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Also: Genealogical Society appoints new board; residents earn state recognition, honor roll; and, the Casements Camera Club shoots, Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail plants.
BY THE OBSERVER STAFF
Hammer time: Project ROMP starts park demolition
It has begun.
Project ROMP began demolition of the Magic Forest Rainbow Park playground, off Nova Road, Monday, Feb. 4. Construction is expected to begin Monday Feb. 11.
“It’s been a long haul for all of us,” Ormond Beach Leisure Services Office Manager Sylvia Frost said, “especially in these economic times.”
To volunteer, call 676-3277, or email Sylvia.Frost@or
New board jump-starts Genealogical Society’s new year
Ormond Beach’s Halifax Genealogical Society launched its 21st year by holding its first meeting of 2013 with an all new board last month.
According to Vice President Bernardette Zappala, one of the society’s top goals for the new year is to increase its community service and “respond to the ever-developing technology of genealogical research.
Members will also continue their ongoing project of indexing local church, funeral and cemetery records. The club is in the process of revamping its surname base, as well, with an updated list to be posted online, at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flhgs.
The 2013 board consists of Linda Vivian, director/education and webmaster; Bernardette Zappala, vice president/publicity; Karen Keating, director/membership; Jean Hallenbeck, archivist; Clyde Stickney, president; Kathy Stickney, director/programs; John Parkerson, treasurer; Bill Vivian, director/membership; Maxine Herndon, corresponding secretary; and Elizabeth Strong, recording secretary.
The club meets 1:30 p.m. the second Thursday of every month, September through May, at the Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St. Each meeting consists of a speaker, followed by a class on a specific genealogical topic.
Next meeting is Thursday, Feb. 14, with a focus on researching courthouse records.
Chase Gottlich named to boarding school’s honor roll
A member of the graduating class of 2014, Chase Gottlich has been named to the honor roll at Phillips Academy, a highly selective nonprofit boarding school in Massachusetts. To get on the honor roll, students must maintain at least a 5-point grade point average, on a 6-point scale.
Founded in 1778, Phillips Academy has 1,100 students. Visit www.andover.edu.
Richard Coughlin named Four-Star Commodore
Halifax River Yacht Club past Commodore Richard W. Coughlin received the 2012 Four-Star Commodore Award Jan. 31, from the Florida Commodores Association.
An Ormond Beach resident, Coughlin has been a member of the Daytona Beach yacht club since 1997. He served on various committees and boards before being elected commodore in 2006. And he was given the award for “having a significant and beneficial impact on the club’s operations and membership,” according to the Florida Commodores Association.
As president, he oversaw the design and construction of the of the club’s new clubhouse, played a part in forming the Halifax River Commodores Association and has served as director of the Florida Council of Yacht Club for seven years.
Call 447-9947
Casements Camera Club hosts Rafael Torres
Rafael Torres presented to the Casements Camera Club Jan. 24 on High Dynamic Range Imaging, a method used to allow greater dynamic range between light and dark areas in photographs.
The club meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Thursday of every month, January through November, at the Bailey Riverbridge Gardens, 1 N. Beach St.
The next meeting will be Feb. 28. Call 761.9296, or visit www.ccc-ormond.moonfruit.com.
City, Scenic Loop and Trail make a ‘plant’
The Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail coordinated with the Volusia Country Road and Bridge Department to plant a tree in Highbridge Park last month, in honor of Arbor Day.
Marty Price, Community Outreach Coordinator, Rob Bird, board member, and Hubert Forner, volunteer, plated a Sabal palm, Florida’s state tree.
The city celebrated Arbor Day by planting a live oak tree and hearing a presentation from guest speaker Shannon Julien, vice president of Environmental Services Inc., as students from Osceola Elementary School sang songs.
