Obituaries
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Revis Gale Rhodes Jr. 78, of New Smyrna Beach, and Rumson, N.J., a former copyright and patent law
attorney who served in the U.S. Army as a first lieutenant and then graduated Chicago Kent
College of Law in 1960, died Friday, Jan. 8, 2010.
Kent A. Williams, 72, of New Smyrna Beach, a retired utilities company executive, who moved from Earleville, Maryland to Ormond Beach in 1995, then to New Smyrna Beach in 2003, and enjoyed family, fishing, boating and photography, died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010.
Jacquelyn Spring Daly of West Roxbury, Mass., who grew up in New Smyrna Beach
Contributing photos. These photos (at left and below) were e-mailed to NSBNEWS.net by Jeanette DiCara, showing the early Saturday morning sleet on the plants outside her Edgewater home. Overnight Saturday temperatures are expected to plunge to the coldest levels so far this year with lows in the teens, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
NSBNEWS.net photos by Sera Frederick. Interim City Manager Pam Brangaccio's hopes for a $132,500 salary and other perks that would have pushed her annual compensation gross to $257,108 were dashed Wednesday night when the City Commission unanimously agreed on a salary of $100,000 as part of an offer to remove the "interim" tag and make her the permanent city manager. The counter proposal voted on by the commission saves the taxpayers $98,737. Whether she accepts the deal remains to be seen. Mayor Adam Barringer, center photo, had initially put an offer of $114,975. Commissioner Jim Hathaway, far right photo, suggested $110,000 while Commissioner Lynne Plaskett, far right, and Jack Grasty, far left photo, opted for $115,000. Commissioner Judy Reiker suggested $101,000, but possibly higher in six months with a positive evaluation. Eventually, Barringer and Reiker favored Hathaway's figure and Grasty and Plakett then fell in line. Brangaccio was silent. 
Courtesy photo/Dorothy Kirby. Mayor Adam Barringer, lower left in the water, helps two others rescue an elderly motorist who careened into the Indian River after apparently hitting the gas pedal instead of her brakes following a motor vehicle accident. The mayor was at an awards ceremony for New Smyra Beach police at the Brannon Center when an announcement was made that a car was in the river. He ran out and jumped in after taking off his watch, jacket and shoes. .jpg){kind=small}
NEW SMYRNA BEACH --It was a typical day for Mayor Adam Barringer. He attended an afternoon awards banquet for the cops and presented his proposed salary package for the interim city manager at the City Commission meeting. Oh, and in between, he jumped into the river, along with two others, to rescue a woman trapped in her sinking car.
Courtesy photo. A fire Sunday night at Everglades Boats in Edgewater was extinguished by nearly 50 firefighters from Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach, Port Orange and command staff from Ponce Inlet and South Daytona, but not before it caused $100,000 in damage.