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Land inside ORMOND BEACH DAYTONA BEACH HOLLY HILL Lines Remembering roadside attractions Page A3 @HometownNewsVolusia @Hometownnewsvolusia @HVolusi $1.00 Vol. 13, No. 34 Your Local News and Information Source • www.HometownNewsVolusia.com Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 Need Teeth? DENTAL SERVICES Community UCF incubator continues 2017 DENTURE EADER R S Crown/Caps ’ $650 C All Fillings Notes H E O I C $800 Full Denture Reline Only breeding business success Best $200 Italian American Club Routine Extraction Dentist $185 meets Sept. 10 By Diane M. Carey “When we opened it, the idea was to pro- KERRI GRAHAM, D.M.D.$100-$185 [email protected] vide a place for companies to come in and 802 Sterthaus Drive Suite A, Ormond Beach, FL The Italian American Club grow,” he said. “We don’t incubate ideas, we of Ormond Beach will meet at The Volusia County Business Incubator has 14 incubate companies.” 386-944-5001 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10 at businesses trying to create more jobs for the area. UCF operates nine incubators in Central VISIT US AT ORMONDSMILES.COM Program Director Gordon Hogan stressed com- Prince of Peace Church Hall, Florida. Trusted, ComfortableSee ad inside & forAffordable more information Dental Care 600 S. Nova Road, Ormond panies they work with must create jobs. “We have to Also at the meeting, Heath Jones, an incu- Beach. have you create jobs, otherwise we are going to have bator client, shared information about his Social time will be at 6:30 you exit the program,” Mr. Hogan said. business, and board members discussed the incuba- 155 p.m. with cash bar. Business startups produce a little over the half of tor’s future direction. million Ameri- Following the meeting, Kim the new jobs in the U.S., he told the incubator’s advi- Mr. Jones is CEO of Koralis-2050 ESports and cans play video games. Dolce of Daytona Beach sory board Thursday, Aug. 23, in an update meeting Michael Stagno is the company’s head of engage- “Esports is an economic tsunami,” he said. “It is Regional Library will talk at the incubator office at Daytona Beach Interna- ment. one of the fastest growing industries in the world. It’s about genealogy and data tional Airport. The presentation on their video gaming company worth multiple tens of millions of dollars globally. bases for finding relatives. UCF incubator programs are garnering success brought nothing but positive comments from the The goals of our company are to help other compa- Cake and coffee will be and notoriety, Mr. Hogan said. To continue that suc- board. nies reach a certain demographic.” served. New members are wel- cess, board members look at which businesses have Mr. Jones presented statistics highlighting that See INCUBATOR, page A2 been the most successful, and why. See NOTES, page A3 Former sheriff To the finish PAST wins at-large TIMES council seat Meatloaf Monday Homemade meatloaf For Hometown News *Dawn “Pam” Fields, [email protected] 60448, 61.8% with your choice of starch Steve Burk, 37362, 38.2% $8.95 Former Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson easily County Council at Large won the at-large seat on the *Ben F. Johnson, 68998, Wrap Tuesday Volusia County Council, gar- 66.2% $6.95 nering about 66 percent of L. Ronald Durham, 34605, the vote. 33.2% Burger Wednesday However, County Council- Handmade 8oz Angus man Pat Patterson will have Daytona Beach to continue his campaign to beef burgers add: $4.95 November after he placed Commission Zone 1 *with our signature fries $5.95 second to Barbara Girtman. Here are the complete, but #Ruth Trager, 659, 35.4% unofficial results of the pri- Tex Mex Thursdays #Danny Fuqua, 404, 21.7% mary election for Volusia Anne Ruby, 388, 20.8% $6.95 County and municipal offic- Vern Weatherholtz, 279, es. To avoid a runoff, a candi- 15% date must get 50.1 percent of Friday & Saturday Frederick Zieglar, 133, the vote. *Winner, #Runoff Slow Cooked Prime Rib from 7.1% $10.95 Randy Barber/staff photographer County Judge Seventh Daytona Beach Audra Bennett of Daytona Beach makes her way to the finish-line during the WEEKLY Judicial, Group 5 Volusia Flagler Family YMCA and Halifax Health’s annual Colorific 5K at Day- LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Commission Zone 3 tona State College on Saturday, Sept. 1. The race is part of the Live Your Life & KARAOKE! See FORMER, page A4 Well Race Series. GREAT FOOD GREAT MUSIC GREAT PEOPLE Photo- VIND post Irma 386.944.9293 Tomoka Plaza museum work continues 709 S. Nova Rd. Ormond Beach By Diane M. Carey Networking in Disaster, is a looks [email protected] not-for-profit organization Personal Finance A7 that networks with other Hurricane Irma may have agencies and Interfaiths to back left Volusia County one year help Volusia County’s long- PLAN STRONGER ago but the after effects, term disaster recovery. including those of Hurricane VIND still has some Mat- 40 years Matthew, are still being felt. thew work left to do, but with After By Diane M. Carey Denia McCurtis has lived Irma, many Matthew victims spouse [email protected] in Daytona Beach most of became revictimized, said dies, be her life and was raised in the Terry Foley, VIND program careful It’s a part of Daytona home she still lives in, which coordinator. State College many may suffered major hurricane Hundreds of homes not know about, but the damage from Irma. remain in need of roof or Southeast Museum of Pho- “I was becoming very dis- interior repairs. tography is celebrating 40 couraged,” she said. “The years of showcasing the art “Everybody works togeth- Entertainment B1 of photography. roof damage was so bad, the er no matter what faith On the main campus of ceilings were cracked. The denomination,” Ms. Foley SUITE HUMOR DSC, the website states, water was extending from the said. “We are here to help the “The museum exhibits, col- living room into my closet.” client recover from a disas- lects, preserves, and inter- Then a phone call brought ter.” prets photography to facili- help in the most giving form. VIND uses donated tate teaching and learning “The phone rang out of the resources, meaning building at Daytona State College, clear blue (from VIND) ask- materials and funding along and enhances the commu- ing if I needed any help. I with skilled laborers to help nity’s understanding and said, ‘Sure!’ Norm (Beatty) appreciation of culture, his- rebuild homes and lives. tory, art and photography.” worked with me side by side,” “We have developed a vol- Playhouse presents Museum Director James she said. “Before I knew it, unteer housing facility and Neil Simon classic Pearson, now in his third the volunteers were here. we house volunteers from all year, said it was born out of They were so nice. It took over the country that come to a commercial photography about two and a half months work on VIND projects,” said Index program at the community Photo by Diane Carey before everything was com- David Heald, northern college. It started with three James Pearson, director of the Southeast Museum pleted. I am just totally bless- regional disaster coordinator Business A7 Out & About B1 glass display cases request- Classified B7 Police Report A5 of Photography, stands in front of some of the pho- e d .” for the United Church of Crossword B6 Sports A14 ed by instructor Dan Bife- VIND, which stands for Horoscopes B1 Viewpoint A6 See MUSEUM, page A2 tographic artwork displayed. Volusia Interfaith Agencies See VIND, page A12 A-2 • Ormond Beach/Daytona Beach/Holly Hill Hometown News Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 our content so that it is not just The Daytona Beach incuba- The council pays UCF to Incubator gaming but game-related tor’s success has largely been manage the incubator, which From page A1 entertainment.” because of the County Coun- is on county property. Koralis-2050 also is working cil’s commitment to providing “The county’s interest is in One focus is millennials, on a furniture prototype to job opportunities for local res- recognizing the private sector whom, he said, “No matter accommodate gamers, which idents and providing the fund- creates jobs, not government,” how well produced your they have developed with ing. Mr. Ehrhardt said. “The public advertisement is, if it is not Holly Hill-based American The county’s efforts are part sector is trying to create an getting to them on their devic- Technical Furniture Co. of what Mr. Ehrhardt called, environment that stimulates es, they are not seeing it. Besides building partner- “an ecosystem for job cre- job creation. One other aspect “Everybody is becoming ships, he stressed the art of ation.” is we have tried to create this their own entertainment,” Mr. engagement, qualities the He noted, “The ecosystem geographic location, kind of Jones said. “People can make a incubator itself embraces. works best when we all have a the center of gravity for things Photo by Diane Carey very good living by just being UCF’s incubator programs genuine commitment to col- for entrepreneurs.” Program Director Gordon Hogan and Site Manager online celebrities and game are nationally recognized, said laboration, communication The incubator is at 601 players. We want to put goods Rob Ehrhardt, Volusia County and coordination. We are all Innovation Way in Daytona Connie Bernal stand inside the Volusia County and services into that demo- economic development direc- on the same team. We all want Beach. For more information, Business Incubator before a quarterly advisory graphic. We are going to build tor. to see each other succeed.” visit incubator.ucf.edu.