DAN’S INSIDE ORMOND BEACH LAND LINES Ormond Beach homes open for holiday tour Page A3 Vol. 7, No. 42 Your Local News and Information Source • www.HometownNewsOL.com Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 Community Daytona Beach Police getting Free Consultations & Second Opinions Crowns $ Notes 675 • Denture Mayor’s walk over the extra heavy-duty vehicle Full Denture Reline $175$495 bridge and through By Andreas Butler firms. Paul Szott, D.M.D. the parks For Hometown News The Bear Cat is in use with military and law Kerri Graham D.M.D. enforcement around the world, including See ad in this section for more information Ormond Beach Mayor Ed DAYTONA BEACH — The Police Department Australia, Morocco, Canada, the Netherlands Kelley, along with representa- will be getting a new armored vehicle after the and the United States. 386-944-5002 There also are several variants of the vehi- 802 Sterthaus Drive, Suite A • Ormond Beach, FL tives from Florida Hospital City Commission approved the purchase at its (Across the Street from the imploded Florida Hospital) Memorial Medical Center, Oct. 17 regular meeting. cle, including the LE version for law enforce- 769312 will lead a walk over the The vehicle will be used by the department’s ment, which the police department will be Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT). getting. Granada Bridge and through that The police say the vehicle is a much needed The Bear Cat also has a scoop feature, which the parks on the four corners no taxpayer’s dollars are of the bridge at 5 p.m. Satur- upgrade over its current existing vehicle. allows it to scoop up an individual who has been knocked unconscious or has to be removed from being used,” Chitwood said. day, Nov. 10. “Our current vehicle was purchased in 1982. a structure. Federal law allows funds for drug forfeiture The walk will begin at The technology as well as the equipment is out- It can stop small arms fire and has been funds to be used to purchase equipment and Cassen Park, which is across dated and obsolete,” Police Chief Michael Chit- known to stop rounds from rifles, such as the training. the street from City Hall and wood said. AK-47. Statistics show violent crimes, as well as crime the library. The vehicle will be a Bear Cat built by Lecanto The vehicle will come with a hefty price tag of in general, are down in Daytona, but the police Wear comfortable walking Armored Vehicles located in Pittsfield, Mass. $219,000, but not at a cost to the public. say the vehicle is still a big need for its crime shoes and join this fun, Lecanto makes such vehicles for the govern- “We are making the purchase with funds being healthy activity. Bottled water ment, military, law enforcement and security See VEHICLE, A4 used from our drug forfeiture fund. That means will be provided. This is the second in a series of walks to take place over the next few months on the path to the beginning of Election results Area farms ready See NOTES, A2 for annual tour For Hometown News State Road 44 on State Road [email protected] 415. •10:30 to 11:15 a.m.: Residents can get a Chantilly Ridge Alpacas, behind-the-scenes look at 1975 H.L. Ainsley Road, Port agricultural operations in Orange. This 12-acre family Volusia County during the owned and operated farm 31st annual Farm Tour Fri- breeds and raises alpacas. day, Nov. 16. The owners sell the animals The tour is sponsored by and alpaca fiber products. the University of Directions: From State Road Florida/Volusia County 44, drive 3.3 miles north on Extension and the Volusia Tomoka Farms Road. Turn County Farm Bureau to right on Ainley Road. showcase the county’s agri- •12:45 to 2 p.m.: Tropical cultural industry, which has Blossom Honey Co., 106 N. a $781 million annual Ridgewood Ave., Edgewater. impact on Volusia County This company has been First Lady Michelle and represents 3 percent of shipping fine Florida honey Obama spoke to sup- the county’s economic varieties throughout the porters at the Ocean activity. United States and to more The county’s 1,114 farms than 20 countries since Center in Daytona cover 229,000 acres and 1940. Directions: Tropical A Boutique Optical Beach, Thursday Nov.1, produce fruits, vegetables, Blossom is at U.S. 1 and Located in Ormond Beach, FL honey, cattle, sod, fish, tim- Park Avenue. 037034 as the election season drew to a close. Home- ber and plants. •2:30 to 3:15 p.m.: CSI Individuals and groups Natural, 3096 Eels Grove Unique Frames town News doesn’t have can take self-driving tours Road, Edgewater. Cloer and election results in this of participating farms, Sons Inc., founded in 1977, & Accessories week’s edition, but the ranches and companies. collects green waste from IMPORTED FROM local election results will the city and processes it to FRANCE, ITALY & LUXEMBOURG East Volusia tour create compost, mulch and be online at MyHome- topsoil for landscapes and Fashion is nothing without townNews.net and in quality craftsmanship •9 to 10 a.m.: Deep Creek gardens. Directions: From I- the Nov. 16 edition. Preserve, 9645 State Road 95, turn east on State Road 415, New Smyrna Beach. 442. Drive 0.4 miles and This 4,800-acre preserve, turn right on Cow Creek acquired by Volusia Forever Road, then drive 0.3 miles in 2010, is a strategic part of and turn left on Eels Grove the Volusia Conservation Road. Corridor. See a working 1545 Hand Avenue Ste# B4 cow/calf operation on pas- West Volusia tour Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Randy Barber tures surrounded by pine plantation and wildlife. •9 to 9:45 a.m.: Fern Trust, (386) 677-2100 / Staff Photographer Directions: Deep Creek Pre- MillenniumOptical.com serve is four miles south of See FARM, A3 ENTERTAINMENT B1 Owner Cathy Bair FILM FEST Owner honors Boo Boo Cow poses with Boo Boo Cow, the inspira- Annual tion for a founda- event for beating the survival odds tion she started to offers stars provide assistance By Suzy Kridner Boo’s honor, to provide “we gave them the sweat- and to homeless unique [email protected] hooded sweatshirts to shirts today (Nov. 1), which movies homeless children in Volu- came at a good time with children. NEW SMYRNA BEACH sia County. the morning chill,” she — Boo Boo Cow nearly And the hoodies couldn’t said. died giving birth to her first have come at a better time, “Sweatshirts are some- calf last year. Sue Hofstrand, counseling thing the students wear a Though it was a long director at Taylor Middle lot,” she said. “We can INDEX road back to health, she High School in Pierson, always use more sweat- survived, and now her said last week. shirts and also other items Photo courtesy of Business A7 Horoscopes B1 owner Cathy Bair has start- The school has 12 home- Classified B10 Out & About B1 Boo Boo Cow Club Scene B3 Police Report A5 ed a foundation, in Boo less students right now and See BOO BOO, A2 Crossword B9 Viewpoint A6 Foundation Bankruptcy and Foreclosure JAMES SKOW, PA Attorney 769348 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, November 9, 2012 she said. “I bought as many Just when she didn’t know Boo Boo as I could and gave them what else to do, Skip the From page A1 away.” Good Samaritan stopped to 769283 “I was so excited. It made check on Boo Boo. with the holidays coming.” me feel so good that I could “I thought she was on her Taylor Middle High and help out and it was an easy last legs,” Ms. Bair said. Pierson Elementary are just thing to be able to do,” she Mr. Bessette got the cow two of several schools Ms. said. Eventually she’d like to up on her knees and with Bair has supplied with fund afterschool activities. the help of a tractor, they got hoodies. Ms. Bair is just thankful her into the barn, Ms. Bair That Boo Boo Cow is still Boo Boo Cow survived the said. alive is a miracle, said Ms. year-long recovery that “Skip would come by Bair, a city girl from Chicago began when she gave birth three or four times a day who moved to the country to a large calf. The calf didn’t when he was coming to feed here in 1979. survive. his horses,” she said. “Boo She is an accountant and “When we pulled on the Boo Cow couldn’t do any- since 1999 has had a cow- baby, we hit a nerve and par- thing but sit on her knees. calf operation with her hus- alyzed Boo Boo Cow. She Between the two of us, we band, Joe. was out in a field and we cleaned her up and kept “I keep the moms and couldn’t move her. The buz- working with her.” one bull and sell the calves zards began attacking her.” Four weeks later, a veteri- — about seven each year,” “A G ood Samaritan saw narian said Boo Boo could Ms. Bair said. the cow in trouble and came stand again and “that’s all I Her favorite mom is Boo to get us,” she said. He told needed to hear.” Boo Boo Boo Cow, a three-quarters them they had to get the Cow was by then half of her Santa Gertrudis and one- cow on her feet in 24 hours body weight.