Romney and Ryan promise 10,000 supporters in Daytona Beach rally: 'We'll be strong again'
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Headline Surfer photo by Henry Frederick / Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, greet an overwhelmingly supportive crowd Friday with 18 days in the campaign left.DAYTONA BEACH -- Little Steven Gosney waved an American flag while his parents and some 10,000 others cheered wildly in reaction to the short and sweet message of hope delivered by Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan on the edge of the hard sands of the world's most famous beach.
DAYTONA BEACH -- The four-day weekend Biketoberfest was remarkable for three things: There were no biker-related traffic fatalities, a retired professional wrestler from Tampa shot himself to death while visiting here for the motorcycle rally and Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan chose the World's Most Famous Beach to hold a rally of their own because they knew a lot of people would be here. But even more remarkable is the media-hyped 100,000 bikers predicted in advance and the same figure attributed before the final day had even concluded
Photo for Headline Surfer / Port Orange Walmart executive Lil Berard, shown at left, a Family Days Community Trust board member, works with volunteer Dave McCall in unloading food to the shelves of Port Orange Pantry in last year’s delivery. The need for helping family's is even greater this year..jpg)
PORT ORANGE -- The Port Orange Family Days Community Trust uses proceeds from its Family Days, Spring Fair and other events to support a variety of quality-of-life activities in the Port Orange Area.
Former pro wrestler Mike Graham, whose real name was Edward Gossett, was distraught over the suicide of his son at Biketoberfest two years ago, when he, too, took his own life Thursday during the biker rally in Daytona Beach. Graham's wrestling-promoter father killed himself in 1985.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- In three weeks, our city commission will have two new members, as Jim Hathaway leaves to seek election to the Volusia County Council and Lynne Plaskett leaves to enjoy retirement..jpg)
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Headline Surfer photo by Henry Frederick / New Smyrna Beach High social studies students held a mock city commission meeting last year at city hall. City Commissioner and current County Council dist. 3 candidate Jim Hathaway is shown here sitting in the audience with City Attorney Frank Gummey seated behind him. A new crop of students will do the same on Thursday.