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DAYLIGHT-SAVING ORMOND BEACH DAYTONA BEACH HOLLY HILL TIME BEGINS Don’t forget to turn the clock ahead at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 9 Ormond Beach Dental Group Vol. 9, No. 7 Your Local News and Information Source • www.HometownNewsOL.com Friday, March 7, 2014 Need Community Job Corps program returns; Dentures? notes Free Consultations & Second Opinions Crowns moves to a new location $675 • Denture Believing in Girls’ Full Denture Reline $175 $495 fundraiser planned By Andreas Butler specialist. Now Owned & Operated By for March 7 For Hometown News Job Corps is a no cost education and voca- tional training program for people ages 16-24. Kerri Graham D.M.D. See ad in this section for more information PACE Center for Girls Job Corps is back up and running in Volusia It was created in 1964 and is administered by and Flagler counties. the U.S. Department of Labor. Best Dentist Volusia/Flagler will host its 802 Sterthaus 386-944-5002Drive, Suite A • Ormond Beach, FL annual “Believing in Girls” The local recruiting office was closed for five Its mission is to educate youngsters, teach (Across the street from the Imploded Florida Hospital) Breakfast on Friday, March months. them skills needed to become independent 083783 7, at the Club at Pelican Bay. The closure was a result of Congress’ debate to and employable as well as place them in The fundraising event cut off funds permanently for the federally fund- meaningful jobs to further their education and Job begins at 8 a.m. Featured ed national program while it attempted to bal- better their lives. Corps boasts a history of Speakers include Scott ance the nation’s budget. Job Corps personnel emphasize its relevance success and points to their graduates’ track Yusko, father of a PACE stu- “We are glad to be back up and operational. in today’s society in regard to unemployment, records both nationally and locally. dent and Jasmine Ordway, a We were closed from about late January until high school drop out rates and education. “We have a successful population of gradu- PACE alum. Several stu- May. A lot of youth had to be referred to other “Our program has a success record. We have ates. We have many here that have returned to dents also will share experi- areas such as Jacksonville, Orlando and etc. Also, stopped many youngsters from dropping out of the local community and are employed in vari- ences as a part of the pro- when we opened back up in May we still were school and gotten drop outs to go back get edu- ous fields, including CNAs, retail, restaurants gram. without an admissions counselor until October,” cated, training and employment,’ said Tony Ser- Publix Charities and Fifth said John Spanninger, senior career transition vance, admissions counselor. See JOB, A4 Third Bank are title spon- sors for this event. Last year, PACE raised more than $17,000 and the organiza- tion expects to surpass this COPE offers hope amount at this year. Future lemonade For tickets or to sponsor the event, email Lori at eating disorders, Richards at [email protected] g. recovery event Easter Seals plans By Erika Webb 19- year-old actor and teen ‘Signing Saturdays’ [email protected] activist from Los Angeles who took action against Easter Seals will host Eating disorders have popular clothier Aber- Signing Saturdays begin- the highest mortality rate crombie & Fitch after its ning March 8. of any mental illness, CEO Mike Jeffries was Children 5 years old to upward of 20 percent, quoted in a 2006 Salon 12 years who sign, are according to the Eating Magazine article: learning to sign or would Disorders Coalition. “In every school there like to At its Annual Eating Dis- are the cool and popular learn American Sign order Awareness Sympo- kids, and then there are the Language as well as their sium Feb. 15, Community not-so-cool kids. Candidly siblings and parents may Outreach for the Preven- we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive attend. tion of Eating Disorders all-American kid with a There will be games and promoted awareness, edu- cation and prevention of great attitude and a lot of activities on the play- friends. A lot of people ground, and a snack. the eating disorders epi- demic. don’t belong (in our Signing Saturdays will Four presenters sat at clothes) and they can’t be from 10:30 a.m. to the front of a very crowded belong. Are we exclusion- 12:30 p.m. March 8, April Renew Yoga Studio on ary? Absolutely.” 12 and May 10 at Easter Beach Street in Daytona But not after Mr. O’Keefe Seals, 1219 Dunn Ave., Beach. Each had a com- — an eating disorder sur- Daytona Beach. pelling story to tell. Each vivor — spoke out. Registration will be from Randy Barber/staff photographer found his or her way “Benjamin wrote a blog 10 to 10:30 a.m. Steven Sapau, 3, of Ormond Beach looks at lemons while shopping with his parents through the maze of con- for The Huffington Post To make a reservation, at the booth of Brad’s Strawberry Farm during a visit to the Ormond Beach Farmers’ fusion and pain, which, and created a Change.org call (386) 944-7828, email Market on Thursday, Feb. 27. The market is open 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday at without exit strategies, petition calling for a boy- [email protected] or video- the Ormond Beach City Hall Plaza. would have led to death. phone, (386) 310-1157. Benjamin O’Keefe is a See COPE A8 Volunteers who are able to sign also are needed. For more information, call Tarsha Larrie at (386) 944- 7828. Circus has called See NOTES, A4 DeLand home for LAND LINES A3 more than 55 years DID YOU KNOW By Erika Webb Director Chuck Werner. [email protected] “That was the same year Industrial Ringling Brothers said the titan DeLand is unique in American circus is done,” began as Mr. Werner said. Daytona many ways, but one stand- That season — 1956-57 — picture out fact is residents don’t Cole Bros. converted its taker say the circus is coming to town. It lives there. show from railroad to truck Busy hands were all and each year, from March about Cole Bros.’ winter through November, around quarters Feb. 27. No longer 150 complementary per- do elephants trumpet and sonnel travel to more than ENTERTAINMENT B1 tigers roar on the 17 acres, 100 cities and towns with once the Volusia County performers, animals and BIKE WEEK Fairgrounds, abutting the concessionaires to enter- railroad tracks. Simple eco- tain the masses who still nomics and prudence feel the magic under the determined the massive tent. animals should be leased. Technology can’t trump Year-round feeding and certain feats. tending is expensive. Insur- “Kids are starting to real- ance premiums are exorbi- ize, at the circus, the guy Photo by Erika Webb tant. really does get shot out of a Tons of activities await The world’s largest circus cannon and it’s not special Chris Connors, ringmaster, performance director and "jack of all trades" has been with bikers coming to town under the big top has out- effects,” Mr. Werner said. Cole Bros. for 13 years. Two weeks before his first performance of the 2014 season Mr. lasted hundreds of circuses Some DeLand residents Connors was painting equipment and preparing to participate in the annual Krewe of INDEX since its origin in the mid- remember when, during Amalee Mardi Gras on Mainstreet Dog Parade. 1800s. setup each year near the Business A7 Out & About B1 Classified B10 Police Report A5 It came to DeLand in airport, elephants could be “The government John Pugh — a story unto formed in variety shows Crossword B6 Sports B9 1956 because of the rail- seen pulling the poles for stopped that,” said Cole himself. Horoscopes B1 Viewpoint A6 road, said Senior Marketing the main tent. Bros. President and CEO Early on Mr. Pugh per- See CIRCUS, A2 Bankruptcy and Foreclosure JAMES SKOW, PA Attorney 782614 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, March 7, 2014 “She was the cutest thing Marcan who, Mr. Pugh ment painting facility. The ence, having a different Circus in those days you ever said, kept pure lines of welding shop contained show every year.” From page A1 saw,” he said. white tigers with “beauti- military offices during the Time has changed the The circus owner also ful blue eyes”. war. business and the stops around London. He enter- drove a white tiger cub At one time the property Mr. Pugh came to along the way. tained Queen Elizabeth four from Italy to Monte Carlo on Old New York Avenue DeLand in 1961. “One thing hasn’t times, was a good friend and as a gift to Prince Ranier was home to eight Arabian “You can almost say I’m changed,” Mr. Pugh said. understudy to famed and Princess Stephanie of horses. a DeLandite,” he said “We always give them a British comedian Benny Monaco for their private It cost more to keep laughing. “I’ve been here good show and the lowest Hill, and handled ele- zoo. those horses than it did to ever since. I couldn’t find prices of any show of any phants for the movie The female Bengal was feed and maintain 12 ele- my way home.” size on the road in the Cleopatra, starring Eliza- born in a very successful phants, Mr.