ORMOND BEACH
Observer
Q+A WITH MIKE CAVALIERE PAGE 4B
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 11, NO. 42
THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2023
Time to serve up some repairs? Leisure Services Advisory Board votes to recommend city pursue grant for tennis center upgrades. PAGE 2A
The need for less speed County Council lowers speed limit on three roads in Ormond-by-the-Sea. PAGE 4A INSIDE FIELD DAY
Seabreeze soccer camp teaches kids skills through fun. PAGE 4B
Dapper dads and flapper girls
MOVING ON UP
United Water Restoration Group promotes Bob Moore to president, shareholder. PAGE 9A
LOCAL HEROES
VCS recognizes paraprofessional, students who helped save girl from choking. PAGE 5A
The Casements’ first father-daughter dance was a roaring success.
NEW SITE PLAN
Developers of Tomoka Oaks golf course land to go before Planning Board in July. PAGE 5A
PAGE 1B Kyle Parker hugs his daughter Mackenzie on the dance floor during The Casements’ first father-daughter dance.
Photo by Michele Meyers
YOUR TOWN IT’S READ EVERYWHERE The Observer’s It’s Read Everywhere contest is now open. To enter, take a photo of yourself holding the Observer, go to observerlocalnews. com/contests/its-read-everywhere and click on “Enter your own!” Each month, five winners will win a $15 Gift Card to Keke’s Breakfast Café in Ormond Beach.
TURTLE TRACKS
The Juneteenth revelry must go on Annual community festival prevails despite rainy weather.
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Have a kava Have you heard of kava? Jackie and John Sekula have just opened Kava Kula bar and lounge in town.
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Total nests: 633 New nests: 91 Loggerhead nests: 595 Green: 31 Leatherback nests: 3 Kemp's Ridley nests: 4 Nests in Ormond: 88 Nests in Ormond-by-the-Sea: 198
INDEX
Business....................PAGE 10A Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A The Fine Arts.............. PAGE 3B Letters.......................PAGE 12A Public Notices.............PAGE 7B Real Estate................. PAGE 6B Sports......................... PAGE 5B
Stage presence Ormond Beach residents to star in “The Princess and the Pea” at the Daytona Playhouse. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Chef Katressa Bizzell serves up food during the 25th annual Daytona Beach Juneteenth Community Festival.
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