School's out for summer; not for this teen
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Midway through summer and there’s never a dull moment. With babysitting, friends, and oh yeah, doing more school work, I’m keeping busy. That’s right, more school!
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Oak Hill cops: No sergeants left
Henry Frederick
Mon, 07/11/2011 - 16:21
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OAK HILL -- There are no working sergeants left under the command of embattled Police Chief Diane Young, the latest abruptly resigning over the weekend citing work-related stress from the "constant scandals and rumors" in the department.
The first to go was Sgt. Mike Ihnken, first demoted and then fired outright in March. Two days later, Sgt. Manuel Perez was suspended with pay. The third to go was Sgt. Brian Riley who resigned Saturday.
His departure means Oak Hill has no sergeants and only Young as a supervisor. Between suspensions, and the recent resignation of a new officer as well as a third cop unable to work due to injury, Oak Hill has only three able-bodied cops and Young available to patrol the city 24/7.
NSBNews.net was denied Riley's letter of resignation by Chief Young and City Clerk/Administrator Laura Goodearly with stone-walling throughout the day Monday, which continued well into the 6 p.m. City Commission meeting.
Redistricting: Why you should care
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As you may have heard or read, after the U.S. Census Bureau announces new the population figures, district boundaries must be adjusted. According to the Volusia County web site, the 2010 Census results, received in March, indicate the county has 494,593 residents, which calls for about 99,000 people in each district. This will require substantial shifts in most of the districts.
Beekeeper to speak at New Smyrna Beach Library on Saturday
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Local beekeeper Marlin Athearn will discuss beekeeping, honey cultivation, and the importance of healthy bees for our food supply at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 16, at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway.
Special breakfast to celebrate Deltona Seniors
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DELTONA -- A special breakfast to celebrate Deltona Seniors will be held 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 23 at the Deltona Community Center, 980 Lakeshore Drive.
The Senior Citizen Celebration Breakfast, sponsored by Deltona Parks & Recreation, is only $2.50 per person and includes eggs, pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee.
Fired Oak Hill cop sues city
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NSBNews.net photo by Sera Frederick /OAK HILL -- It didn't take former cop Michael Ihnken long to fire back at embattled Police Chief Diane Young for his dragged out suspension and ultimately his dismissal from the force. Ihnken has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in circuit court against the city of Oak Hill.
The suit was filed on his behalf by attorney William MacQueen and received by the clerk of the court this afternoon. Paperwork on it wasn't immediately available because it hadn't yet been scanned, a court official said.
Lawsuits filed in circuit court seek a minimum of $15,000. Ihnken was fired March 28, barely six weeks after his status was changed from paid to unpaid administrative leave at the rquest of Police Chief Diane Young.
The chief had accused him of failing to keep his firearms training certification up to date.
Volusia County Fire Services to lift fireworks and outdoor burning bans Saturday in Lake Helen, Oak Hill, Pierson and other unincorporated areas
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Courtesy photos / A large mid-June fire shown here in the Maytown Road area between Oak Hill and Osteen was among dozens of wild fires plaguing rural Volusia County, have finally been quelled by several weeks of steady rain leading to county officials announcing Wednesday that bans in place on fireworks use and outdoor burning would be lifted by this weekend.
DELAND -- Volusia County Fire Services will lift the outdoor and fireworks bans for the county’s unincorporated areas as well as the cities of Lake Helen, Pierson and Oak Hill at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
The burn ban had been issued March 3, and the fireworks ban took effect June 6.
“The environmental conditions have improved because of the recent rain storms,” Volusia County Fire Services Chief Joseph Pozzo said earlier today, referring to the 12-plus inches of rainfall in the last few weeks. “But there is still a lot of dry vegetation throughout the county, so we ask residents to continue practicing wildfire safety.”
Pozzo notes that residents should not discard cigarettes from moving vehicles or park a hot car or operate all-terrain vehicles on dry grass. Outdoor fires and grills should be attended constantly and extinguished completely, and lawn mowers and farm equipment should be checked to make sure they have properly working spark arresters.
Casey Anthony from a teen's point of view: 'Personally, I trusted the jury's decision'
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By Cheyenne Drews of EdgewaterNSBNews.net community blogger
The case of the most analyzed woman and her whole family has made it across the world and it occurred in our state! You can check all the way in Ireland and Casey Anthony is big news! Everyone has been watching. I have personally watched it very closely as much as possible each day and even three or so years ago when they were still searching for a living, missing girl: little Caylee Anthony.
People who help Casey Anthony profit in any way are just as bad as her
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By Darlene Vann of EdgewaterNSBNews.net community blogger
The unbelievable has happened with the acquittal of Casey Anthony and even with that travesty we still aren’t done with her with her release from jail She just won’t get out of our news. Now she has the nerve to appeal her convictions for lying to the police that the officers testified to during the trial and is well documented. What kind of justice is this? It is no doubt some legal maneuver to distract us from something else that’s going on.
Casey jail watch tailor-made for online media
The Casey watch was an intense scurrying of her every move, from the second she was spotted by embedded photojournalists walking briskly out of the Orange County Jail lobby with her lawyer, Jose Baez, and a waiting SUV, in all about 10 seconds. Casey's release was tailor-made for electronic media -- TV and Internet newspapers -- while print newspapers had to hope and pray to get something, if they indeed, held the presses.
The Anthony coverage is intense, minute-by-minute coverage and print newspapers can't get the news out fast enough, except through their online sites, which cost the reader nothing.