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The Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce invited the candidates in the Nov. 3 New Smyrna Beach municipal elections to speak at a 7:30 a.m.Thursday breakfast at the Smyrna Yacht Club attended by about 50 people. Listen to highlights of their presentations in our exclusive video (titled 'Candidates Breakfast').

Mayoral candidate Adam Barringer told the gathering he pledged to have an economic plan developed for the entire city of New Smyrna Beach within the first 100 days, if elected. He was the lone candidate among the four to make a campaign promise (see our exclusive video titled 'Barringer: 1st 100 Days).

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick.

April Perreault, 25, and her younger sister, April 22, of Edgewater, bartenders at Pub 44, shows off their assets, during Biketoberfest. In the smaller photo, on top, countless bikes are packed in like sardines in the Pub 44 parking lot. Above, a live rock and roll band performs with large Budweiser ads in the forefront.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Pub 44 bartenders April heresa Perreault, 25, and her younger sister, Theresa, 22, were asked to pose for cameras by bikers more than twice their age almost as much as they were passing out bottles of Buds for the green stuff. Welcome to Biketoberfest, Pub 44 style, where bikers, babes and booze, are a winning combination, especially in these trying economic times.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Tonight is your night to be heard and to grill the candidates for city commissioner and mayor on the important issues. It's the third and final candidates debate in advance of Early Voting and it gets under way at 6:30 p.m. The doors open at the Brannon Center at 6 p.m., on Riverside Drive.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- An anonymous complaint led Volusia County narcotics agents to a home methamphetamine lab Sunday morning near New Smyrna Beach that resulted in two narcotics arrests, a Sheriff's spokesman said.

DELTONA -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office will team up with Amscot Financial Partners on Thursday to give away free bicycle helmets in Deltona. Volusia is one of a dozen counties in the state that's participating in Amscot's helmet program.

Amscot is partnering with law enforcement agencies in 12 Florida counties where the financial services company operates branch locations.
The Deltona location for Thursday's give-away will be the Amscot branch at 2177 Howland Blvd. A second Volusia site for the give-away will be the Amscot branch at 2405 N. Atlantic Ave. in Daytona Beach.

DELTONA -- Children can learn about basic vegetable and herb gardening and holiday agriculture during a free program from 10 a.m. - noon Saturday, Nov. 7.

The program will be in the Dr. Alice E. Cross Environmental Classrooms at the new Lyonia Environmental Center, 2150 Eustace Ave., Deltona.
Presenters will include staff and master gardeners from the University of Florida/Volusia County Extension.

For reservations, please call (386) 822-5778. For more information, please contact Horticultural Extension Agent Karen Stauderman at
kstauderman@co.volusia.fl.us.

PIERSON -- With the number of H1N1 swine flu cases on the rise, the Volusia County Health Department announced Tuesday it will conduct the first in a series of planned school vaccination clinics. The first clinic will be from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, in Northwest Volusia.

“We know we have swine flu in the community and we know this strain of influenza is affecting children more severely than healthy adults,”
said Health Department Director Dr. Bonnie Sorensen. “Vaccination is the best protection against influenza. These vaccination clinics will