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It’s a girl! Buttercup, a Florida cracker heifer, is the newest addition to the Florida Agricultural Museum's livestock collection. Cracker cattle are descendants of the animals introduced to Florida by the Spaniards during the 16th century. Today, the breed is regaining its popularity because the cattle are easy to care for and less expensive to maintain than other breeds. They thrive on law-quality grass and are adapted to our hot and humid climate.
Palm Coast Fire Department raises $1,100 for MDA
Members of the Palm Coast Fire Department were out in the community to fill their fire boots with donations for their annual Fill the Boot Campaign to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Fire fighters collected donations on Aug. 9-11 from passersby at Lowe's and Walmart, collecting a total of $1,100 for MDA.
For a video about the effort, visit www.PalmCoastObserver.com and click on the gray tab at the top called "video."
Two big auditions set at Flagler Auditorium
Flagler Youth Singers will have auditions 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, and Thursday, Sept. 5, at the Flagler Auditorium.
The free program is open to all second- through sixth-grade students. For more information, contact Marshaun Hymon at 447-1575, Ext. 2124, or email [email protected]. This program is sponsored by the Flagler Auditorium.
The second audition is for the annual "Nutcracker" ballet. Auditions for local dance students to join Dance Alive National Ballet professionals will be held Saturday, Sept. 7. Registration for auditions will be held 8-8:45 a.m. before auditions begin. Auditions for everyone except tumblers will begin at 9 a.m. Registration for tumblers will begin at 5 p.m., followed by auditions and rehearsal.
"The Nutcracker" ballet performance is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Flagler Auditorium.
The group is looking for local dancers to play the following parts:
Soldiers: ages 7-12, must have dance experience
Mice: ages 10-18, strong jazz dancers
Party children: ages 8-14, must have ballet training
Clara's friends: ages 12-18, strong ballet dancers
Tumblers: ages 7-18, must be able to do cartwheels, splits, headstands, front and back walkovers and aerial tricks
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United Way seats new slate of board members
United Way of Volusia and Flagler Counties swore in its slate of new executive committee members and new board members at the Annual Board of Directors Meeting at their Annual Board meeting in July.
Executive Committee members are as follows:
Chairman of the Board of Directors: John Guthrie, Halifax Health; Campaign Co-Chairs: John Walsh, Palm Coast and Ormond Beach Observers, and Elan Kaney, Kaney Law; Director of Administration: Marilyn Chandler Ford, Volusia County Corrections Services Group; Director of Community Building: Bruce Page, Intracoastal Bank; The Community Foundation: Bill Grigat, Anchor Certified Planners; Fund Distribution Chair: Bob Elkin, community advocate; Marketing Co-Chairs: Lori Catron, Halifax Media, and Lori Campbell Baker, Daytona Beach News-Journal; Director of Special Events: Erum Kistemaker, Kistemaker Business Law Group; Treasurer: James Halleran, James Moore & Co.; Assistant Treasurer: Dan Bolerjack, Bolerjack, Halsema & Bowling, PA; United Way of Florida Board Member and Immediate Past Chair: Dona DeMarsh Butler, Volusia County Community Assistance; and President and Secretary Ray Salazar, United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties.
New board members are as follows: Robin King, Center for Business Excellence; Greg Kisela, city manager of Port Orange; James L. Manfre, Flagler County sheriff; Casey E. Reed, regional director external affairs, AT&T Lindsay Preston, Brown and Brown and Cheryl Fuller, executive director, Domestic Abuse Council.
