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By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

DELTONA, Fla. -- With daily temperatures hovering around 90 degrees, it’s hard to think about working outside. But it’s already time to start laying the groundwork for your fall vegetable garden.

Joe Sewards will offer tips on getting ready for the fall vegetable season from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Lyonia Environmental Center, 2150 Eustace Ave., Deltona.

DELAND, Fla. -- Men and women interested in a career in public protection have an opportunity to join Volusia County’s Division of Corrections.

The division will host a career fair at 8 a.m. Saturday, at the Volusia County Branch Jail, 1300 Red John Drive, Daytona Beach.
 

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Visions of the upcoming total solar eclipse are getting astronomers and everyday stargazers revved up for an astronomically good time.
 

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- Do you love curling up with a good book? Check out the used book sale at the Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St., from noon to 4 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

HOLLY HILL, Fla. -- At 55 and out of the marriage scene for a decade now, the last thing political consultant Maureen France wanted to deal with was the hassle of a wedding, especially with family and friends in two separate locates more than 600 miles apart. So she and her longtime beau eloped.

YouTube download / AP video / Highlights of this day in history: Last U.S. combat troops leave Vietnam; Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. killed in World War II; N.J. Gov. McGreevey to resign after declaring he's gay; Russian sub Kursk explodes; Director Cecil B. DeMille born. (Aug. 12)

OVIEDO, Fla. -- Seminole County deputies arrested an Oviedo man for firing a weapon into a house, criminal mischief and firing a weapon under the influence of alcohol.