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So what SE Volusia business was truly an example for others in 2009?

Who stood out from the rest in going the extra mile to help others?

So who stood out as the biggest newsmaker of 2009 in Southeast Volusia?

Originally posted Sun, 2009-10-18 22:01 EDGEWATER -- A Volusia County Sheriff's helicopter guided two lost kayakers to Edgewater with its spotlight after they reported they were lost in Cape Canaveral Seashore earlier tonight, the Coast Guard said.

Courtesy photo/Holly Hill police. Robert Tremaine Williams, 24, of Daytona Beach, collapsed and died Saturday while engaged in a training exercise for police recruits with the Holly Hill Police Department.

HOLLY HILL -- A 24-year-old Holly Hill police recruit who played college football died Saturday during a pre-employment physical-agility test, police there said.

Courtesy photo/Jail mug. Lawrence Singletary, 40, of New Smyrna Beach, is charged with armed carjacking and battery of an elderly person in Port Orange.

PORT ORANGE -- A 40-year-old New Smyrna Beach man remained incarcerated Sunday night at the Volusia County Branch Jail for an armed carjacking in Port Orange three days earlier involving an elderly victim who managed to escape his alleged attacker, police there said.

Originally posted: Thu, 2009-02-05 10:08

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. The DIRECTV blimp that was utilized to help broadcast the Super Bowl for NBC television won by the Pittsburgh Steelers over the St. Louis Cardinals, was serviced days earlier at the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport.

Coutesy photo/Sheriff's Office. Adrian Fair, 32, of New Smyrna Beach is reported in critical condition, after falling from the roof of the Canal Street building that houses the Observer newspaper with the intent of skateboarding on it. He was airlifted last night to Halifax Medical Center. 

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 32-year-old New Smyrna Beach man was reported in critical condition today at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, after falling from the roof-top ledge of the Observer newspaper office, 508 Canal St., while bragging to friends he was going to skateboard off it.

Adrian Fair, of 721 Dougherty St., suffered critical head injuries in the 20-foot-plus drop onto the sidewalk just before 9:20 p.m.

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick.

Kaye Walker, chairwoman of the New Smyrna Beach Charity Ball (on the right) celebrates with friends at the recent fundraiser at the Brannon Center.