Ormond Beach Daytona Beach
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
DAN’S INSIDE ORMOND BEACH DAYTONA BEACH HOLLY HILL LAND LINES Battling the IRS isn’t a fair fight Page A3 Ormond Beach Dental Group Vol. 9, No. 12 Your Local News and Information Source • www.HometownNewsOL.com Friday, April 11, 2014 Need Community Council approves grant funds Dentures? notes Free Consultations & Second Opinions for ISC center, Trader Joe’s Crowns $ Walking with 675 • Denture Full Denture Reline $175 the Manager $495 By Erika Webb result in 1.4 million square feet of retail, dining Now Owned & Operated By [email protected] and entertainment space, 660 hotel rooms, The city of Ormond 2,500 theater seats, 1,350 residential units, Kerri Graham D.M.D. Beach will host Walking It looks like Volusia County is on a fast track to 567,000 square feet of office space and up to See ad in this section for more information with the Manager at 8 a.m. recovery from the recession. 500,000 square feet of research and develop- Best Dentist Friday, April 11. ment space. The first phase of One Daytona 802 Sterthaus 386-944-5002Drive, Suite A • Ormond Beach, FL April 3 was a “great day” in Volusia, said some (Across the street from the Imploded Florida Hospital) The walk will begin at the County Council members and others just before is scheduled to open in early 2016, subject to 783500 entrance to The Casements the council voted 6-0 to approve a $20 million market conditions, according to ISC’s web- and is about two miles long. interlocal infrastructure grant agreement for site. Research Citizens are invited to One Daytona Community Development Dis- At the April 3 meeting, the council also unani- Consultants. join the City Manager to trict. mously approved the grant, which will come According to the WEG report, completion of walk, ask questions, share The massive entertainment, dining and shop- from two sources. The county will contribute $5 phase one will support more than 4,700 con- comments and offer sug- ping complex International Speedway Corp. has million in cash and will borrow $15 million to struction jobs, resulting in $209 million in wages gestions. proposed for 181 acres it owns across the road finance the grant. paid and a total economic impact of $583 mil- from Daytona International Speedway is a joint Economic and fiscal benefits to Daytona lion to the region. Summer camp venture with Atlanta-based Jacoby Develop- Beach and Volusia are expected to be tremen- Within the first phase, One Daytona is expect- ment. dous, according to two research firms, The scholarships Upon completion the project is expected to Washington Economic Group and Real Estate See FUNDS, A2 available Summer camp scholar- ships are available to income-eligible children DeLand’s oldest and children with special To market needs through Volusia County’s Community Assis- house opens doors tance Division. Families with children ages 5 to 12 who meet resi- dency and income require- to the past ments are encouraged to By Erika Webb and general uncertainty. apply for scholarships. [email protected] Alexander Huggins Scholarship applications Stockton joined the Con- will be available at all Volu- To coincide with the last federate Army after the sia County public libraries weekend of Florida’s deaths of his wife and two and the Human Services Archaeology Month and of his four children. offices at 250 N. Beach St., DeLand’s 49th art festival, He eventually married Daytona Beach, and 107 E. the oldest standing his- his wife’s sister and moved Canal St., New Smyrna toric house in the city was to DeLand, where he Beach. Applications also open for tours March 29- became its first sheriff, will be posted at 30. according to the SLH web- volusia.org/community_as Saturday was a wash and site. sistance/applications.htm. the art festival ended up Seven of the eight chil- Completed applications being shut down because dren born to “Capt. will be accepted at: of tornado warnings, but Alexander” and his second wife were born between •9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thurs- Sunday brought brighter 1867 and 1886 in the sin- day, April 17, at the New offerings for exploring the old homestead, across gle-story home that is now Smyrna Beach Regional the first floor of three in Library, 1001 S. Dixie Free- from Earl Brown Park’s ten- nis courts. the house on Beresford way, New Smyrna Beach Stockton-Lindquist Avenue. •7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon- House at 244 E. Beresford Mr. Stockton owned a day, April 28, at the Daytona Ave. was built in 1870 real estate office in DeLand Beach Regional Library at when DeLand was still and was co-owner of a dry City Island, 105 E. Magnolia called Persimmon Hollow. goods store downtown Ave., Daytona Beach The two families for before the family left the After April 29, applica- area sometime around Randy Barber/staff photographer which it is named endured tions may be submitted in many of the tragedies of 1885. person or by mail to the Pete Koller of Daytona Beach shops for strawberries with his two-year-old daughter that century — untimely Volusia County Community Lucy at the City Island Farmers Market on Saturday, April 5. deaths, financial hardship See HOUSE A12 Assistance Division, 110 W. Rich Ave., DeLand, FL 32720. Faxed applications will not be accepted. For more information, Local gymnast call Peggy Johnson at (386) 736-5955. makes regionals Forum explores By Andreas Butler Olivia has qualified for property rights For Hometown News the Region 8 Competition in Hickory, N.C., in May. She Olivia Joson is a 10-year will be a member of the The many impacts and old, fifth grade, straight-A Florida Team. issues of private property student at Tomoka Elemen- “I’m really excited to be rights in Florida will be ana- tary School in Ormond going. It’s going to be a chal- lyzed during a Friday, April Beach. lenge, but I am going to 11, forum coordinated by But away from school she work hard and go do my the Volusia County Associa- is a whirling dervish in the best,” Olivia said. Daytona Beach Gymnastics She is the first Daytona See NOTES, A2 program. Beach gymnast to qualify She recently finished for Regionals since Lucas third overall in her age Stocker in 1998, although he ENTERTAINMENT B1 group and fifth overall, out didn’t compete. of 137 athletes, at the USA She also is the first female Gymnastics Florida State from the program to qualify QUITE A QUARTET Competition, which was in since Christy Carr in 1998. Clearwater in March. Stuart Kershaw also quali- “I was really happy and fied for the boy’s team in excited. It was the best per- 1998. formance that I ever had so “It’s been a while. We are far,” Olivia said. very proud. Also, at this At that competition, she present moment we don’t won the vault, placed sec- have a boy’s team,” Ms. ond in the floor exercise and Howard said. Legendary studio session third in the parallel bars for The Daytona Beach Gym- comes to Peabody stage her age group. She also nastics program is housed competes on beams. at the Alfred V. Garguilo “Olivia really demonstrat- Gymnastics Center inside INDEX ed mental toughness with the Schnebly Center on physical ability. It all came Atlantic Avenue. Business A7 Out & About B1 together for her,” said Angie The program will have its Photo courtesy of Chrisann Joson Classified B10 Police Report A5 17th Annual Gymnastics Crossword B6 Sports B9 Howard, head coach at Day- Olivia Joson, a 10-year-old Ormond Beach gymnast, placed third overall in her age group tona Beach Gymnastics. Horoscopes B1 Viewpoint A6 See GYMNAST, A4 in the Florida Championship of USA Gymnastics and will compete in the regionals. Bankruptcy and Foreclosure JAMES SKOW, PA Attorney 783460 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, April 11, 2014 mately, thank the council. approve a “$20 million give- CDD’s total estimated con- corridor filled with hotels, cent of the square footage Funds Dr. Johnson called the away” of public money to a struction cost for public infra- restaurants, stores and a available for restaurant and From page A1 agreement a public-private private corporation, Mr. structure improvements minor league baseball park,” retail use must be businesses partnership, the likes of Ritchey offered a reminder. included in the initial phase of the article stated. new to Volusia County. which have benefitted his “The France family donat- the capital improvements Councilwoman Northey Also on the economic ed to create more than 4,300 school. ed $10 million to a public plan is $53 million. said she used opponents’ development horizon, Trader jobs with annual wages in “Everything we do is pred- hospital that provides indi- Council members Pat words in early discussions. Joe’s East Distribution Center excess of $120 million and a icated on return on invest- gent care to this community,” Northey and Doug Daniels Then she talked with her col- is becoming a reality. The total economic impact of ment,” Dr. Johnson said. he said. each said they were initially leagues and with Ms. France- council voted 6-0 March 13 to $369 million, according to “(It’s) a relatively small Calling One Daytona a opposed to the agreement. Kennedy, who grew up in approve an FDOT grant ISC.