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Dreams don't sink: 82-year-old nearly done fixing paddleboat felled by '07 tornado
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DELAND - Early one February morning in 2007, Richard and Ruth Knuebel were awakened by a disquieting call. It was the man who lived next door to where their 90-foot "Beresford Lady" paddleboat was moored across town on Lake Beresford - the boat that Mr. Knuebel had spent about 20 years building from scratch. The "Groundhog's Day to...
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Study: I-4 not responsible for boggy DeBary Bayou
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DEBARY - A half-century ago, Interstate 4 was laid across Lake Monroe, shrinking the Padgett Creek tributary that feeds the verdant DeBary Bayou from 500 feet across to just a 30-foot-wide channel under a bridge. For at least a decade, residents have complained about watching the 10.5-square-mile bayou's stagnant waters slowly be...
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County council proposes domestic partner registry
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VOLUSIA COUNTY - Couples are getting married less often than they did, but folks still go to hospitals and jails. At its last meeting, the Volusia County Council moved forward with creating a domestic-partner registry that would streamline the process for cohabitating couples to exercise visiting and dec...
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New Smyrna Beach artifacts chosen for state exhibit
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While the debate continues among archaeologists over Ponce de Leon's first stop in the New World - New Smyrna Beach or St. Augustine, the Florida State Museum of History in Tallahassee soon will give New Smyrna Beach its due credit as part of an exhibit on Florida's colonial history. The New Smyrna Museum of History will loan ...
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FUTURES Foundation honors tomorrow's leaders
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DAYTONA BEACH - Outstanding juniors representing Volusia County public schools were honored at a graduation reception and recognition event recently at Daytona International Speedway's Bill France Room. It was sponsored by the FUTURES Foundation. The 38 students are participants in the Tomorrow's Leaders, a leadership development program sponsor...
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Whee!
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Four-year-olds Tristen Diagle, left, of Daytona Beach, and Maria Smyth, right, of Ormond Beach, ride a mini-roller coaster during Fiesta Italiana at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Daytona Beach Saturday, April 21....
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Water baby
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Cathy Appell of Infant Aquatics teaches 2-year-old Riley LeCompte of Ormond Beach to float on her back for demonstration during the Pool Safety New Conference at the Cypress Aquatic Center in Daytona Beach recently. The city has partnered with the Volusia County Health Department to raise awareness in pool safety an...
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Earl Brown Park pond gets cleaned up
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DELAND - Local ducks are on the hunt for a new home as theirs has some spring cleaning. The pond at Earl Brown Park, 750 South Atlantic Ave., is mostly drained as workers remove and take about 10 years of accumulated junk to the Tomoka Landfill. "The pond receives all the storm water from Downtown DeLand...
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Deltona prepares to ban church banners
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DELTONA - Driving east on Howland Boulevard from Interstate 4, it soon becomes clear why city leaders want an end to banners littering major arteries. At church after church, organizations that have long been exempt from a city ban on permanent banners, this type of advertising is a go-to choice to get the word out about this child...
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Orange City polishes its shuffleboarding digs
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ORANGE CITY - On Saturday afternoon, 87-year-old Earl Gregory sat in one of six refurbished rocking chairs on the just rebuilt front porch of the historic Orange City Shuffleboard Club. The satisfied smile on the 25-year member's face could be seen from the other side of the club's 16 courts. "This is much better," he said. "You ...
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Music, Theatre and Dance take Center Stage
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The Barracuda Band's third annual Jammin' In The Park festival will be held at Hawks Park in Edgewater on Saturday, April 28. The festival offers an all-day celebration of music, food, and fun. Performances by the New Smyrna Beach high school and middle school concert bands and Cuda Jazz Band and Drum Line are sch...
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Third annual Jammin in the Park for NBS High School planned
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EDGEWATER --The New Smyrna Beach High School Barracuda Band and the City of Edgewater will host the third annual "Jammin' in the Park" from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Hawks Park, 1108 S. Ridgewood Ave., Edgewater. For two years, "Jammin' in the Park" has entertained Southeast Volusia County with a variety of musi...
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100 years later: grave in the road to get recognition
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH - When NoraJane Gillespie was first learning to drive, her father had her steer clear of Canova Drive because "of the grave in the middle of the road." Ms. Gillespie, who was born and reared on the beachside in New Smyrna Beach, said she was aware of the grave of Charles Dummett, even...
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Commission snubs (Delta) Queen
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH - "Extremely disappointed" is how Wayne Heller described his feelings after his request for a short-term lease to bring the Delta Queen steam boat here was ignored by the City Commission. Despite several residents speaking in support ...
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Beating the odds
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New Smyrna Beach Police officer and a six-year cancer survivor Dan Kennedy was the honorary torchbearer for the survivors walk during the Southeast Volusia Relay for Life at Riverside Park in New Smyrna Beach Saturday, April 21. Donations for this year's event will be accepted up to Aug. 31. For more information vis...
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Commission gets growth plan for New Smyrna Beach Sports Complex
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- After many months of study, an appointed citizen task force has presented a report that outlines what the New Smyrna Beach Sports Complex is and what it could become. The task force, which began meeting in late 2011, was joined about two months later by the newly hired manager of the complex, M...
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Pretty in pink
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Sue Parkerson of the Ormond Beach Garden Club is surrounded by impatiens during the twentieth annual Earth Day 'Picnic on the Plaza' at the Ormond Beach City Hall Thursday, April 19. Ms. Parkerson was one of the members who were handing out free impatiens to visitors of the event....
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Here, kitty
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Hailee Steinhauer, 3, of Ormond Beach plays with a kitten during the 20th annual Earth Day 'Picnic on the Plaza' at the Ormond Beach City Hall Thursday, April 19. The kitten was one of the animals up for adoption at the Halifax Humane Society. For more about the humane society and upcoming events visit www.halifaxhu...
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Council approves road improvements, zipline park
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DAYTONA BEACH - Getting across a road can be an adventure for people with disabilities. Climbing in trees can be an adventure for the rest. To make crossing some roads less adventurous for the blind, at its most recent meeting the Daytona Beach City Commission unanimously approved a resolution calling fo...
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Artsy crowd
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Christa Cousins, 4, of Port Orange tries to look at photography by Bill Dirienzo of Fort Pierce during the eighth annual Port Orange ArtFest at the City Center Complex Saturday, April 21. The event featured local and regional artist....
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Jazzin' it up
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Glendaly Solis, a junior at Spruce Creek High School sings vocals with the school's 12 O'Clock Jazz Band during the 15th annual Jazz Festival at the Kenneth Parker Performing Arts Amphitheater in Port Orange Saturday, April 21. More than 62 college, high school and middle school jazz bands performed during the two-d...
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Volusia Honor Air seeks WWII vets for upcoming DC flight
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Elmer Hawkins earned the nickname "Hawk" while serving two tours with the U.S. Marines in World War II, a struggle against tyranny that coincided with his transition from boy to man. He plays the whole experience down, though, says he was serving his part just like everyone else. "I guess it's why they called ...
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On your mark
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Hundreds of girls and their running partner begin running during the start of the Girls on the Run of Volusia 'Spring 2012 5K' at Father Lopez Catholic High School's track Saturday, April 21. Girls from third to eighth grade trained for months to compete in the event. The mission of Girls on the Run is to inspire gi...
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Top-notch car show is a wonderful affair
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Those of us who enjoy a lifelong love affair with the automobile are proud to live in the Daytona Beach area. Around the world and across the states there are probably only a half dozen cities whose name is instantly connected to the motorcar. Daytona Beach is certainly near the top of that list. Just up State Road A1A a...
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Volunteers honored at luncheon
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The United Way Volunteer Center and Bright House Networks presented the 25th annual Outstanding Volunteers of the Year awards luncheon April 19 at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort. The ceremony, hosted by WESH-2 News' Jim Payne, honored 45 nominees, who served more than 35,000 hours in 2011. Outstanding Volunteers ...
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Search for stolen public art continues
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DELAND - Attention citizens: If you stole or know someone who may have stolen the centerpiece to the bronze-and-steel statue from stamp-sized Pioneer Park downtown, a little civic mindedness wouldn't hurt. A month after it was stolen over the weekend of March 17 from the park at Rich Avenue and State Route 17-92, the 8-by-4-inch ...
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South Daytona considers dog park
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SOUTH DAYTONA - At one city park, local dog owners could soon be able to take Fido and Rover off their leashes. The parks and recreation department will consider constructing a dog park at the northwest corner of Reed Canal Park. City staff recently received a petition containing about 700 signatures from pe...
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Account for fallen columnist to open
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Hometown News recently lost a dear family member, James Tucker, author of The Spirit Guide column and Star Scopes. To honor James' life and memory, Hometown News will be setting up an account for those to would like to offer assistance in making his final arrangements. As soon as information is available, we will publish it in our newspapers and o...
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Magic moment
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Twenty-five Club members from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Volusia/Flagler Counties recently attended the Orlando Magic game at the Amway Arena. The NBA Coaches for Kids Program donated more than 400 tickets to local Boys & Girls Clubs over the 2011-2012 season. Part of the program allows youth ...
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Museum names new executive director
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DAYTONA BEACH - Andrew M. Sandall loves art as well as a spin around the track behind the wheel of a stockcar. So, a job in Daytona Beach is perfect for him. Mr. Sandall will start as the new executive director of the Daytona Beach Museum of Arts & Sciences on May 1. "It's a wonderful museum. I'm looking forw...
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Council on Aging walk to raise funds during Older Americans Month
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The Council on Aging will celebrate Older Americans Month at the 16th annual Walk for Meals on Wheels and Other Senior Services. To heighten awareness of the critical needs of the aging and provide funding for services for frail and homebound seniors, COA will host the walk in three locations: .Friday, May 4, Brannon Center, 1...
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Here's pie in your eye
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Sarah Williamson, 7, left, of DeLand, lets Soli Roman, 9, of Deltona, have it during the baking lessons routine of the Clown-Tastic Clown Camp at the Hopkins Hall in Lake Helen last month. The camp was sponsored by the Volusia County Public Library. www.volusialibrary.org...
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Correction
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In a story in last week's Hometown News, "Committee: Power issue paints David and Goliath portrait," Raymond Lawrence, chairman of the political action committee Take Back Our Power, was misquoted about the number of signatures the group had on a petition drive. The correct number is 1,500 signatures. We regret the error....
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Kids' radio show expanded
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Goliath Radio has expanded Pavlina's Kidz Place from 6:20 to 7 p.m. each Monday night, immediately following Big Talk With Big John. The program debuted Monday, April 9. The host of the show is Pavlina Osta, a Port Orange eighth grader. "Pavlina's spent four years interviewing more than 200 people in leadership positions as wel...
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