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Rachel Scharer, who grew up in Palm Coast, will be featured with her work as a Florida Fish & Wildlife employee during Discovery’s Shark Week. The “Lair of the Sawfish” will be shown Friday, July 28 at 10 p.m.
Scharer knew she wanted to work with marine animals after taking a marine biology course at Flagler Palm Coast High School, which she graduated in 2005. After earning a bachelor’s degree in marine biology and master’s degree by studying smalltooth sawfish, she is now living out that dream by working with Florida Fish & Wildlife in Port Charlotte.
“We were actually dissecting sharks, and I just thought it was the coolest thing,” she said about her class at FPC.
Growing up in Palm Coast, Scharer was always by the water. Her family had a boat and lived on the Intracostal.
“I’ve always loved sharks, but I guess I never considered it as a career until I took marine biology at FPC,” she said.
The Rotary Club of Palm Coast raised over $3,000 at its annual charity poker run, which was held on July 15. The money will benefit Christmas Come True, an organization that provides services and support to local families in need. The 40 participants collected beads that were exchanged for poker hands at the end of the run.
The winners for the Palm Coast Find Your Florida 2017 Photography Contest were awarded gift certificates to local businesses. The photographers captured scenes of sailboats at the marina, an aerial view of the water tower, sunlight streaming through the oak trees and more.
To see the winning photos, click here.
First Place: “Dawn at the Marina” by Vicki Payne
Second Place: “Cute Woodkern” by Nikolay Vsevolodov
Third Place: “Palm Coast Riverwalk” by Cynde Baumann
Best Bird: “Beautiful Buccaneer” by Nikolay Vsevolodov
Best Youth: “Flower View” by Zelia Burnett
Overall Honorable Mentions:
Best Bird Honorable Mentions:
Best Youth Honorable Mention:
Sheriff Rick Staly and members of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office presented a check for $9,081 to Florida Sheriff’s Youth Ranches on July 24.
When Staly took office in January, he gave employees the option to donate to the charity each pay period in return for being allowed to have a goatee or dress down on Fridays. The amount represents what Flagler Sheriff’s employees have donated since the start of the year. Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches provides residential care for troubled youth.
The state of Florida has designated August 7 as Florida Purple Heart Day to honor the Purple Heart recipients in the sunshine state.
In a written proclamation, Florida Governor Rick Scott said “I, Rick Scott, Governor of the State of Florida, do hereby extend greetings and best wishes to all observing August 7, 2017, as Florida Purple Heart Day.”
The Purple Heart was established by General George Washington during the Revolution War and is a combat decoration awarded to members of the U.S. armed forces who have been wounded or killed.
“Depth” by Krystyna Spisak-Madejczyk had its opening reception at Blue Art Gallery on July 22. Locals perused the gallery, which is located at 4601 East Moody Blvd. K-11, Bunnell, to see Spisak-Madejczyk’s digital art paintings and sculptures.
Spisak-Madejczyk was born in Krakow, Poland and has lived and worked in the U.S. since 1981 after graduating from the National School of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland. One of her creations is on display as a creative design for a subway station in Kew Gardens, New York City. Four of her large-scale sculptures are on permanent display in Poland, as well.
The Palm Coast Utility’s Department Water Treatment Plant 3 has been awarded the 2017 “Outstanding Membrane Plant Award” by Southeast Desalting Association.
Plant 3, which opened in July 2008, is the city’s newest water treatment plant. It was designed and built as a low-pressure brackish water membrane plant to allow for future use of upper-Floridian Aquifer brackish source water. It currently produces about 2.5 million gallons of drinking water per day.
