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DEBARY --- The Walgreens pharmacy at 15 Charles R. Beall Ave., was roobed Sunday morning of oxycodone pills by a man with a gun under his shirt. No shots were fired and no one was injured during the brief incident. The suspect got away with a couple bottles of prescription pills from the pharmacy and ran northbound from the store. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office was notified of the robbery at about 11:36 a.m. About 15 deputies and a Sheriff's Office helicopter began arriving on scene at Walgreen, within two minutes of being dispatched.

DELAND -- Volusia County Manager Jim Dinneen Thursday presented the Volusia County Council with a $634.7 million proposed budget earlier today to fund the operations of county government for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, insisting cutting taxes would hurt services. The proposed budget calls for all county property tax rates to be at or below rollback rates, according to county spokesman Dave Byron. “Further property tax reductions cannot be made without severely impacting services,” said Dinneen in his budget message to the County Council.

DELAND -- Volusia County Manager Jim Dinneen Thursday presented the Volusia County Council with a $634.7 million proposed budget earlier today to fund the operations of county government for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, insisting cutting taxes would hurt services.

The proposed budget calls for all county property tax rates to be at or below rollback rates, according to county spokesman Dave Byron.

DELTONA -- Volusia County narcotics agents found 416 marijuana plants in three homes in Deltona during raids yesterday and earlier today, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

The plants have an approximate combined street value of more than $900,000. A man in one home was arrested, and an investigation is
ongoing to find any other people who were involved in the grow operation, Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught said.

As I have written before, there is such an honor, and a gratification, when putting pen to paper. It is especially true when I can experience and in turn show the qualities of the citizens in the area.

Just what am I talking about? The answer is this: It is the individual citizens that comprise our community having values of family and to display such whether in public or not.