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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Area poets are invited to read at an Open Mic Poetry Festival at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library.

The event is sponsored in part by the Friends of the Library and hosted by the Poet’s Corner Poetry Workshop of New Smyrna Beach. There is no charge and light refreshments will be served.

The New Smyrna Beach Regional Library is open seven days a week at 1001 S. Dixie Freeway. For more information, please call (386) 424-2910.

DELAND -- The Volusia County Grievance Adjustment Board will meet in the Personnel Division’s second floor conference room, 230 N. Woodland Blvd., Suite 262, DeLand, at 9 a.m. Friday, April 24.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Florida Statutes, persons with disabilities needing special accommodation to participate in the meeting should request assistance before the meeting.

For more information or to request assistance, please call (386) 736-5951.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A woman nude from the waist down when she was struck and killed by a motorist Tuesday while walking along U.S. Highway 92 after her release from jail has been identified as 41-year-old Dawn Marie Abraham of DeLand, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera Frederick. Night detours are in effect for repairs to the North Causeway Bridge through Saturday, part of a $690,000 project.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Work began last night on repairs to the North Causeway Bridge that is expected to keep the span inoperable at night through Saturday, forcing motorists and pedestrians alike to rely soley on the South Causeway Bridge for access to and from the beachside.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A graveside service wiill be held 2 p.m Saturday for Jeannette Baker-Nichols, of Milford Place, mother of NFL player Dallas Baker and the author of a song recorded by Otis Redding, who passed away on April 17, 2009. She was 68.

The service will be held at Glencoe Geiger Cemetery with Suffragan Bishop Robert B. Thomas officiating. Interment will take place at Glencoe-Geiger Cemetery. There are no calling hours.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The New Smyrna Beach Regional Library will celebrate spring with a “Magical Tea Party” at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Children in grades K - 5 are invited to wear party clothes or dress up as their favorite magical creature, superhero or book character. Snacks will be served, and children are asked to bring their own cup and saucer for the tea party.

DELAND -- The outbreak of swine flu in New York City and the potential for a nationwide pandemic caught the attention of Volusia County officials this afternoon.

"The Volusia County Health Department has been monitoring this situation over the weekend,"said Dr. Thomas Coleman, director of the Volusia County Health Department, in a statement released Sunday. "Our senior leaders and public health preparedness team will meet on Monday to assess this situation and plan accordingly."

There are reportedly 20 such cases in New York City.