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ORMOND BEACH -- Circuit Judge candidate Adam Warren understands understands that in order to run a multi-county campaign he needs to generate as much funding as possible in three weeks ahead leading up to early voting and the August 26 primary in his quest for a circuit judgeship.

Tonight, Warren will play host tonight to yet another fundraiser, this time at what among to his is now his is holding a fundraiser from 5 to 7 tonight at the Beach Bucket Bar & Grill, 867 S. Atlantic Ave., Ormond Beach.

"Every opportunity to raise the rtevenue needed to commiunicate with voters is vital at this time," stressed Warren, who has so far raised cloe to $50,000.

ORMOND BEACH -- Gov. Rick Scott announced the appointment of Dr. Sue Kim to the Florida Humanities Council.

Kim, 69, of Ormond Beach, is a retired staff psychiatrist at Coatesville VA Medical Center. She succeeds Darryl Paulson and is appointed for a term that ends ending Nov. 13.

Headline Surfer® graphic / Sheriff's homicide investigators are awaiting autopsy results before deciding if criminal charges will be levied in the early Easter morning shooting death of Sanford Olson at his residence at 7 Seabreeze Drive in Ormond by-the-Sea as shown in this locator map. His wife told a neighbor he was accidentally shot.

ORMOND BEACH -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office's Major Case Unit is continuing to investigate the fatal shooting early Sunday morning of a 55-year-old man in Ormond-by-the-Sea, just north of the Ormond Beach city limits.

The victim's wife was being interviewed about the death at 7 Seabreeze Drive after receiving a call at 2:52 a.m. about a shooting that had happened. When they arrived on scene, deputies discovered he had been shot to death.

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ORMOND BEACH – The Captain James Ormond Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recognized Seabreeze High School graduating senior Vania Bustamante with its "Good Citizen" award during a recent ceremony at the historic Anderson-Price Memorial Building.

The award recognizes Bustamante dependability, service, leadership and patriotism in her daily school and community life. She also received a $100 scholarship and an American flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol on Veterans’ Day last year.

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- A dolphin that washed ashore Thursday is being cared for by SeaWorld in Orlando, beach officials said.

County Chair Jason Davis, shown in the far left photo on his Harley for Biketoberfest, stands in far contrast to his image on the dais in this Headline Surfer photo. Davis produced a video of the biker rally. 

DAYTONA BEACH -- First-year Volusia County Chair Jason Davis doesn't like it when people call him a politician. American Badass instead?

ORMOND BEACH -- The United Way Women's Initiative of Volusia County will hold its champagne social event 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Molto Bella Boutique, 140 N. Nova Road. It will include champagne and chocolate.

Admission is the donation of a silent auction item with 20% of all sales from the event to be donated to the Women's Initiative.

Headline Surfer graphic / A man drowned mid-day Saturday in the ocean ocean in the vicinity of the 600  in the 600 block of South Atlantic Avenue, in Ormond Beach, as shown in this locator map.

ORMOND BEACH -- The Fourth of July weekend has taken a tragic turn in Ormond Beach with a report that a 30-year-old man drowned earlier today in the waters off Ormond Beach.

The victim, whose name was not released was pulled to shore just before noon and treated on scene before transport to Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach where he was pronounced dead a short time later, Volusia County sheriff's dispatch Sgt. Mike Chilcot told Headline Surfer.