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River rescue heroes thanked publicly

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NSBNEWS.net photo (at far left) by Henry Frederick.Other photos/courtesy of Dorothy Kirby.

Suzanne Marie Grims poses with New Smyrna Beach police officer Christopher Kirk outside City Hall on Tuesday night following a brief awards ceremony at the begiining of the City Commission meeting. Kirk, and several others, including Mayor Adam Barringer (as shown above)  who rescued the 66-year-old New Smyrna Beach woman who accidentally drove her car into the Indian River on Jan. 7 near the Brannon Center where an awards ceremony was being held for police officers. The mayor and two others jumped into the frigid watesr and rescued her.  Kirk swam out to Barringer with a device to break a car window, but the mayor had already gotten the motorist out.

Deeds

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Property deeds filed week ending Jan. 22, 2010

EDGEWATER
Elaine C. Schwetz and Eleanor W. Starliper Trust to Daniel V. and Joanne Stillwagon Sr., lot 64, Meadow Lakes, $139,750.
Federal National Mortgage Association and Spear & Hoffman, PA, to Kevin G. and Emily Ellis, lots 8792-8793, block 282, Florida Shores, Unit 9, $100,000.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH
Paula R. Rankin to Jon M. and Susan Hall, lots 4-7, block E, Orlando Beach, $1,500,000.
Thomas A. and Cathleen F. Berse to Raymond B. and Jane P. Franklin, lots 3-5, block 17, Bethune Volusia Beach, Unit 6, $1,100,000.

Volusia County Council schedules economic development workshop Feb. 25

DELAND -- The Volusia County Council will have a workshop at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, to consider alternatives to the economic development system in the county. The workshop will be in the County Council chambers of theThomas C. Kelly Administration Center, 123 W. Indiana Ave.

Danica Patrick starts 15th in today's Nationwide series race at Daytona

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Courtesy photos/DIS Danica Patrick, the Indy Racing track star who finished 6th in the Arca race last weekend is among the drivers competing in the 1:30 p.m. NASCAR Nationwide series DRIVE4COPD at Daytona International Speedway. Patrick starts 15th. 

DAYTONA BEACH  –  After making her stock car racing debut in last weekend’s Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 and finishing sixth, Danica Patrick makes her first NASCAR Nationwide Series start at the “World Center of Racing” in today's DRIVE4COPD 300 behind the wheel of the No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet for JR Motorsports.

The 120-lap, 300-mile race will kick off Patrick’s partial NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule that she plans on running with JR Motorsportst.