Sheriff's top employees: Moy, Vickers and Caccavale

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Sheriff James L. Manfre named the recipients for the agencies Employee of the Quarter awards for the third quarter of the year during a ceremony at the Sheriff’s Operations Center.

The third quarter award recipients are as follows:

Law Enforcement: Detective Mark Moy
In February of this year, a single mother of five, working as a clerk in a local gas station, was brutally murdered in execution style fashion by an unknown assailant. Moy, assisted by Cpl. Nate Koep and detectives Erick Kuleski and Gabe Fuentes followed up on numerous leads. Eventually a lead provided through Crime Stoppers led them to a suspect in South Florida and the arrest of Joseph Bova, who was indicted last week by a grand jury in connection with the case.

Detention: Detention Deputy Randy Vickers
Vickers provides guidance to juvenile arrestees and helps them see the importance of remaining in school and continuing with their education and to become productive citizens in our community.

Communications Supervisor Genice Caccavale
In July, Caccavale received an E-911 call from a panicked grandmother reporting that her 2-year-old granddaughter was pulled from the family swimming pool and was not breathing. In a calm, professional manner, Caccavale spent several minutes guiding the grandmother to perform CPR on the child. After four minutes of performing CPR, the grandmother reported the child had regained consciousness and was breathing on her own.

O’Flaherty family feature in Uncle Ben’s contest
The O’Flahertys (Stephen, DeAnna and their son, Declan, a sixth-grader at Old Kings Elementary School) have entered the Uncle Ben’s Beginners Cooking Contest, a movement designed to help children learn to make healthier choices, at an early age, by getting them interested in cooking. Vote for their video, "Broccoli Rice Au Gratin with Declan," by Oct. 27, at www.unclebens.com.

Boy Scouts adopt Heroes Memorial Park
Boy Scout Troop 402, chartered by Palm Coast United Methodist Church, recently entered into a Adopt-a-Park agreement with the city of Palm Coast.

The Scouts, as part of their ongoing service to the community, will provide manpower six times per year for litter removal, weed removal, planting projects and various other maintenance work at Heroes Memorial Park, 2860 Palm Coast Parkway.

Meet the new Mr. and Mrs. Cole
Al Cole and Laura Marie DeVivo were married Oct. 6, in Palm Coast. Al is a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, and Laura is a four-year breast cancer survivor. Many friends and family shared in their celebration.

Palm Coast Citizens Academy graduates 29th class
Thirty-five Palm Coast residents graduated Oct. 15 from the Palm Coast Citizens Academy, a comprehensive program designed to educate interested residents about the operation and workings of their city government.

Graduates are Geneva Averett-Short, Carolyn Boswell, Elizabeth Doran, Gus Georvassilis, Susanne Hee, Joseph Hogan, Julia Hogan, Elizabeth Hughes, Barbara Jacobson, Doug Jacobson, Ken Johnson, Phyllis Johnson, Brandi Kent, Shirley Kersey, Mary Kross, David Lydon, Jane Lysinger, Mario Magnani, Christine Magnani, Arthur McGovern Jr., Mel Melvin, Bill Muir, Karen Muir, Dean Roberts, Christa Rohrich, Robert Rohrich, Casey Ryan, Marie Scott, Ellen Stanford, Gerald Tanenbaum, Vincent Taylor, Pamela Tracy-Wallace, Jeanine Volpe, Edward Wolf and Maureen Wolf.

The Citizens Academy meets once a week, on Monday evenings, for five straight weeks. The next session will be winter 2014, running from Feb. 3 to March 3, with graduation on Tuesday evening, March 4. To register, visit www.PalmCoastGov.com and search for “Citizens Academy.”

Red Knights donate to Ascone family
The Red Knights Motorcycle Club donated $500 the Ascone Family for their son, Cooper. Cooper Ascone is a young child with a rare congenital heart disease called Shones Complex. Coopers fourth and latest surgery was in February.

He has gained 8 pounds since February and is thriving. Cooper will need to have this valve replaced once he outgrows it or if the valve fails. Doctors are not sure when he will need his next surgery, but everyone is optimistic that he may go without surgery for a few years.

Registration extended for Palm Coasters in Senior Games
The city of Palm Coast has extended the deadline to sign up for the Ormond Beach Senior Games sports events to be held in Palm Coast and Bunnell to Friday, Oct. 25,. In addition, an online registration option has been added to make registration easy. The Seniors Games are open to men and women ages 50 and up, and will run Oct. 26 to Nov. 2. Registration is $10.

Around town …
Palm Coast resident James L. Paris published an Amazon Kindle book, “Exposing The Ponzi Masters - The Profitable Sunrise Scam: How I Exposed It, How They Tried To Stop Me.”

John Stage, operations manager of Beverley Beach Camptown & Convenience Store raised $1,000 to donate to Relay for Life of Flagler County by asking all his patrons who drink coffee if they would like to donate. They raised the money in just three months.

Palm Coast resident John Pope will be featured in the Daytona Playhouse production of “The Butler Did It,” which runs Oct. 25 through Nov. 3. Call 255-2431 for tickets.

Teens Feed Flagler, including United Way of Volusia-Flagler County and Department of Juvenile Justice, will have a car wash 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the parking lot of AutoZone, 4915 Belle Terre Parkway. Nonperishable cans of food or monetary donations are accepted.