In the midst of differences between labor and management, one very worthy cause has brought us together, cancer awareness.  Mr. Ken Parker, our City Manager was kind enough to permit our City firefighters the privilege and honor of wearing pink uniform fire shirts to help support the cause during the month of October.  The firefighters association will be purchasing the shirts for the members to wear.  We are very proud to wear pink for the cause!  We thank Mr. Parker for his support.   

September 16th from 11am-3pm we will also be welcoming the PINK HEALS tour to our City.  These firefighters travel the nation to help raise money and awareness of cancer.  The fire trucks are painted pink, the firefighters wear pink bunker gear, and the trucks are each named after an inspiring women who has had a profound effect on their organization.  

http://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=hlv
avjpyTrY Here is a short video the helps tell the story behind these firefighters commitment to finding a cure for the cause.

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Departmental Heads in the City of Port Orange

have been directed by the City Manager

to prepare projected figures for their departments

which will be considered by the city council

in an attempt to cut the city budget by 9 percent

 

cartoon found in the complete New Yorker Cartoons, pg. 464.
see more cartoons at www.newyorker.com
see more cartoons at www.cartoonbank.com

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Commercial pilot to be sentenced for drug-masking
Centre Daily Times
Stephen Sharp, of Port Orange, Fla., will appear before a federal judge on Friday, where he faces up to five years in prison. ...

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Man faces armed robbery charges Daytona Beach News-Journal All suspects are presumed innocent until charges are proven in court: Robert K. Clendenin, 49, of Port Orange was arrested Aug. 26 and charged with armed ... See all stories on this topic »

Officials turn down YMCA proposal Daytona Beach News-Journal By RAY WEISS, Staff Writer PORT ORANGE -- After comparing the numbers, city leaders have decided $46000 in apparent savings during the next year wasn't ... See all stories on this topic »

Clearwire launches 4G Internet service in Daytona Beach Daytona Beach News-Journal In the Daytona Beach area, the company's 4G network coverage area extends as far north as Ormond Beach, as far south as Port Orange, as far east as the ... See all stories on this topic » poanposted 9 2 10 at 423 pm xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

 

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Kayla Bellantoni was located

Update #2:

Received 9 3 10 at 1123 am

With the help of an anonymous tip, Kayla Bellantoni was located late Thursday afternoon by DeLand Police at an apartment complex on West Howry Avenue and taken into custody pursuant to an arrest warrant issued on Aug. 4, 2010.

Gary Davidson

Public Information Officer

Volusia County Sheriff’s Office

 

Update #1:

While Kayla Bellantoni remains at large, her baby has been recovered safe and sound. Bellantoni dropped the baby off with a relative on Wednesday, and the relative delivered the baby early Wednesday afternoon to the Florida Department of Children & Families, in compliance with the court order.

 

Bellatoni left after dropping off the baby, and her exact whereabouts are still unknown at this time. An arrest warrant has been issued for Bellantoni for violation of her pre-trial conditions associated with pending criminal charges against her of being an accessory to armed robbery and aggravated battery with a firearm.

 

Gary Davidson

Public Information Officer

Volusia County Sheriff’s Office

 

 

 

September 1, 2010
Contact: Gary Davidson

Public Information Office

 

 

DEPUTIES SEEK HELP IN LOCATING ABSCONDED DELAND TEEN

 

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a 17-year-old DeLand girl who fled with her 2-month-old child after the teen learned that a judge had ordered the baby into state custody. Kayla Bellantoni also is facing felony charges of being an accessory to armed robbery and aggravated battery with a firearm.

 

The criminal case against Bellantoni is working its way through the courts, where prosecutors have decided to charge the girl as an adult. On Aug. 4, a warrant was issued for Bellantoni’s arrest after she failed multiple drug tests that were a required as part of her pre-trial conditions. Meanwhile, the State Department of Children & Families has obtained an order to take custody of Bellantoni’s baby son, Gene Cuddy. But before the state could step in, someone apparently tipped off Bellantoni. The teen called DCF on Aug. 2 and agreed to come in the next day. But she never showed up and is now believed to be on the run with the baby. All attempts by authorities to locate her have been unsuccessful.

 

Bellantoni’s last known address was 327 S. Virginia Ave. in DeLand. She’s 5’1” and weighs approximately 135 pounds and has brown hair, brown eyes and a scar on her right hand. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida, toll-free, at (888) 277-TIPS. Resident can also text a tip by texting “TIP231 plus the message” to CRIMES. Tipsters who provide information to Crime Stoppers will remain anonymous and can qualify for a reward of up to $1,000. Anyone who prefers to talk directly to a deputy can call Sheriff’s investigator Todd Raible at (386) 943-7866. However, only callers to Crime Stoppers will qualify for a reward.

 

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Officers Arrested, Charged With Criminal Mischief


Two Daytona Beach police officers were arrested Thursday for allegedly damaging
a woman's home.


MORE DETAILS: <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5SrPtJECk.html>

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Butchered Whale Found On Fla. Beach
MORE DETAILS: <http://www.clickorlando.com/tu/5SrZ7bhhP.html>

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employers lean on their workers to join their pro-overbuilding campaign
and even provide lists of employees names to the anti-Amendment 4 campaign team.

"It is bad enough that major Florida employers are squandering millions of dollars to oppose giving voters a seat at the table, money that could instead go into growing their businesses and hiring new employees. Now, they have devised a plan to have those same employers lean on their workers to join their pro-overbuilding campaign and even provide lists of employees names to the anti-Amendment 4 campaign team.

 

"This is a recipe for coercion in the workplace. It is a full-court press that no Florida worker trying to keep his or her job will be able to resist and make a fully informed decision. Such politicking activity would be against the law in public agencies. It is merely unethical and disappointing in the private sector. We hope that employees who feel wrongly pressured by this plan will report any wrongdoing to our website, www.floridahometowndemocracy.com."

I’d like to personally ask you to take a moment to visit www.noamendment4.com and fill out the Industry Advocate form.  Your information will be kept private and used only to educate you, your friends, family members and colleagues on Amendment 4.

The outrageous plan goes further, even asking employers to mail in "detailed" lists of employees to the opposition campaign, as shows in this e-mail to business leaders from Florida Chamber exec Adam Babington:

1. Encourage your employees and colleagues to register as an "Advocate" in opposition to Amendment 4. A high level of participation is critical in defeating Amendment 4 which will hurt Florida's working families. Visit www.noamendment4.com to register.

2. Even easier, provide the "Vote No on 4" campaign with a detailed list of your interested employees, organization members, friends and family. [highlighting added] This data will be handled with the greatest sensitivity and confidentiality and will not be shared with others. It will be used only to communicate the messages of "Vote No on 4."

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September 2, 2010
For immediate release
from: Brandon Haught, Public Information Office, VCSO

 $32,000 WORTH OF COCAINE SEIZED IN DELTONA TRAFFIC STOP

Agents seized more than two pounds of cocaine early Wednesday evening worth an estimated $32,000 on the streets during a traffic stop in Deltona prompted by an anonymous tip. Narcotics investigators and Volusia County Sheriff's deputies arrested Correy Warren, 32, who was driving the vehicle and admitted that the narcotics were his. Investigators found a brick of cocaine tucked inside a backpack, about 175 grams of cocaine packaged in six plastic bags and $8,000 in cash neatly stacked inside a cracker box. A subsequent search of his home turned up a stolen handgun, about 100 more grams of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. Warren faces charges of cocaine trafficking, possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, grand theft of a firearm and two counts of use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, or advertisement of drug paraphernalia.

Wednesday afternoon the West Volusia Narcotics Task Force was advised by a concerned citizen who wanted to remain anonymous that there was drug activity at 2031 Jefferson Ave. The tipster also said that whenever a blue Volkswagen was parked there, it's likely that it's being used to transport drugs. Investigators and deputies then strategically positioned themselves in the neighborhood nearby and kept an eye on the Volkswagen that was in front of the house. At about 5:40 p.m. two men got into the car and drove away. But the driver didn't properly stop at a nearby intersection, which prompted deputies to pull him over. When Warren was directed to get out of the car, he was asked if he had any drugs or weapons on him, and he admitted to having marijuana in his pocket. A small amount of the drug was found in a bag there. A drug-sniffing K-9 brought in to sniff the outside of the car alerted to the presence of drugs near the rear passenger door. A subsequent search revealed the cocaine brick and cash. The passenger was interviewed, but he said he knew nothing about the drugs and was later released.

Investigators then searched Warren's house, which was the Jefferson Avenue home. The gun and other drug materials were found there. Warren had served nearly three years in state prison for a drug trafficking and drug possession convictions in 2003. Warren was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach.

The West Volusia Narcotics Task Force is a multi-agency force of investigators from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office and DeLand Police Department that shares resources and crosses jurisdictional boundaries to combat street-level drug and vice crimes.

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NEXT: NEWS - NATIONAL, GLOBAL ,
THE COSMOS
OUR PARELLEL UNIVERSE, AND THE HEREAFTER
and a little bit of the supernatural. (not too much though, we should keep one foot in reality)

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World / Europe: Cardinal, Who Mediated in Belgian Abuse Case, Says He Was
Misled
By DOREEN CARVAJAL and STEPHEN CASTLE
Cardinal Godfried Danneels is distancing himself from his
colleague and friend, Roger Vangheluwe, the former bishop
of Bruges who is accused of abusing his own nephew.

Full Story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/world/europe/02church.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

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World / Europe: In Poland, a Memorial Becomes a Battleground
By JUDY DEMPSEY
A monument to those who died in the plane crash in April
that killed Poland's president has become a symbol in the
country's heated secular-religious divide.

Full Story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/world/europe/02iht-letter.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

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