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US News & World Report gives strong national rankings to Stetson University in DeLand

Washington Monthly and MilitaryFriendly.com also give kudos

Stetson University in DeLand / Headline surferPhotos for Headline Surfer / Stetson University was ranked prominently on a national level by US News & World Report, Washington Monthly and MilitaryFriendly.com in a news release issued late Monday and embargoed until midnight to Headline Surfer and other Central Florida media outlets.

DELAND – Stetson University again has earned national recognition for its rigorous academics, commitment to social mobility and service, and military friendliness by ranking among the top universities in recent national surveys.

Daytona's Bethune Cookman University women golfers finish third at Tignanelli Invite in Phoenix, Md.

Jennifer Hide claims runner-up finish in season-opener 

Jennifer Hide with the Bethune-Cookman women golfers / Headline SurferPhoto for Headline Surfer / Jennifer Hide, shown here in this file image, was instrumental in BCU's third-place finish Monday in the Tignanelli Towson Invitational.

PHOENIX, Md. – Bethune-Cookman junior women’s golfer Jennifer Hide shot a 4-over 148 in collecting a runner-up finish for the Daytona campus at the Tignanelli Towson Invitational on Monday, hosted by Towson University at the Towson Golf & Country Club in Phoenix, Md.

As a team, Bethune-Cookman finished third in the field with scores of 314 and 311 for the tournament. The total for Bethune-Cookman equaled +49, 625 throughout the par-72 course (6,139 yards).

B-CU Director of Golf Loritz “Scooter” Clark was happy with the results from the season-opening tournament, especially considering B-CU was the only team fielding just four individuals into the scoring.

VCSO: Elderly New Smyrna Beach couple-area couple reported missing found safe

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Peter and Zina Glitniak found safe aftyer reported missing in New Smyrna / Headline SurferPhoto for Headline Surfer / Zina Glitniak, 87, and Peter Glitniak, 90, shown here, were reported missing by their son when he went to their New Smyrna Beach-area home Saturday night. But early Sunday they were found.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An elderly husband and wife reported missing by their son 5 p.m. Saturday from their South Glencoe Road home were found safe in Indian County early this morning, a spokesman for the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

485. Gene Emter wins Edgewater city council seat in special election

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A memorial service was held in Edgewater for City Councilman Ted Cooper / Headline SurferVideo produced by Multimedia Editor Serafina Frederick / Gene Emter speaks with Headline Surfer after being sworn in March 5, 2012, as the newest member of the Edgewater City Council following his win in a special election a week earlier to fill the seat opened with the passing of Ted Cooper.

EDGEWATER -- By a mere dozen votes, Gene Emter was elected to the Edgewater City Council in a Feb. 28, 2012, special election. Only 7 percent of the city's nearly 13,600 registered voters cast votes in the special election.

Fall Beach Weeks begins with Jazz Festival

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Family fun in New Smyrna Beach and Port Orange

Headline Surfer / NSBNews video produced by Multimedia Editor Serafina Frederick / Jazz is performed at the Brannon Center in New Smyrna Beach in 2008, as shown in this archived video from the 24/7 internet newspaper.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- With the success of the inaugural summer Beach Weeks, the fall version of the Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority tourism event event begins Sept. 27 with the New Smyrna Beach Jazz Festival and continues with myriad activities through October.

With carnivals, costume parades, wine walks, painting and fishing, there's a veritable laundry list of activities sure to lease locals and tourists alike. And it all begins with the New Smyrna Beach Jazz Fest on Sept. 27 through the 29th.

Then the fun moves to Port Orange Oct. 3-6 for the Port Orange Family Days. Sandwich in between is the New Smyrna Beach Book Festival, Oct. 4-6. And there's the New Smyrna Beach Gallery Walk on Oct. 5. And that's just the first week of October.

Tampa motorcyclist killed in Daytona Beach while speeding on Ninja-style Kawasaki

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Headline Surfer graphic / Ricky Whitehead of Tampa was pronounced dead at the scene of a 3 p.m. motorcycle crash near the intersection of South Clyde Morris and Buccaneer Way in Daytona Beach as shown in this snapshot locator map.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A Tampa man was killed earlier today after crashing into guardrails at South Clyde Morris and Buccaneer Way, Daytona Beach police said.

The body of the victim was identified at the scene of the 3 p.m. accident as that of Ricky Whitehead, but no age was provided to the media.

Here is a synopsis of what happened, according to a scant press release: The motorcyclist was traveling at a "high rate of speed" northbound on Clyde Morris approaching the intersection of Buccaneer Way.

New motto for seaside community: 'City of Oak Hill -- We make fishers of many'

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Headline Surfer photos and videos / The 24/7 internet newspaper recognizes Oak Hill's motto contest with this quick-hit video set to the 1964 smash hit "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis. The contest puts the city that much further ahead from the divisiveness of a community rocked by a scandal that led to the demise of the police force two years years ago  under embattled Police Chief Diane Young, a former cocaine addict.
 
Matthew 4:18-20: And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

OAK HILL -- There's a winning motto for tiny Oak Hill, Volusia County's smallest city with a mere 1,793 residents straddling the border with Brevard County, just north of Titusville, Merritt Island and the Kennedy Space Center.

Videos of Traders bar bullies harassing reporter at NSB shrimp festival trending on YouTube

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Dave Fernandez, Traders bar owner / Headline SurferNSB Mayor Adam Barringer secured a $60,000 CRA grant for Traders bar / Headline SurferNEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The videos showing Traders bar owner and three of his patrons harassing Headline Surfer's coverage a week ago today of the New Smyrna Beach Shrimp & Seafood Festival are trending on YouTube.