DELAND -- Joseph Protopapa, director of integrated career services and employer relations at the Career Center at the University of Akron (Ohio), has been selected as Stetson University's executive director of career development and academic advising. He starts this month.
EDGEWATER -- With all of the presidential elections, 13 in all or 52 years to the present day starting with FDR in 1933, I have never witnessed the personal mud slinging of this year between President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
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ORLANDO -- Dwight Howard has been traded -- this time for real to the Los Angeles Lakers. Good riddance!
The trade was first reported by ESPN, which said it involved four teams. More on that in a minute.
The reality is the Dwight-mare is over. No more he's staying, he's going. He's staying, he's going.
The Magic went through this back in the 90s when Shaquille O'Neal left as a free agent and signed with the Lakers. The reality, though, is Howard was a goner, now matter you slice it. At least the Magic are getting something in return this time.
DEBARY -- When there is an ailment that affects one part of the body the whole body is affected. I remember when I popped the posterior cruciate ligament in my knee while playing pick-up basketball, I could not push off with that leg anymore, and as a result, I stopped playing basketball because I was not longer as productive as when I had the full use of both of my legs. It is the same with excessive government spending.
There is plenty of beautiful works of art at the upcoming Art Walk and Wine Walk on New Smyrna Beach's Flagler Avenue.NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Come beat the summer heat in New Smyrna Beach, recently named one of National Geographic's top 20 surf towns in the world. Art Walk and Wine Walk will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 25 on Flagler Avenue.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Lightning from a fast-moving thunderstorm rolling through the city struck a substation transmission line and as a result knocked out power for customers in parts of the city.
The Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach posted the following alert on its website about 30 minutes ago:
Lightning strikes during the severe storm that came through about 7:30 pm caused significant outages throughout the UC service area. There are crews working to restore electric service as quickly as possible."
An earlier posting stated: "The Lightning caused an outage in the transmission line between Field Street and Smyrna Substations about 7:30 Saturday night. Crews are working in the problem."
Headline Surfer has not been able to reach anyone from the utilities commission to get a fixed number on how many customers are without power or when power will be fully restored. The 24/7 Internet newspaper is monitoring the situation and will provide updates.
DAYTONA BEACH SHORES -- Today Mitt Romney nominated Paul Ryan, seven-term Congressman from Wisconsin and Chairman of the House Banking and Finance Committee as his vice-presidential running mate. The decision has its pluses and its minuses.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- I am astonished that a statement of personal and religious belief by an executive of an American corporation, in this case Chick-fil-A, is being used as a clarion call to boycott and destroy the business. It is especially troubling that the people who are contesting this individual’s right to religious freedom and to speech based on those beliefs are doing so in the name of their own freedoms of expression and identity.
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Dist. 3 County Council candidate Jim Hathaway, shown far left) has picked up endorsements from Volusia Building Industry Association and the Sierra Club while fellow candidate Deb Denys has won the endorsement of the New Smyrna Beach Board of Realtors. And candidate Justin Kennedy is content with endorsements from the Volusia Sheriff's Deputies Association, Volusia Teachers Organization, Edgewater Professional Firefighters Association and the Daytona Beach Fire/Rescue Association.NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- They're not quite Olympic gold medals, but for the three candidates running for Volusia County Council dist. 3 seat in Tuesday's primary, endorsements are golden.
