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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Shane Porter's blog, "Get Psyched," is exclusive to Headline Surfer®.
Center for Behavioral Medicine in Port Orange to open this week
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Will serve New Smyrna Beach and Volusia County as well
Photos for Headline Surfer® / Salvador Leo Cevallos MD (shown in the middle), Shane Porter, LMHC ( shown near left) and Anthony Capozzi MD (not shown), head up the Center for Behavioral Medicine, 1730 Dunlawton Ave., Suite 3, Port Orange, as shown at far left.PORT ORANGE -- While many Doctors are closing their doors in fear of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, residents of the cities of Port Orange and New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County are excited about a group of prominent community physicians who are taking a bold step forward in opening the Center for Behavioral Medicine as early as Tuesday.
Chief judge of 7th judicial circuit among 6 vying for seat on 5th District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach
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Two Orlando jurists, chief judge in Sanford, also in contention
Photos for Headline Surfer / Terence R. Perkins, shown far left, would join Richard B. Orfinger, shown in the inset, as the second Volusia County jurist on the appellate court, if selected by the governor to fill an impending vacancy.DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Terence R. Perkins, chief judge of the 7th judicial circuit that encompasses the courts in Volusia, Flagler, Putnam and St. Johns counties, is among six candidates for a seat on the 5th District Court of Appeal that Gov. Scott will have to choose from to replace the retiring Jacqueline Griffin.
Perkins is among two chief judges seeking the seat. The other is John M. Harris, chief judge of the 18th judicial circuit in nearby Sanford that includes courts in Seminole and Brevard counties.
With Putin's invasion of Ukraine, where's America's leadership?
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By MELISSA COLLINS Headline Surfer®
Political Blogger: US and Them
DELTONA, Fla. -- Are we on the verge of World War III? Is Obama floundering? The answer to the first question is not yet known. The answer to the latter is obvious. And because of the indecisiveness in the White House, Putin is proving to the World that where there is a vacuum it will be filled.
VCSO: Public's help sought in locating homeless man who tried to snatch purse from Deltona woman
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Headline Surfer® graphic / A homeless man known to frequent the area of Deltona Boulevard and Enterprise Road, as shown here in this screenshot, tried to snatch a woman's purse. His description is posted in the story below. If you see him, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office urges you to please call 9-1-1.DELTONA, Fla. -- When the 36-year-old woman arrived Friday morning at work in Deltona and encountered a man who reeked of alcohol, she didn’t know him by name. But she recognized him as the homeless man who often sleeps on the park bench in front of her business at a plaza on Deltona Boulevard.
When he asked her for money, the woman said she didn’t have any to spare. And that’s when things got physical.
Response to Darlene Vann blog topic on dangers of elderly drivers
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Editor's Note: This brief write-up below by New Smyrna Beach resident Stan Kapp is in response to Headline Surfer® community blogger Darlene Vann's "Musings" column published March 13 and headlined, "Too many old people left to fend for themselves behind the wheel and that's scary." A link to Vann's blog is copied below Kapp's comments, which were verified with Florida authorities. At left are scenes from a fatal crash that occurred Feb. 6 in New Smyrna Beach, in which an elderly woman driver drove into medical building. A link to rthat story is below as well.
By STAN KAPP
Response in support of published blog
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- All the investigating officer has to do is send the driver to be retested. I was hit several years ago in New Smyrna Beach by an elderly driver. The Florida Highway Patrol showed up and said the driver should not be operating a vehicle. And he was on oxygen while driving.
Tiger Woods has backed out of Orlando's Arnold Palmer Invitational due to back injury
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Photo for Headline Surfer® / Tiger Woods won't be able to add to his record-breaking eighth Arnold Palmer Invitational Championship, due to back pain. He's shown here with Palmer from a screen shot taken from his website.
ORLANDO -- The world's No. 1 ranked golfer won't defend his championship when play begins Thursday in Orlando’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. That's because Tiger Woods withdrew Tuesday citing continued back spasms.
Daytona violence unabated: Man shot to death; bystander struck by bullet in apparent revenge gunfire in salon
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Police Chief Michael Chitwood ramps up rhetoric, with name calling, describing wanted African-American suspected accomplice as 'gun-toting thug'
Photos for Headline Surfer® / Deandre Peterson, shown, in the inset, has been booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail on a murder charge in the shooting death of Quuordre Wiley, 21, and police are looking for Justin Williams, suspected in an earlier related shooting incident.DAYTONA BEACH -- Violent crime continues unabated in Daytona Beach with no end in sight as witnessed by a cold-blooded murder on a Friday afternoon as gunfire rang out in a salon.
One-night performance of 'She Won’t Tell' at Daytona's Bethune-Cookman University Performing Arts Center
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March 21 musical play takes revealing look at taboo family sex abuse
DAYTONA BEACH -- A revealing look at the taboo of family sexual abuse and molestation is highlighted in “She Won’t Tell,” a revealing musical play, written by evangelist Karen Peoples, who herself was the victim of this silent nightmare that plagues so many families.
The play will be held 7 p.m. Friday, March 21, at the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center.