PALM COAST, Fla. – August Tholen has used exit 289 in Palm Coast countless times but on a recent trip he noticed a man with his dog panhandling near the stop light. “I saw this gentleman on the side of the road, he had his dog in a wagon,” Tholen remembered. “He had a little sign, homeless vet and he had a veteran’s hat on.” Tholen can’t explain it but something made him stop, offer the man a drink, and find out more.
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couple lured, tortured bears] “Mother Theresa isn’t in my DNA,” Tholen explained. “But Dave was different.” ‘Dave’ is David Sickles, an Army veteran who has been panhandling at the exit and camping