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DAN’S INSIDE ORMOND BEACH DAYTONA BEACH HOLLY HILL LAND LINES Old garage gets a tribute on the beach Ormond Beach DentalPage A3 Group Vol. 8, No. 9 Your Local News and Information Source • www.HometownNewsOL.com Friday, March 22, 2013 Need Community Volusia County bus riders Dentures? notes Free Consultations & Second Opinions Crowns $675 • Denture Historical Society could get hit with fare hike Full Denture Reline $175 $495 to meet By Patrick McCallister there were options for reducing costs by elim- Paul Szott, D.M.D. For Hometown News inating some services, operations on Sundays The Ormond Beach His- Kerri Graham D.M.D. and holidays, late runs, and routes. See ad in this section for more information torical Society will host its More people than ever are riding Votran buses, Those proposals go counter to the 2012- “Discover Our History Lec- but Volusia County’s public-transit system is fac- 2021 Transit Development Plan the county 802 Sterthaus 386-944-5002Drive, Suite A • Ormond Beach, FL ture Series” at 10 a.m. Sat- (Across the Street from the imploded Florida Hospital) ing a $1.1 million budget shortfall next fiscal did in 2011. The federally-mandated plan 772637 urday, March 23, at the recommended, among other things, Anderson-Price Memorial year. Those riders could end up paying more to increasing route frequency and hours of Building, 42 N. Beach St. in fill the fiscal hole. operation. About 75 percent of Votran’s 25 fixed state Ormond Beach “I think we’re really going to have to look at the fare increase,” County Councilman Pat Patter- routes have hourly service, which goes from 6:30 monies, along with fares, The topic will be “Life & advertising and county general-fund dollars. Death at Windover: Excava- son, DeLand, said. “There’s no getting around a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays. Some routes are that. It’ll probably fill (the County Council serviced until midnight. Most have reduced Sat- This fiscal year, Votran’s operating revenue is tions of a 7,000-year-old about $20.1 million. The county’s general fund Pond Cemetery” by Dr. chambers) up. We’ll probably get beat up on urday runs and no Sunday service. covers about $7.4 million of that. Rachel Wentz, Regional that.” Mr. Sherrer told the council that even with Votran’s operating budget is expected to Director, Florida Public At its Thursday, March 14, meeting the County rosy, best-case projections, it’s impossible for Archaeology Network East Council got news Votran anticipates the budget Votran to cut its way out of the coming financial increase to about $20.4 million next year. For the Central Region. shortfall next fiscal year, which starts on Oct. 1. deficit. Explore one of the most Steve Sherrer, Votran’s general manager, said Votran is funded by a mixture of federal and See BUS, A2 ancient, well-preserved archaeological sites in North America. The 7,000- year-old Windover archaeo- logical site near Titusville Cub Scouts earn Half million strong was a pond used for inter- ment of the dead and pro- duced more than 160 indi- their ‘free’ rent viduals whose analyses have provided insight into By Patrick McCallister Manager Jim McCroskey the life and health of people For Hometown News started charging the during Florida’s Archaic scouts $15 an hour to use period. HOLLY HILL — If fight- the city building. The Refreshments will be ing city hall earns merit scouts had used the facili- See NOTES, A2 badges, boys in Cub Scout ty free since April 2010. It Pack 3054 will get them. had been paying $80 a The City Commission month at Sica Hall before approved a plan in its then. March 12 meeting to give Mr. McCroskey, an avid the scouts free use of a city Boy Scout in his child- building at Hollyland Park, hood, said he looked into a 1064 Ridgewood Ave. In lease giving the pack use exchange, the scouts of the building signed by agreed to clean the park the previous city manager. quarterly. He found out it wasn’t “It wasn’t so much a approved by the city com- money issue,” Cub Master mission at the time, mak- Melissa Martin said after ing it void. the meeting. “The building “Unfortunately you have belongs to the scouts. As to to go by the rules,” he said JAMES SKOW, PA Attorney the cleaning of the park, in an interview before the we do that anyway.” last meeting. “I’m told by Bankruptcy At its Feb. 12 meeting, the commission to rent Randy Barber/staff photographer the commission got an city property at a price.” Joe Tenhet of Daytona Beach rides his bike along Main Street during the 72nd annual and earful from Ms. Martin, The commission was Bike Week in Daytona Beach, Friday, March 8. More than 500,000 bikers were expect- pack members and sup- ed to roar into Daytona Beach for one of the largest motorcycle events in the world. Foreclosure porters upset that City See SCOUTS, A8 Phone: 386-310-4894 Seniors must remain vigilant to avoid faud By Richard Mundy amount is a whopping $2.9 vice Representative of unable to maintain their “The top senior scams For Hometown News billion annually. That figure Home Instead Senior Care homes. They are likely to today are telemarketing … is most likely lower than the of Volusia County. have resources, money, a according to our national reality because many cases Ms. D’Arcangelo is con- home, life savings and other surveys,” she said. “Then, of 059229 Not all residential thefts are caused by home inva- are never reported due to ducting a seminar on assets. course, you have the fake sions. embarrassment and other Senior Fraud on Wednes- Some of the topics Ms. charities, the sweepstakes, Statistics show that at factors. The statistics do day, March 27, at the Grand D’Arcangelo covers in her and once you purchase least one out of every 10 not just pertain to the elder- Villa Senior Living Commu- seminar include why sen- something from a company 139 Executive Circle telemarketing calls you ly (defined by these studies nity. iors are targeted, the top they ‘sell’ you to everybody receive at dinnertime as anyone over 55), but the She said seniors are tar- senior scams and financial else.” Suite 103 involves some sort of scam AARP reports 25 percent of geted because they are usu- abuse tactics. Some of her She also has first-hand Daytona Beach, FL or fraud. That type of fraud all scams are perpetrated ally retired, less mobile and other topics are the impact experience with a number is on the rise, increasing at on victims over this age. normally at home. They of crime on the elderly, of scams as she lives in a 32114 least 12 percent from 2008 So while many can fall often are alone, as families examples of telephone retirement community and to 2011, according to a prey to such frauds, seniors may have moved away. scams, computer scams is contacted herself, Ms. Fax: 386-310-4895 MetLife study of Elder are specifically targeted, They quite often are lonely and mail scams, and the D’Arcangelo said. Financial Abuse. according to Mariann D’Ar- and vulnerable to a friendly National Do-Not-Call Reg- www.Skowlaw.com The estimated dollar cangelo, Community Ser- voice. They may be sick and istry. See FRAUD A4 [email protected] ?? XX Cesare Mainardi, from left, John Cullen and Sandwich shop war BEETHOVEN Michelle Jones were hard at work making subs at Jimmy John’s in heating up in area Ormond Beach. 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SPDWY BLVD. coupons or offers Exp 4/25/13 A2 • Ormond Beach/Daytona Beach/Holly Hill Hometown News Friday, March 22, 2013 was a 5.8 percent increase “It requires public hear- Bus in boardings, while the ings and a good-faith effort From page A1 national average was 1.2 to inform the public,” he percent more public transit said. “It’s a minimum of six last few years, the public- users. months to go through the transportation provider has Most riders pay $1.25 to public-hearing process.” had fund balances from pre- board Votran busses.