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VOLUSIA INSIDE ORMOND BEACH DAYTONA BEACH HOLLY HILL COUNTY BUSINESS Where have all the accountants gone Ormond Beach DentalPage A7 Group Vol. 8, No. 1 Your Local News and Information Source • www.HometownNewsOL.com Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 Community Softball event gets funding notes Free Consultations & Second Opinions Crowns despite spending opposition $675 • Denture Learn about the Full Denture Reline $175 $495 Seminoles By Patrick McCallister DeLand member who ers. Paul Szott, D.M.D. For Hometown News returned to the council The request passed 5-2. The Ormond Beach His- Kerri Graham D.M.D. after a 15-year break — New council members See ad in this section for more information torical Society will continue The Daytona Beach joined the new County Doug Daniels, District 4, its “Discover Our History Sports Council got a sec- Chair, Jason Davis on the Ormond Beach; and Deb- 802 Sterthaus 386-944-5002Drive, Suite A • Ormond Beach, FL Lecture Series “ at 10 a.m. ond swing at the Homerun losing side of a vote to give orah Denys, District 3, (Across the Street from the imploded Florida Hospital) Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Derby and Brawl on the the Daytona Beach New Smyrna Beach; 044497 Anderson-Price Memorial Beach softball tourney at Regional Chamber of joined veteran council Building, 42 N. Beach St., Jackie Robinson Ballpark Commerce $20,000 to members Joyce Cusack, Ormond Beach. after a bit of hardball by the sponsor the softball tour- Josh Wagner and Patricia The topic will be “The new County Council. ney a second year. Like the Northey in approving the Enduring Seminoles” by Four new members were first tourney, the second request. Mr. Wagner and Patsy West, director, Semi- sworn in on Thursday, Jan. will come with the star Ms. Northey won re-elec- Peabody building nole/Miccosukee Archive. 10, and the council quick- power of Yadier “Yadi” tion bids last year. The Florida Seminoles ly took to split voting. Pat Molina, his brothers, and were the “least acculturated Patterson — the District 1, other major league play- See SOFTBALL, A2 tribe east of the Mississip- up its memorabilia pi” in the 1950s. Today, they lead Native American eco- nomics in gaming and for anniversary tourism with the purchase Marching for King See NOTES, A3 By Suzy Kridner she said. “The team in Cul- [email protected] tural Services are guardians of Peabody and it’s impor- DAYTONA BEACH — tant for us to preserve its his- Peabody Auditorium has tory under our watch and been a jewel on the beach- for the future.” side since its completion in She said the city doesn’t 1949. have a lot of memorabilia so Next year it will celebrate with the upcoming anniver- its 65th anniversary and the sary, she was happy for the city of Daytona Beach is opportunity to receive great planning for the event with photos and other items for several projects to upgrade the display cases. the facility and also show- Many of the items have case its history, said Helen been donated to the city or Riger, administrator for Cul- have been copied from the tural Services and Peabody owners’ collections. Auditorium director. Programs and other items To highlight the history of also were provided by the Peabody, Ms. Riger super- Daytona Beach Symphony vised a project that was Society to display during the recently unveiled to the reception. Peabody has public, honoring city resi- been the home for the soci- dents who have had a long ety’s concerts for more than history with the auditorium. 61 years. The Peabody Historic Col- Also on display for one lection exhibits, now on the night was a cast iron harp walls of the lobby, include from a Baldwin Concert A Boutique Optical memorabilia from Drew Grand Piano that was Located in Ormond Beach, FL Murphy, Sharon and the late destroyed by flooding. It was 771183 Jim Bridges, and the Tippen the house piano for 45 years Davidson family. and the harp has been Unique Frames The displays with new signed by many performers, items will probably be including Roger Williams & Accessories Randy Barber/staff photographer changed every season, Ms. and Xavier Cugat. Eyvette Presley of Daytona Beach carries a picture of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Riger said, since so much A longtime member of IMPORTED FROM during the March for Justice, Monday, Jan. 21. The march began at Allen Chapel AME material was provided. the Peabody Advisory FRANCE, ITALY & LUXEMBOURG Church and ended at Greater Friendship Baptist Church in Daytona Beach. More than “This is the first historical Board, Drew Murphy’s dis- Fashion is nothing without collection we’ve installed,” See PEABODY, A4 quality craftsmanship 100 people took to the streets to show their support on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Holly Hill commission sticks 1545 Hand Avenue Ste# B4 by YMCA with $45,000 deal Ormond Beach, FL 32174 (386) 677-2100 By Patrick McCallister previous bargains. The previous interviews. In its MillenniumOptical.com For Hometown News cost will be about $90,000 original deal with the city, this year. the Y paid $1,000-a-month HOLLY HILL — The In a telephone interview rent and utilities. The DINING B1 marriage between the city after the meeting, Teresa YMCA notified the city last and Volusia/Flagler Fami- Rogers, president and spring it was going to pull MAINSTAY ly YMCA is saved. At least CEO of the Volusia/Flagler up stakes and leave. for another year. Unless Family YMCA, said the But, in June, the city Photo courtesy of Tim Fauvelle, City of Daytona Beach one or the other uses a 90- facility has nearly 300 commission approved a Letroy Jackson empties a recycle bin in his truck in Daytona day separation clause. members. About 85 per- plan to slash the Y’s rent in Beach. Recyclables are sorted along the side of the truck, which Again. cent are paying reduced half and pay its utilities. is now equipped with sensors to show the resident’s number on At its last regular meet- fees. There’s an additional The deal was estimated to the can. When they recycle, they get credit and are eligible for ing, Tuesday, Jan. 7, the 500 to 700 infrequent to cost the city about $40,000 coupons in a new Waste Pro Rewards program. City Commission inked a consistent users with pre- a year. At the time Jim Ormond Beach favorite $45,000 deal with the ventive-care benefits from McCroskey, city manager, serves many delights YMCA to continue provid- their insurance providers said it could save the tax- ing recreation services at that pay for their individ- payers much more than if Recycling pays off ENTERTAINMENT B1 the Holly Hill Community ual visits, along with a the city tried to build a Resource Center, 1046 handful of non-members recreation program from WINTERFEST Daytona Ave., for one who pay to take classes at scratch on the fly. more year. the Y. Despite the deal, the Y for residents Commissioner Donnie “We average 50 to 100 was still losing too much Moore — a frequent critic (users) daily, and that’s money, Ms. Rogers said. By Suzy Kridner has a sticker so that every of the city’s dependence total,” Ms. Rogers said. The YMCA sent the city a [email protected] time she recycles, she gets on the Y for recreation — “The usage is about 50 to letter in August saying it credit for her efforts in a was the lone dissenter. 100 a day come through.” needed more assistance, DAYTONA BEACH — Jen- new Waste Pro Rewards pro- “(That’s) Roughly $3,000 a Also, the YMCA has an or it was going to close in nifer Wolbach is an avid gram with the city. Holly Hill member,” he afterschool program that March. recycler who not only places The benefit to joining Symphony society offers said at the meeting. averages 12 children a day, Ms. Rogers said the her own items in the bins, Waste Pro Rewards includes music celebration “That’s quite an amount.” and a summer camp that Holly Hill facility costs but also ones she picks up discounts from local busi- In addition to the attracts about 50. Some of about $250,000 a year to on her daily walks. nesses that are on board $45,000, the city eliminat- She has two recycling INDEX those children are among operate. with the program, said Tim ed $500 a month rent the Y the 300 members. In an interview after the containers — one for paper Fauvelle, solid waste super- and one for cans and bot- Business A7 Out & About B1 had been paying, and will The facility has been recent meeting, Mr. visor for the city’s Publc Classified B9 Police Report A5 continue to pay the facili- losing money from the tles. Crossword B6 Sports B8 ty’s utilities as agreed in Now her main recycle bin See RECYCLING, A9 Horoscopes B1 Viewpoint A5 start, Ms. Rogers said in See YMCA, A4 Bankruptcy and Foreclosure JAMES SKOW, PA Attorney 771155 139 Executive Circle Suite 103 • Daytona Beach, FL 32114 Phone: 386-310-4894 • Fax: 386-310-4895 • www.Skowlaw.com • [email protected] A2 • Ormond Beach/Daytona Beach/Holly Hill Hometown News Friday, January 25, 2013 sponsor,” he said in a phone for economic development. Softball interview after the meeting. “I Jim Dinneen, county manag- From page A1 said, ‘However, if you’re will- er, could have approved the ing to give $20,000 for (anoth- expenditure without council “The numbers just weren’t er) sportsvolusia.com spon- approval.