- November 23, 2024
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PACC scholarship recipients: Sky Goncalves, Tristan Meister, Emily Dias, Nicole Prata and Cristina Dos Santos. Missing from photo, but also recipients: Adriana Dos Santos and Anabella Giuliano. Photo courtesy of Maria Pereira
SOTC Youth Group members Kristina Robinson, Zaiden Little, Jake Blumengarten, Nick Blumengarten, Mikayla Maldzhiev and Alex Pitts serve the military-style breakfast. Photo courtesy of Sharain Mueller
Erica Little, Stephanie Johnson and Baleigh Eysaman serve up breakfast. Photo courtesy of Sharain Mueller
Tyler Grady, Tyra Saterfield, Lukas Notaras, Morgan Chaffe, Amar Haughton and William (Billy) Stone play the steel drums. Courtesy photo by Steven Notaras Photography
Katherine Crooke will be the next principal of Old Kings Elementary School. Photo courtesy of Jason Wheeler
Kevin Feldman, Flight Medic Frank Mesta, Samantha McDonnell, Chief of Flight Operations Dana Morris and Reuben Zuazua load a patient during training. Photo courtesy of Julie Murphy
Chief Don Petito, Cory Bauman, Brian Meehan, Alex Patton, Michael Worth, Deputy Chief Joe King, Training Chief Lenny Ensalaco, James Shaw, Richard Bennett and James Burnsed during the ceremony. Photo courtesy of Julie Murphy
Palm Coast resident Austin Berry is serving with the Hurricane Harvey relief effort in Texas with National Civilian Community Corps. Photo courtesy of Heather Dirck
The Portuguese American Cultural Center of Palm Coast celebrated the seventh-annual Scholarship Awards Dinner on Oct. 14. Seven students of Portuguese ancestry, among other academic qualifications, received a total of $25,000 in scholarships to pursue their education. In PACC’s six years of existence, a total of $104,500 has been awarded.
The scholarship committee is comprised of Jack Ataide, Dina Branquinho, Ivone Carneiro, Manny and Catherine Carneiro, Rosa Costa, Ana Paula de Almeida, and Samuel and Paula Prata.
Shepherd of the Coast Lutheran Church held its second-annual Local Heroes and Veterans Day Sunday service on Nov. 12. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly and Deputy Chief Jerry Forte were among the guest speakers. Volunteers served up a military-style field breakfast.
Rymfire Elementary School held a spaghetti dinner and steel drum performance on Thursday, Nov. 9. Families signed up to eat Italian and watch RES and Matanzas High School students play steel drums. The event serves as a Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) fundraiser. A book fair was held prior to the dinner as a fundraiser for the library.
Superintendent James Tager announced that Katherine Crooke will be the next principal of Old Kings Elementary School. She moves over from Indian Trails Middle School, where she has served as assistant principal for the past year, and she has held previous different positions in Flagler Schools since 2008.
Crooke succeeds Ben Osypian, the District’s Principal of the Year, who was recently named chief human resources officer for Flagler Schools. Cooke begins her new job Monday, Nov. 27.
The Heiser Foundation was established to assist individuals and families in the community by establishing a scholarship fund that will award several scholarships to graduating high school students who have expressed interest in furthering their education and in their school’s ROTC program and/or service to their country.
Frances Heiser, a resident and former business owner in Palm Coast for over 39 years, and her husband, Gary Heiser, lost their only child, Michael Heiser, to a terrorist bombing attack in Saudi Arabia at Khobar Towers in 1996. Fran Heiser has dedicated a great portion of her life to obtaining justice for the 19 families affected by the attack, and she started a relatively small foundation to benefit local individuals and families shortly after it occurred. The Heisers also wanted to recognize the ultimate sacrifice of their son and the 18 other Air Force young men.
As a result, the nonprofit will be awarding scholarships to some of Palm Coast and Flagler County’s brightest and deserving graduating youth. Visit theheiserfoundation.org.
Flagler County firefighter-paramedics undergo rigorous training to complete their probationary period with a Pinning Ceremony that officially welcomes them to the Fire Rescue Department.
Cory Bauman, Brian Meehan, Alex Patton and Michael Wirth were pinned Tuesday, Nov. 14, by Flagler’s top brass: Chief Petito, Deputy Chief Joe King, Training Chief Lenny Ensalaco, and battalion chiefs James Shaw, Richard Bennett and James Burnsed. Fadi Fattouh also graduated from probation but was unable to attend the ceremony.
Three firefighter paramedics, Samantha McDonnell, Kevin Feldman and Reuben Zuazua, were hired October 30 and started their probation with in-service classes with FireFlight, the flashover simulator and other live fire exercises at the fire tower on Justice Lane.
Citizens who receive a warning citation for traffic infraction or parking offense in Flagler Beach will have the opportunity to donate a toy in lieu of paying a fine this holiday season through Dec. 12.
The Flagler Beach Police Department officers, at their discretion, will be issuing these “toy waivers” along with warning citations for non-criminal state traffic and/or city parking offenses. The unwrapped toys will be donated to “Christmas Come True.” Call Chief Doughney at 517-2020.
To help isolated seniors during the holiday season, the local Home Instead Senior Care® office serving Flagler County is inviting the community to come together to bring some comfort and holiday cheer to area seniors through its “Be a Santa to a Senior” program.
The office has partnered with the Flagler County Senior Services Department to help with gift collection and distribution.
Holiday shoppers are invited to support this local program by visiting a participating location where “Be a Santa to a Senior” trees will be on display from Nov. 17 to Dec. 18. The trees will be decorated with paper ornaments featuring seniors’ first names and desired gifts. Holiday shoppers can choose an ornament, buy the requested gift and return it to the store with the ornament attached (no need to wrap it). Community volunteers and program partners will wrap and deliver the gifts to local seniors in time for the holidays.
For more information, visit BeaSantatoaSenior.com or call 986-1931.
Palm Coast resident Austin Berry, 24, recently began a 10-month term of service in the National Civilian Community Corps, an AmeriCorps program. Berry, based out of the regional campus in Denver, is currently serving on his first project: Hurricane Harvey recovery in Texas.
