SAMSULA -- If you are looking for something to do today either by yourself or with the family, check out a fun-filled afternoon at the Samsula Lodge SNPJ, which is holding a benefit fundraiser for longtime Samsula Road resident Pauline Tomazin who lost her home to a structure fire in early June.

The fun begins 4 p.m. at the lodge with games and activities for children and plenty of food with donations sought to cover costs and help Tomazin out. For more information, please call the lodge at 386-478-9949.

Allow no deity before The Lord: all else must thou deplore (Beware the false god like the pox: Ruperts, rupees, gilt-edged stocks);

OAK HILL -- The weekly Observer newspaper wrote a story about the changing of the police guard in Oak Hill. Problem is, the Observer wasn't at Monday's special meeting and hasn't been for weeks.

The Observer used facts eerily similar to what NSBNews.net had reported such as the policing being taken over by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office at 7:15 p.m. and Commissioner Dough Gibson collecting guns, ammo and keys from embattled Police Chief Diane Young and the other officers.

Question: Do you think Casey Anthony got away with murder in the death of her little girl, Caylee Anthony?

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick; Poll taken at Denny's restaurant, S.R. 44, New Smyrna Beach

I like to describe Ponce Inlet as a gated community without the gate. Yes, there are restrictions but the upside is that it provides a better quality of life for residents.

OAK HILL -- There's a new sheriff in town, but for how long?

DAYTONA BEACH --- Passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport increased 14 percent in June compared with June 2010. During the month 44,687 passengers flew in or out of the airport in comparison with 39,296 passengers in June 2010.

For the 12 months ending June 30, passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport is up 15 percent -- from 454,260 passengers last year to 523,749 passengers this year.

NSBNews.net photos by Henry Frederick / Embattled Police Chief Diane Young stands in the back of the meeting room while the city commission vote to shut down the police department in favor of coverage by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

NEWS ALERT: Oak Hill commissioners voted 3-2 to immediately shut down the police department after an intense one-hour discussion about embattled Police Chief Diane Young and the issue of marijuana plants found on Mayor Mary Lee Cook's property and whether the chief had something to do with it.

City Clerk Administrator Laura Goodearly was fired. As of 7:15 p.m. Oak Hill was officially under the direction of the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

NSBNEWS.net file photo / Oak Hill City Attorney is shown here in one of his final in-person appearances in March at a City Commission hearing. 

OAK HILL -- Pennywise and pound foolish: That has been the situation with Oak Hill's unique arrangement with City Attorney Scott Simpson since early spring where he's been accessible through Skype on the computer or by phone or often lately, not available at all.

But Simpson will be there in the flesh for tonight's special meeting regarding alleged corruption in the police department.

Hukill's House

PORT ORANGE -- The debt crisis that we’ve all been hearing so much about is a serious matter. This situation didn't just happen overnight; it is the result of years and years of political inaction by our elected leaders.