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Lake Helen Gives Back dinner a hit
12/06/2011

Organizers of the first Lake Helen Gives Back dinner aimed to serve 400 people a free meal. Anyone who wanted dinner was welcome to come and dine Oct. 22. “Ranger James” Tyler, vice chairman of the city’s Parks and Recreation Board, said it was an opportunity to bring together people who might ...

DeLand plant to add 10,000 square feet
12/06/2011

Employees and friends of United Parachute Technologies on the DeLand Municipal Airport gather Nov. 30 to break ground for a new addition to the manufacturing plant at 1645 Lexington Ave. The expansion will add 10,000 square feet for assembly operations and some additional office space for the parach ...

Deltona mayor is the ‘boss of sauce’
12/06/2011

Will Deltona become the barbecue capital of the world — or at least Volusia County? Deltona Mayor John Masiarczyk is now known as “the Boss of Sauce,” as a result of his first-place showing in a contest hosted by the Daytona State College Foundation. The competition, billed as the first annual ...

Magic Youth Basketball League registration
12/06/2011

Registration has started at the DeLand Parks and Recreation office, 230 N. Stone St., for the Junior Magic Youth Basketball League, which begins Dec. 15 and continues through March 1, 2012. Games will be played Tuesday and Thursday nights in the old DeLand High School gym. The cost is $45 per partic ...

Down on Nize's farm: Life and times of a small grower
12/06/2011

Growing crops is a hard job, but it's two years later, and Nize Nylen still operates her garden, Planted Earth Vegetables, on the fringes of DeLand. Back in 2009, with Volusia County Code Enforcement nipping at her heels, Nylen was almost in tears when she spoke to The Beacon. Along with growing fr ...

Possible state games
12/06/2011

The DeLand Bulldogs (10-2) won’t be headed to the Citrus Bowl later this month for the Florida High School Class 8A Championship Game. However, high-school football fans may be interested in the lineup of games and possible teams in the running. Tickets cost $12 per session or $17 for reserved sea ...

"Heeeeeere's George!"
12/01/2011

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12/01/2011

12/01/2011

Sam's Club is a Walmart project, a warehouse store where you can, if you're careful, get some good deals. One of the problems is that many items are available only in bulk. Who needs toilet paper enough to equip an army? Not only so, but they charge you for the privilege of shopping there! Is that a great deal, or what?

12/01/2011

The Veteran's Memorial Park was established to honor those men and women who served our country in the armed forces. Standing in close proximity to the park is a very nice statue of the lady, Liberty.

Due to the fact that in the near future, our attention and energies will be focused on celebrating a seasonal holiday, we'll not be blogging or commenting in our usual timely manner. We wish all of our friends a splendid week and to those who celebrate The Day of the Turkey, we wish a very Happy Thanksgiving!

12/01/2011

On this Armistice/Veteran's Day, amidst cynicism and despair, we cling desperately to the hope there will come a time when humans no longer feel the need to kill each other - for whatever reason.

But killing for god and country remains a staple of our common lives. Thus, we offer our thanks and appreciation to those men and women who were and are willing to stand and fight the tyrants of whatever stripe who would churn the earth into a scorched and bloody planetary mess in order to achieve religious and/or political domination.

But they combine their fundamentalist foundation with modern techniques and styles of ministry which many people find attractive.

The photos are of their new church building which was in the works for many years and has now finally been completed.

If interested, you can learn more about this church here.

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