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By Dana D. Swanson

Headline Surfer photo / Congressman Ron DeSantis gives the keynote address at the Lincoln Day Dinner on Friday at the Daytona Beach Resort and Conference Cewnter in Daytona Beach.

DAYTONA BEACH -- I will say the rock star of the evening at the Lincoln Day Dinner on May 10 at the Daytona Beach Resort and Convention Center was none other than the the primary speaker, Congressman Ron DeSantis. What resonated with the crowd was how he lived up to his campaign and how he declined the Congressional pension plan and health care.

Videos produced by Sera Frederick / Attendees highlighted are re-introduced in the first video, 'Lincoln Day Personalities,' with the song 'One' by U2 while the second video, 'Lincoln Day Personalities 2,' retains Neil Young's 'Rockin' in the Free World.'  

DAYTONA BEACH -- When it comes to using third party songs as background on videos uploaded to YouTube, it almost becomes a guessing game as to what record companies will challenge the "Fair Rights Act" that allows for use of copyrighted material without permission if what is used is for editorial criticism or for general public knowledge enhancement.

ORANGE CITY -- A 39-year-old Orange City woman was among 92 people arrested in an undercover sting conducted by the Polk County Sheriff's Office 39-year-old Dorien Sawyer, DOB 3/24/1974, of Orange City, was arrested when she came to the undercover location offering to commit lewdness; she was charged with: one count Prostitution; she has prior arrests for Worthless Checks and Grand Theft.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A video produced by Headline Surfer showing still photos of attendees from Friday night's Lincoln Day Dinner at the Daytona Beach Plaza Resort and set to the background song, "We're an American Band," by classic rock group Grand Funk Railroad has been blocked by YouTube at the request of music giant EMI.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach will host three WonderLand Summer Camps.

# A summer camp for 8 to 14 year olds from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The camp will begin on June 10, and run for two weeks, ending on June 21. The cost of the camp is $240. It features "The Hobbit Adventure," a play by Edward Mast, adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, a suspenseful, fast-moving journey through the sometimes dark, sometimes charming, always compelling world of Middle Earth.

By Ellen Darden

NEW SMRNA BEACH -- “If we are to survive as a democratic nation . . .” These words, taken directly from a letter to the Editor of the Daytona Beach News Journal published on May 7, 2013, was the proverbial straw that broke this camel’s back.