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DELTONA -- A 16-year-old boy remains hospitalized at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach after accidentally shooting himself in the head with his mother's handgun Friday, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

The boy, identified today as Dillon Charles,was visiting his mother at 2821 India Blvd., when he accidentally shot himself while handling the firearm, deputies said. The boy was breathing when rescue units arrived, but was non-responsive to the verbal commands of the responding deputies at 12:54 p.m., three minutes after a 911 call was made.

Dorothy Caroline Adams, 92, New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker, died Saturday, May 30, 2009.

James R. Griffin, 82. of Edgewater, a former warehouse worker for a paper distributor, died Saturday, May 30, 2009.

Arthur Jack Poole, 82, of New Smyrna Beach, an avid boater who is survived by his wife of 60 years, Emily, died Saturday, May 30, 2009.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The Florida Housing Finance Corp. has awarded $1 million in State Housing Initiatives Partnership disaster funds to the City of Daytona Beach and another $1 million to Volusia County to assist families affected by recent flooding.

SHIP generally provides funds to local governments as an incentive to create partnerships that produce and preserve affordable home-ownership and multifamily housing.

In this instance, the funds will be used specifically to help floodvictims and must be spent in accordance with the following requirements:

DELAND -- Summer atering restrictions apply to all Volusia County residents, including those in cities, as of June 1.

Watering is not allowed between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Here is the schedule:

During Daylight Saving Time:

* Residential irrigation is allowed at odd-numbered addresses from 4 p.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays and even-number addresses Thursdays and Sundays.
* Businesses may irrigate from 4 p.m. to 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Fridays.

Daylight Saving Time begins the second Sunday in March and ends the first Sunday in November.

During Eastern Standard Time:

DAYTONA BEACH -- Members of the Volusia County Council; county staff; and mayors, commissioners and managers of the cities affected by the May flooding in Volusia County have been invited to an informational meeting at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 2, at Volusia County Lifeguard Headquarters and Administration Center, 515 S. Atlantic Ave.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A malfunctioning stove resulted in a man being hospitalized after collapsing and $5,000 worth of property damage, primarily to the wall and attic area of the appliance earlier today inside the mixed-use wood structure at 500 Pecan Ave., a New Smyrna Beach Fire Department official said.

The unidentified victim had gotten out of the house after trying to extinguish the flames, but then collapsed and stopped breathing said New Smyrna Beach Fire Division Chief Randy Wright.

Courtesy photo. Beneditto DelNigro, a member of the Edgewater Code Enforcement Board, died Thursday. He was 65.

Edgewater -- Beneditto DelNigro, a 10-year member of the Edgewater CXode Enforcement Board, died Thursday, May 28, 2009. He was was 65.

DelNigro was born in Providence, R.I., and served in the Army in Vietnam. and moved to this area in 1988.

ORANGE CITY -- A 38-year-old Zephythills man died fronm an apparent drowning this morning at Blue Spring State Park while free diving, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

Robert Jones was found at 10:22 a.m. under 10 feet of water and possibly had been under for up to 10 minutes, Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.

Jones was pulled out of the water and transported by EVAC ambulance to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial, Orange City, where he was pronounced dead at 11:33 a.m.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A man robbed the Bank of America branch on West International Speedway Boulevard earlier today by passing a note to a teller and implying he was armed, Daytona Beach police said.

The teller gave the robber a bag of money, but also included a dye pack that exploded shortly after he ran from the bank at 2:55 p.m. The robber droped the bag, but still kept some of the money as he fled the scene.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Members of the Volusia County Council; county staff; and mayors, commissioners and managers of the cities affected by the May flooding in Volusia County have been invited to an informational meeting at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, , at Volusia County Lifeguard Headquarters and Administration Center, 515 S. Atlantic Ave.