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Wheel flies off semi & bounces across I-95 in St. Johns County -- killing motorist after crashing through windshield

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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A Ponte Vedra man man was killed Friday evening after a wheel flew off a tractor-trailer and bounced across the median of Interstate 95 before crashing through his windshield and causing him to wreck, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

 

State Rep. Dave Hood to be sworn in as circuit judge in Ormond Beach

State Rep. Dave Hood to be sworn in as a circuit judge / Headline Surfer®Photo for Headline Surfer® /
Dave Hood's 20-plus years of distinguished public service sees him moving from the Statehouse to the courthouse.
 

ORMOND BEACH -- State Rep. Charles Dave Hood, Jr., former mayor of Ormond Beach, will be sworn in Friday as a circuit judge at the Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center, l399 N. U.S. 1.

His "investiture" will begin at 3:30 p.m. with his colleagues on the bench sitting as a group as he takes the oath of office for the judgeship in the 7th Judicial Circuit.

North Florida folk singer to perform at Ormond Beach Regional Public Library

Bob Patterson, Florida folk singer will perform at Ormond Beach LibraryORMOND BEACH -- Bob Patterson will share the folklore and songs of Florida during a free performance from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Ormond Beach Regional Public Library, 30 S. Beach St.

Patterson is a professional singer, songwriter and storyteller with more than 40 years of experience performing at clubs and festivals across the nation.

He co-founded the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival and received the 2011 Mother Earth and Fellow Man Award in recognition for his gifts to folk culture.

COMING SUNDAY: Internet newspaper endorsement: Rich Gailey or Fred Lowry, Jr. for County Council dis 5 seat?

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Rich Gailey, shown at far left, and Fred Lowry, Jr., are on the Nov. 4 ballot for Volusia County Council district 5 representing Deltona, DeBary, Enterprise and a portion of Osteen.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Headline Surfer® will announce its endorsement Sunday for either Rich Gailey or Fred Lowry, Jr. for the Volusia County Council district 5 seat in the Nov. 4 elections.

The internet newspaper endorsed Gailey in the Aug. 26 primary, which he won, and gave a secondary endorsement to the third candidate in the race, Phil Giorno, a former County Council member and chair.

But that was then and this is now. Will Headline Surfer® switch gears and go with Lowry or stay with Gailey? An even bigger question is what will the Volusia County Republican Party do?

496. New Smyrna Beach City Clerk Johnny Bledsoe enjoys public interaction

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla -- City Clerk Johnny Bledsoe, CMC, loves serving the public in a job that at times can be a pressure cooker with the demands of elected politicians, demanding reporters and citizens wanting public records requests addressed.

 

Letter to the Editor: Restoring our Constitution to our Founders' intents

This interpreted Constitution allows runaway spending, undeclared wars, government agencies spying on the citizens, massive debt, rule by executive order, coercive medical insurance, and the rise of a dominating bureaucracy. All of these things are constitutional according to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court admitted they disregarded the Framers' intents in the court's opinion in New York vs USA, in 1992, Congress will never amend the Constitution to restore the Framers intents--its not in their interest.

Deb Denys in sworn testimony on receiving bus bench advertising: 'No, never have'

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Public Records show otherwise: Incumbent county councilwoman given $1,000 in-kind bus bench advertising by 20/20 Media in failed 2006 School Board run

County Councilwoman Deb Denys accepted in-kind bus bench ads / Headline Surfer®

DAYTONA BEACH -- County Councilwoman Deb Denys, One of the key supporters on the dais in spending $150,000 to investigate candidates for office who accepted in-kind contributions from Waverly Media, has never publicly revealed that she, too, accepted in-kind contributions totaling $1,000, but from a different bus bench company -- 20/20 Media of St. Cloud.