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DAYTONA BEACH -- The “World Famous” Lipizzaner Stallions will take center stage at the Ocean Center for shows at 2 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28.

The dancing white horses will demonstrate the movements of classical dressage, including the leaps and maneuvers known as the "airs above the ground," said Pat Kuehn, a Volusia County spokeswoman.

The stallions are making their 39th anniversary tour with new music, choreography and routines. The shows will include a presentation set to big band music and feature Spanish Andalusians, predecessors of the Lipizzans.

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DELAND -- Fares for Votran's I-4 Express service, route 200, will go to $3.50, effective Jan. 12, said Michelle Coats, Volusia County spokeswoman.

With the fare increase, Votran is offering for the first time a monthly pass option for $80 Votran operates the I-4 express service, route 200, in partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation and LYNX, the transit system that serves Central Florida. The Volusia County Council approved the increase at its meeting Dec. 18. The fare for the I-4 Express Bus hasn’t increased since it began 10 years ago.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa will slip away from his workshop and busy schedule to visit Art Walk today on Flagler Avenue for a "Christmas
Celebration."

You can visit this special holiday Art Walk from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., as you avoid the traffic and the crowds at the malls and stroll along Flagler Avenue, the charming five-block area between the Indian River and the ocean.

There will be something for everyone. Galleries have works on display by more than 120 artists; and dozens of visiting artist will be set up under canopies on the avenue,

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera King. Video highlights: Members of the New Smyrna Beach Class of 1955 recently celebrated their 53rd reunion at Clancy's Cantina on the beachside with song, merriment and a few classic memories. At left is Ken Phillips, star basketball player, and at right is Peter Mallory and Sandy Roberts. The video is dark due to lighting, but is worth checking out, especially for the less than stellar singing of Bobby Howard. So take a stroll down memory lane when times were gentler and poodle skirts were en vogue. 

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Bettie Johnston will never forget the day she and the other cheerleaders wore short skirts for the basketball squad against St. Augustine: "The boys walked right off the court!"

"We always wore our skirts past our knees, but not for this game," recalled Johnston, now 72, of what had to be the most bizarre turn of events for the New Smyrna Beach Class of 1955.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The New Smyrna Beach Regional Library is looking for Wimpy Kid readers.

They don’t have to be wimpy themselves, they just need to be fans of the new 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' books, a series of cartoon-based novels chronicling middle school life," said Pat Kuehn, Volusia County spokeswoman.

Students, ages 9 - 14, are invited to a free Wimpy Kid event from 1 - 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, in the library auditorium.

DELAND -- Volusia County’s Community Assistance Division has grant funds for programs in Volusia County that serve children and the community, says Pat Kuehn, county spokeswoman.

Four categories of service are eligible for funding:

# Essential services that provide for basic needs including food, clothing and emergency shelter;
# Critical services that provide services for crisis support such as maintaining or obtaining employment (including child care support), crisis medical care and crisis mental health services;

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Herbert Bossie, the city resident whose Park Boulevard home became known over the years as the New Smyrna Beach Christmas House, succumbed to heart disease Tuesday, Dec. 18, while hospitalized. He was 70.

Bossie's passing a week ago today comes at a time when the community is gearing up for holidays. Every year around this time, he dressed up as Santa Claus and opened his home to families and the wonderment of their children with spectacular decorations. including an Angel Room and an elaborate train set.