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LAKE HELEN, Fla -- Adults can create a colorful picture frame at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at the Lake Helen Branch Library, 221 N. Euclid Ave.

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Make your own unique dreamscape at Lake Helen Library on Aug. 23

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By HENRY FREDERICK

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LAKE HELEN, Fla. -- Adults can make dreamscape paintings at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, at the Lake Helen Public Library, 221 N. Euclid Ave.

"The budding artists will use dyed inks to create individualized paintings on tiles and nonabsorbent paper," Pat Kuehn, Volusia County information specialist, told Headline Surfer. "Each painting will develop according to the way the inks are applied, blended and spread. No two will be the same."

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Lake Helen library offering enlightening programs this month for people of all ages

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LAKE HELEN, Fla. -- The Lake Helen Public Library, 221 N. Euclid Ave., is offering enlightening and entertaining programs for people of all ages this month.

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Volusia County lifts burn ban in unincorporated areas as well as Oak Hill, Lake Helen & Pierson Henry Frederick Thu, 06/15/2017 - 14:10

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DELAND, Fla. -- Volusia County Fire Services has lifted the burn ban for the county’s unincorporated areas as well as the municipalities of Oak Hill, Lake Helen and Pierson.

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Lake Helen ex-con killed in Feb. 1 crash after fleeing DeLand cops identified Henry Frederick Thu, 02/02/2017 - 22:31

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DELAND, Fla. - An ex-con from Lake Helen was killed on early Wednesday morning when he crashed his car while speeding away from a traffic stop, a DeLand official said.

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Mini horse attacked by loose dogs in Lake Helen succumbs to injuries; owner seeks help via GoFundMe page to defray medical costs Henry Thu, 12/29/2016 - 03:06

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LAKE HELEN, Fla. -- One of God's gentlest four-legged mammals who loved being on a farm is no longer among the living, thanks to one or more dogs that had gotten loose from a nearby locale and ripped open his muzzle with bites that Lake Helen cops believe may be the handiwork of one or more pit bulls or mix breeds based on the viciousness of the attack.

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BREAKING NEWS: Volusia County high school graduation rates have improved, but still lower than those in neighboring Seminole, Orange, Brevard & Flagler counties Henry Frederick Fri, 12/16/2016 - 19:05

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Photos for Headline Surfer / Volusia County School District's graduation rate is 76 percent, equivalent to a C grade. In terms of a grade, neighboring counties Seminole (80.3 percent), Flagler (80.4 percent) and Orange (81.3 percent) would all get a B- and Brevard would get a B+.

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2016 ReWind: 95. Lake Helen's Vernon Burton retains zone 2 seat without opposition; Jim Connell wins zone 4 seat in Nov elections Henry Frederick Mon, 11/28/2016 - 22:38

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