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Aviation Showcase gets a boost
KEYNOTE SPEAKER — The editor of Kitplanes magazine and builder of his own three kit aircraft is Paul Dye, who will kick off DeLand’s Sport Aviation Showcase on Nov. 1 as its keynote speaker. Dye’s...
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DeLand winners go purple for Alzheimer’s
INFORMATIVE — Beacon front-office manager Coni Tarby shows off the newspaper’s entry in a recent window-decorating contest staged by the Alzheimer’s Association. Tarby and advertising assistant Karen...
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Stetson Legacy Week returns
‘GILDED AGE’ MANSION — Hatmaker John B. Stetson’s winter home in DeLand will be the setting for a weeklong celebration of his legacy, including the display of nostalgic family heirlooms.PHOTOS COURTESY...
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City gives tax break to DaVita Labs
GETTING A BREAK — Total Renal Laboratories, which operates under the DaVita Laboratories name, is getting an exemption from the city’s property taxes for the next 10 years if city commissioners give...
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Morgan Stanley holds grand opening
OFFICIALLY OPEN — DeLand Mayor Bob Apgar and Resident Manager David Welsh (wielding scissors) are surrounded by Morgan Stanley employees and members of the DeLand Area Chamber of Commerce during a...
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Florida Hospital personnel appointments
AgueroGlassKentCazaresFergusonFlorida Hospital has made several personnel appointments to its employee ranks in recent months, starting with two new leaders at Florida Hospital DeLand: Kyle Glass began...
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Stetson University recognizes entrepreneurs
ALUMNUS HONORED — Tom Prince (Class of ’67) is presented a Stetson Entrepreneurship Alumni Award by Bill Jackson, Ph.D., director of the Joseph C. Prince Entrepreneurship Program. Tom Prince, a Winter...
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Old Sears store to get new tenant
According to the Planning Board agenda item, the new tenant — rumored to be Tractor Supply Co., which would relocate from its present location about a mile north on Woodland Boulevard — will take over...
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Connector road to boost business park
COMING IN THE BACK DOOR — This rendering shows the route a proposed connector road will take to link State Road 11, on the left, to Eidson Drive, the main road in the Northwest Industrial Business Park...
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Contractor marks 50 years in business
SECOND GENERATION — Richard VonBrocken and Tammy VonBrocken Dalton, the offspring of Von-Aire founder Harold VonBrocken, flank his portrait in the company’s offices in Holly Hill.PHOTO COURTESY...
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Church’s Chicken may not come to roost
NOT SO DRIVE-IN — This Sonic Drive-In on North Woodland Boulevard has been sitting empty since the restaurant closed a number of years ago. Barricades block the driveway that state transportation...
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Stetson plans nearly $12M in improvements
WELL DONE — Stetson University President Wendy B. Libby accepts an Energy Excellence Award from Stephen Jones, a regional vice president of Cenergistic. The university’s energy-conservation partner...
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Two enter Stetson’s Accounting Hall of Fame
PHOTO COURTESY STETSON UNIVERSITYHALL OF FAMERS — The 2018 inductees, Maureen Breakiron-Evans and Vince Brenner, show off plaques indicating their selection to the Stetson University Accounting Hall of...
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Company connects restaurants and hungry patrons
YOU RANG? — Pictured above,Mobile Waiter Brittney Applegate delivers food from Smokin J’s BBQ & Catering to a regular customer, Keith Goodwin.PHOTOS COURTESY DELAND DELIVERYYUM, YUM! — Keith...
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West Volusia Chamber launches Valor Awards
EYEING THE FLAMES — A firefighter with Volusia County Fire Rescue checks a fully involved blaze inside an internet cafe north of DeLand in early April. FILE PHOTOS COURTESY VOLUSIA COUNTY PROFESSIONAL...
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Holder Pest marks 40 years
PROUD OWNERS — Jerry and Natalie Holder pose by the newest service vehicle in their company’s fleet. On June 1, Holder Pest & Termite Control will have been in business 40 years.BEACON PHOTO/JOE...
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Florida Hospital implements centralized scheduling
CONNECTING PATIENT AND HOSPITAL SERVICES — Scheduling agents in Florida Hospital’s new centralized scheduling office in Orange City help patients obtain and prepare for appointments for various...
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DeLand Nissan completes expansion
NOW WITH A CAPITAL ‘L’ — After many years without it,DeLand Nissan finally got the capital “L” in its name in May 2015. Owner Kurt Dye was finally able to convince the Nissan corporation, which...
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Stetson ethics team takes first, second at competition
IBECC 2018 TEAM — STETSON’S ETHICS TEAM — Stetson University students, from left, Regis Steighner, Megan Christopher, Alex Overdijking and Nathaniel Diamond won first- and second-place prizes at the...
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Volusia tourism-industry leaders salute record numbers
SAVVY LEADERS — The staff of the West Volusia Tourism Advertising Authority poses for a photograph recently during a Tourism Week event. From left are Dena Scroggins, Kristine Spence and Executive...
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