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Headline Surfer photos® / This image from a KKK recritment flyer among more than a dozen left in front of homes in New Smyrna Beach's Westside, shows the traditional hood and dress attire.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Rev. Lorenzo Laws, pastor of the Allen Chapel AME Church is livid. And with good reason: More than a dozen recruiting flyers for the Ku Klux Klan were left in front yards of homes across the street from his church in the predominantly African-American Westside community.

"I am absolutely and totally offended that someone at a time like this would come into this community and distribute this type of literature," Laws said Tuesday.

Daytona Beach, Orlando and Cocoa won't be as chilly as Palm Coast and Ocala

Headline Surfer® photos / The fog predicted this morning came to pass as shown in the scene-setter at far left is clear from this scene-setter in Port Orange. The weather has been seasonable to the liking of this young surfer in the inset shot on New Smyrna Beach, but overnight it's going to dip into the mid-50s along the coast and even colder in interior cities like Ocala.

DAYTONA BEACH -- It's going to start feeling more like Thanksgiving up North after today's expected high of 82 in Orlando and a couple degrees less in Daytona and Cocoa. 

PONCE INLET -- The Volusia County Public works Department will hold a public meeting 5:30 tonight at Ponce Inlet Town Hall, 4300 S. Atlantic Ave., to present proposed construction plans for the missing link of the sidewalk along the west side of South Atlantic Avenue between Major Street and Marcell Avenue here in Ponce Inlet.

Headline Surfer photo by Henry Frederick / Just a couple of weeks ago, it was bikini weather on the hard sands of Daytona as shown in this scene-setter. Now? sweat pants and sweaters.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Enjoy the seasonably-warm temperatures near 80 today and Tuesday because by mid-week, it's going to be a lot colder at the World's Most Famous Beach with temps dropping to the low 70s.

Surfers in wet suits will brave the frigid waves, but beach goers in bikinis and speedos will likely be covering up.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Greg Gimbert of Daytona Beach, father of an elementary school-age boy, said he opposes the teaching of Islam in a high school textbook, "World History" that contains a 32-page chapter on "Muslim Civilizations," but none on other religions, including his preference for Christianity.

Headline Surfer® graphic / If the race for governor were held today, Charlie Crist would beat incumbent Rick Scott, a poll by the 24/7 internet newspaper shows.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A week-long poll on by Headline Surfer® via HeadlineSurfer.com shows 54 percent of respondents favor Charlie Crist over Gov. Rick in head-to-head competition in the 2014 election for governor.