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Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 13, NO. 49
Recognizing excellence JONATHAN SIMMONS MANAGING EDITOR
Welcome to the Observer’s annual “Standing O” edition. Our first edition of each year features a series of profiles recognizing our Standing O awardees — people who are making a positive impact in our community — and the Teacher of the Year nominees from each local public school. Each Standing O awardee is selected by a previous year’s awardee or by Observer editors. We hope the series of stories about this year’s Standing O awardees, as well as Flagler County’s local Teacher of the Year nominees, will remind readers of the excellence in our community and inspire you to contribute to it.
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Standing O awards
YOUR TOWN LOCAL CHEERLEADERS IN LONDON’S NEW YEAR’S DAY PARADE
Two varsity cheerleaders from Matanzas High School traveled to London to perform in London’s New Year’s Day Parade. Seniors Kendall Duckett and Julianna Bogdanov made the Varsity Spirit All-American team at their annual cheer camp in July at EmbryRiddle University. Several girls from the camp were chosen, but only Duckett and Bogdanov chose to raise the money and make the trip to England. They were among Varsity Spirit All-American cheerleaders from around the country who participated in the parade. More than 8,000 performers in 70 performance groups, including marching bands, cheerleaders and dancers, participated in the parade. Duckett and Bogdanov flew to London with the other All-American cheerleaders on Dec. 26. During the week leading up to the parade they visited London sites and toured Windsor Castle. They performed in the Jan. 1 parade along London’s streets past iconic sites such as Berkeley Square, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and the Ritz Hotel. They departed for home on Jan. 2.
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Calendar......................PAGE 3A Public Notices........... PAGE 11B Real Estate................. PAGE 8B Sports........................PAGE 14A
Joe Golan Khahn-Lien Banko Crista Rainey Jessica DeFord Mary Louk Jan Sutton Lucy Noble Ben Kopach Khanh-Lien Banko
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