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Photo for Headline Surfer® / Officials with the Florida Professional Firefighters, Marsh Gilbert, Gary Rainey, its president; and Robert Suarez (shown far right),  surround Democratic Statehouse lawmaker Dwayne Taylor as he receives their 'Legislator of the Year' award.

DAYTONA BEACH -- State Rep. Dwayne Taylor, D-Daytona Beach, received the Florida Professional Firefighters' 2013 "Legislator of the Year" award during the 69th annual conference on June 6, for professional firefighters in June at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort.

Entrant Webster Barnaby incensed with what he sees as patently racist comment to 'minimize' his candidacy and that of County Council at-large incumbent Joyce Cusack

DELTONA -- One day after Headline Surfer® broke the story that highly-respected Deltona City Commissioner Webster Barnaby had entered the race to challenge Volusia County Council at-large incumbent Joyce Cusack, the Daytona Beach Beach News-Journal was playing catch-up on the newest entrant, but it's a quote attributed to the third candidate in the race that is a major whopper.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Coverage of Webster Barnaby's candidacy for the at-large Volusia County County seat against incumbent Joyce Cusack and her Council rival Pat Northey shot right to the top of the search engines within 30 minutes of posting on HeadlineSurfer.com.

There was the main announcement interview story and a sidebar candidate snapshot on Barnaby that were the freshest offerings Wednesday night. Even searches for Cusack and Northey turned up the Barnaby coverage. What was exciting though was much older coverage, including the Headline Surfer® endorsement for Barnaby in his drive for a seat on the Deltona City Commission. And when it comes to photos and graphics, the results are even more dominant in the 24/7 internet newspaper's favor. In fact, not a single image from print media showed up.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Deltona City Commissioner Webster Barnaby, 54, is the third candidate to file to run in the 2014 elections for the non-partisan at-large seat on the Volusia County Council against incumbent Joyce Cusack along with Patricia Northey, the current district 5 seat holder who is term-limited. Northey and Cusack are Democrats while Barnaby is a Republican.

Incumbent Joyce Cusack already in battle with term-limited colleague Pat Northey

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DAYTONA BEACH -- Saying it's time "for fresh blood and a fresh approach," Deltona City Commissioner and Republican Webster Barnaby announced his candidacy to run for the non-partisan at-large seat on the Volusia County Council against first-term incumbent Joyce Cusack and term-limited dis. 5 seat holder Pat Northey, the latter two Democrats.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The Daytona 500 was the first 500-mile race to be televised live flag-to-flag on network television when it was broadcast by CBS.< Fast forward 25 years to the present and Fox Sp[orts is doing the dame thing with the Rolex -- sort of.

Pride of Pierson comes through again for DeLand college program

Photo for Headline Surfer® / Retired Atlanta Braves perennial all-star third baseman Chipper Jones is the main attraction attraction for a golf tournament and gala in his name Thursday and Friday , Feb. 13-141at the LPGA course in Daytona Beach, with Stetson baseball the benefactor.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The two-day 2014 Chipper Jones Stetson Baseball Golf Classic is set for next month at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, the primary fundraiser for the Stetson baseball, said Chris Belvin, assistant detractor of athletic communication for the university.

The classic is being held in The Thursday and Friday dates in conjunction with the start of Stetson’s 2014 season, which begins that Thursday against against Ole Miss. in DeLand.

"One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit Stetson baseball," Belvin emphasized in a press release to Headline Surfer®. "All participants will receive tickets to Stetson’s game against Ole Miss, among other amenities.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- In his first media interview since he was removed from the board of the Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority where he was the chair, Palmer Wilson said County Councilwoman not only forced him out, but hastened the departure of the previous director.