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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick and Sera Frederick. At left, Zone 2 City Commissioner Jack Grasty speaks at a public meeting. At right, Grasty and challengers Steve Sather (to his left) and Palmer Wilson to his right, participated in the recent candidate debates sponsored by the Public Watch Committee and NSBNEWS.net. Grasty has received the endorsements of the Board of Realtors, the Teamsters Union for city police and the International Association of Firefighters, the union for the city's firefighters.He is the only candidate among nine for three elective offices to receive all three endorsements for the 2009 NSB elections.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Zone 2 City Commissioner Jack Grasty stands alone among the nine candidates as the only one to win the triple crown of political endorsements leading up to Tuesday's primary: the police and fire unions and the Board of Realtors. Mayoral candidate Adam Barringer has the potential to also reach that achievement, having already locked up the firefighters union and Board of Realtors endorsements.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A 28-year-old woman inmate at the Volusia County Branch Jail wa found unconscious and died Wednesday morning, the Volusia County Sherigff's Office reported.

No foul play is suspected in the death of Tracy Lee Veira, who was found unresponsive shortly after 10 a.m. , but autopsy results were not yet available Friday, said Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson, who added there were "no signs of trauma to her body."

Sheriff Ben Johnson's annual Battle of the Badges charity fishing tournament returns to New Smyrna Beach today.

As usual, there will be plenty of activities, both on the water and on land, between 10 a.m.-3 p.m., when the fishing tournament weigh-in will take place at Riverside Park.

Among those scheduled to fish in the tournament are Sheriff Johnson, Nassau County Sheriff Tommy Seagraves, retired Lake County
Sheriff Noel Griffin, Jr., Sheriffs Youth Ranches President Roger Bouchard and several local media personalities. Other activities at the

Joan A. Harding, 92, Edgewater, a former cook for a church, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.

Lois Clara Frase, 79, of New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker and gardener, married for 62 years to Theodore G. Frase, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009.

Rick Hunter, 59, Edgewater, a retired welder, died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.

Sept. 19, 2009: Daniel G. Wells, Edgewater, and Sharon A. Daley, Fountain Inn, S.C.

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. -- Lauren Heaton, 18, of New Smyrna Beach, was among five young women employed as strippers at the Biggins Gentlemen's Club who made decent tip money showing their assets to paying customers.