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PALM COAST -- Flagler County School Board member Peter Palmer died Sunday battling cancer. He was 66.

Palmer, a native of New London, Conn., and a Navy veteran, He was a middle school teacher for 20 years in Guilford, Conn., before relocating to Palm Coast in 1989. He worked 16 years in the Flagler school district as parent specialist/coordinator in the federally subsidized low-income student programs. He retired in 2005.

Palmer was elected to the school board a year later and served up to his death. He is survived by his wife, Gail, and their four children.

PALM COAST -- A 38-year-old Palm Coast man was arrested early Monday morning after he was observed fondling himself in his car at the Taco Bell fast-food restaurant on Palm Coast Parkway, the Flagler County Sheriff's Office reported.

An adult and three teens observed Eron Adam Tucker fondling himself in his vehicle, the agency said of the 1 a.m. incident, resulting in his arrest on exposure charge.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A meeting of "Volusia Prepares," the working group for Volusia County’s Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS), will be at 10 a.m. Friday, at Volusia County Schools Facilities Services, 3750 Olson Drive, Daytona Beach. The meeting is open to the public and public participation is encouraged.

The purpose of the countywide LMS is to identify strategies to reduce
the impact of natural and manmade disasters before they occur, said Shelley Szafraniec, spokeswoman for Volusia County.

DELAND -- Volusia counts. Everybody counts.

With that message, Volusia County’s Complete Count Committee is kicking off a major public-awareness campaign to encourage all residents to complete and return their 2010 census questionnaires, said Psat Kuehn, Volusia County spokeswoman.

All persons who live in Volusia County at least six months a year are counted.

Chaired by Joie Alexander, Volusia County Council vice chair and at-large representative, the newly formed volunteer committee includes

Courtesy photo. From left: Judges Missy Kelly, Tim Baylie and Pat Northey pose with Volusia Idol winner Alexis Orellana of Deltona.

DEBARY -- Eight-year-old Alexis Orellana brought down the house with her singing performance as the inaugural "Volusia  Idol" winner.