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Edgewater woman airlifted to hospital with gunshot wound to abdomen; husband being questioned

EDGEWATER -- A 71-year-old Godfrey Road woman was airlifted to Halifax Medical Center with a gunshot wound to her abdomen after calling 9-1-1 and telling a dispatcher she had been shot by her husband, a Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught said of the 9:37 p.m. emergency dispatch call. The victim was in surgery as of 12:45 this morning, Haught said.

Bike Week starts today: Get ready for bikers, babes, beer (and noise)

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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick.

Theresa Perreault, 22, of Edgewater, a bartender at Pub 44, poses with her big sister, April Perreault, 25, also a bartender, at last October's Biketoberfest. In the smaller photo, on top, countless bikes are packed in like sardines in the Pub 44 parking lot.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- They're baaaaack. The Bikers, that is.

Bike Week 2010 gets a roaring start today throughout Volusia County, with the local contingent centered at Pub 44 and Bruce Rossmeyer's NSB Harley-Davidson on State Road 44, axross from the NSB Regional Shopping Center.

Orlando Sentinel report: SeaWorld trainer pulled under by ponytail in killer whale's jaw and drowned

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting online and in today's print edition newspaper that SeaWorld Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau died Wednesday as a result of "multiple traumatic injuries and drowning" after a killer whale pulled her underwater by her long ponytail near the theme park's Shamu Stadium.

Rare North Atlantic whales spotted off NSB shoreline

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Courtesy photos/Kem McNair. New Smyrna Beach surfer and photographer KemMcNair took these photos last weekend of rare North Atlantic whales seen off the shore of New Smyrna Beach. Check out more of his photos at kemmcnair.com.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Boaters are being warned by state wildlife officials to back off from a group of rare North Atlantic right whales that have been spotted in the waters off New Smyrna Beach.

The law requires boaters, surfers, swimmers and others to stay at least 500 yards from endangered animals, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.

Politicians seen in a negative way by virtue of empty slogans

Politicians keep their word, sometimes. When he ran for mayor of New Smyrna Beach, Adam Barringer, elected in November, promised to have an economic development plan drafted within 100 days of office. He delivered on the 97th day.

The general public, though, sees politicians mostly in a negative way. This negative opinion is reflected in the remark by Sara Wells at the Touch of Italy restaurant when she told me: ”The politicians have all the say and we have none.”

SHERIFF's OFFICE: Edgewater man charged with shooting wife in abdomen

Courtesy photo/Jail mug. Audio/Courtesy of Sheriff's Office/Produced by NSBNEWS.net/Sera Frederick.

Theodore R. Malewski, 64, was arrested this morning by Volusia County Sheriff's investigators on charges of shooting his wife, Patricia, 71, in the abdomen Thursday night. She called 9-1-1 pleading for help and claiming her husband shot her on purpose. He could be heard in the background yelling it was accidental. Listen to the 9-1-1 audiotape.

EDGEWATER -- Theodore Malewski was arrested Friday morning by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office for shooting his wife in the abdomen the previous evening, an agency spokesman said.

Obituaries

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Susan Brdeja, 91, of New Smyrna Beach, a former seamstress, died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010.

Wallace Davis, 86, of Oak Hill, a former sign engineer for the state of Indiana, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.

Alice L Bodeker, 71, of Edgewater, born in New York City, a communicant at Sacred Heart Catholic Church New Smyrna Beach, who enjoyed traveling and the love of her her husband of 54 years, Gerard, her children and grandchildren, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2010.

James L. Jenkins, 72, of New Smyrna Beach, a self-employed landscaper, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2010.

Marriage Licenses (Volusia clerk of court records)

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Feb. 27, 2010: Michael P. McCormick and Sylvia A. Roy, Edgewater; James W. Edens and Lori A. Retz, New Smyrna Beach; Dustin M. Gross and Natalie N. Wood, New Smyrna Beach.

Feb. 26, 2010: Jon P. Rosa, St. Petersburg, and Carly J. McWalters, New Smyrna Beach; James W. Sapp and Penny E. Poveromo, New Smyrna Beach; Francis T. Sganga and May Locke, New Smyrna Beach; Ricky S. Powell and Jennifer M. Anderson, New Smyrna Beach.

300 turn out for Relay for Life event

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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick.

A fundraiser was held Saturday at SoNapa Wine Co. by the Team Ocean Walkers for Relay for Life. The overflowing crowd spilled out into the front of the Third Avenue winery with some 300 people showing up.  Mac McClelland, whose wife, Sue, organized the event, said theit team hoped to raise $2,500 during the three-hoursocial gathering.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- SoNapa Wine Co. provided the wine. Ocean Walk provided the cheese. The wine went much further and for a good cause Saturday: A fundraiser for Relay For Life.