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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Barack Obama and John McCain could learn a thing or two about money from 14-year Logan Colee. After all, he's going to be in the nation's capital when one of the presidential hopefuls is sworn into office in January. The New Smyrna Beach High School freshman was succinct and clear in his mission Tuesday when he addressed the New Smyrna Beach City Commission to seek funds to help supplement his trip.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- With tens of thousands of bikers expected to roar into town Thursday for Biketoberfest, a local task force is launching a public information campaign to make the roads safer for motorcyclists and locals, said Volusia County spokeswoman Pat Kuehn.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The Ocean Center willone again play host for an NCAA men's opening season basketball tournament Nov. 21-23.

Teams from Marshall University, Morgan State University, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, University of Utah, University of Mississippi and Rollins College will compete in the second annual three-day Glenn Wilkes Classic for the 2008-'09 season. The schedule is as follows:

Friday, Nov. 21
2 p.m. Marshall University vs. Morgan State University
4:15 p.m. Rollins College vs. University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A citizen implored the City Commission to reconsider the lay-off of the city emergency management coordinator whose position was eliminated last month as part of a $1 million cut in the 2009 budget that took effect Oct. 1.

That citizen, Kathy Wright, spoke of the firing of Randy Wright.

"A new fire station was built with tax dollars, to include an operational emergency operations center and the city then staffed with a position, euipped the EOC and paid for training for their EOC coordinator.

NEW SMYRNA EACH -- Gail Henrickson, a planner with the city of New Smyrna Beach, received a proclamation tonight from Mayor Sally Mackay in recognition of National Community Planning Month, celebrated in October by the American Planning Association.

Henrickson said that even though the sour economy has many feeling the pinch and as a result building is in a lull, the business of planning never ceases. She noted that people who bicycle along paths, live in 1-acre plots or in a downtown condominium are all the result of planning.

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