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FEBRUARY 2018 Volume 12 Issue 4 MandarinNewsLineA Florida NewsLine Publication page 3 page 5 page 13 page 16 Take 5 Q&A with City Council Get To Know . Puzzles &Q A Member Matt Schellenberg Gladys Savlowitz Mandarin Art Fest Mandarin student is state diving champion By Martie Thompson celebrates 50 years [email protected] By NewsLine Sta [email protected] Mandarin High School senior Keegan e work paid o as Fluharty is a former competitive Fluharty nished rst at gymnast who turned her pro ciency in districts and second at twisting and tumbling into a new voca- regionals and quali ed for tion as a diver — and last November, her fourth trip to the state she earned the title of FHSAA Class 4A championships. She said diving champion for the state of Florida. she was hoping to She is the rst Northeast Florida diver do to win a state girls’ title since 2013. well, but was not Photos courtesy Keegan Fluharty “I was a little upset about ve years ago over- Keegan Fluharty on the medal stand at the FHSAA Class 4A State Diving Photo courtesy Doris Hastings when I became injured and had to stop Championships. Artist Serfei Orgunov at the 2016 Mandarin Art Festival. con - gymnastics, because gymnastics was dent as she e Mandarin Art Festival, founded my whole life,” Fluharty had nished in nished 14th in the 1-meter spring- in 1968 by the Mandarin Community said. “But I gured sixth place as a board last summer. Club, will be commemorating 50 years maybe a new start fresh- man of success on Easter weekend of this with diving would diving for She said the hardest thing about diving year. e milestone will be celebrated be good.” Paxson, fth is changing her perspective from that of on March 31 and April 1, 2018. place diving as a gymnast. So she a sophomore for e Mandarin Art Festival has been took the Mandarin High “As a gymnast, you’re not supposed to an Easter tradition for generations of advice School, and fth place land on your head, but divers do,” she families and continues to grow each of a again her junior year as a said. year. e family friendly event, already coach diver for Jacksonville Coun- Her most di cult dives are a 105B front the largest in Mandarin, saw record at a try Day School. crowds in 2017. Over the years tens gym- two-and-a-half somersault pike on the of thousands of guests have strolled nastics “I just thought, ‘ is is my year. one-meter springboard and a 5235D under the oaks of the historic Man- camp to I want to go out with a back one-and-a-half somersault with Keegan Fluharty in action. darin Community Club to peruse the look up local div- bang,’” Fluharty said. two-and-a-half twists on the three- artwork of more than 100 local and ing coach Melisa “ ere was a lot of com- meter. Fluharty is interested in platform nationally known artists. Painting, Hyams, and she never looked back. For petition, including some of the girls I diving, but facilities aren’t available photography, jewelry, sculpture, glass- her rst meeting with Hyams, Fluharty compete with at USA meets. Coming locally. work, pottery and more are exhibited said she got right in the pool and per- out on top was a by award winning artists. After graduation this formed some basics like standing on the great feeling.” spring, she plans to attend Other activities include a Green diving board and either falling or jump- Her entire family college to study psychol- Market for unique locally sourced and ing in the water. en she progressed to using a dry diving board, not over a was in Stuart, Fla. ogy, perhaps at Louis- made items, a bake sale with home- ville or Florida Atlantic made goodies from the kitchens of club pool, that has ropes to strap the diver in to watch her win while practicing aerial somersaults and University, and de nitely members, food vendors providing an continue diving. Maybe array of cuisine and the beloved Chil- twists. Her rst competitive meet was she’ll even add platform dren’s Art Show, proudly displaying the six weeks after she started. diving to her repertoire. creations of talented students from area elementary and middle schools. e “It was a small meet,” Fluharty said. “But it went well and I thought if “And maybe college can Community Club will also host a table take me to the next step for the sale of Festival tee shirts, club I dedicated more time and e ort that perhaps I could be good at Keegan Fluharty of the Olympic trials,” Fluharty said. Mandarin Art Fest cont. on pg. 13 diving.” the state She began attending practices ve Meanwhile, she will continue with her champi- training and workouts and hanging out days a week for two hours each onship, as a member of the North Florida with her diving friends. Fluharty’s com- including mitment to diving doesn’t leave room Permit No.4 Permit Diving team. Today, she has upped US Postage Paid US Callahan, FL 32011 Callahan, her older Presorted Standard her older for much else besides school work. her schedule to include double prac- sister Han- tices on three of those days. She also nah, who drove e self-proclaimed competitor said, “I participates in conditioning workouts all night from col- like the fear factor of diving. It’s cool at the gym or track with two other girls Keegan Fluharty preparing to take o . lege in Alabama just to get up there on the springboard and who are also members of Mandarin to see her sister dive. throw something scary.” High School’s diving team and North Florida Diving. 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