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VOLUME 13, NO. 25
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ER proposed for North US 1 AdventHealth to construct off-site emergency department at property near I-95 and US 1 interchange. PAGE 4B
Commission condemns mayor’s statements
Native plants are ‘owl’ we need Ormond Beach holds annual Great Backyard Bird Count event at EDC. PAGE 3A
Ordinance proposed to ‘prevent confusion’ after recent Jason Leslie news interviews. PAGE 2A INSIDE PLANE CRASH
Pilot killed as private plane crashes in densely wooded area in Flagler County PAGE 3A
IMPACT FEES
Plantation Oaks developer to pay impact fees in advance for Fountain View, subdivision will bring Pine Trail to overcapacity. PAGE 5A
MEETING SCHEDULE
One monthly meeting? Volusia County School Board, staff to discuss possibility. PAGE 4A
TWO FOR BALITON
Father Lopez’s Bergyn Baliton wins two more state weightlifting championships. PAGE 6B
TRAVELING EXHIBIT
Mindy Ash holds Bubba, a Great Horned owl; Lisa Necrason holds Jet, an American Kestrel; and Bob Kellog holds Einstein, an Eastern Screech owl. Photo by Connor McCarthy
Ormond Beach Historical Society to host exhibit about the American Revolution at Anderson-Price. PAGE 5B
Meet OMAM’s featured art night family for February 2025
LIFEGUARDS NEEDED
Volusia County summer lifeguard tryouts begin Feb. 22. PAGE 5A
INDEX
Business..................... PAGE 4B Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A Letters........................ PAGE 8A Public Notices............ PAGE 8B Sports......................... PAGE 6B Real Estate..................PAGE 7A
Winning start
Seabreeze wins flag football opener against Matanzas.
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Seabreeze’s Ylan Phan with the ball. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Janice and her daughter Evie, of Daytona Beach, were selected as Ormond Memorial Art Museum’s featured family from the museum’s Feb. 1 Free Family Art Night event. The mother-daughter duo love coming to the museum’s Family Art Night program, lend by instructor Linda King, as often as they can, according to a statement from the museum. Evie is a fifth grader at the Chase Academy, a school for students with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders in South Daytona. “Evie likes people to know that she can do anything,” the museum statement reads. “She is a cheerleader, singer, baseball player, actor and now with Mrs King’s help, an artist. Evie’s mom Janice enjoys just watching Evie shine!”