PORT ORANGE PONCE INLET VOLUSIA INSIDE SOUTH DAYTONA DAYTONA BEACH SHORES BUSINESS NEWS New Smyrna is poised for huge growth Page A7 Vol. 8, No. 52 Your Local News and Information Source • www.HometownNewsOL.com Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 $ Community 19 OFF ANY Advanced AirREPAIR 767-1654 City gets designer for Riverwalk Must be presented at time of repair cannot be combined w/any other offer. notes By Kelli Jo Hull Marine Consultants’ initial “schematic concept Same Day For Hometown News plan.” Also, Mr. Kisela estimated the cost for the Emergency Service Storyteller kayak/canoe launch and boardwalk to be “half 7 Days a week to spin tales The Port Orange City Council approved a a million dollars, maybe a little more.” $96,100 contract for design and engineering The Florida Inland Navigation District will about Cajun women services for Riverwalk Park and the Boardwalk provide $40,000 for the project in an agree- State Lic#CAC1817470 with Dredging and Marine Consultants at the ment approved by the council. Lasts and Lasts and Lasts Jan. 7 City Council meeting. SM Mr. Kisela said once Dredging and Marine Port Orange Sit a spell with Cheryl Dredging and Marine Consultants will be Consultants finished the engineering, the 386-767-1654 Floyd as she tells inspira- responsible for data review, planning, public city would pursue grant opportunities that WE FIX AIR CONDITIONERSwww.AdvancedAirandHeat.com tional stories and anecdotes workshops and conceptual master plan devel- 781068 from her Cajun heritage at 2 opment at a cost not to exceed $37,500, and “require that you have design and permit- p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, at the engineering, permitting and bid document ting complete” prior to applying for them. Port Orange Regional preparation for a kayak/canoe launch and Councilman Bob Ford raised objections to param- Library, 1005 City Center boardwalk at a cost not to exceed $58,600. spending $37,500 on park design without “any eters around you and we Circle. The Riverwalk project area along Halifax real evidence that these things are financially” don’t know the parameters.” A dramatic storyteller, Drive, north Dunlawton Avenue, includes public viable, particularly since the city had already Vice Mayor Donald Burnette said he “agreed Ms. Floyd reaches into her and private parcels with phased development spent “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in the conceptually,” but also said “we need an engi- cultural roots of southern and construction set to begin in 2015. past on unused designs for the project. neer to tell us the cost.” Louisiana and her career City Manager Gregory Kisela estimated con- Mr. Ford also stated without agreement with Mr. Kisela said even without finalizing plans struction cost for the park’s green space could be the private developers involved in the project, with developers, “you can still develop River- See NOTES, A3 $2 million to $2.5 million, but the city “won’t moving forward with designs for a park “that we walk” with the amount of city owned property know that until after the Feb. 1 charrette,” a pub- have no control over” was “insane.” Mr. Ford available. “This is a reasonable, fairly cost effec- lic workshop scheduled to review Dredging and added, “You don’t do design until you know the tive plan,” he said. Ormond Beach Dental Group Science focus Martin Luther King Day celebrations For Hometown News Daytona Beach. [email protected] A worship service honor- NEED ing Dr. King will be at 10 Daytona Beach a.m. Monday, Jan. 20, with DENTURES? keynote speaker Dr. H. B. Charles Jr., Pastor of Shiloh SAME CUSTOM Martin Luther King Jr. Cel- DAY DENTURE FIT ebration for Florida events Metropolitan Baptist $495 began with an annual ban- Church in Jacksonville. The REGULARLY $1000 (CODE 5110) quet Thursday. worship service will be held at Greater Friendship Bap- FILLINGS $150 Other events include a tist Church. CROWN/CAPS $675 citywide picnic 11 a.m.–2 FULL DENTURE RELINE p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at $175 Martin Luther King Jr. Park DeLand (corner of Nova Road and 386-944-5002 George W. Engram Blvd., The Stetson University Daytona Beach Martin Luther King Day cel- KERRI GRAHAM D.M.D. There will be a free break- ebration will be from 7:30 to FREE CONSULTATIONS fast at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 9:30 a.m. at the Edmunds & 2ND OPINIONS 20, at Allen Chapel A.M.E. Center, SAME DAY DENTURE 781062 Church, 580 George W. Open to the public, it REPAIRS AND RELINES Engram Blvd., Daytona includes breakfast, guest Beach, followed by a March speakers and is followed by IN-HOUSE DENTURE LAB Randy Barber/staff photographer for Justice at 9 a.m. The a community service event CALL FOR APPT AND MORE DETAILS. YOUR INSUR- ANCE MAY COVER AT USUAL & CUSTOMARY FEES. march begins at Allen for students. OFFER GOOD FOR 60 DAYS FROM DATE OF RECEIPT. Cadie O’Connor, 9, of Port Orange tries to make an object sink in a bottle of water THE PATIENT AND ANY OTHER PERSON RESPONSIBLE Chapel and ends at Greater FOR PAYMENT HAS A RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PAY, CAN- using the “Cartesian Diver” technique during “Science Saturday: Water, Water CEL PAYMENT, OR BE REIMBURSED FOR PAYMENT Friendship Baptist Church FOR ANY OTHER SERVICE, EXAMINATION, OR TREAT- Everywhere” at the Port Orange Regional Library on Saturday, Jan. 11. 539 George W. Engram Blvd., See MLK, A2 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. REGULAR PRICE ON FILLINGS INCLUDE D2140- $150, D2150-$175, D2150-$175, D2160-$185, D2161- $195, D2330-$185, D2331$175, D2332-$200, D2391-$150, D2392-$175, D2393-$200, D2394-$225, (CROWNS REG- ULARLY $900 CODE D2752) (DENTURE REGULARLY $1000 CODE D5110 OR D5120)(RELINE UPPER DEN- Area supporter Council TURE REGULARLY $350 CODE D5720) (RELINE LOWER DENTURE REGULARLY $350 CODE D5751). Ormond Beach seeks some love not sold Dental Group for Franklin on film ENTERTAINMENT B1 Jan. 17 might not mean ing a Ben Franklin coin col- anything to some people, lection, medallions, and FABULOUS but to Vernon Weidner it is “Ben Franklin Week” alliance proclamations made By Pat Young through his efforts in By Erika Webb For Hometown News Ormond Beach, Daytona [email protected] Beach and South Daytona. the birthday of one of the He is planning a Ben The Creative Industry founding fathers of our Franklin exhibit at Holy Alliance did not receive the country — a printer, an Cross Lutheran Church, entire County Council’s inventor, a statesman and 724 Big Tree Road in South blessing as the designated Group will give nostalgia Photo by Pat Young an important part of Amer- Daytona, at 10 a.m. Friday, film office for Volusia County. lovers a good time ican history. Jan. 17. The public is wel- South Daytona resident Vernon Weidner is an enthusi- At its regular meeting Jan. Mr. Weidner, a Ben come to attend, and Mr. ast of all things Benjamin Franklin. Mr. Weidner is trying 9, the council voted 4-3 to Franklin impersonator and Weidner will be on hand in to get more recognition for Mr. Franklin’s birthday. table the matter indefinitely. FISHING WITH DAN B6 fervent admirer of the his hand-tailored Ben Community Services man, has been endeavor- Franklin costume for the Director Dave Byron pre- be contacted at (386) 366- contest and caught the ON THE LAGOON ing to get Ben Franklin’s event. sented an overview of what birthday on the calendar, As a Ben Franklin imper- 3704 or email vernonweid- attention of Henry Ford, other counties in the state not as a holiday, he said, sonator, he does programs [email protected]. who sent him a $100 bill do to accommodate film- You can’t but as a tribute to this fig- at schools, churches, Mr. Weidner’s interest in with Ben Franklin’s face on makers and he offered some always urehead in our history. libraries and clubs. His Ben Franklin goes back to it. Mr. Weidner used the questions for the council’s trust the Mr. Weidner’s home in hope is to acquire a motor his school days. His father money to start his own consideration. weather South Daytona, where he home to travel the country was a printer and he was printing business in the His research extended to forecast lives with his wife, Heidi, is in a mobile Ben Franklin interested in printing, so basement of his parent’s several counties throughout filled with examples of his museum, complete with he chose Ben Franklin home in Baltimore. the state using film com- many interests, from sever- videos and memorabilia, because he was a printer When they moved to Vir- missions to attract produc- al aquariums of fish to and of course, his own when he had to write a ginia, he took the business tions and support the exist- fancy musical clocks. But it extensive knowledge. He is report. At the age of 17, on with him and worked at the ing production infrastructure. his own time and with his “Jefferson Press” until he INDEX is obvious where his major looking for sponsors to Among them: Orange, interest is when he talks help him finance the proj- own money, he printed a moved to Florida in 1968. Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, booklet on things people His booklet was put on dis- Business A7 Out & About B1 about Ben Franklin and ect, and would put ads on Sarasota and Pinellas. Classified B9 Police Report A5 pulls out reams of articles the motor home for those didn’t know about Ben play in the Dearborn “Orange pays the Eco- Crossword B5 Sports B6 Franklin.