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Courtesy photo. This sea turtles painting by artist Renee Decator is among myriad offerings at this weekend's 34th annual IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts, that is expected to draw thousands to New Smyrna Beach.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The 34th annual IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts, presented by Atlantic Center for the Arts, will be held Saturday and Sunday in picturesque Riverside Park along the beautiful Intracoastal Waterway.

It will be an outstanding weekend featuring more than 200 talented artists, a delicious festival menu in the food court, children's art projects, and free top-notch entertainment all day.

Offering more than $100,000 in prize money and Patron's Choice Awards, the juried festival attracts some of the most talented artists in the country.

Here is the list of the participating artists in this weekend's IMAGES art festival in New Smyrna Beach:

Su Abbott / Painting / East Point, GA / susustudios.com
Carol Adamson / Fiber/Leather / Nashville, IN
Paul Albritton / Jewelry / St. Augustine, FL / www.bijoujewelry.net
Terry Andrews / Sculpture / Ocala, FL / www.watersedgestudios.com
Anthony Arkus / Fine Crafts / Galeton, PA
Lisa Arkus / Painting / Galeton, PA
Stephen Ayers / Ceramics / Hannibal, MO / ayerspottery.com
Dennis Baccheschi / Painting / Torrington, CT

Courtesy photo / Jail mug. Lonnie Redner, 32, of Palm Coast, was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of two men inside an Ormond-by-the-Sea home.

ORMOND BEACH -- By his own admission, convicted felon Lonnie Redner was inside the grisly crime scene back in November where two men were brutally murdered at a home in Ormond-by-the-Sea, a Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said Thursday.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Champions from GRAND-AM, NASCAR, IndyCar and international motorsports headline a star-studded lineup for the 48th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, set for Jan. 30-31 at Daytona International Speedway.

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Foreclosures set for the week of Jan. 25, 2010, at the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand:

TUESDAY
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Jacqueline Gonzalez, et al, 4628 Tree Top Lane, Edgewater, single-family residence.
Estate of George W. Andeweg v. Eula Ann Fuquay, 193 N. Cucumber Lane, New Smyrna Beach, mobile home.
LaSalle Bank v. Ignatius J. Pipitone, et al, 2230 E. Candlewood Lane, New Smyrna Beach, single-family residence.
Deutsche Bank Trust Co. v. Arthur Friend, et al, 2929 Turnbull Bay Road, New Smyrna Beach, single-family residence.

Building permits filed Jan. 6

EDGEWATER
None.

NSB
Florence H. Thomas, 100 Crawford Road, single-family addition, $243,000. Scott Smith, 916 S. Riverside Drive, single-family addition, $187,000. Unknown, 188 Spruce St., single-family residence, $115,599.

OAK HILL
None.

Week of Jan. 4, 2010

EDGEWATER

Contributing photo / Jeanette DiCara.

New Smyrna Beach police and firefighters tend to this 5:40 p.m. Wednesday fender-bender involving two vehicles on State Road 44. These photos were taken looking south on Myrtle Avenue.