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When Joseph Davis was diag-nosed with autism at 18 months old, doctors told his mother, Kath-leen, that he would never speak.

“They told me he would never speak or show affection,” Kathleen Davis, an Ormond Beach resident, said. “Then we got him into therapy, and Tomoka Elementary was just wonderful with him. He was talking by the time he was 3 years old.”

Now 5, Joseph talks in complete sentences.

“He’s had an exceptional amount of progress,” Davis said. “I pro-mote it to the teachers at Tomoka Elementary. The teachers are won-derful there. His actual grade point level of education is at 1.8, which is almost second grade for reading and writing. And he’s only going into kindergarten.”

Positive advancements like the one Davis experienced with her son inspired her to start a support group for parents of autistic children.

“I had been asked by several peo-ple if I had known of one,” she said. “A lot of the ones I went to were very negative. And I’m not that type of person. I like to take problems and try to find a solution, not just harp on what’s wrong. And I wanted to include the children.”

Mother to relaunch autism groupKathleen Davis aims for positivity for kids.

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+ Ormond residents prep for Halifax art

Through the efforts of the Downtown Development Authority and the Guild of the Museum of Arts and Sciences, plans for the 52nd-annual Halifax Art Festival have begun.

Details are being dis-cussed to manage the fes-tival artists as well as the 25,000 people who attend the two-day free event.

Nov. 1-2, 225 juried art-ists will line both sides of Beach Street from Orange Avenue to Bay Street at the Riverfront Shops of Daytona. The Festival will also include the Student Art Exhibit and Competition, a Little Van Gogh area for smaller artists and live music both days.

Visit www.HalifaxArtFestival.com.

+ Way to go! School supplies donated

In the spirit of going back to school, the Work Environment Quality Council at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University donated backpacks filled with school supplies to the Domestic Abuse Council and Turie T. Small Elementary School.

“This kind of gift relieves stress and worry for both the parent and the child,” Danielle Stansbury, shelter manger at the Domestic Abuse Council, said. Visit www.domesticabusecouncil.com.

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—FIELD HOUSE— ready for business

Samantha Crouch credits her best high school days to the Seabreeze Culinary Acad-emy, and this year she gets to go back — as a teacher.

While attending the Univer-sity of South Florida, Crouch discovered her love for teach-ing, though she didn’t quite re-alize it at first.

“I was working with students, and I really enjoyed being able to assist, guide and mentor,”

Crouch said. “Teaching wasn’t the way I saw it going, but that was the way it ended up being, and I am certainly happy with that.”

After graduating from USF, Crouch got the opportunity to come back home. And for her, home is the Culinary Academy.

“I absolutely love that I’m going back as director of the

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Ormond Beach resident Steven Perdue helps his son, Sebastian Perdue, 2, give a stormtrooper a galactic fist bump. For more on the one-year anniversary of Nerdtropolis, see Page 6.

complex concept By Wayne Grant | Staff Writer

Officials plan many uses for new building at complex.

Seabreeze alumna returns to teach culinary classes

BACK AT IT By Emily Blackwood | Staff Writer

What I learned in

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FIST BUMP

SEE CROUCH / PAGE 4 SEE AUTISM / PAGE 4

Doug Thomas, member of the Lei-sure Services Advisory Board and longtime coach of youth sports, remembers one par-ticular lightning storm at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex. “It

was a nightmare,” he said. He described young people crowd-ing inside a small stor-age building as adults stood under the eaves.

Robert Carolin, lei-sure services director, said that when sport-

ing events are stopped for lightning, many of the players go to their cars with their parents to wait out the storm. This causes a prob-lem in getting them all back and restart-ing the game after the

danger has passed. The new, recently

constructed field house, which will be formally dedicated at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 22, will provide a place for

SEE FIELD/ PAGE 4

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AUTISM AWARENESSBy Emily Blackwood | Staff Writer

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+ Ormond Lions help Conklin Center package 1,025 shoes

Members of the Ormond-by-the-Sea Lions Club teamed up with the Florida Lions Conklin Center for the Blind to count and package 1,025 pairs of shoes for third-world countries.

The fundraiser is to help communities to build a business refurbishing and sell-ing shoes so they can feed, clothe and house their families. It also helps to keep shoes out of local landfills.

The Lions Club is asking for locals to gather any new or gently used shoes and donate them to the Conklin Center for the Blind. Drop off locations for include:

• The Conklin Center, 405 White St., Daytona Beach

• Hospital Memorial Medical Center, 301 Memorial Medical Parkway, Daytona Beach

• Daytona Ice Arena, 2400 S. Ridgewood Ave., South Daytona

• Alfie’s Restaurant, 1666 Ocean Shore Blvd., Ormond Beach

Their goal is to collect 7,500 pairs of shoes. The fundraiser runs through the end of September. Call 258-3441 for

the Conklin Center or 441-4421 for the Ormond By The Sea Lions Club.

+ Halifax River Audubon hosts birdwatching workshops

According the Halifax River Audubon, Central Florida is the ideal place to learn the techniques of birding. The group will be providing opportunities to practice birding this fall in their indoor and out-door workshops.

The indoor workshops will be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 28, Nov. 4 and Nov. 11 at the Prince of Peace Church Hall, 600 S. Nova Road.

The outdoor field workshops will be held as follows:

• 8 a.m. Nov. 1, at Tomoka State Park • 8:30 a.m. Nov. 8, at Port Orange

Bridge• 7 a.m. Nov. 15, at Merritt Island. Field workshop details are subject to

change. Bring binoculars to all classes and field workshops. Cost is a $25 check, payable to Halifax River Audubon. Class size is limited, so sign up early. Children are encouraged. Call 253-1166.

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The 11th-floor classroom at Florida Hospital was roar-ing Aug. 18 from the Ormond Speechmasters’ Humorous Speech Contest. Four people participated in the contest.

Jami Monahan won first place with her speech, “Con-fessions of a Yoga Teacher.”

“I’m a full-time, peace-lov-ing yoga teacher,” Monahan said. “It is the only job I know where I get paid to tell people to drink water and just breathe and they don’t give me the middle finger.”

Second place went to Den-nis Alsobrook for his speech, “It’s Not My Fault.”

“When I was 6 years old, my brother left his BB gun on the porch,” Alsobrook said. “So I got it, and I was trying to aim at something on the ground. But I aimed a little to the right and when I pulled the trigger,

the BB bounced off my tricycle and right through my Uncle Wilbur’s brand new car. I hated my brother got blamed for it.”

The other two contestants, Fred Bergerson and Renny Roker, were disqualified due to a time qualification. Ro-ker had the audience howling with his speech about his golf experiences, including when he taught his wife how to play and she got a hole-in-one.

“We got to the clubhouse,” Roker said, “and she tells the guy working there, ‘I got a hole-in-one. My husband has never had a hole-in-one.’ The guy said, ‘I got a special award for you.’ So he gave her an award. Every time since then when I said I was going to play golf, the award appears some-where.”

Bergerson entertained the crowd with his tales of working

for a computer repair hotline.“Yes, Mrs. Jones. You said

you broke the cup holder on your 5-year-old computer,” Bergerson said. “And you need it replaced? I’m sorry, ma’am, but what do you mean by the cup holder? ... So you’re tell-

ing me that when you push the middle button on your computer and the cup holder comes out, that you set your coffee cup on it, and it broke?”

Monahan and Alsobrook will compete at the Area 73 Contest Sept. 20, in Daytona Beach.

$1 MILLION,UP IN SMOKE

Emily Blackwood

A home worth more than $1 million was destroyed after it caught fire Aug. 15. The Ormond Beach Fire Department arrived to the home at 67 Ocean Shore Blvd. at 2:40 a.m. to find heavy smoke showing from the vacant home. Capt. Ed Flud said the home is a total loss. The two story house is currently being investigated by the State Fire Marshall to determine the cause of the fire.

a lifestyle of service By Emily Blackwood | Staff Writer

Ormond volunteer honoredWhen she was a

young girl growing up in Brooklyn, Noel Bickford can remem-ber her parents serving Thanksgiving dinner at their local church.

“My parents were al-ways doing something,” Bickford said. “Whether it was bake sales, mak-ing packages for com-munity donations or putting together special fundraising events, it was just the way I grew up.”

She never lost that community service lifestyle and went on to be a volunteer herself. Bickford has a long his-tory of service, includ-ing being the executive director of the Civic

Ballet of Volusia Coun-ty, a trustee of St. James Episcopal School, a board member of Sea-side Music Theater, a trustee of the Ormond Memorial Art Museum

and Gardens, a member of the Daytona Beach Junior League and an active member of the Family Connection Ad-visory Council at Flori-da State University.

“It becomes a part of your life,” Bickford said. “It is a sense of purpose. It is a sense that you re-ally can help and that is a rewarding feeling.”

Bickford was recently honored for her com-munity service at Vet-erans of Foreign Wars Post 3282. She was pre-sented with the Bronze Medallion of the Legion of Honor from the Cha-pel of the Four Chap-lains Aug. 15.

“To be singled out and honored is hum-bling and unexpected,” Bickford said. “The VFW post was celebrat-ing their 40th anniver-sary, so it was a lovely turnout and big cele-bration for them and all

the people who were there.”

The award has also been presented to four U.S. presidents, Dame Margaret Thatch-er, Francoise Mitterand and other international dignitaries. Bickford said to be in the same circle as those above is unexpected.

“So much of volun-teering is what you get back,” Bickford said. “I think that goes back to that humbling experi-ence. If there are great celebrities, political figures that give back, then there are many normal citizens who are just like I am. They grow up believing you can make a difference.”

Noel Bickford received an award from Chapel of Four Chaplains for volunteer work.

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Larry Babitts presented Noel Bickford with the Bronze Medallion of the Legion of Honor.

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Dennis Alsobrook, Jami Monahan, Renny Roker and Fred Bergerson were contestants in the Humorous Speech Contest.

SPEECHY KEEN By Emily Blackwood | Staff Writer

Feel free to laugh during speechOrmond Beach Speechmasters group held a Humorous Speech Contest Aug. 18.

Photos by Emily Blackwood

Jim Brown earned four different coins for his work as a military police investi-gator in the army.

The Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 3800 had coins made for Ormond Beach firefighters and police officers.

FOR PROTECTIONEmily Blackwood | Staff Writer

Jim Brown can easily recall the self esteem boost he got when he earned four different challenge coins as a mili-tary police investigator in the army.

“Once you got your coin by the com-pany commander, it felt good,” Brown said. “It’s a big morale booster.”

Brown, a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 3800 in Ormond Beach, was shocked after speaking with local police and firefighters, that they didn’t have coins of their own.

“We are all vets, a lot of cops are vets,” Brown said. “I was talking to police and they told me they didn’t have coins so I said, ‘Well, let’s get some made.’ It’s just something you do.”

Brown had the Eagles spend $1,320 on coins for 88 police officers and 44 firefighters in Ormond Beach.

“They were estatic,” Brown said. “We just gave it to them and we had it blessed by the priest so they can carry it in their pocket to protect them. It’s protection on the job.”

And he’s not stopping there. Brown said he always keeps extra coins in his pocket — just in case.

“Every time I see a sheriff or an offi-cer, I give them one,” Brown said. “It’s just something you do.”

Eagles donate coinsto honor, protect officersVeteran gives officers a boost with original coins.

players to wait out lightning, and serve several other purposes.

The 100-by-45-foot multipurpose building is located at Stadium Field, where football, soccer, rugby and several other sports are played.

Thomas said it will provide a place for players to cool off (or warm up on a cold night) and gather for halftime. It can be divided with a soundproof wall, providing privacy for both teams.

“Now they go to the end zones and just sit there,” he said.

Audio-visual capabilities will allow the coaches to go over strategies with the teams.

The field house also provides much needed restroom facilities in the area.

Facility could be economic boonCarolin said the facility will be available

for companies to have seminars, indus-trial training, safety training, motivational speaking, etc. He said it could also be used for family reunions or company picnics.

“It’s going to be one of the largest con-ference rooms in Ormond,” Carolin said.

He points out that it has composite flooring, which is the latest technology for locker rooms. Audio can be projected without the echo often caused by con-crete floors and it looks more like a con-ference room than a field house.

“It really dresses it up,” he said.Thomas said there is also a room for

food preparation. “There is so much po-

tential it’s unreal,” he said. “This is one of the best things to happen in Ormond Beach.”

Thomas said Harry Wendelstedt Um-pire School has 120 to 180 students for a session, and they stay at a Daytona Beach hotel so they can have a large conference room for their classroom training. The field house can accommodate 285 peo-ple for a meeting, and offers pull-down screens, so Thomas is hoping the school will have their training there and be able to stay in Ormond Beach.

Named after benefactor The City Commission has approved

naming the facility after a major donor, Greg Smith, a local manufacturer and 32-year Ormond Beach resident.

Smith donated $120,000 toward the cost of the $400,000 building.

Smith said his son grew up playing ball at the sports complex. He said a lot of people have contributed to make the complex a “first class facility,” and he wanted to add to it.

“We need to give back and it’s all about the kids,” he said.

Smith previously donated $25,000 for the weight room at the South Ormond Neighborhood Center and has also sup-ported the Police Athletic League.

The ribbon cutting for the facility will be at 5:30 p.m. at the field house. To attend, turn right onto Harmony Avenue from Hull Road. Turn left onto Doug Thomas Way (the perimeter road), and follow it to Stadium Field.

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For her new students, Crouch hopes to increase their ties with the commu-nity this school year, cinluding catering and volunteering at the Daytona 500.

This will be Crouch’s first year as a teacher, and, as a newcomer, she’s re-ceived a lot of words of wisdom. She said the best piece of advice she has heard is one she’s like to pass on to her students, as well.

“Stop being so hard on yourself,” Crouch said. “Know that you’re doing a good job, and you’re in it for the right thing.”

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The group started about a year ago and had five meetings before it dwin-dled out. Now Davis wants to restart the group and expand it to include speak-ers. She hopes to get enough moms and dads involved so she can discuss topics like the new Blue Jay Academy, a school for autism children, and com-munication issues.

“For my son, the struggle is with fo-cus and the ability to sit still for two minutes,” Davis said. “It’s kind of ob-session-type things. He’ll obsess over something he wants until he can finally get to it. It also makes him very intel-ligent. When he can’t express what he wants, he has a meltdown and starts throwing things. Communication is one of our biggest obstacles.”

Davis said she found peace in get-ting involved with other autism groups. She is the resource fair coordinator for Autism Speaks, involved in Surfers for Autism and helps the Blue Jay Academy raise money for their school. She hopes reviving her group will give parents of autistic children a place to feel that same peace.

“Stay calm,” Davis said. “You really have to remember it is trial and error. What works for me isn’t going to work for them.”

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Cpl. Brent Hodge, of the Ormond Beach Police Department, received the Commendation Award from Police Chief Henry Osterkamp at a recent City Commission meeting. The award was to rec-ognize Hodge for his work in the past two years, making sure the department’s policies, proce-dures, management, operations and support services adhered to a total of 273 separate stan-dards.

These standards are used by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation, which awarded the department reaccreditation on June 25.

“Cpl. Hodge was instrumental in our department getting reac-credited,” Osterkamp said. “He did an outstanding job. Without his dedicated work, reaccredi-

tation would not have been as easy.”

Osterkamp also said all mem-bers of the department deserved credit for their work in getting the reaccreditation.

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+ CareerSource offers Paid Work Experience

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There is no expectation for the businesses to hire the workers. Interested businesses are encour-aged to contact Ted Young at 323-7094 as soon as possible. Jobseekers who have been unem-ployed for at least 27 weeks can contact Velma Lowe at 323-7013.

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A literacy program serving hundreds of children in Fla-gler and Volusia counties is expanding and seeking more volunteers to handle growing demand.

Volunteer mentors for Read-ingPals, an initiative run in co-operation with the United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties that places tutors in local elemen-tary schools and voluntary pre-kindergarten programs to help young children learn to read, served 365 children in Flagler County and 383 children in Volusia County last year, Read-ingPals officials said.

“The mentors build a rela-tionship, help them become more confident,” Flagler Vol-unteer Services Director Suzy Gamblain said. “And we really hope for (the children) to learn to enjoy reading more. We try to really push that. They have a lot of fun; it’s not just tutoring.”

Mentors tutor students for an hour a week, usually in two half-hour sessions, on the stu-dent’s school campus, she said.

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said. “We are in the process of recruiting new volunteers,” she said. “But we don’t know how many students we’ll have until school starts and they do the (reading) assessment.”

In Volusia County, the pro-gram was in six locations and 13 classrooms last year, said United Way Volunteer Center Director Diane Olsen. This year, it will serve 11 locations and 71 classrooms.

“We need volunteers at all of our locations,” Olsen said. And, she said, “It’s so much more than reading to students.

We teach the parents. We give them reading demonstrations; we teach them about inflection, and where to pause to make it engaging.”

Last year, Olsen said, children in Volusia County and Flagler County received more than 4,000 free books through Read-ingPals.

In Flagler, Gamblain said, the program has 115 volun-teer mentors, but will probably need at least 150.

In Volusia County, where ReadingPals works with indi-vidual students and also entire voluntary pre-kindergarten classrooms, Reading Pals has 185 mentors and needs at least 200, said Olsen.

“Most of them find out that, as much as they’re giving to the child, the child is giving back to them; it’s very rewarding both ways,” Gamblain said. “I can’t tell you how many men-tors say it’s the most rewarding thing they’ve ever done. They get such a sense of accomplish-ment from it.”

For more on ReadingPals in Flagler County, go to flaglervol-unteer.org or call 597-2950. For information on ReadingPals in Volusia County, go to united-way-vfc.org/readingpals/.

BOOKING NEW PROGRAMS By Jonathan Simmons | News Editor

Children’s literacy program expands, seeks volunteersReadingPals, a donation- and grant-funded volunteer literacy program, serves children in Volusia and Flagler counties.

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rolla. Two women, who by comparison were dressed unheroically, possibly his wife and mother, leaned against the car outside, wait-ing patiently for him, apparently used to dealing with the Dark Knight, a man who can take a while getting dressed.

This trio was among more than 300 people who, on Aug. 16, at-tended the party cele-

brating the one-year anniversary of Nerd-tropolis, a comic books store at 1459 N. U.S. 1, Suite 8A.

In addition to a few Batmen, you also had lots of characters I had never heard of: Alois Trancy, John Egbert, Fiona the Human. One character was completely made up, Candy, but her pink eyes and animatronic mouth made the costume so “realistic,” for lack of a better term, that she (Allison White) won first place in the event’s cosplay contest.

StormtroopersThe best costumes that I saw, however,

were the stormtroopers. I’ve always been a big fan of “Star Wars,” so I couldn’t resist capturing a few shots of local kids inter-acting with these members of the 501st Legion, a group of volunteers who spend hundreds and even thousands of dollars on the costumes, and then come to co-splay events or charities to show them off.

“We do it for the love of ‘Star Wars,’” said Ed Lyons, an Ormond resident who was dressed as a stormtrooper called Arc Trooper Fives. He said one of the high-lights of his day was when a 3-year-old held his hand for a photo and didn’t seem to want to let go.

The most common line that fans say to Lyons is a classic from Obi-wan Kenobi in Episode IV: “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.” But Lyons will have none of that. He said, “I’m like, ‘I’m not from that movie.’” (Arc Trooper Fives appears in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” the animated series. Duh.)

However, Jon Jeffers, who was visiting from Jacksonville, was dressed as an Epi-sode IV stormtrooper. He said his outfit is similar in construction to those used in the 1977 film. That means it’s plastic and can break easily if he’s not careful. He said the films’ creator, George Lucas, had lots of practical problems as the stormtrooper stunt men dove and knelt and crashed into things. If you pause the movie and look carefully, Jeffers said, you can see white duct tape covering cracks in hel-mets and armor plates.

The man of the hourBut the real reason I wanted to visit

Nerdtropolis that day was not the cos-tumes and the comic books. Last year, the Ormond Beach Observer ran a story about Taylor Blasco, the owner, and I wanted to meet him in person. He’s not your typical businessman: He just recently turned 18.

But, my attempt to meet him in person was thwarted by a mob of customers — not a bad problem to have, if you’re the owner. Instead, I chatted with his father, James Blasco, and his brother, James Jr. When the shop opened again on Monday, I finally got Taylor on the phone.

He said he saved up his own money from working at Winn Dixie, and also got a loan from his parents and family friends, to open Nerdtropolis. He works every day at the cash register and then also does his research at night. He has no other em-ployees, but his father and brother lend a hand to give him a break.

In the meantime, there’s the little prob-lem of school. “I haven’t actually gradu-

ated,” Taylor said. “I’m not in high school. I was attending Virtual School for a short amount of time, but with the business and everything, it got so time-consuming, and the workload was too much.”

He does plan to finish high school in one way or another and possibly go to college in film or computers. In the meantime, he’s having too much fun being the king of the nerds and hosting cosplay actors. “I like to think that cosplayers are the most passion-ate about the nerd community,” he said. “They love to show it off. They’re the loud and proud ones.”

Whether it’s interacting with people at conventions or talking about the latest twists and turns of the superhero world with kids and adults alike — some suc-cessful professionals stop in weekly — he has embraced this marvelous universe.

“It’s a great community,” he said. “They’re some of the nicest people in the world.”

For more, call 265-1790.

King of the NerdsTaylor Blasco celebrated the one-year anniversary of his Ormond comic book store.

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observed By Brian McMillan | Executive Editor

Ormond Beach residents Anthony Coschignano, as Scout from “Team Fortress 2”; Beth Sanders, as John Egbert from “Homestuck”; and Taylor Harreld, as Fiona the Human from “Adventure Time”

Blake Griffin and her sister, Rylee, don’t know it, but the man behind that mask is actually Ormond Beach resident Ed Lyons, who is dressed as Arc Trooper Fives from “Star Wars Clone Wars: The Animated Series.”

Photos by Brian McMillan

Taylor Blasco, the man in charge, recently turned 18.

LETTERS EDITORTO THE

+ Webster Barnaby: Why I’m running for County Council

(Editor’s note: Webster Barnaby did not participate in the Observer’s Elec-tions Guide. To help readers understand his views better, he was given 600 words as a letter to the editor, the same number of words given to his opponents in the County Council at-large seat.)

Dear Editor:They say only two things in life are

certain: death and taxes. We cannot do anything about death. That’s out of our hands. We can do something about taxes, which are far too high.

Volusia County has earned the dubious distinction of the second highest overall tax burden among Florida’s 67 counties.

Florida has recently led the nation in foreclosure rates. People are struggling to pay their household bills. You cannot grow the tax base by squeezing taxpayers out of their homes or businesses!

I seek election to the County Coun-cil with like-minded fiscal conservatives who will join me in identifying ways to lower county taxes. I know that’s just part of your overall tax burden. But we have to start somewhere.

Property values are up this year. If the County Council imposes the same mill-age rate, you will see higher tax bills! We need to roll back the millage rate in order to hold the line on taxes.

Ten years ago, Volusia County encum-bered itself with a $65 million bond is-sue to pay for road projects. That bond

continues to siphon $4.9 million per year away from the gas tax that is meant to pay for infrastructure projects. The county still has another 10 years to finish pay-ing the bond. We should consider using some of our $195.8 million allocated fund balance to retire the debt early. We must return to a pay as you go system to replen-ish our road funds.

We need to send the message that Volu-sia is open for business. Why do we have three advertising authorities competing with one another for precious tourist dol-lars? Volusia should speak with one voice and market the entire county with partici-pation of all stakeholders.

I am all for the development of new

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The people of Volusia County need a stronger voice and a government that listens sincerely to their con-cerns. I don’t pretend to know all the answers. But I can assure you that I intend to ask the right questions and listen to the people who elect us to of-fice. I have done so as a Deltona City Commissioner and intend to do the same as your at-large representative on the Volusia County Council.

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+ Take another look: Vote for Pat Northey

Dear Editor:After reading the Observer’s en-

dorsements in last week’s issue, I feel that as a citizen of Ormond Beach and Volusia County, I must say my piece.

During the seven years that I have known Pat Northey, I have found her to be a person who is honest, open and who has worked tirelessly not only for the people in her district but also for the interests of all of the county at-large. Her depth of knowl-edge and experience in the issues of our county is unsurpassed.

Would that all of your readers had been at the Debate at Stetson Univer-sity on Aug. 6, as I was! Pat Northey was on point on every topic. Instead

of lowering herself to a political plat-form, she spent her time answering each question concisely along with supporting facts and figures. She was poised and did not waver. This is not something that I can say about the other two candidates.

I urge the people of Volusia County to take a serious look at Pat Northey’s background and accomplishments. I believe that they will see a candidate of the highest caliber and long ten-ure who works not for personal gain but for the good of the people of this county.

Joelle KingOrmond Beach

+ Don’t raise taxes in Ormond Beach

(Editor’s Note: This letter was also sent to the Ormond Beach City Com-mission, among others.)

Dear Editor:It is apparently time for your annual

spanking. You are proposing a tax hike of 4.1% to property taxes in the city.

Before I offer my opinion on this proposal, I want to commend the commission for its able leadership and lack of drama being suffered by many other cities and taxing authori-ties like Port Orange, Holly Hill and the hospital taxing districts. I’ve actu-ally used your health care plan as an example to show how the School Dis-trict could be saving money and avert a tax increase of its own.

Having said that, we are disap-pointed that you’ve swung right back into the old habit of using rising prop-erty values to increase property taxes. Two weeks ago, the county property appraiser published an editorial in which he specifically stated that rising property values are never an excuse to raise taxes. This is the cycle that got us in trouble pre-crash.

You can talk all you want about how you are better than other poorly man-aged cities in Volusia County, but the

sad fact is we are heading for the top slot in total millage rates among all 67 Florida Counties. This will severely impact our ability to ever attract busi-nesses to fill empty and shuttered commercial properties like the for-mer Food Lion at the corner of Halifax and Granada. Granada Boulevard and State Road A1A are littered with va-cant properties that ought to be thriv-ing by now.

If you are going to resort to rolled-back rates during downturns to insulate yourself from the private economy, then you have a moral ob-ligation to do so when values are ris-ing. Lacking this commitment, we will continue to ratchet up without limits. By proposing any tax hike in this envi-ronment, you are part of the problem.

The mayor suggested I should downsize at a budget workshop last year when I expressed dismay at the tax hike you passed at that time. I im-plied in a later editorial that downsiz-ing may be appropriate for the city as well. Rather than installing an over-priced pile of coquina to welcome visitors to Ormond Beach, how about greeting them with lower tax rates so you don’t have to pass out big tax in-centives that the rest of us pay for to attract new business. By the way, how about finishing up John Anderson Drive while we’re young?

In response to a reporter’s ques-tion as to my choice to live in a large house: Last time I checked the Consti-tution, there was a clause protecting property rights in America. I don’t be-lieve there is justification for any tax-ing authority to tax retired residents out of their houses in a free society. Please reconsider your proposed tax hikes and get back to the rolled back rate.

We do not want the notoriety of be-ing No. 1 in this category. Thank you for your service to our community.

Ed ConnorOrmond Beach,

Volusia Tax Reform

SING-ALONG: THE GRANADA PROJECTDear Editor:I recently read that Linda Ronstadt is going to

reprise her 1975 song, “When Will I Be Loved,” with new words especially for Ormond Beach residents. The new title, “When Will Granada be Repaved?” with the following word changes:

I’ve been cheated Been mistreated When will Granada be repaved?

I’ve been bumped ’roundI’ve been dropped downWhen will Granada be repaved?

When I find a new corner Where I want to turn It always breaks my axle in two It happens every time

I’ve been made blue My car’s been towed too When will Granada be repaved?

When I find a smooth spot Where I hope to drive Granada always breaks my axle in two It happens every time

Oh, I’ve been cheated Been mistreated When will Granada be repaved? When will Granada be repaved? Tell me, when will it be repaved?

In all seriousness, any official who awards a future paving contract to the current Granada con-tractor should be dropped in the La Brea Tar Pits.

Richard L. KeslingOrmond Beach

Editor’s Note: Thanks for the laughs, Richard! To be fair, though, this was a Florida Department of Transportation project, and there were unex-pected delays in installing the light masts, so the paving company does deserve the benefit of the doubt.

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beachside hotel resorts, but not at the expense of our time-honored tradi-tion of driving on the beach! I want to draw a line in the sand! I oppose ef-forts to further reduce or limit beach driving. It’s the wrong way to go!

The people of Volusia County need a stronger voice and a government that listens sincerely to their con-cerns. I don’t pretend to know all the answers. But I can assure you that I intend to ask the right questions and listen to the people who elect us to of-fice. I have done so as a Deltona City Commissioner and intend to do the same as your at-large representative on the Volusia County Council.

We need new leadership to provide jobs, integrity and prosperity in a bet-ter Volusia. Help is on the way, but first I need your help. Please vote for me so that together we can restore a proper partnership between the tax-payers and those they employ to run government in their behalf.

Webster BarnabyCandidate for Volusia County

Council at large

+ Take another look: Vote for Pat Northey

Dear Editor:After reading the Observer’s en-

dorsements in last week’s issue, I feel that as a citizen of Ormond Beach and Volusia County, I must say my piece.

During the seven years that I have known Pat Northey, I have found her to be a person who is honest, open and who has worked tirelessly not only for the people in her district but also for the interests of all of the county at-large. Her depth of knowl-edge and experience in the issues of our county is unsurpassed.

Would that all of your readers had been at the Debate at Stetson Univer-sity on Aug. 6, as I was! Pat Northey was on point on every topic. Instead

of lowering herself to a political plat-form, she spent her time answering each question concisely along with supporting facts and figures. She was poised and did not waver. This is not something that I can say about the other two candidates.

I urge the people of Volusia County to take a serious look at Pat Northey’s background and accomplishments. I believe that they will see a candidate of the highest caliber and long ten-ure who works not for personal gain but for the good of the people of this county.

Joelle KingOrmond Beach

+ Don’t raise taxes in Ormond Beach

(Editor’s Note: This letter was also sent to the Ormond Beach City Com-mission, among others.)

Dear Editor:It is apparently time for your annual

spanking. You are proposing a tax hike of 4.1% to property taxes in the city.

Before I offer my opinion on this proposal, I want to commend the commission for its able leadership and lack of drama being suffered by many other cities and taxing authori-ties like Port Orange, Holly Hill and the hospital taxing districts. I’ve actu-ally used your health care plan as an example to show how the School Dis-trict could be saving money and avert a tax increase of its own.

Having said that, we are disap-pointed that you’ve swung right back into the old habit of using rising prop-erty values to increase property taxes. Two weeks ago, the county property appraiser published an editorial in which he specifically stated that rising property values are never an excuse to raise taxes. This is the cycle that got us in trouble pre-crash.

You can talk all you want about how you are better than other poorly man-aged cities in Volusia County, but the

sad fact is we are heading for the top slot in total millage rates among all 67 Florida Counties. This will severely impact our ability to ever attract busi-nesses to fill empty and shuttered commercial properties like the for-mer Food Lion at the corner of Halifax and Granada. Granada Boulevard and State Road A1A are littered with va-cant properties that ought to be thriv-ing by now.

If you are going to resort to rolled-back rates during downturns to insulate yourself from the private economy, then you have a moral ob-ligation to do so when values are ris-ing. Lacking this commitment, we will continue to ratchet up without limits. By proposing any tax hike in this envi-ronment, you are part of the problem.

The mayor suggested I should downsize at a budget workshop last year when I expressed dismay at the tax hike you passed at that time. I im-plied in a later editorial that downsiz-ing may be appropriate for the city as well. Rather than installing an over-priced pile of coquina to welcome visitors to Ormond Beach, how about greeting them with lower tax rates so you don’t have to pass out big tax in-centives that the rest of us pay for to attract new business. By the way, how about finishing up John Anderson Drive while we’re young?

In response to a reporter’s ques-tion as to my choice to live in a large house: Last time I checked the Consti-tution, there was a clause protecting property rights in America. I don’t be-lieve there is justification for any tax-ing authority to tax retired residents out of their houses in a free society. Please reconsider your proposed tax hikes and get back to the rolled back rate.

We do not want the notoriety of be-ing No. 1 in this category. Thank you for your service to our community.

Ed ConnorOrmond Beach,

Volusia Tax Reform

SING-ALONG: THE GRANADA PROJECTDear Editor:I recently read that Linda Ronstadt is going to

reprise her 1975 song, “When Will I Be Loved,” with new words especially for Ormond Beach residents. The new title, “When Will Granada be Repaved?” with the following word changes:

I’ve been cheated Been mistreated When will Granada be repaved?

I’ve been bumped ’roundI’ve been dropped downWhen will Granada be repaved?

When I find a new corner Where I want to turn It always breaks my axle in two It happens every time

I’ve been made blue My car’s been towed too When will Granada be repaved?

When I find a smooth spot Where I hope to drive Granada always breaks my axle in two It happens every time

Oh, I’ve been cheated Been mistreated When will Granada be repaved? When will Granada be repaved? Tell me, when will it be repaved?

In all seriousness, any official who awards a future paving contract to the current Granada con-tractor should be dropped in the La Brea Tar Pits.

Richard L. KeslingOrmond Beach

Editor’s Note: Thanks for the laughs, Richard! To be fair, though, this was a Florida Department of Transportation project, and there were unex-pected delays in installing the light masts, so the paving company does deserve the benefit of the doubt.

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I rifled through the sea of clothes on the floor of my third-floor room at the Holiday Inn off State Road 100. It was March 28, and I was headed to the home of Executive

Editor Brian McMillan — my new boss. He’d invited me over to catch some March Madness on TV. I located the top I was look-ing for, pulled it over my head and hit the road.

Roughly 20 minutes later, as bugs wor-

shipped the glow of a nearby porch light, I pushed the McMillans’ doorbell.

Half a year later, I’m heading home — having landed an expand-ed opportunity on the sports desk at The Washington Post. I haven’t been here long, but I’ll never forget this community, the athletes, the coaches and administrators — the people I’ve met.

So, this column’s dedicated to you. It’s for all-star coach and dad Raul Hernandez, who let me into his living room at 9 p.m. on a work-day and ran five-on-five with me at Wadsworth Park (sorry I missed three open layups, man).

It’s for Jordan Butler, who let me toss with his travel team.

It’s for Florida State University recruit A.J. Westbrook, who can truthfully list “media relations” ex-perience on his résumé after hook-ing me up with half a dozen of his Mainland football teammates for interviews.

It’s for Charlie Truglia, who bowled home the point that age is really just a number.

And finally, it’s for Jonathan, Shanna, Ximena, Maureen, Kait, John, Emily, Wayne and Randi. My luck in coming here is your con-tinued good fortune, Palm Coast — the Observer is the epitome of a family newspaper.

Last month, I returned to Brian’s house on a Sunday afternoon. The occasion was a “gender reveal par-ty,” (don’t judge me, Dad) for the McMillans’ fourth child. Everyone from our company was there, and why not? Our big, blended, inter-faith, Observer family was growing bigger by one (It’s a girl, in case you’ve been under a rock).

For me, Palm Coast was never re-ally home. I’ll always think of you all as the friend who let me bed on his couch for a few weeks while I was in a bad way. And, when I think of you, I’ll geek out smiling.

Note: In the past few weeks, I’ve also had the privilege of getting to know the football programs at Seabreeze, Mainland, Father Lopez and the Palm Coast schools. Don’t miss the special preview section in-side this week’s edition. Good luck to all the fall teams.

OPPOSITE FIELDJoey LoMonaco | Sports Writer

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Body builder fulfills dream of becoming a

flex time By Wayne Grant | News Editor

Mike “Broc Man” Ives fulfilled a lifetime dream last month. The 57-year-old won his body building “pro card” July 19, at the Central Florida Classic Pro Am at the Ormond Beach Per-forming Arts Center. After near-ly losing his arms in a childhood accident, and body building for 30 years, he can now call him-self a professional.

The tournament was one of three natural body building tournaments, where contes-tants are only allowed to take natural supplements and vita-mins. It was organized by Jim Mora, of Ormond Beach.

Becoming a professional was a long road.

When he was 15, he worked at a paper mill, and one day was asked to substitute for the person who runs the baler, the machine that uses tremendous force to compress stacks of pa-per.

He said he took his eyes off the job for a second, and the machine crushed the paper down onto both arms, up past the elbows. He was there for hours before someone checked on him.

“I went to heaven that day,” Ives said. “God said, ‘I’m not ready for you.’”

He said his entire life flashed before his eyes, back to his early childhood.

“People ask me about the pain,” he said. “I say, ‘What’s the definition of infinity? That was the pain.’”

The doctors wanted to ampu-tate, but he heard his dad in the hallway telling them no.

After months in casts, and years of therapy, his arms were undeveloped, and he often didn’t have feeling in his hands. He still had pain; he learned to meditate to overcome it.

Then one day he saw a maga-zine with Arnold Schwarzeneg-ger on the cover.

“I went out and bought one

of those 110-pound weight sets full of sand,” he said. “I bought a heavy bag and a speed bag and started working out.”

He entered the Mr. Philadel-phia contest, where he grew up, when he was 21 years old. He didn’t place, and said he went home and cried.

After that, he had dreams of getting a first-place trophy. “I thought about it every day,” he said. He worked out for years, and finally in 2005, he won a first-place trophy, in the novice heavyweight division at the Mr. Daytona Competition in 2005.

“That’s when my career took off,” he said.

He won other titles, but a pro card is only given in a sanc-tioned tournament where there are at least five competitors in the division. Natural body building is a growing sport, but still relatively young, and often does not draw that many con-testants.

Five years of sacrificeLex Kovacks, who attended

Tomoka Elementary and Or-mond Beach Middle School, and now lives in South Dayto-na, can testify to the difficulty of earning a pro card. At age 25, he finally got his card the same night as Ives at the PAC.

“It took five years of dedi-cation and sacrifice,” he said. Kovacks had an extra burden. He works as a traveling sales-man, and to eat right on the road, packed all of his meals in a cooler. To work out, he often got up at 4 a.m. to go to a gym before seeing clients.

He said he now plans to enter professional competitions with cash prizes.

‘Exercise is free medicine’Ives, who performs in the 50-

to 60-year-old class, said he’s looking for a sponsor, such as a vitamin company, and plans to take part in professional shows.

He also wants to study nutri-tion at Daytona State College, and help others get fit. He has worked as a certified personal trainer.

“The No. 1 thing you need is patience,” he said. “People will say they want to lose some fat on their body; I ask them how long it took to get it.”

The important thing, he said, is to get started and set a goal.

“Give yourself an honest chance for fitness,” he said. “Ex-ercise is free medicine. It will change your attitude, your hap-piness.’

Natural body buildingIves is grateful for encourage-

ment and help by Bill Mora, of Ormond Beach, who organizes

three natural body building shows in Ormond Beach each year. He also sells natural sup-plements at muscleshopnutri-tion.com.

“I try to promote natural body building to kids that are just getting started,” Mora said.

He said getting a pro card in natural body building takes a lot of commitment.

“People who get a pro card are the ones who don’t stray from their nutrition plan,” he said. “It’s a lifestyle.”

Ives is known by everyone as “Broc Man.” In 2005, when get-ting ready for the Mr. Daytona show, he ate nothing but chick-en, for protein, and broccoli, for carbohydrates.

“I did it for 16 weeks,” he said. “Then one day I looked in the mirror and I swore I saw a head of broccoli.”

Ives can be reached at 215-287-9974. On Facebook, search for Broc Man.

Wayne Grant

Mike “Broc Man” Ives shows off his award at Planet Fitness on State Road A1A.

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Ives (center) won first place in the “over-50” category at a 2012 competition in Orlando.

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+ Local sailors compete in annual Abaco Race Week

Local sailors from the Halifax River Yacht Club in Daytona Beach recently returned from a week of sailboat racing in the Bahamas in the annual Regatta Time in Abaco. Despite concerns about the first tropical storm forming just before the weeklong series, 28 boats entered the 2014 RTIA competition. Dennis Gorden, of Ormond Beach, owner of “Iceman,” a 49-foot Beneteau sailboat, captained his boat with two of his friends, Pat Adsit and Katherine Hunter. Brad Riddle, also from HRYC, crewed for “Iceman” as a much-needed “pinch hitter” for two of the five races as well.

Although very short handed, and weath-ering some high winds from Tropical Storm Arthur, Iceman placed second and third in the five-race series.

Gorden said that during the first race at Green Turtle Cay, his boat’s wind indica-tor registered wind gusts in excess of 49 knots (56 mph).

“Those kinds of winds are extreme even when you’re sitting at home,” he said.

“My crew stayed on their toes to keep the floating condo going as fast as possible, without getting the boat knocked over, or getting any crew members hurt.”

For more information about the Regatta Time in Abaco, including infor-mation about next year’s 40th anniver-sary celebration and races, go to www.RegattaTimeInAbaco.com.

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Ormond Beach resident Dennis Gorden and other local sailors recently took part in the Regatta Time races in the Bahamas.

KICKOFF CLASSICSAll five high schools in the Observer’s coverage area will play “Kickoff Classics” on Friday. These exhibition games give residents the first chance to see local squads in hard-hitting, 11-on-11 action. For an inside look at all five schools, check out the Observer’s football preview special section, included with this week’s paper.

Friday’s slate of gamesFlagler Palm Coast at DeLand, 7 p.m.Matanzas vs. Menendez, 7 p.m.Father Lopez at Orangewood Christian, 7 p.m.Mainland at Lake Mary Prep, 7:30 p.m.Seabreeze at St. Augustine, 7 p.m.

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NeighborhoodTHURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014

Volunteers Marie Halpin and Helfa Seufer sell items from the thrift store. Both said they have been given so much and wanted to give back.

Linda O’Quinn, Family Renew Community’s largest financial supporter, with President Terri Kolaska

Supporters gather at the St. James

Episcopal Church on South Halifax Drive in Ormond Beach to share a

common goal: rais-ing money to house

homeless families with children.

Photos by Lori Hoekstra

Barbara Bradley, board member, ties a balloon animal for Maggie O’Quinn, along with Rita Gladestone, who sells game tickets to benefit Family Renew.

April Madison Frye with Stan Hetrick

Erin O’Quinn with son Brendan O’Quinn help to sponsor the event by selling cotton candy.

The 25th-annual Ice Cream Social at St. James Episco-

pal Church benefited Family Renew Community, a foun-dation with a mission to house homeless families with children and help them to become self-sufficient.

Among the many volun-teers and sponsors who at-tended the event Sunday,

Aug. 17, was Linda O’Qunn, of O’Quinn Insurance Co., Family Renew Community’s largest financial sponsor.

The Family Renew com-munity, in association with the United Way, has three residential facilities located in Daytona Beach, DeLand and Holly Hill. Visit familyre-new.org.

ON A MISSION By Lori Hoekstra | Contributing Writer

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THURSDAY, AUG. 21Stroke Support Group — 3 p.m. at Florida Hospital Oceanside, first floor café, 264 S. Atlantic Ave. Call 676-4222 ext. 5095.

FRIDAY, AUG. 22 Summer Sizzler — 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Anderson-Price Memorial Building, 42 N. Beach St. Enjoy a drink, light refreshments and find out what’s happening at the Ormond Beach Historical Society. Call 677-7005.

As We Dance — 7 to 11 p.m. at The Ballroom, 1250 Hand Ave. DJ Bruce. will play music favorites for ballroom, Latin, swing, and tango. All levels welcome. $10 donation. Call 407-970-1903.

SATURDAY, AUG. 23 Low Cost Pet Shots — 9:30 to 11 a.m. at A Pampered Pooch Groomer, 295 S. U.S. 1. All vaccinations are adminis-tered by a licensed veterinarian. Cash only. Proceeds benefit abandoned ani-mals. Call 748-8993.

Drawing Rocks and Mountains — 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Ormond Beach Regional Library. Adults can try their hand at drawing during four free art classes. Betty Travis will lead the class. Limited to 20 participants. Reservations required. Call 676-4191, Ext. 21084.

Swing into Swing — 7 to 10:30 p.m. at The Ballroom, 1250 Hand Ave. $5 donation includes a lesson with Dustin. All levels welcome. Call 407-970-1903.

SUNDAY, AUG. 24Hawaiian Luau — 1 to 5 p.m. at The Polish American Club, 3621 W. International Speedway Blvd. Dinner starts at 1 p.m. and the dance is from 2

to 5 p.m. Donation is $17 for both dance and dinner. Dance only

is $10. Music by Brad Turk and Northern Lites. Public is cordially invited. Come dressed for the occa-sion. RSVP 258-7059.

Season Preview — 2 p.m. at the Daytona

Playhouse. Scenes from all the upcoming shows at Daytona

Playhouse. Snacks provided. Season opens Sept. 5 with 2013 Tony Award-winner “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” by Christopher Durang. Free. Call 255-2431.

MONDAY, AUG. 25 Men’s Fall Softball League Preseason Meeting — 6:30 p.m. at Ormond Beach Sports Complex, 700 Hull Road. Must be 18 years of age to participate. The team fee is $620. Sixteen games minimum. Rules, regulations, fees dis-cussed. Call 676-3280.

Bel Canto Singers Auditions — 7 p.m. at Westminster by the Sea Presbyterian Church, 3221 S. Peninsula Drive, Daytona Beach Shores. Contact David Redman, artistic director, at [email protected].

TUESDAY, AUG. 26Florida Licensing On Wheels — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at City Hall. Before visiting, please go to www.gathergoget.com to learn about licensing and ID require-ments. Call 850-617-2000.

Stuttering Support Group — 6:30 p.m. at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center, Classroom C, 305 Memorial Medical Parkway, Daytona Beach. This support group is intended for adults who stutter Email [email protected].

+ Assisted living group opens new facility in Ormond Beach

The Sarah House Residences, a group of assisted living facilities in the Ormond Beach area, recently broke ground on its fourth building.

The new facility, to be completed in March 2015, will have 35 beds, with both private and semi-private rooms available, according to Marketing Director Estelle Pecchio.

Having four residences rather than one large building allows an intimate, home-like setting, and they have a six-to-one staff to patient ratio, Pecchio said.

“We would never be in a big building,” she said.

Sarah House I and II both have six private rooms and Sarah House III has 20 residents, with five rooms being semi-

private. “The Sarah House encourages their

residents to have a ‘life purpose’ by keep-ing them interested, involved and creating a happier and a more fulfilled lifestyle,” Pecchio said.

She said they have activities and often have visitors, including entertainment, student groups, a yoga instructor, music therapy, etc.

All of the buildings have grounds where the residents can enjoy the outdoors and help tend the outdoor plants if they wish.

Sarah House Residences are owned by Ofer and Shoshana Sharon, of Ormond Beach, who opened the first residence eight years ago.

“They are in and out of the buildings,” Pecchio said. “They are hands-on own-ers.”

Call 898-3351.

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Shown at the ribbon cutting are Gary Roberts, owner of CCI Construction; Guy Sharon; Ofer and Shoshana Sharon, owners; Jonathan Sharon; Rick Wells; Laura Gilvary, Intracoastal Bank; Christina Rivers and Dieta Chapman, managers; Estelle Pecchio, marketing director; Judi Robinson, director of operations; and Suzanne Day, manager.

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A house in Plantation Bay was the top real estate transaction for the week of July 20-26 in Ormond Beach. Irwin and Catha-rine Schauer, of Ormond Beach, sold 1063 Hampstead Lane to Paul and Ann Mc-Ninch, of Ormond Beach, for $492,500. Built in 2001, the house has a safe room, four bedrooms, three baths, a swimming pool and 3,213 square feet. It sold in 2001 for $362,900.

ORMOND BEACHLaura Bell, of Ormond Beach, sold 48

Charles Terrace to Robert and Terry Was-serbeck, of Ormond Beach, for $195,000. Built in 1958, the house has three bed-rooms, three baths, a swimming pool and 1,792 square feet. It sold in 2001 for $99,500.

Alejandra Rodriguez, of Ormond Beach, sold 7 Cypress Point Court to Denise Hal-ligan, of Ormond Beach, for $190,000. Built in 1994, the house has three bed-rooms, three baths and 2,096 square feet. It sold in 1994 for $122,400.

St. Augustine Ventures LLC, of Ormond Beach, sold 1489 Springleaf Drive to Dha-val and Girish Patel, of Daytona Beach, for $155,000. Built in 2014, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,495 square feet. This was the first sale.

Helen Roberts, of Ormond Beach, sold 161 Nature Trail to John and Toni Ander-son, of Ormond Beach, for $149,900. Built in 2000, the house has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,599 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $184,000.

Johnatha Jones, Hoby Lowe and Greg Jones, of Daytona Beach, sold 27 High-land Ave. to George and Susan Ruck, of Ormond Beach, for $140,000. Built in 1984, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace and 2,596 square feet. It sold in 2000 for $162,000.

Teresa and Adoniram Weimer, of Al-

pharetta, Georgia, sold 185 Cloverdale Court to Kenneth Reinhardt and Martha Moses, of Ormond Beach, for $140,000. Built in 1980, the house has three bed-rooms, two baths, a fireplace and 1,428 square feet. It sold in 2009 for $143,000.

Danny and Debbie Charles, of Port Or-ange, sold 326 Tropical Lane to Nathan and Sara Buckland, of Ormond Beach, for $125,000. Built in 1987, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,232 square feet. It sold in 1987 for $69,400.

Michael Crehan, of South Daytona, sold 1 Tomoka Oaks Blvd., Unit 110, to Andrea Brown, trustee, of Graham, North Caro-lina, for $102,000. Built in 1980, the condo has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,430 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $140,000.

Richard and Stephanie Jablonski, of Or-mond Beach, sold 1 Tomoka Oaks Blvd., Unit 121, to Richard and Martha Sines, of Daytona Beach, for $100,000. Built in 1980, the condo has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,430 square feet. It sold in 2003 for $125,000.

Wiley Lowe, of Flagler Beach, sold 768 Espanola Ave. to Stephen Breyette, of Or-mond Beach, for $60,000. Built in 2005,

the mobile home has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,188 square feet. It sold in 1994 for $20,000.

The TrailsThomas Reilly, of Holly Hill, sold 90 Ox-

bow Trail to Clifford Westbrook III, of Wyn-newood, Oklahoma, for $144,000. Built in 1984, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace and 1,821 square feet. It sold in 1984 for $85,400.

John Carlstedt, of Ormond Beach, sold 122 Horseshoe Trail to Jennifer Jackson, and Deloris and Boisy Jackson, of Or-mond Beach, for $135,000. Built in 1983, the house has three bedrooms, three baths, a fireplace and 1,795 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $154,000.

ORMOND-BY-THE-SEARobert and Caroline Derensis, of Or-

mond Beach, sold 3129 John Anderson Drive to Frank and Donna Delzingaro, of Ormond Beach, for $384,950. Built in 2002, the house has two bedrooms, three baths, a fireplace and 1,952 square feet. The lot sold in 1999 for $40,000.

Robert and Terry Wasserbeck, of Or-mond Beach, sold 3400 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 4, to Inderjeet and Sunit Brar, of Copley, Ohio, for $348,000. Built in 1997, the townhouse has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,797 square feet. It sold in 2011 for $244,600.

Timothy and Bonnie Reid, of Ormond Beach, sold 45 Wisteria Drive to Thomas and Kathie Bunch, of Chillicothe, Ohio, for $229,900. Built in 1963, the house has two bedrooms, three baths and 1,794 square feet. It sold in 2012 for $172,000.

Eric Mean and Nancy Sleicher, of Or-mond Beach, sold 9 Concord Drive to Linda Dilen of Lumberton, New Jersey, for $205,000. Built in 1979, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace

and 1,316 square feet. It sold in 1997 for $103,500.

Peggy Gaskins, individually and as trustee, of Nashville, Georgia, sold 3000 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 8, to Thomas and Kathy Hynds, of Ormond Beach, for $203,500. Built in 1998, the condo has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,329 square feet. It sold in 1998 for $169,000.

Kathy Hynds, of Sodus Point, New York, sold 3170 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 505, to Judith Thek, of Oyster Bay, New York, for $174,000. Built in 1994, the condo has two bedrooms, two baths and 876 square feet. It sold in 2002 for $155,000.

Daniel Houser, of St. Augustine, sold 1351 John Anderson Drive to Paul and Suzanne Ferrara, of Ormond Beach, for $146,000. Built in 1957, the house has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,273 square feet. It sold in 2012 for $127,000.

Diana Haskins and Gary Fish, of Pen-field, New York, sold 2220 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 105A, to Monjen and James Albus, of Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, for $145,000. Built in 1981, the condo has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,150 square feet. It sold in 1991 for $74,500.

The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, of Addison, Texas, sold 41 Plaza Drive to Courtney Thompson, of Ormond Beach, for $144,000. Built in 1969, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,325 square feet. It sold in February for $177,500.

Victoria Miller, of South Amboy, New Jersey, sold 3 Ocean Shore Drive to EKD Inc., of Ormond Beach, for $125,000. Built in 1954, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,033 square feet. It sold in 1990 for $55,500.

For the full listings, see ormondbeachob-server.com.

— John Adams, of Adams, Cameron & Co. Realtors, contributed to this report.

real estate By Wayne Grant | News Editor

Golf course home sale nears half a million

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The top-selling home this week was in Plantation Bay.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014NEW IN THE OBSERVER: Arts and Entertainment, from St. Augustine to Daytona Beach

BRACELET YOURSELF | by Emily Blackwood | Staff Writer

Diversions

Sterling Rice remem-bers first walking into Adornments on East

Granada Boulevard when she was a little girl.

“I grew up shopping there,” Rice said. “I can al-ways coming into the bou-tique and seeing really cool things. That’s my home-town.”

Now 24, the daughter of Hawaiian Tropic creator Ron Rice will be selling her jewelry line Sterling Rice Original at her favorite hometown boutique. Af-ter she started toying with beading back in March, she said her passion sort of shifted into a business — a trait she likely inherited from her father.

“It’s exciting; I’ve never done it on my own before,” said Rice, who’s currently at-tending Portland State Uni-versity. “I love the feeling I get when I hear people say, ‘Oh, I love that bracelet.’ I’m really enjoying all the artsy parts of this new venture.”

Rice describes her line as Bohemian chic and said she uses a lot of different elements such as vintage German glass, sterling sil-ver and crystal. Though she knew her dad would be a big help with the business aspect, he’s also been help-ing her with gemology.

“It’s been a cool bonding experience,” Rice said. “He’s been teaching me about the preciousness of the stones and their quality. He’s even taking me emerald mining next week. He’s also been helping me with branding and logos. Basically, he’s like the best teacher.”

Though Adornments is the first place that will car-ry Rice’s line, she hopes to expand it to more upscale stores and boutiques.

“I really love working with my hands,” Sterling Rice said. “It’s very calming to me. For now, I think I’m going to take a break from school and just see where this business takes me.”

Rice will launch her jew-elry line 11:30 a.m. Aug. 23 at Adornments. To see her jewelry, visit www.sterling-riceorginal.com.

Sterling Rice, daughter of Hawaiian Tropic creator Ron Rice, is following in her father’s

footsteps by starting her own business.

5 CAN’T-MISS SHOWS

THE FRESH BEAT BAND LIVE IN CONCERT

Where: St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C State Road A1A, St. Augustine

When: Friday, Aug. 22

Info: For tickets, visit staugamp.sjcv-enues.com or call 904-209-3759

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC WEEK

Where: McK’s Tavern, 218 S. Beach St., Daytona Beach

When: 7-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22; 2-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23; and 7-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29

Info: Brendan Nolan, traditional Irish singer will perform Aug. 22; A tradi-tional Irish session will be held Aug. 23; and The Black Sheep Ceili Band will perform to benefit HUM’s Family Shelter Aug. 29. Call 238-3321.

SEASON PREVIEW AT DAYTONA PLAYHOUSE

Where: 100 Jessamine Blvd., Daytona Beach

When: 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24

Info: Free. Open to the public. Scenes from all the upcoming shows at Daytona Playhouse. Visit daytonaplay-house.com.

“POWER OF THE PALETTE” ART EXHIBIT

Where: The Gateway Art Center, 880 State Road17-92, DeBary

When: Opening reception 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24

Info: Presented by Beaux Arts of Volusia; the exhibit will be on display until Oct. 17. Call 668-5553.

MOVIE MATINEE SERIES: MAN, ANIMALS & NATURE — BEAUTY, CONFLICT & MYTHOLOGY

Where: Southeast Museum of Photography at Daytona State College, 1200 International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach

When: 1:30 p.m. Sept. 3, 10, 17 and 24

Info: Titles include (in order) “Cave of Forgotten Dreams,” directed by Werner Herzog; “Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides,” directed by Thomas Rie-delsheimer; “Galápagos: The Islands That Changed the World,” directed by BBC Video; and “March of the Pen-guins,” directed by Luc Jacquet.

Top: A black brace-let from Rice’s col-lection featuring her logo.

Above: Sterling Rice, 24, will be host-ing a grand opening party for her jewelry line at Adornments Aug. 23.

Left: Sterling Rice’s jewelry line, Sterling Rice Original, fea-tures an assortment of colored bracelets.

STERLING IDEANew jewelry line

unveiled in Ormond

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P/T Private Duty CNA/HHA Needed:Experienced Licensed CNA/HHA for night &weekend shifts for elderly Palm Coast lady. 24-48 hrs/wk, $10/hr to start. Must be ok with smalldog, have current health statement and a car.Call 760-644-3416.

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Certified Pre - Owned2013 FORD F-150 4WD STXStk: DT421701

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