PALM COAST
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
HERO WORKOUT PAGE 6B
VOLUME 14, NO. 23
THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2023
School’s out for superintendent As Cathy Mittelstadt starts on her bucket list, LaShakia Moore is sworn in as interim superintendent. PAGE 5A
Restricted access Transgender locals fear losing access to gender-affirming care as state enacts new restrictions.
Beach patriots Flagler Beach holds its Fourth of July Stars and Stripes Parade PAGE 1B
PAGE 3A INSIDE LURING BUSINESSES
City Council explores incentive options to draw businesses. PAGE 2A
QB TRAINER
FPC’s Jake Medlock trains QBs when he’s not coaching. PAGE 6B
NO SMOKING
Flagler Beach adds ‘no smoking’ signs to boardwalk, parks to enforce smoking ban ordinance. PAGE 14A
SHELL-ABRATION
Local women win their division at 12.5-mile Swim Around Key West race June 17. PAGE 5B
SHOWTIME
‘The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” to open at the Flagler Playhouse. PAGE 3B
YOUR TOWN FOOD-A-THON PLANNED FOR JULY 14 Flagler Radio will broadcast live from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 14 for this year’s Million Dollar Food-a-Thon. The radio station is partnering with the Grace Community Food Pantry for the second year to raise $250,000 to help feed local families. To donate on July 14, stop by the radio station and drop off a donation. Participants can also take a tour and say something on the air.
TURTLE TRACKS New nests: 53 Total nests: 423 Loggerhead nests: 327 Kemp’s Ridley Nests: 0 Green sea turtle ness: 90 Leatherback nests: 6 Beverley Beach: 28 Flagler Beach: 152 FNFS: 244
Random patriotic wildness erupts on the sidewalks during the Fourth of July Parade in Flagler Beach.
Coaches’ training The annual FACA girls soccer coaches’ clinic included demonstrations with help from Flagler Palm Coast players.
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INDEX
Business....................PAGE 13A Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A Public Notices............ PAGE 9B Real Estate................. PAGE 8B Sports......................... PAGE 4B Veterans....................PAGE 12A
Photo by Michele Meyers
Flagler Palm Coast’s Samantha Jennings and Taylor’s Aaliyah Galarza battle for the ball during a drill at the Florida Athletic Coaches Association’s soccer clinic.
Photo by Michele Meyers
BRIEFS
FYO director quites amid controversy Cheryl Tristam has stepped down as director of the Flagler Youth Orchestra. She made the announcement in an article she wrote on the FlaglerLive news site on July 3. Tristam is the only director the FYO has had in its 18 years of providing strings instruction and organizing concert performances for Flagler County students. This year, 350 students took part in the program. In her article, Tristam wrote, “The conduct of some of our School Board members toward me personally and toward the program has been reprehensible and inexcusable.” The School Board is auditing the FYO’s bank account, which is a Flagler Schools account that the district had lost track of. Board member Will Furry also asked for a legal investigation into the program’s structure.