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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Council on Aging is aking you to consider exchange your gold for cash or hunt Hunt for buried treasure in your home today and turn it into cash tomorrow.

Bring in all types of unwanted gold and silver jewelry in any condition, dental gold and sterling silver flatware. After all, it's a fundraiser for a good cause. The location is theBrannon Senior Center, 105 South Riverside Drive, New Smyrna Beach. The event is 8 a.m to 4 p.m Tuesday, April 21.

April 14, 2009: Charles E. Merz and Kimberly A. Curran, Edgewater.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Bouchelle Island resident William Kolesczar said he will ask the New Smyrna Beach City Commission tonight to take legal action to invalidate the Angler's Club lease on the basis "it does not serve a public purpose."

"They have grounds to file a suit right now," Kolesczar said an hour before the scheduled 6:30 p.m. meeting in the DeBerry room on the third floor of the Utilities Commission Building, 200 Canal St.

Photo by Sandi Carroll. Hoke Coleburn (Lawrence Benjamine) tells Daisy Werthan (Jane Taylor) that he can't drive her to temple because there has been a bombing in this particular scene from "Driving Miss Daisy," which opens Thursday at the Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Computer knowledge is just a click away at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library. Check out the free computer classes available in May:

● Internet Basics will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 6. Attendees will learn about the Internet and become familiar with terminology. They will also acquire basic skills to access and navigate web sites, search engines and online directories.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 17-year-old boy was shot in the back at the intersection of Mary and Myrtle avenues, early Sunday morning by a gunman driving a pick-up truck, New Smyrna Beach police said.

The juvenile was conscious when police and paramedics responded to the scene at 12:35 a.m., said police Sgt. Valerie Joyce. She said the wounded teen was transported to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach. His medical condition was not released.

EDGEWATER -- Get ready for spring cleaning at the Edgewater Public Library. Local organizing expert Ingrid Timbs will discuss “Clear the clutter and
gain control for good” at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 18.

The Edgewater Public Library is open Monday through Saturday at 103 Indian River Blvd. For more information, please call (386) 424-2916.

Learn more about Volusia County's 16 libraries at www.volusialibrary.org, or visit www.volusia.org and select "Library" from the side menu bar.

April 11: Albert L. Amalfitano and Paula C. Flanagan, Edgewater; Andrew R. Ingram and Jessica L. Bell, Edgewater; Kelly C. McKee and Jessica R. Lamarca, New Smyrna Beach.

David Fayman Getzoff, 91, of New Smyrna Beach, a former salesman, died Friday, April 10, 2009.

Lois J. Morton, 85, of New Smyrna Beach, a former secretary for Union Carbide Chemical Co., South Charleston, W.Va., died Thursday, April 9, 2009.

Dorothy E. Bauer, 82, of Edgewater, a homemaker, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

John A. Kirwan, 84, of New Smyrna Beach, a truck driver for United Parcel Service in Long Island, N.Y., for over 30 years before his retirement, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The trooper from New Smyrna Beach who was struck by a passing motorist while dealing with a stopped vehicle on I-4 in DeBary on Thursday, is expected to be confined to a wheelchair for at least three months, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Trooper Rickie Zigler is recovering at Halifax Medical Center from surgery Friday on his broken pelvis and surgery the day of the accident for a broken wrist, said FHP spokeswoman Kim Miller.