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Editor's Note: The following is the message newly installed Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce President Sue Williams wrote in the 1st quarterly newsletter to the membership:

Dear Members, I would like to thank my fellow Chamber members for presenting me with this opportunity to serve as Chamber President for 2010. I feel humbled, honored, grateful, and extremely excited to serve on your behalf in 2010. It is my purpose to serve the greater good by bringing people and resources together to create value that no single person can build alone.

We have called ourselves the Chamber of Commerce for over a three quarters of a century, but in 2010, it is my recommendation that we consider this moniker as we continue to face an uncertain economy………………… THE CHAMBER OF COURAGE!

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce will be very involved in the fundraising efforts at Mother Music Fest on May 8.

A quick review of the City Commission’s recent agendas and subsequent results leads one to conclude that they are more interested in spending our tax dollars as opposed to curbing spending and thus reducing taxes. A glaring example is the city's lax attention to its leases.

Courtesy photos / Angela Carter Several hundred people march from the predomintly black Westside Community to downtown New Smyrna Beach, along the way crossing the Dr. Msarin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge in honor of MLK Day with a formal remembrance program at Old Fort Park on Sams Avenue.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Larry Chisolm was among the first generation of African Americans to attend the newly integrated Faulkner Street Elementary School in the early 1970s. Today while thousands of New Smyrna Beach residents enjoyed the extended holiday weekend, he and several hundred others marched in celebration of Martin Luther King Day.

EDGEWATER -- The Friends of the Library will have its annual winter book sale in the Edgewater Public Library auditorium from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan.28, through Saturday, Jan. 30.

Courtesy photos/Jeanette Dicara With more seasonable temperatures returning this weekend, it was back to short sleeves like Angela Dicara was sporting Saturday while sitting on a bench in front of the Space Coast Credit Union, at the south end of New Smyrna Beach on Ridgewood Avenue and 10th Street, near the Edgewater city line. The recent rains meant more water as shown in this small creek at Veterans Memorial Park on Riverside Drive in Edgewater. 

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Good riddance to those wind-chill days and nights. Good riddance to the rare sleet, otherwise known as freezing rain.

Courtesy photo. Sarah Palin will attend the Feb. 14 Daytona 500, officials at Daytona International Speedway confirmed Saturday.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Sarah Palin will attend the Feb. 14 running of the Daytona 500, but as a fan and not as part of any pre-race program, officials at Daytona International Speedway announced Saturday to local media.

DELAND -- A 21-year-old motorist was killed early Saturday when he lost control of his pickup truck on a curve and caused the vehicle to overturn after he apparently overcorrected his sterring, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

DELAND -- A DeLand man is facing a series of criminal charges after pulling a box cutter on a Volusia County Sheriff's deputy Friday night. No one was injured during the episode, which occurred at about 10:35 p.m. in the parking lot of a business on North Woodland Boulevard north of DeLand, Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.