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Foreign trade is good for America

It is surprising and satisfying at the same time to discover that many people in New Smyrna Beach like Nathan Swerling, who buses tables at Clancy's Cantina, realize that foreign trade is good for the U.S and good for them in particular. Yet others like Lyndie Helmsderfer of Kilman's Jewelers think we should be doing less. Everyone, of course, is entitled to their opinion, though, it is a complex situation that might change people's minds if explained better. Talking to a group of local professionals and businessmen, I found that they all agreed that foreign trade is a good thing.

13-year-old girl from New York becomes 16th shark-bite victim in NSB surf

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 13-year-old girl from New York became the 16th shark-bite victim of this swimming season when she was bitten on the back of her right leg and shin while in waist-deep water just after noon Tuesday, the Volusia County Beach Patrol Beach.

TV's WESH 2 News of Orlando reported physicians who stitched her up in the emergency room at Bert Fish Medical Center removed a partial shark's tooth from her leg. 

Closing report: Volume on New York Stock Exchange moderate

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U.S. stocks closed lower and bond prices fell after an economic report showed retail sales in July fell for the first time in five months. Crude oil prices rose, boosting energy shares, after the U.S. Energy Department reported a bigger-than-forecast decline in gasoline inventories, increasing supply concerns. A lower-than-expected earnings announcement from Deere & Co.

Birth Announcements

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July 30, 2008 -- Shammy and Logan Eichler of Edgewater, son, 8 pounds 10 ounces, 3:10 a.m., Halifax Health Medical Center.

July 28, 2008 -- James Hewitt and Angel Sommo of Edgewater, girl, 6 pounds, 8:13 a.m., Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial.

July 26, 2008 -- Wendy and Kenneth Parrish of Mims and natives of Edgewater, girl, 8 pounds13 ounces, 5:42 a.m., Halifax Health Medical Center.

July 26, 2008 -- Jason Avis and Sharon Larson of Edgewater, boy, 9 pounds 13 ounces, 7:41 p.m. at Halifax Health Medical Center.