PORT ORANGE PONCE INLET VOLUSIA INSIDE SOUTH DAYTONA DAYTONA BEACH SHORES BUSINESS NEWS Housing market affecting rest of Volusia economy Page A7 Vol. 9, No. 28 Your Local News and Information Source • www.HometownNewsOL.com Friday, Aug. 1, 2014 $ OFF ANY REPAIR Community Town Council gets a jump 25 SERVICE Advanced Air 767-1654 notes Must be presented at time of repair cannot be combined w/any other offer. on marijuana dispensaries Same Day Child clowns to Emergency Service 7 Days a week perform at Port By Kelli Jo Hull attorney, she said. “With the referendum coming up in Orange library For Hometown News State Lic#CAC1817470 November, our council felt it was prudent to have regulations on the books.” The Fan-Tastic Clown- The Ponce Inlet Town Council approved an Port Orange Tastics will kick off Interna- ordinance July 17 establishing zoning require- During council discussions prior to the 386-767-1654 tional Clowns Week with a ments for marijuana dispensaries and related ordinance’s approval, concerns were expressed about whether the state will pre- WE FIX AIR CONDITIONERSwww.AdvancedAirandHeat.com free performance at 3 p.m. activities in advance of the state referendum in 786489 Friday, Aug. 1, at the Port November. empt local laws. Mr. Shepard recommended Orange Regional Library, The ordinance limits medical marijuana dis- putting an ordinance in place prior to state reg- nance. 1005 City Center Circle. pensaries to the B1 general retail district of the ulation, which would provide the town greater The council was proactive- The troupe of 10 local town. Non-medical marijuana sales and protection and a better chance regulations of ly looking out for its residents, Vice Mayor Hoss children, ages 8 to 12, cannabis farms are prohibited entirely. their choosing would be enforceable. said. “We are such a small community. We are a recently completed a week- According to Town Manager Jeaneen Clauss In a telephone interview after the meeting, residential haven. Any way that we can protect long clown camp at the Witt, the Town Council moved forward with the Vice Mayor Mary Hoss said, “Not knowing which our citizenry, we do so.” library, learning the clown- measure at the advice of Town Attorney Cliff way the state legislature is going, we don’t want Loitering in and around the dispensaries “for ing basics in preparation for Shepard, who brought the matter to their atten- to be caught off guard.” any period of time longer than that reasonably their 45-minute show. tion in February when a similar ordinance was In an effort to limit disruption to the town, Under the tutelage of considered in Maitland where he is also the city strict conditions were included in the ordi- See MARIJUANA, A11 See NOTES, A2 Ormond Beach Amendments won’t Going home Dental Group require much head scratching For Hometown News State and federal [email protected] NEED DENTURES? candidates — A10 With 11 proposed SAME CUSTOM amendments to sift through the drug for medical pur- DAY DENTURE FIT in 2012, is it any wonder vot- poses as well as issue identi- $495 ers nixed eight? fication cards to patients REGULARLY $1000 (CODE 5110) This year there are only and caregivers. The amend- FILLINGS $150 three on the Nov. 4 ballot ment would apply only to CROWN/CAPS $675 and they are fairly straight- Florida law and would not FULL DENTURE RELINE forward. authorize violations of fed- $175 Voters will decide eral law or any non-medical whether or not to allow the use, possession or produc- 386-944-5002 medical use of marijuana tion of marijuana, accord- for individuals with debili- ing to the Florida Depart- KERRI GRAHAM D.M.D. tating diseases as deter- ment of State, Division of FREE CONSULTATIONS mined by a licensed Florida Elections. & 2ND OPINIONS physician. The second proposed If passed, caregivers amendment funds the Land SAME DAY DENTURE 786583 Randy Barber/staff photographer would be allowed to assist Acquisition Trust Fund to REPAIRS AND RELINES patients with marijuana acquire, restore, improve Brothers Noah, 3, Jude, 5, and Liam Raymond, 7, from left, wave goodbye to Ashley, a IN-HOUSE DENTURE LAB use. The state Department and manage conservation 16-pound juvenile sea turtle being carried by rehabilitation specialist Allie Bernstein CALL FOR APPT AND MORE DETAILS. YOUR INSUR- of Health would register and lands, including wetlands ANCE MAY COVER AT USUAL & CUSTOMARY FEES. of the Marine Science Center during a release into the ocean at the Beach Street OFFER GOOD FOR 60 DAYS FROM DATE OF RECEIPT. regulate centers authorized THE PATIENT AND ANY OTHER PERSON RESPONSIBLE approach in Ponce Inlet on Friday, July 25. For more information, visit www.marine- FOR PAYMENT HAS A RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PAY, CAN- to produce and distribute See SCRATCHING, A10 CEL PAYMENT, OR BE REIMBURSED FOR PAYMENT sciencecenter.com. FOR ANY OTHER SERVICE, EXAMINATION, OR TREAT- MENT THAT IS PERFORMED AS A RESULT OF AND WITHIN 72 HOURS OF RESPONDING TO THE ADVER- TISEMENT FOR THE FREE, DISCOUNTED FEE, OR REDUCED FEE SERVICE, EXAMINATION, OR TREAT- MENT. 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[email protected] member of one of the six area YMCAs — or a visitor at Liz Kammer, the district Don’t get Miracles do happen. any of a number of other executive director for the crabby, go At least that’s the way recreational centers, Volusia County Ys, said the to Joe’s Mark Geallis and some of schools or other sites — you six Y family center sites in the others at Halifax might have wondered about the area are all now part of Urban Ministries felt on a the sign hanging outside the program. recent Thursday when a announcing free meals for The majority of the meals man “dressed in a Hawai- Randy Barber/staff photographer children. they serve through the pro- ian shirt and flip flops” Douglas Langley, 9, looks at a book with his father, They’re part of a national gram are served to children walked into their offices Douglas Langley, in the library at the STAR Family Cen- free summer meal program who are enrolled in the reg- and produced a check for sponsored by the U.S. ular YMCA summer camp ter in Daytona Beach recently. programs, many children of ENTERTAINMENT B1 $80,000. Department of Agriculture, working parents who need a The donor (Mr. Geallis, which accommodates bling for shelter or living which is designed to take up HUM’s director of devel- the slack for the children place to go during the long A DREAM more than70 members of on the streets, according summer vacation. However, opment, said the donor is homeless families at a to Mr. Geallis. who receive free or reduced a local businessman who price lunches or breakfasts Ms. Kammer added, any time for two to six months, He said the “gift is child is welcome to come to didn’t want to be identi- would have to close. another amazing example during the school year. fied) was responding to Those children have to one of the sites for a healthy, That wouldn’t impact of how God provides.” nutritious meal. pleas for help from the most of the families at the The one-time donation qualify, which means their multi-faith group, which families have to apply and In June, she said a total of shelter — the grant money will make up the differ- 5,873 breakfasts and 7,287 has been serving the wasn’t due to be distrib- ence and keep the shelter have their income verified. homeless for decades. The school year food lunches were served to area uted until October and the operating at least for children through the pro- Tribute bands will let you HUM had learned it had shelter was funded until another year, he said. They assistance is only available fall into a reverie lost an $80,000 grant for its to families who fit certain gram. While the Y sites don’t then. But the need is ongo- had raised $15,000 from keep separate records to Family Shelter in Daytona ing and has grown since other individual donations income criteria — generally Beach — a crucial amount. under or within a certain show how many meals were INDEX the economic downturn in already, which Mr. Geallis served to children who Without the grant, Geallis 2008. 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