May 2009

Mrs. Frederick wants to see Dwight Howard in the Nike puppet commercials now that the Orlando Magic have ousted the favored Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James.

She thought Nike blew it by not introducing Howard in the puppet commercials while it had a chance. After all, Howard, the NBA's "all-defensive player of the year," had another monster series, especially tonight, scoring 40 points in closing out the series in six games.

Now its Howard and the Magic versus Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Beneditto DelNigro, 65, of Edgewater, and a 10-year member of the city's Code Enforcement Board, died Thursday, May 28, 2009 (See separate story).

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.

Paulette Tomlinson, a waitress at the Smyrna Steak House, like many citizens throughout the country have no clue what makes medical costs soar, when the 28-year-old responded: “I have no idea."

The first step in coming up with a solution is to recognize the main source of the problem. The main problem is simply that the free market is nearly non existent in most of medicine.

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.