Bikers and Shamrocks Collide This Weekend
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Land inside DELAND/LAKE HELEN DELEON SPRINGS PIERSON Lines Some places to enjoy during Bike Week Page A3 @HometownNewsVolusia @Hometownnewsvolusia @HVolusi Vol. 8, No. 6 Your Local News and Information Source • www.HometownNewsVolusia.com Friday, March 15, 2019 General, Cosmetic and Surgical Dermatology Community Bikers and Shamrocks Accepting new patients and Notes most insurance including Tricare. Free movies at library collide this weekend Monday-Friday 8-4pm with By Diane M. Carey on a Saturday and it was crazy, but no major evening hours on Wednesday 8-7pm. Watch free flicks at the [email protected] incidents. This year it falls on a Sunday, the Deltona Regional Library, last day of Bike Week. We are completely 2150 Eustace Ave. Call 386.256.1444 What do you get when you cross the last day of staffed and are ready. I think it is going to be 2014 - 2017 For Appointments and Details EADER S 3951 S. Nova Rd., Suite 3 • Port Orange, FL R March’s lineup includes ’ Bike Week with St. Patrick’s Day? less than last year because people are so par- C H these Hollywood films: O I C E Like us on The usual chaos of Bike Week or St. Patrick’s Day. tied out. www.blueoceandermatology.com 2018 D •“West Side Story:” 1 p.m. EA ER R S It is reassuring to know the National Guard “Most people, the bikers, will be going ’ C H 1O C E Saturday, March 16. doesn’t have to be called out for what may have been home. The locals will be having that whole weekend Chief I •“Ralph Breaks the Inter- a concern to some – the combination of Irish party- to go crazy, and it’s a Sunday night. I think we will Capri did note with a net:” 11 a.m. Monday, March goers with those celebrating the end of Bike Week. have minimal, manageable crowds,” the chief said. whimsical grin they may deputize some lep- 18. By the way, it’s also Spring Break. “But we never really have any major incidents with rechauns to help them out with patrols on St. Pat- •“At Eternity’s Gate:” 11 Law enforcement officials and pub owners have St. Patrick’s Day. It’s really not a big issue for us and rick’s Day. a.m. Monday, March 25. no fears. Rather, a good, safe time is expected for all. Bike Week is going to be over. If we were going back Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said via a The movies will be shown in Daytona Beach Police Chief Craig Capri is confi- in time, maybe 20 years ago, we would be talking statement from his office that “We’ll have around a the library’s auditorium. For dent the Bike Week/St. Patrick’s Day/Spring Break about some major issues. But Spring Break is kind of quarter of a million people here, especially on the more information, call (386) combination will be no problem at all. nonexistent, Bike Week is manageable now, Race weekends. It will mean long hours for us, on top of 789-7207, option 1, then 4. “We have had it the last couple of years where St. Week is manageable, the dynamic is changing. Not a the rest of what we do. But it’s also a chance to show- Patrick’s Day has been in Bike Week. Last year it was big deal.” See BIKERS, page A2 Deltona library plans adult programs Adults can expand their Naturalist Vroom! knowledge with free programs at the Deltona Regional Library, 2150 Eustace Ave. means no ill will March’s activities include: •Hatha yoga: 11 a.m. Satur- day, March 16. Certified yoga when he says instructor Daya Devi-Doolin will provide instruction. Call (386) 479-8151 to register. •Book club: 10 a.m. take a hike Wednesday, March 20. Mem- bers and guests are asked to By Diane M. Carey guide books for hiking, bik- read “Lots of Candles, Plenty [email protected] ing, canoeing/kayaking and of Cake” by Anna Quindlen. other outdoor topics Spring is almost here, the •Train your brain: 10 a.m. The former New York state perfect time for a reminder Wednesday, March 27. Play trooper retired after 35 years of the hidden treasures found memory games that will in law enforcement and dis- throughout Volusia County, sharpen your mind. covered a love of nature, many that can be found •What’s cooking at the which he now shares with along biking and walking library? 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday, residents in both Florida and trails. March 28. Library staff will New York. The self-em- Port Orange resident discuss air fryer cookers and ployed free-lance writer has Roger Fulton, 71, a Master demonstrate Reuben egg rolls written 40 books, starting Naturalist, shared some and chocolate chip oatmeal with his first in 1988 called insights about himself and all cookies. Common Sense Supervision. Volusia County has to offer. For more information, call That book is still in print in “People don’t know what is (386) 789-7207. five languages. in their own backyard,” he Many of his books are said. He wants to be known about hiking trails or kayak Actors to portray for “getting people outdoors trips in Central Florida. He and sharing my resources for has a whole series for hiking the Washingtons lifelong learning for every- and biking Northeast Florida body.” all the way up to the Georgia Randy Barber/staff photographer Retired DeLand High Mr. Fulton is a noted line. He stated his informa- A biker takes in the view as he cruises Main Street during the annual Deland School teachers Bill and Cara author of many outdoor See NATURALIST, page A4 Elder will portray George and Bike Rally on Saturday, March 9. Martha Washington at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at DeBary Hall Historic Site, 198 Sunrise Blvd. Product Register Their presentation is part of the free Lemonade Lectures See NOTES, page A2 pitch now Cooking B3 gets for CHEF's CORNER all St. Johns Enjoy cabbage and corn strikes River beef even if Irish For Hometown News dont' [email protected] Cleanup Stetson University stu- For Hometown News dents won $33,500 at two [email protected] Entertainment B1 different student entrepre- neur pitch competitions the Volunteers are needed for STAYIN' ALIVE weekend of March 1-3. Photo courtesy of Stetson University the 23rd annual St. Johns River The dizzying feat began Stetson University sophomore Bryson Pritchard delivering his winning pitch Cleanup, which will be from 8 when four students swept the to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 13. 2019 Cairns Foundation at the Southeast Entrepreneurship Conference at the University of Tennes- Boaters, scouts, civic organi- Innovation Challenge at the see. zations, environmental Advanced Technology Cen- groups, businesses and indi- ter in Daytona Beach. The 30-plus year career,” said Dr. tion. They demonstrated Business Incubator, valued at vidual volunteers are encour- whirlwind continued the William Jackson, professor of pride in Stetson and embod- another $10,000. Mr. aged to join in the effort to next day as six Stetson stu- entrepreneurship and direc- ied the institution and its Pritchard’s idea, a medical remove trash and debris from Bee Gees tribute dents flew to Chattanooga, tor of Stetson’s Prince Entre- core values.” device to help mitigate the St. Johns River. Tenn., for the Southeast preneurship Program. “The At the close of the week- bloodstream infection rates, at Athens Theatre Participants should bring Entrepreneurship Confer- students showed such tre- end, Mr. Pritchard of is recognized for its potential water and wear sunglasses, a ence. Sophomore Bryson Index mendous improvement over Ormond Beach, walked away to improve safety and effi- hat, sunscreen, work gloves Pritchard seized first place in the past year and came with $12,000 in total cash ciency. and comfortable clothing. 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