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SEPTEMBER 2019
Volusia eyes coastal projects Over $350 million in capital projects; Volusia to prioritize beach improvements on to-do list. PAGE 2
YOUR TOWN CITY’S BEST DECORATED HOUSE? Who will be named the best decorated house in Port Orange? Let’s see those Christmas lights! Register by Dec. 4 to compete by emailing twiggins@port-orange. org. Lights must be up Dec. 11- 20, and the public will vote on the winner.
VIRTUAL TREE LIGHTING DEC. 4 Join us virtually as we light the Christmas tree and oak trees at City Center Park. There will be no in-person Christmas in the Park this year, but the park will be even more festive then usual for the entire month of December. We will be live on Facebook to turn on the trees starting at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4.
FREE COVID-19 TESTING Thanks to the state and the City of New Smyrna Beach, COVID-19 testing provided by the Florida Division of Emergency Management will continue through Jan. 31. The site, located at the City Gym, 1000 Live Oak St., New Smyrna Beach, was initially scheduled to close at the end of the month. The test site offers both selfswab rapid antigen and PCR testing and operates from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Results for rapid testing are expected within 15 minutes. The site will close Nov. 26 and 27 for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Volusia County School Board members Ruben Colon, Carl Persis, Anita Burnette, Linda Cuthbert, Jamie Haynes and Superintendent Carmen Balgobin.
Burnette joins School Board
School Board member Anita Burnette is sworn in to the board alongside her husband Don Burnette.
Persis, Burnette sworn in to the Volusia County School Board PAGE 2
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NIEWALD FINISHES IN TOP 20 AT STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET Spruce Creek sent one runner to the 2020 FHSAA Cross Country State Championships this year: Olivia Niewald. Niewald, who competed in class 4A, mixed it up with some of the best girls in the state, at one point running close to leaders Amber Schulz of Timber Creek and Keleigh Scallon of Newsome early on. The sophomore completed the course at Appalachee Regional Park in a time of 19:43.1, good enough to garner a top-20 finish. There’s no doubt that the rising star isn’t done, as track and field training soon begins. She’ll be sure to be a key contributor to the Spruce Creek girls squad going forward.
Olivia Niewald.
Photo by Ka'Deem Wynn.