risk traffic stop at the Shell Gas station on State Road 100 in Flagler Beach and arrested the driver, HarrisLucas.

enforcement on U.S. 1 when the deputy saw a black truck fly past at 81 mph in a 65mph zone.

A young woman was driving, and there was a young man in the passenger seat.

The deputy pulled the truck over.

But as the deputy approached, there was a flurry of movement in the truck as the woman and the man climbed past each other and swapped seats.

The deputy told the man that he’d noticed the seat switch.

The man said the woman’s driver’s license had been suspended. The deputy arrested both of them.

Man arrested for child molestation After the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a CyberTip saying Steven Card uploaded 19 files of child sexual abuse material to a website, the FCSO executed a search warrant at his home in Palm Coast Sept. 16.

Deputies recovered four additional images of a young child, which was not part of the original CyberTip. During questioning, it was discovered that there was a juvenile victim, who was being molested in her sleep. Card was arrested and is being held on no bond.

The investigation is ongoing.

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During the search of the property, 17 dogs, 28 cats, a squirrel, and a deceased kitten were discovered living in filthy conditions.

Animal Control responded.

Since the animals were seized, another kitten died. Necropsy results are pending, and the FCSO has started another investigation for animal cruelty.

“Here’s a lady that uses innocent animals to support her drugdealing by using them to purchase prescription medications and sell the drugs to human customers for personal use,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “This is also why you should always thoroughly check out all nonprofits you support to make sure they are legitimate.

This was a sad situation for all the animals involved, but I’m glad to see they’ve been taken to safety.

Hopefully, this woman never gets to own an animal again and gets to spend time behind bars for thinking she can sell drugs in Flagler County and neglect animals.”

Flagler Animal Services took custody of all 46 animals. As the animals were being rescued, it was discovered that they were all ill and needing medical attention, and will be monitored by the Flagler Humane Society.

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The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant on Sept. 15, at SAFFARI animal rescue operator Ruth Rupprecht’s properties in Palm Coast.

The warrant was obtained after the Major Case Unit began investigating Rupprecht for allegedly selling prescription narcotics.

Rupprecht operates a nonprofit animal rescue organization known as SAFFARI (Save A Furry Friend Animal Rescue Inc.), and in May 2021 she adopted out a young puppy for a fee.

A few days later, the adopter contacted Rupprecht advising the puppy was ill. Rupprecht sent the adopter a bottle of prescription Azithromycin, and shortly after, the puppy died of Parvovirus. Rupprecht gave a statement to FCSO Deputy First Class Williams and advised that the puppy medication she mailed was provided to her in a “donation box” for her rescue business.

FCSO Detective Conrad responded to Rupprecht’s residence, also the registered address for SAFFARI, advising Rupprecht that it was illegal to dispense and mail antibiotics. Rupprecht assured Detective Conrad that it wouldn’t happen again.

It was determined that Rupprecht continued to sell large quantities of medications from her main residence on 16th Road.

During the investigation, Detective Conrad received an email from the Bureau of Compliance, Division of Consumer Services with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. FCSO was advised that Rupprecht’s animal rescue was no longer registered with them as a charitable organization, making it illegal to accept donations or contributions.

A search warrant was obtained and served on Sept. 15, for the illegal sale of controlled narcotics at 6 West 16th Road and 116 Sanchez Avenue.

More than $20,000 in cash was seized inside the home, along with multiple notes that are believed to be orders for various prescription medications. Over 100 prescription medications were found, ranging from morphine to antibiotics from various pharmacies and doctors throughout the country.

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Plantation Bay and Hunter’s Sheriff’s Ops Center work Ridge changes approved to conclude in October 2022 The 73-unit addition to Plantation Bay would have a density of 3.16 units per acre.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Flagler County commissioners on Sept. 20 unanimously approved a site development plan for a 73-unit single-family-home community in western Plantation Bay. The 40-acre development would have a density of 3.16 units per acre. Lots would be at least 50 feet wide and at least 6,500 square feet each.

The community, off Stirling Bridge Drive, will be linked to U.S. 1 though an extension to Bay Drive, which is under construction now.

HUNTER’S RIDGE PHASING PLAN ELIMINATED

A new amendment to plans for the Hunter’s Ridge development in unincorporated southern Flagler County eliminates phasing for the project and slightly alters development requirements.

The Flagler County Commission voted unanimously to approve the Development of Regional Impact amendment, this development’s fifth, at a meeting on Sept. 20.

The elimination of the phased approach is the biggest change,

Flagler County Growth Management Director Adam Mengel said, and the alterations aren’t substantial enough to require review by state agencies.

The amendment also deletes a requirement for a public access easement on Durrance/Strickland Lane: The developer had tried to create one and the original Development of Regional Impact had required one, but varying ownerships along the road had made that infeasible, the applicant’s representative said at the meeting.

References to an aerial fire truck in the Development of Regional Impact’s language have also been changed to simply reference a fire truck, without requiring an aerial.

The projected build-out date for the development is November 2035.

SURVEY SEEKS OPINIONS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

The Center for Urban Transportation Research is surveying Flagler County residents about their opinions on the county’s public transportation needs.

The survey is part of the process of developing a Transit Development Plan, which is required by the Florida Department of Transportation and can be used by the county to secure project funding.

The plan is updated every five years, and the latest update must be adopted by the County Commission by Dec. 1. To take the survey, go to https://tinyurl.com/ FlaglerTransit.

Also: Work begins on Carver Center expansion.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The new Flagler County Sheriff’s Office operations center off Commerce Drive near the Government Services Building is expected to be finished by Oct. 10, 2022.

The pier foundations for the building have been installed, and concrete and steel subcontractors are readying paperwork to move forward, Lon Neuman, operations manager for Ajax Building Corporation, told the Flagler County Commission at a Sept. 20 meeting.

So far, the work is coming in about $200,000 less than expected, Neuman said.

Foundation work on the building is expected to begin over the next two weeks as workers prepare for the tilt-wall construction process, Interim County Administrator Heidi Petito said.

The commission approved an approximately $16 million phase two guaranteed maximum price proposal for the work.

WORK BEGINS ON CARVER CENTER EXPANSION

Concrete blocks will be placed this week for the expansion of the George Washington Carver Center, Petito said at the County Commission’s Sept. 21 meeting.

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Flagler Schools youth programs but is owned by the county government, had been slated for renovation since 2015, but the work was repeatedly delayed until the county approved the first phase of the $900,000 project in February.

The first phase of the work will add 3,259 square feet to the center, while a second phase would add an additional 4,055 square feet.

The renovation will add multipurpose rooms, a lobby area, new bathrooms and four offices, and make the building ADAcompliant.

BUNNELL POLICE TO TEMPORARILY RELOCATE TO COUNTY BUILDING

Flagler County is preparing for the temporary relocation of the Bunnell Police Department to the county’s Government Services Building complex.

The shift comes as the Bunnell city government prepares to relocate to a new city hall location due to water damage at the current Bunnell City Hall.

The new city hall building will be constructed south of the Wendy’s building on State Road 100, near the site of the under-construction Flagler County Sheriff’s Operations Center.

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Palm Coast celebrates Arbor Day

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he city of Palm Coast, which has earned Tree City USA’s Growth Award 14 years in a row, celebrated Arbor Day on Sept. 18, at Town Center.

Arbor Day had its origins in late-1800s Nebraska, as officials urged locals to plant trees on the prairies. It was proclaimed in 1872 and first became an annual event in 1874, and Nebraska is still known as the Tree Planter’s State.

But the shade cover offered by trees is especially important in hot, rapidly developing places like Florida, said Mimi Vreeland, Horticulture Extension Agent and Master Gardener Program Coordinator at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension in Flagler County.

“Shade trees will become more and more important in regions like Flagler County that are quickly growing and developing, because they: 1) shade and cool the ground surface which can lower ground surface temperatures by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit on a hot summer day; 2) provide residential energy and water savings; and 3) provide essential habitat and food sources for native and migrating animal species and natural predators of various garden pests,” she said.

Trees can also help increase property values, improve soil quality, provide food and shelter for native wildlife and recharge the aquifer system, and shade trees near a home can help lower energy costs, according to Vreeland.

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MEDIUM TREES n American holly

(Ilex opaca) n East Palatka holly (Ilex v. Xattenuata) For a more complete list, see the guides at the UF-IFAS Florida-Friendly Landscaping Program website at https://ffl.ifas.ufl. edu/resources/ publications/.

Above: Tim and Tammy Carter moved to Palm Coast four months ago and received a tree at the city’s Sept. 18 celebration.

Left: Mark enjoyed the petting zoo in front of City Hall on Sept. 18.

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Kathleen Fuss, Nancy Iandoli and Carol Walker, of The Garden Club at Palm Coast.

RIDE FOR CALEB 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Punishers Florida Club House, 307 S. Bay St., Bunnell. A police-escorted motorcycle ride to support Caleb Struble, a Matanzas High School student who was injured in a lifeguard accident. $20 per ride, $10 per passenger. Ends at Beach Front Grill. Call 931-5211.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON PORTRAYAL 1 p.m. Oct. 23, at the Flagler County Public Library. Historian Joseph Vetter returns to portray Alexander Hamilton.

Vreeland recommended planting the following trees to help restore the shade canopy that existed in northeastern Florida before development:

virgininiana) n Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) n Red maple (Acer rubrum) n Southern sugar maple (Acer barbatum) n Red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) n Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandifolia) n Sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)

ABC SAFE BOATING CLASS 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 25 and Oct. 2, at the Halifax River Yacht Club, 331 S. Beach St., Daytona Beach. Visit www.ABCDB.club.

VOYAGE CHURCH GRAND OPENING 7-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, at City Marketplace, 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite C104. With Joan Hunter, healing evangelist. Visit www.voyageflagler.com.

Andrew Batista says hello during the city’s butterfly release at the Arbor Day celebration.

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FLORIDA CRACKERS AND THE COWBOYS OF THE EAST 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, at the Flagler County Public Library, on Palm Coast Parkway. Zach Zacharias, senior curator of education and history at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, will make a presentation.

Mileyshka enjoyed the butterfly tent, set up by city of Palm Coast staff.

The Flagler Beach Police Department will host a Halloween drive thru 5-7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 23, at Wickline Park.

“Children are the most vulnerable to the COVID virus right now, as there is no vaccine for children under the age of 12,” said Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney.

The Halloween themed event will require children to stay seated inside their parents’ vehicles, while members of the Police Department and Fire Department will be handing out candy in individual bags.

Traffic: Cars should enter the Wickline Center parking lot from South Flagler Avenue. Wickline Park is located right next to our City Library; 315 Seventh St. S. Candy donations: Unopened bagged candy donations, and zip-lock bags for the event will be gratefully accepted. If you’d like to donate candy, or zip-lock bags, please feel free to call Dee Ramirez at 386-517-2020, Ext. 309.

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Inhabiting Billie Holiday for CRT’s ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill’ The 90-minute show’s second weekend will be Sept. 24, 25, 26, at City Repertory Theatre in City Marketplace.

“We’re not trying to emulate or impersonate Billie Holiday, but more capture her essence. ... It’s very difficult to impersonate what she did, how she sang, her voice. She has an incredible voice. But you play ode, an homage to her voice.”

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When John Sbordone initially approached Laniece Fagundes about playing Billie Holiday in a City Repertory Theatre production, Fagundes didn’t think she was ready.

“I was much younger, and it just didn’t work,” said the 32-year-old Fagundes, “so we’ve been putting it on the backburner for a long time.”

On Friday, Sept. 17, Sbordone’s vision was finally realized as Fagundes debuted as the legendary jazz singer in the Lanie Robertson play, “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.”

LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL When: Sept. 17, 18, 19 and Sept. 24, 25, 26: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays.

Where: The City Repertory Theatre in City Marketplace, 160 Cypress Point Parkway Suite B207.

Tickets: $15 for students; $30 for adults. Call 386-585-9415 or go to crtpalmcoast.com and click on “Tickets” for this show.

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Laniece Fagundes as Billie Holiday.

The play’s opening weekend was Sept. 17-19, with remaining shows Sept. 24, 25, 26 at CRT in City Marketplace, 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite B207.

“Last year we tried to get the rights to (the play), and we couldn’t do it,” said Sbordone, CRT’s artistic director and cofounder. “Then when we finally got the rights, we were able to put the whole thing together, which is great. Laniece is fabulous in this role.”

Robertson’s play premiered in 1986 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and opened on Broadway in 2014. The fictional story takes place in March, 1959, four months before Holiday died.

Emerson’s Bar and Grill is “a seedy little bar,” Sbordone said.

“What the show does is highlight many of her songs, like ‘God Bless the Child’ and ‘Strange Fruit’ along with other songs that

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she sang famously in her day,” Sbordone said. “But interspersed with that, she talks about her life, she talks about her experiences, she talks about her loves. And so, it’s an evening of about an hour and a half that is totally devoted to Billie Holiday and her pianist.”

There are only two people on stage, Fagundes as Holiday and Benjamin Beck, a CRT musical director, who plays Holiday’s pianist, Jimmy Powell.

Fagundes sings all or parts of about 15 songs. But it’s the acting that she found most appealing about the role.

“John always thought it would be a great opportunity for me where I can really act, because I usually do a lot of musicals where there’s not a lot of acting. And I was excited to do it,” she said.

Fagundes, an aspiring recording artist, teaches voice and piano lessons from her home studio in

Palm Coast.

“I have a few songs on Spotify and iTunes, wherever you stream music,” she said. “I’ve got a YouTube channel with almost 200 subscribers, about 12,000 streams and views, something like that. The dream is to move to California, record a bunch of music, tour the world. But in the meantime I’m helping other people find success in their music journeys, and I love that.”

She says she has an eclectic taste in music, listening to everything from international music and contemporary worship to heavy metal. But she never took a deep dive into Holiday’s songs until she started preparing for this show.

“My grandmother is a big fan.

She’s really excited that I’m doing this,” Fagundes said. “This kind of gave me a new spark or love for who (Holiday) is and what she

does and how talented she is.

“It’s definitely a style that she has, and so we’re not trying to emulate or impersonate Billie Holiday, but more capture her essence, if that makes sense,” Fagundes said. “So, it’s not an imitation of who she is or what she did. It’s very difficult to impersonate what she did, how she sang, her voice. She has an incredible voice. But you play ode, an homage to her voice, keeping the tone, keeping the emotion, the intent, a lot of the inflection, but it’s not necessarily an impersonation.”

When Fagundes talks about Holiday it is often in the present tense, which may be fitting because while she doesn’t mimic her voice and singing style, she takes on Holiday’s spirit and captures her emotions which run the gamut from ebullience to desolation.

“I think having directed 75 shows at City Rep, this is among our very, very best,” said Sbordone, who founded the theatre company in 2011 with fellow former Flagler Playhouse cohort Diane Ellertson. “Laniece and Benjamin are brilliant.”

TRIBUTES Carol C. Coleman (Tootie) 1946-2021

Robert Roy Thousand Sr. 1927-2021

Marlene Alderman 1936-2021

In Loving Memory On Monday September 13, 2021 Carol C. Coleman passed away at the age of 74.

A Celebration of life will be held in October, details will be posted as soon as everything is finalized.

Robert Roy Thousand Sr. died at the age of 94 on September 5th, 2021.

Robert is survived by Louise C Thousand his wife of 74 years, Robert R Thousand Jr, W. Dennis Thousand (Janice), Patricia A Wenom–Thousand, six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE: Sunday, October 10, 2PM Italian American Club, Palm Coast, FL

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A Celebration of Life will be on Sunday, October 10th - 2:00 to 4:00pm at the Italian American Club, Palm Coast, FL. His family extends thanks to everyone who has expressed their sympathies.

In Lieu of flowers please send Memorial Donations to the Shriners’ Hospital - 314692-6441, online, or: Shriners Children’s St Louis 4400 Clayton Ave., St Louis, MO 63110

Marlene Alderman of Palm Coast, FL, and formerly of Fayetteville, NY, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on September 12, 2021. Marlene was born on September 4th in Hartford, VT. Cremation services were provided by Heritage Funeral & Cremation Services. For more information, please visit: www.heritageflagler. com/obituaries/Marlene-Alderman/

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Her flirtatious playfulness always wanted to take you for a spin on the dance floor and would always put a smile on your face.

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Carol was born on December 31st, 1946, in Mishawaka, IN to John and Helen Coleman. She married Bill Couch and they had a daughter Angela. After they divorced in 1968, she moved to San Diego, CA. She married Paul J. Riehle May 11th, 1970, and they had a daughter Paula Riehle (Raymond). In 1985 She moved to Florida and lived out the rest of her life in Flagler County.

Carol was a very loving supportive mother who was always there for you. She was always up for a challenge. She loved being social and being outdoors, from backyard barbecues, hiking in the mountains, tubing down the rapids, camping, sky diving with Paula to getting together with the locals and dancing the night away whenever she could. Her flirtatious playfulness always wanted to take you for a spin on the dance floor and would always put a smile on your face.

Carol was preceded in death by her father John her mother Helen, and her brother Pat and her sister Sandy. She left behind a large loving family-her two daughters Angela Couch and Paula Raymond, her five grandchildren Kristin Stewart, Amber Viola, Dillon Mays, Cody Raymond, Brian Walker and six great grandchildren Anthony, Augustine, Dageus, Nevaeh, Eva, Adele.

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Flagler OARS hosts festival during National Recovery Month Flagler Open Arms Recovery Services is a 2-year-old nonprofit that provides education on substance use disorder.

“I was afraid to seek help. But so many people in my life supported me and helped me believe I can do this, and that’s what it takes.”

DANIELLE MOYE-AURIEMMA, Recovery peer specialist

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Shaun Skelton stood against a palm tree at Veterans Park in Flagler Beach. He was shirtless, displaying tattoos on his arms and torso, and taking in the sites at a Sept. 18 festival.

This festival was put on by Flagler Open Arms Recovery Services to build awareness for National Recovery Month.

Skelton said he attended the event to connect with others who are taking positive steps toward recovery from alcoholism and substance abuse.

“You meet more people who are recovering,” he said. “It’s like gazelles. The ones on the outside

FLAGLER OARS Flagler Open Arms Recovery Services is a nonprofit devoted to bringing substance use disorder out of the shadows of stigma through public education, policy advocacy and peer support services.

Office: 386-313-6247 Peer Support Specialist: 386-233-3444

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From left, Flagler OARS Executive Director Pam Birtolo, peer specialist Danielle Moye Auriemma and board member Heather Dalrymple.

are picked off by lions. The ones on the inside thrive.”

Skelton said he has been in many recovery programs over the years and hasn’t been able to stop using. He said he is currently participating in a program through Palm Coast Transitions and has a sponsor through Alcoholics Anonymous.

“Now I’m 30 days clean,” he said. “I really can’t put a price on recovery. Addiction has taken everything from me. My kids. My freedom.”

The event was a fund raiser for Flagler OARS with 33 booths in addition to musicians, speakers and a food truck.

Booths ranged from numerous recovery centers and treatment programs to other health-related programs to business such as a yoga studio and a landscaping

company.

“Everybody here who has a booth serves people in recovery in some shape or form,” said Flagler OARS Executive Director Pam Birtolo. “Maybe people in recovery go to yoga. Maybe people in recovery use Flagler Cares services. It’s a whole array of mostly social services and some business that serve people in recovery.”

Flagler OARS was founded in 2019. It was the 12th recovery community organization in Florida, and now there are 30, Birtolo said.

She said there are about 12,000 people in the county who are currently in some stage of recovery and Flagler OARS is one of the organizations assisting them.

“Our mission is public educa-

Shaun Skelton attended the festival to connect with others in recovery who are on the right track.

tion, policy advocacy and peer support,” she said.

Through grants and gifts Flagler OARS was able to hire certified recovery peer specialist Danielle Moye-Auriemma this year.

Birtolo said as a recovery community organization, at least 51% of Flagler OARS’ board of directors and staff are required to be in recovery. Of its 10 board members, six are in recovery, she said.

While on stage Moye-Auriemma told the festival goers that she is recovering from a 10-year addiction.

“I was afraid to seek help,” she said. “But so many people in my life supported me and helped me

believe I can do this, and that’s what it takes. If anyone is struggling with alcoholism or addiction, what you need to know is there is help.”

Moye-Auriemma provides peer support, life coaching and counseling. She visits the Flagler County jail and provides support to people getting out of jail or out of rehab.

The festival was created to not only build awareness for Flagler OARS and recovery avenues available in the county, but to educate the public on what substance use disorder is, Birtolo said.

“It’s a disease of the brain,” she said. “It’s no different than any other disease. There’s a lot misunderstanding about that.”

Birtolo said Flagler OARS does not provide clinical treatment but helps support people in whatever recovery path they decide is best for them.

“Some people don’t believe in total abstinence. Some people just stay away from the drug that they abused,” she said. “Some people do total abstinence. Some people do NA, some people do AA, some people do different faith-based things and some people do their own thing. We believe in all pathways to recovery.”

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SPORTS Reigning state champ Sanford Seminole outlasts FPC, 27-3 F

The Seminoles closed the first half and opened the second half with bookend touchdowns to hand the Bulldogs their first loss of the season.

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“We’re just going to keep getting better. That’s all we can do.”

ROBERT PAXIA, FPC football coach

or most of the first half, Flagler Palm Coast stood toe to toe with the defending Class 8A state football champ.

The Bulldogs took a 3-0 lead over Sanford Seminole late in the first quarter when K.J. McCabe kicked a 29-yard field goal.

It looked like FPC’s advantage would hold up through the half, but the Seminoles scored a touchdown with 12 seconds left in the second quarter and then scored again on the first drive of the second half on the way to a 27-3 victory Sept. 17 at Sal Campanella Stadium.

The win was the Seminoles’ 16th in a row, and they now have won 23 consecutive regular-season games dating back to 2018.

“For 23½ minutes in the first half, we were a better football team than them. We just ran out of gas,” said Robert Paxia, who lost his first game as the Bulldogs’ head coach.

“They’re the reigning state champions. That’s an active goal that we want to have. To have an opportunity to play those guys reveals a lot about our football team,” Paxia said. “There’s no replacing experience. Regardless of how many people they graduated, those kids still played for a state championship. They know

how to win. We’re still learning how to do that.”

FPC fell to 2-1, 0-1 in District 2-8A. The Bulldogs will meet another undefeated team on Sept. 24 when they travel to Spruce Creek. They return to district play on Oct. 1 with a road game at Oviedo.

“Our district is full of very good football teams.

Oviedo, DeLand and Lake Mary are all three outstanding football teams,” Paxia said.

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Running back Rodney Hill tries to get a handle on the ball.

S S E R G O R P K IN

Gerod Tolbert (25) takes a handoff.

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Growing pains for young Pirates in season’s third loss

Right: Matanzas quarterback Dakwon Evans runs for a first down late in the second quarter.

Matanzas trailed 27-16 at the half before running out of gas in a 57-16 loss to Gainesville.

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Cole Hash’s 47-yard touchdown catch from Dakwon Evans late in the first half would be the Pirates’ final score of the game.

hen 54 of the players on your roster are freshmen and sophomores, your team will experience some growing pains.

That’s been the case with the Matanzas Pirates football team.

But sometimes scores can belie the progress a young squad is making. That has also been the case with the Pirates, who fell to Gainesville 57-16 on Friday, Sept.

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“Our offense is getting better.

We don’t really have any returning starters,” said coach Matt For-

Brenden Vargas leads the cheers.

rest, noting that senior receiver Noah Cundiff (high ankle sprain) has not yet played this season.

“Their attention and effort has been great every day, and that’s the hard part,” Forrest said. “I like the way our direction is going, but it still takes time.”

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in the second quarter before Gainesville went ahead 27-16 at the half and then outscored the home team 30-0 in the second half.

“Our defense just gave up too many big plays,” Forrest said.

Sophomore Landon Grover kicked a 42-yard field goal. Sopohomore Jordan Mills’ 2-yard touchdown run followed a long pass from sophomore quarterback Dakwon Evans to senior Tate Winecoff to pull the Pirates to within six points at 13-9.

Evans’ 47-yard touchdown pass to another sophomore, Cole Hash, closed out the scoring for Matanzas.

Forrest said Cundiff could be in the lineup when the Pirates host Orange Park (1-3) on Sept. 24.

“He’ll be day-to-day,” Forrest said. “We don’t want to rush him back. He’s got a great future after he leaves here.”

Cundiff received his eighth Division I offer last week from Samford University, a team that runs the same “airraid” offense as Matanzas, Forrest said.

“We’re not worried about them right now. We’re going to worry about Spruce Creek on Friday.

There are no breaks from this time forward.”

Paxia was hired in late May, so he did not have a spring practice period with the team, which put the Bulldogs behind in learning a new system, he said.

“We’re just now past the spring football point in our football season, as crazy as that sounds,” he said. “We’re just going to keep getting better. That’s all we can do. We are learning how to practice. We have to practice to win the game. Championship teams don’t have bad practices. We’re learning.”

WAGNER HURT

Running back Dakoda Wagner gained 74 of the Bulldog’s 200 rushing yards against the Seminoles, but the Army West Point commitment left the game with a leg injury after getting hit hard with 7:53 left in the game.

Paxia said after the game that Wagner had suffered a calf injury. On Sunday, the coach said the senior, who leads the team with 369 yards rushing and four touchdowns, had a deep bruise.

‘HECK OF AN EFFORT’

Paxia was pleased with his team’s defensive effort, despite a few costly miscues, including a pass interference penalty on fourthand-4 that preceded Seminole quarterback Luke Rucker’s first touchdown pass late in the first half and a busted coverage on

Dakoda Wagner takes a handoff from Preston Roberts.

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Completions by each FPC quarterback through three games.

Preston Roberts has passed for 137 yards, while D.J. Murray has passed for 129 yards.

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Rushing yards by Murray through three games, which is second on the team behind Dakoda Wagner’s 369.

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Total passing yards by the Bulldogs in their 27-3 loss to Sanford Seminole.

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Straight games that FPC has led after the first quarter.

Rucker’s second TD pass that made it 14-3.

“The defense put in a heck of an effort,” Paxia said. “Just these little executional details, a busted coverage here, a busted coverage there and they made us pay every time. The best part about this is it’s early and we got the opportunity to grow and get better off of this.”

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Tate Winecoff picks up 25 yards late in the fourth quarter.

Jordan Mills looks for running room.

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“After that match I got on the cart path and felt I could run a marathon, I was so happy.”

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Defeo, Vanucci and Arlaud are all in their third year on the team, learning the game as they go.

“Golf is a tough game,” said Busby. “You’ve got to be all in, or you’re not going to get better.”

The Pirates are all in. Vannucci and Defeo have golf course jobs so they can get more time on the course and personalized instruction.

Vannucci has worked for almost a year at Grand Haven Golf Club where head golf pro Billy Van Arsdale has helped him with his game. Vannucci said his brother, Troy, who plays in amateur tournaments in New Jersey and Philadelphia, has also aided in his development.

The Pirates have had a team score of exactly 160 in three consecutive tournaments. They believe they are capable of dropping 10 strokes from that total.

“We can do it,” said Jake Vanucci.

“We’re all able to shoot under 40,” Arlaud added.

Parker knows his day will come.

“Every practice I get better and better,” he said. “My dad has helped me out a lot, and Ashtin, Marcos and Jake give me pointers every day. If it wasn’t for them, I don’t think I would ever be on the team.”

Parker’s best day so far was a round of 44 on Aug. 31 at Palm Harbor in a match against Menendez.

“After that match I got on the cart path and felt I could run a marathon, I was so happy,” he said.

“They’re all real competitive and push each other.

There’s always a little battle within our team.”

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Londone Turlington Parker has been playing golf for less than nine months. He is the sixth player on the Matanzas boys golf team.

What the sophomore lacks in experience he makes up for in passion. And he has teammates willing to help him out any way they can, even if his scores are unlikely to count in most matches this season.

That’s because the other Matanzas golfers are equally as passionate about the game. And they remember that, not too long ago, they were in the same situation.

The Pirates had a 5-0 record going into their Sept. 21 match against Seabreeze at Palm Harbor Golf Club. They are aiming to win a district championship for the third consecutive year. But there are no stars on this team. Only two of the Pirates’ top five have had any prior tournament experience.

The others, like Parker, started playing golf in high school.

“We all kind of started in our freshman or sophomore years,” said senior Jake Vannucci. “We’ve all been behind, but we’ve worked our way back up.”

Vannucci, senior Marcos Defeo, juniors Alek Libby and Ashtin Arlaud and freshman Trevor Challice all have nine-hole averages between 40 and 42. Any one of them can win match medalist honors or shoot in the high 30s on any given day, said coach Thad Busby.

“There’s nothing flashy about us,” he said. “We’ve been consistent. They’re all real competitive and push each other. There’s always a little battle within our team.”

Only Challice and Libby have had tournament experience before entering high school. The youngest golfer on the team, Challice, is probably the most experienced, having played tournament golf for the past five years.

“For junior golf in today’s standards, that’s kind of late. Some start at 5 or 6,” said the freshman’s father, Dave Challice, a golf instructor and former teaching pro. “Obviously, Trevor has gotten better through the years.”

Trevor Challice has qualified for the U.S. Kids World Championship at Pine Hurst the past four years. He also qualified for next month’s Faldo Hurricane Series Grand Final at Barefoot Resort and Golf Club in Myrtle Beach,

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Where should marinas be allowed? County to vote on regulations

Marinas should be allowed in Flagler County’s general commercial zoning areas, but the county’s planning board should review each proposed marina’s impact on the surrounding area before deciding whether to approve it, planning board members decided Sept. 14.

The Flagler County Planning and Development Board voted unanimously to send to the Flagler County Commission a proposed Land Development Code amendment defining different intensities of marinas and detailing how they could apply for approval through a special exception application.

The County Commission will have the final say on whether to approve the code amendment.

Although the proposed amendment wasn’t supposed to be about a specific facility, its creation was precipitated by developer Bob Million’s proposal for

MARK LANGELLO, planning board member

in county’s commercial-2 general commercial/shopping center zoning district without a special exception process, but Mengel told the board they could opt to revise the proposed amendment to add one.

Million’s opponents showed up again at the Sept. 14 meeting.

“Let’s be honest, this amendment is a thinly veiled attempt to approve a single, massive boat warehouse in a specific location,” resident Dennis Clark said during the meeting. “Publix Super Markets agreed to limit their building size ... to abide by Scenic Corridor guidelines. Why shouldn’t that be a requirement for the marina?”

Clark thought the proposed ordinance needed more work.

So did local resident Jennifer Pickett, who’d recently moved from North Carolina and had

chosen The Hammock because of the Scenic A1A area.

“That is the sole reason that I picked this area — that it was quaint, it was not overgrown with commercial buildings, it was nostalgic; it was beautiful. It’s called scenic for a reason,” she said.

“There’s nothing scenic about what is being proposed for this area. It steals everything from such a quaint area that people love.”

Local attorney Dennis Bayer, representing the Hammock Civic Association, suggested that the planning board require a special exception process for marinas in the commercial-2 designation area if the marina would be in the Scenic A1A Overlay or next to a residential property.

Board members opted to require the special exception process for any commercial marinas — which, under the definition of marina used in the proposed amendment, could consist of wet slips and/or dry slips.

The special exception requirement would ensure that each such a proposal, including Million’s, would come before the planning board for review.

That would give the board a chance to review each proposed marina for the issues that had most concerned locals — noise from loud vehicle backup alarms, parking spilling over onto A1A,

“Let’s be honest, this amendment is a thinly veiled attempt to approve a single, massive boat warehouse in a specific location.”

DENNIS CLARK, local resident

and safe storage of fuel. Members of the public would also have opportunities to comment.

“There’s a balancing act here, if you ask me,” board member Mark Langello said, explaining why he supported a special exception requirement. “People are asking to protect the environment and protect the look of The Hammock in particular, but … people are moving here, and ... when they come here, they want amenities.”

Other board members agreed, voting unanimously in favor of the Land Development Code amendment with a special exception process for commercial marinas.

The proposed amendment is expected to go before the Flagler County Commission for a first reading vote at a meeting at 9 a.m.

Oct. 4, and for a second-reading vote at a meeting at 5 p.m. Oct. 18.

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“People are asking to protect the environment and protect the look of The Hammock in particular, but people are moving here, and when they come here, they want amenities.”

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a 57,000-square-foot, 240-boat storage facility on his property on North Oceanshore Boulevard, near Hammock Hardware.

This is the second time the proposed facility has worked its way through local government boards.

Million had initially proposed the facility several years ago, immediately facing opposition from Hammock residents who said the project would degrade the quiet charm of their community.

They argued that the storage facility was, in essence, a warehouse. Warehouses are prohibited in the A1A Scenic Overlay District. Therefore, the boat storage facility should be prohibited as well, they said.

Although the County Commission approved the boat storage facility, it was overruled on appeal by a judge, who vacated the commission’s decision after finding fault with the manner in which it had evaluated the case.

That sent the matter back down to local boards again. This time, Million is calling his proposed facility a “marina,” although it would consist of dry storage rather than wet slips.

The proposed ordinance presented to the planning board by county Growth Management Director Adam Mengel on Sept.

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JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

A plot of farmland in northwestern Flagler County may soon be covered with thousands of solar panels.

The Flagler County Planning and Land Development Board on Sept. 14 unanimously approved a special exception application by FPL’s sister company, Florida Renewable Partners, to convert 155 acres of potato farms and timber land into a solar energy site.

The land is part of an FRP property that straddles the FlaglerPutnam County line, with the bulk of the land in Putnam.

The entire site would be 550 acres and provide approximately enough energy to power 20,000 homes, FRP Senior Project Manger Erico Lopez told planning board members at the meeting.

It would have approximately 261,000 panels, which would be installed on a metal rack system

“For us, this really is a good business partner coming into the county, with their environmental hat on, doing the right thing.”

GREG BLOSE, president and CEO of the Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce

Image from FRP’s presentation at the Sept. 14 planning board meeting

The site’s entrances would both be on the Putnam County side.

and pivot to track the sun.

The site would be largely unmanned, except for the occasional maintenance crew and some goats brought in now and then to trim the grass.

“We believe solar energy centers make great neighbors,” Lopez said.

The solar sites are virtually silent and don’t use water, he said. Because they require no regular on-site staff, they generate little traffic.

“These sites currently are a potato farm and timberland, so essentially all that traffic from all these semis coming down to pick up the potatoes will no longer be there,” he said. “So the dust effects for the surrounding neighbors will no longer be there,

and ... this site will be quiet for the next 25-30 years.”

FRP hopes to begin the installation process in early 2022. It would take about nine months to set up, Lopez said.

“For us, this really is a good business partner coming into the county, with their environmental hat on, doing the right thing,” said Greg Blose, president and CEO of the Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce. “ ... I think this vote’s really important.

I think we need to send a message to FPL, but also others that are watching to let them know we’re open for business for innovative projects.”

The proposal will next go before the Flagler County Commission for final approval.

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BIZ BUZZ SCHOOL IMPACT FEE WORKSHOPS TO BE RESCHEDULED Flagler Schools Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt, on behalf of the School Board, asked that the Sept. 20 workshop, in which the County Commission had planned to discuss the schools’ proposed impact fee increase, be postponed to 2 p.m. Oct. 18.

Impact fees are one-time charges on new construction to help pay for additional public services needed because of growth. The concept behind impact fees is that while development can bring many benefits, it also affects infrastructure needs. In order to accommodate this growth in demand for facilities, additional capital investment is required.

For all types of impact fees, there must be a demonstrated need for the particular impact fee, and the proposed rates must be based on the anticipated impacts from the new growth.

Flagler County has posted a “Frequently Asked Questions” on its website for those seeking additional information: https://www. flaglercounty.gov/departments/ growth-management/flagler-county-impact-fees-faqs.

TWO INMATES FIND PURPOSE — AND A FUTURE — IN VINYL PROGRAM In partnership with Flagler Technical College, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office on Sept. 7 recognized two graduates — Shawn Crandall and Christopher Rodriguez — of FCSO’s “Homeward

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Bound” program at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility.

The program teaches practical job skills through training courses to help prepare inmates to become successful and productive residents upon release from the facility.

The latest course offered in the Homeward Bound program trained inmates to print and apply custom designed vinyl graphics onto vehicles. In fact, many of the marked patrol cars the community sees were completed by inmates in this 120-hour program.

Shawn Crandall, 32, is from North Carolina and has been at the inmate facility since July 17, 2021. Upon his release, he had a job waiting for him because of this training program, at Step Up Design in St. Cloud, Florida.

Step Up Design learned about the Homeward Bound program through a technician that repairs FCSO graphics equipment and through the media when the FCSO launched the program.

Christopher Rodriguez, 42, is from New York and has a passion for design and art. He joined the Homeward Bound program after disclosing his extensive background with cars and graphics to detention deputies. He will continue to work in the shop until the completion of his sentence.

“Our goal is to help inmates leave our facility more prepared for success than when they entered,” Sheriff Rick Staly said.

Homeward Bound also builds on the STRIDE program Staly implemented in the jail in 2017.

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Plantation Bay house tops list at $1.54 million

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house in Plantation Bay was the top real estate transaction for the week of Aug. 12-18 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Nancy Kohler, individually and as trustee, and Kenneth Kohler, of Ormond Beach, sold 641 Woodbridge Drive to April and Jeffrey Rockey, of Ormond Beach, for $1.54 million. Built in 2010, the house is a 3/4.5 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 4,642 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $905,000.

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

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Condos Lee and Mary Colony, of East Lansing, Michigan, sold 900 Cinnamon Beach Way, Unit 864, to Anthony and Joanna Cottone, of Roswell, Georgia, for $710,000. Built in 2003, the condo is a 3/2 and has 1,652 square feet.

John and Patricia Scarola, of Tacoma, Washington, sold 4600 E. Moody Blvd., Unit 9B, to Tamar Richards, of Bunnell, for $107,000. Built in 2005, the condo is a 1/1 and has 781 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $58,000.

Beach Haven Neil and Theresa Hintze, of Palm Coast, sold 33 Hidden Treasure Drive to Judy and

Walter Maney, as trustees, for $640,000. Built in 2019, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,342 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $433,700.

George Moody Nancy Harrington and Worth Strecker, of Flagler Beach, sold 1231 S. Flagler Ave. to Jessica Kovats, of Flagler Beach, for $463,000. Built in 1981, the house is a 2/2 and has a fireplace and 1,942 square feet.

John Gilbreath, of Flagler Beach, sold 312 Flagler Ave. N. to Matthew Fortunato and Tara Hoskins, of Coral Gables, for $395,000. Built in 1980, the house is a 2/2 and has 1,332 square feet.

Grand Haven Clifford and Eileen Hosking, of Fort Myers, sold 7 Village View

to Jamie and Christopher Hickey, of Palm Coast, for $337,060.

Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,904 square feet.

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The top transaction features a swimming pool and fireplace.

Way to Edward and Marilyn Reasor, of Palm Coast, for $465,000. Built in 2003, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,211 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $372,000.

Indian Trails Ingrid Legall, of Palm Coast, sold 157 Brittany Lane to Scott and Catherine Bamford, as trustees, for $735,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 4/4 and has a fireplace, tennis court, swimming pool and 5,709 square feet.

Michael and Rona Bowen, of Palm Coast, sold 121 Brownstone Lane to Christopher and Elisa Carmody, of Palm Coast, for $299,900. Built in 2004, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,884 square feet. It sold in 2014 for $158,000.

Lehigh Woods Michael and Linda Shimkus, of Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, sold 7 Riviera Estates to David Scott, of Palm Coast, for $315,000. Built in 2006, the

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house is a 4/3 and has 2,499 square feet. It sold in 2014 for $165,000.

Pine Lakes Richard Comatzer and David Comatzer, of Maxville, sold 10 Wills Place to Zander Holding Group LLC, of Palm Coast, for $275,223. Built in 1997, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,584 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $240,000.

Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 19 Rivera Lane to GreenTek Inc., of Palm Coast, for $213,990. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,552 square feet.

Not in Subdivision Michael Malloy and Evelyn Napalit, of Palm Coast, sold 2706 Beech Blvd. to Garret and Deanne Akerson, as trustees, for $250,000. Built in 2007, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,861 square feet.

Sawmill Creek D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 74 Oakleaf Way to Tamika Love, of Palm Coast, for $293,990. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,714 square feet.

Palm Harbor Manuel and Anna Calderon, of Palm Coast, sold 106 Cochise Court to William and Jessica Harris, of Palm Coast, for $815,000. Built in 2001, the house is a 4/3 and has a swimming pool and 2,724 square feet.

Seminole Woods Torrie and Amanda Green, of Bunnell, sold 5 Sleigh Bell Place to Curtis Bowers Jr. and Natacha Praylow, of Palm Coast, for $268,000. Built in 2003, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,644 square feet.

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Hala and James Laquidara, individually and as trustees, sold 27 Farrington Lane to Nicole Pascetta and Michael Shirazi, of Palm Coast, for $230,000. Built in 1973, the house is a 2/2 and has 1,397 square feet.

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