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Aerial view of the sprawling Pavilion at Port Otrange, which includes Belk, which is having a special sale Saturday.

PORT ORANGE -- Belk will hold its annual Spring Charity Sale Saturday to benefit local charities, schools and nonprofit organizations throughout the company's 16-state market area, including the local Belk at the Pavilion at Port Orange.

A $5 ticket entitles customers to merchandise discounts ranging from an extra 20 to 70 percent on items throughout the store, including special savings on rarely discounted brands. Customers will also receive $5 off their first purchase of $5 or more at the event, and Belk cardholders will receive double Rewards points (and Belk Elite cardholders triple Rewards points) for card purchases.

The first 100 customers in each store will receive free Belk gift cards, ranging in value from $5 to $100, and a chance to win one of three $1,000 Belk gift cards being awarded company-wide.

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South Daytona Vice Mayor Ronald Clifton Jr. has been named South Daytona's new mayor after the passing earlier this monh of Mayor Blaine O'Neal.

SOUTH DAYTONA -- Ronald Clifton, Jr., South Daytona's vice mayor, was sworn in Tuesday as mayor, succeding Blaine O'Neal who died suddenly earlier this month at the age of 43.

Clifton will hold the seat until the Aug. 24 City election.

DELTONA -- A 19-year-old man at the center of an armed confrontation in Deltona Saturday night that kept Volusia County Sheriff's deputies at bay for several hours has been taken into custody, an agency spokesman said.

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DAYTONA BEACH -- NASCAR officials announced Saturday at the Talladega International Speedway that the repaving of Daytona International Speedway will be moved up to July 4, right after the running of the Coke Zero 400, and almost a year ahead of schedule.

DEBARY -- Two masked men with guns made off with a car, money, purses and cell phones during two separate robberies on Friday, one in Deltona and the other in DeBary. No shots were fired and no one was injured, and Volusia County Sheriff's investigators are looking into the possibility that the
two incidents are related.

DELAND -- Narcotics agents made 10 arrests on Friday in a sting operation designed to combat street-level drug activity in the DeLand area. The operation was spearheaded by the DeLand Police Department in conjunction with the West Volusia Narcotics Task Force.

DELAND -- A 36-year-old motorcyclist was killed Tuesday night when he was struck on his Suzuki by a motorist in a car pulling out of a parking lot, DeLand police said.

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Gov. Charlie Crist's weekly Notes from the Capitol.

As Florida’s Governor, I remain committed to helping families have the tools and resources they need. Important tools such as world-class education for all children.

Florida’s young people deserve a solid educational foundation for the future. We cannot – and must not – let them down. That is why I signed legislation this week which improves an important scholarship program for Florida students and parents.

DELAND -- Volusia County staff will conduct a public workshop to provide an overview of proposed 10-2 cycle large-scale amendments to the county’s comprehensive plan. The workshop will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the first-floor training rooms of the Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center, 123 W. Indiana Ave.

DELAND -- Volusia County Council members Andy Kelly and Patricia Northey will attend the West Volusia NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 1. The event will be in the Carlton Union Building at Stetson University, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.