DeBary News: March 2018

fingers fly across the frets. 

Jay’s 

hammers hard on the drums. 

Daniel 

bass thunders, loud and low. 

Jeff’s 

Ashlyn dives in with soul and sass. 

Then 

could pass his time, around some other line,” she bellowed. 

“He 

you know he chose this place beside her.” 

“But 

is Grindstone Sinners — a fledgling, young-adult DeBary rock 

This 

rhythm and blues band — belting out their version of Jerry 

and 

need newspapers - now more than ever. Sadly, 

Communities 

are quickly vanishing. That's stops today in DeBary. 

they 

to DeBary News. I'm Kevin Connolly, a former 

Welcome 

Sentinel reporter and editor. I've lived in DeBary since 

Orlando 

Since launching a blog in 2013 called debarylife.com, 

2000. 

have asked for a print version. The web, they said, just 

readers 

the same. A lot of people want print. I couldn't agree more. 

isn't 

starting small - just a newsletter size for now. I'm printing 

I'm 

a quarter. But I plan to grow. Just like DeBary. I'm at 

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accordion fans out there? 

Any 

Hall will host The Key 

DeBary 

Trio and members of the 

Tunes 

Florida Accordion Club 

Central 

a free concert at 1 p.m. 

for 

March 10. The historic 

Saturday, 

is at 198 Sunrise Blvd. No 

hall 

to register in 

need 

Details: 386-668-3840 

advance. 

www.debaryhall.com. 

or 

Kevin P. Connolly 

By 

emergency patch-up for Fort 

An 

Road just cost $50,000. 

Florida 

a longer-term fix for nearly 

Now 

of that road – as well an 

half 

to a section of West 

upgrade 

Road – are just 

Highbanks 

from getting underway. 

weeks 

safety concerns, the 

Amid 

City Council approved 


than $270,000 for the 

more 

Feb. 7. 

projects 

– and its big dump 

expansions 

for damaging both roads. 

trucks 

it’s too soon to try to get 

But 

from the developer to 

money 

pay for repairs, interim City 

help 

Ron McLemore told 

Manager 

members. 

council 

has to wait until the 


is done before it can 

work 

the developer’s share 

calculate 

the work, McLemore added. 

for 

city can hold Henin Group 

The 

for a majority of the 

responsible 

to Fort Florida Road 

damage 

an agreement with 

under 

he said. Trucks hauling 

DeBary, 

from Springview to Riviera 

dirt 

damaged Fort Florida 

Bella 

prompting DeBary to 

Road, 

an emergency Jan. 17. 

declare 

when the city approved 

That’s 

$53,000 to quickly fix 

spending 

worst sections of the road. 

the 

work is done. But dump 

That 

started using West 

trucks 

Road, causing 

Highbanks 

damage to that road, 

additional 

to City Council 

according 

Erika Benfield. 

member 

you’ve got the rerouting 

“Now 

all these trucks that just 

of 

the other road,” 

destroyed 

$12.5M tax-funded 

center on Nov. 6 ballot 

Online community 

center coverage: 

What you need to 

know the big vote! 

First Issue! 

March 2018 

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blame Henin Group — 

Officials 

developer of two subdivision 

the 

GRINDSTONE SINNERS 

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Benfield said.

are sweating and smiling in this practice session in a converted 

They 

This is where bassist Jeff Hunt lives with his parents in DeBary. 

garage. 

drummer Daniel Conner and guitarist Jay Umlauf grew up 

Jeff, 

in this bedroom community halfway between Orlando and 

together 

Beach. 

Daytona 

vocalist Ashlyn Weidemiller - once a choir singer - is an alto (the 

Lead 

female voice) whose style has been compared to 1960s American 

lowest 

icon Janis Joplin. 

rock 

Ashlyn joined following a chance encounter with Daniel in high 

After 

the band took off, even though the band's name didn't surface 

school, 

later. The talent jelled immediately. 

until 

all just really, really clicked," Daniel said, "and then we realized how 

"It 

we were to actually all successfully find each other in such a close 

lucky 

and know each other for a long time." 

area 

Sinners practice in a Haight-Ashbury-inspired band cave 

Grindstone 

with psychedelic images and illuminated by a single spiral 

dripping 

band 

say their influences include The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin 

members 

The Beatles. And, if everything goes as planned, Grindstone Sinners 

and 

be rocking for a long time. Old enough to vote but too young to 

will 

band members want to jam for the rest of their lives as 

drink, 

musicians. They know they face an uphill battle but are 

professional 

by youthful enthusiasm, talent honed by years of practice 

encouraged 

a string of industry and social-media successes. 

and 

Songwriters 

of America. The band landed finalist spots in other 

Showcases 

including getting consideration for Song of the Year, Band of 

categories, 

Year, Most Unique Style and Songwriter of the Year (Jay). 

the 

Sinners (with 600 Facebook followers) is on Reverb Nation, 

Grindstone 

iTunes and Google Play Music. The foursome - all 18-year-olds 

Spotify, 

a December interview - is becoming increasingly popular, 

during 

at breweries, music festivals and local clubs across Florida. 

appearing 

working hard at building a dedicated fan base -- an effort that 

They're 

up speed with the help of Real Radio 104.1's Jim Philips and 

picked 

Phile show. The show played Grindstone Sinners' cover of 

Philips 

Sky Is Crying by Elmore James about a year ago. 

The 

good," Philips said as their tune howled in the background. 

"That's 

"Wow." 

two years ago, Grindstone Sinners a few months 

Formed 

its first high-end CD and is branching into 

released 

including selling its first professionally 

merchandising, 

T-shirts - colorful tie-dyes with the band's new logo. 

designed 

DeBary News 

SINS OF THE ROCKERS 

Page 2 

By Kevin P. Connolly 

Lifetime rockers 

fluorescent light bulb. Nurtured by their parents' taste in music, 

Music awards 

Jay, after all, was just named 2017 Musician of the Year by 

Philips Phile boost 

Jay Umlauf 

the

top, Ashlyn Weidemiller ,Daniel Conner 

From 

Jeff Hunt 

and 

already veterans of the local live 

They're 

scene. But this night they're 

music 

their studio - half of an 

shaking 

garage attached to Jeff's 

enclosed 

house on Colomba Drive. 

parents' 

Jay and Daniel have been buddies 

Jeff, 

kindergarten at DeBary 

since 

They began playing 

Elementary. 

for fun in the 7th grade. The 

together 

even whipped out an Iron Maiden 

guys 

later realized she performed during the 

(Ashlyn 

show. She sang a Broadway show tune.) 

same 

met Ashlyn of Orange City at University 

Daniel 

School when they were put together for an 

High 

class project. They soon realized they 

English 

musical interests. 

shared 

attributes her love of music to her mother, 

Ashlyn 

how they enjoyed signing Pat Benatar 

recalling 

Norah Jones songs while she was growing up. 

and 

soon as I learned how to form sound out of 

"As 

mouth, I was singing - even if it wasn't 

my 

she said. "I was a singing baby, you 

words," 

know?" 

cramped jam room is heavily insulated -- 

Their 

block walls largely contain stray guitar 

concrete 

and random bass burps. They don't play too 

riffs 

And the neighbors are cool, so there's no 

late. 

if their jams filter outside at times. 

problem 

the mish-mash of decorations include 

Inside, 

Sinner gear and memorabilia honoring 

Grindstone 

musical inspirations, including a giant 

their 

Dead tapestry. Guitars, amps and a drum 

Grateful 

share space with the family's second 

kit 

a washer and dryer and a bench from 

refrigerator, 

van. They recently took a road trip in Jeff's 

Jeff's 

to see Dead and Company, the John Mayer- 

van 

group featuring three founding members 

fronted 

the Grateful Dead. 

of 

Sinners perform about two to three 

Grindstone 

each month. Popular venues include 

shows 

Beach and DeLand, though they've 

Daytona 

at shows as far away as Gainesville and 

rocked 

make ends meet, they all have jobs 

To 

of the spotlight. 

outside 

the bassist, works in residential construction. 

Jeff, 

busses tables when he isn't drumming. 

Daniel 

is a hostess at Texas Roadhouse in Orange 

Ashlyn 

Jay, the guitarist, just landed a job at the new 

City. 

Center in Daytona Beach. 

Guitar 

employee discount comes in handy for the 

(His 

band). 

band members appreciate the steady 

Although 

from the traditional jobs, they're 

income 

to make music their lifetime labors of 

determined 

doing that by working hard, making 

They're 

everyone has a great time. 

sure 

first CD, released in October, was part 

Their 

a longer-term investment in raising the 

of 

profile. It cost about $3,500 -- all paid 

band's 

with money they made by playing gigs. 

for 

covered the cost of the CDs, studio time 

That 

professional mastering. Revenue from 

and 

sales goes back into the band account. 

CD 

thing is, right now, at this point it's not 

"The 

about making money off the band," Jay 

really 

"It's about getting our name out there so 

said. 

can really start to expand that fan base 

we 

more people picking up our music, 

with 

our name, knowing who we 

knowing 

Then eventually the fan base will keep 

are. 

That will come through word of 

expanding." 

social-media buzz and professional 

mouth, 

networking. 

they get more popular, they plan to land 

As 

as opening acts, eventually become the 

gigs 

Their strong work ethic isn't just a 

headliner. 

shared philosophy for success. It's 

mutually 

a mantra ingrained, albeit it subtly, in 

also 

dad came up with Grindstone Sinners 

Daniel's 

using a random band-name generator 

by 

wasn't sure about the name at 

Daniel 

But his dad broke it down. Then Daniel 

first. 

sold. was 

workers face the grindstone, the job 

Nine-to-5 

pays the bills but isn't necessarily their 

that 

Sinners go against the grain. 

passion. 

sinners... technically means 

"Grindstone 

who are sinning against workforce, 

people 

trying to work," Daniel said with a laugh. 

not 

in a sense, we're Grindstone Sinners. We 

"So 

want to work. We want to do what we 

don't 

We want to make music." 

love. 

"We want to work hard but 

Ashlyn: 

in the sense that everyone else is 

not 

working." 

agreed, saying the name means band 

Jay 

"do what we love instead of just 

members 

'practical.'" 

what's 

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Getting more fans 

Singing baby 

their name. 

Making music 

Working hard off stage 

online. 

Miami. 

Added 

song for a middle-school talent show. 

love.

lobbyists take note: 

Trash-talking 

City Council members 


chat with you in private. 

won’t 

members last month 

Council 

backed a 

unanimously 

from Interim 

recommendation 

Manager Ron McLemore, 

City 

urged them to avoid private 

who 

with representatives 

discussions 

solid-waste companies. 

from 

discussions should only be 

Those 

during public meetings, 

held 

said. 

McLemore 

a veteran public 

McLemore, 

said the no-private- 

administrator, 

measure is needed as DeBary 

chat 

key decisions on waste 

faces 

services. 

pay $179 annually for 

Residents 

recycling and yard-waste 

garbage, 

council members need to 

City 

whether to renegotiate the 

decide 

of DeBary’s contract with its 

terms 

Waste Pro, or seek 

contractor, 

bids for the next 

competitive 

contract. 

city originally hired the 

The 

in 2004, with service 

company 

on Jan. 1, 2005 at a rate 

beginning 

$129.84 for the same level of 

of 

service. 

garbage contract is 

DeBary’s 

millions annually. 

worth 

council members will be 

City 

to make key decisions 

asked 

now and April in public, 

between 

manager said during a Feb. 7 

the 

meeting. 

council 

reps who want to talk to 

Trash 

members in private should 

council 

told those discussions should 

be 

be held in public meetings, he 

only 

not too early to prepare for hurricane season. Volusia County recently 

It's 

a grand-funded program to help fortify owner-occupied homes. 

announced 

in Daytona Beach and Deltona are not eligible for Volusia 

Homes 

Wind Hazard Mitigation Program. 

County’s 

must meet certain eligibility requirements. The money can pay 

Applicants 

hurricane coverings for window and doors, gable-end tie-downs and 

for 

garage doors. Window replacements aren't covered. The 

wind-rated 

award is $10,000. "The funds are provided as a five-year, zero- 

maximum 

deferred loan secured by a mortgage," a county statement said. "If 

interest, 

homeowner lives in the home for five years and complies with 

the 

Affordable Housing 

Call 

Lori Brown at 386-736-5955, ext. 12969. 

Coordinator 

companies are 

Solid-waste 

he said, adding 

aggressive, 

decisions about solid- 

that 

could “go awry” if 

waste 

officials hold private 

elected 

with 

discussions 

from garbage 

representatives 

haulers. 

is something that I have 

“This 

involved with for a long 

been 

time, as well as most city 

long 

and you have to be 

managers, 

careful how you deal 

very 

this,” McLemore said. 

with 

are good companies. 

“There 

are bad companies 

There 

are companies in the 

there 

There’s a lot of 

middle. 

has annual 

Longwood, 

of $600 million. It 

revenues 

itself “one of the 

calls 

fastest growing 

country’s 

owned waste 

privately 

recycling, 

collection, 

and disposal 

processing 

companies…” 

that plant looking a little droopy? Here's a chance to get your 

Is 

checked out for free in DeBary. 

plant 

County’s master gardeners will hold a clinic from 10 

Volusia 

to noon Tuesday, March 20, at the DeBary Public Library, 

a.m. 

N. Charles R. Beall Blvd. 

200 

will also share winter gardening tips and answer 

They 

is one of eight plant clinics planned in March in 

It 

County. "For more information about the county’s 

Volusia 

Gardener Program, call the University of Florida/Volusia 

Master 

Extension at 386-822-5778," the county said. 

County 


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DEBARY OFFICIALS TO GARBAGE FIRMS: OUR LIPS ARE SEALED 

Ron McLemore tells council 'you have to be very careful how you deal with this' 


DeBary interim City Manager Ron McLemore 

at stake.” 

money 

Pro USA, based in 

Waste 

added. 

GET YOUR PLANT CHECKED FOR FREE AT LIBRARY 

removal, all once-a-week services. 

LOANS OFFERED TO MAKE HOMES STURDY FOR STORMS 

questions. 

program restrictions, the loan will be forgiven." 

Details: 

www.volusia.org/affordable-housing.

City Manager Ron 

Interim 

defended himself and 

McLemore 

after Stephen Bacon alleged 

staffers 

bungling of rapid-cleanup 

costly 

approved after Hurricane 

contracts 

The City Council member last 

Irma. 

questioned debris-removal 

month 

negotiated under emergency 

deals 

and approved 

conditions 

by the City Council to 

unanimously 

the public after the storm 

protect 

across Florida in September. 

ripped 

is such a pile of bunk that I 

“That 

even want to answer you,” 

don’t 

told Bacon. 

McLemore 

Bob Garcia defended 

Mayor 

saying McLemore, Bacon’s more trees and than limbs 

expected. 

not 

“is happened what of recollection 

correct." Other council 

actually 

remained silent during the 

members 

between Bacon and 

exchange 

on Feb 7. 

McLemore 

were hard to find in after 

Contractors 

Hurricane Harvey’s damage to 

Irma. 

ramped up demand. 

Texas 

Sept. 20, as limbs piled up, 

On 

offered express-debris 

McLemore 

options council members 

removal 

members picked the 

Council 

expensive option – 

most 

at $540,000 – to hire 

estimated 

Pro and DRC. 

Waste 

was awarded a standard 

DRC 

negotiated a year before the 

rate 

per $7.62 

yard for removal of debris 

cubic 

public roads. After the storm, 

on 

contractors ran to south 

as 

for higher rates, Waste 

Florida 

negotiated a $15.78 cubic 

Pro 

rate for pickup on private 

yard 

Initially, the city 

roads. 

it would cost $540,000 

estimated 

all debris pickup. That 

for 

nearly tripled to $1.5 

amount 

because Irma downed 

million 

officials are trying to get 

City 

from the Federal 

funds 

Management 

Emergency 

for Irma and Hurricane 

Agency 

could That 

months or longer. 

take 

two storms combined cost 

Those 

$1.8 million over two 

taxpayers 

years. 

budget 

the hurricanes had not 

If 

the city’s 2017 

happened, 

fund would have closed 

general 

a $562,000 positive cash 

with 

flow. 

City Council Member Stephen Bacon, left, 


city manager Ron McLemore, center. Mayor 

blasted 

it had a negative balance 

Instead, 

$75,000. Reserves were used 

of 

balance the budget. As far as 

to 

for Irma, city staffers are 

costs 

examining the bills and may 

still 

a full accounting this 

have 

Bacon said he’s upset 

month. 

Waste Pro hired a 

because 

and made more 

subcontractor 

he expected from the city. 

than 

thought Waste Pro would 

He 

40 percent of the contract. 

make 

remaining 60 percent, he 

The 

would go to the cheaper 

thought, 

contractor. 

in actuality, it turned 

“But 

Bacon said. “No one 

around,” 

that they would find a 

expected 

Why didn’t we find a 

contractor. 

that would work for a 

contractor 

price?” McLemore 

lower 

Bacon that he, along 

reminded 

other council members, 

with 

the contracts, the city 

approved 

facing an emergency and 

was 

were hard to find as 

contractors 

states cleaned up from 

two 

hurricanes. 

separate 

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto 

Then 

There were bidding wars 

Rico. 

contractors leaving 

with 

jobs to get better- 

unfinished 

ones elsewhere. “In the 

paying 

we were backed up into 

situation 

that particular time, we 

at 

get people to turn 

couldn’t 

DeBary on our original 

of 

And it had to do with 

agreement. 

federal government saying 

the 

they could charge the 

that 

money,” Garcia said. 

additional 

were the first city to have 

“We 

picked up and 

everything 

up so we did a very very 

cleaned 

job as far as that’s 

good 

concerned." 

governments experienced 

Local 

with a shortage of 

problems 

and equipment after 

contractors 

It hit two weeks after 

Irma. 

put a premium, this council 

“You 

a premium, and I agree with 

put 

to get this place cleaned up 

you, 

quick as possible for public 

as 

we were one of the first to 

And 

cleaned up when other people 

get 

the Waste Pro subcontractor 

that 

have a performance bond 

didn’t 

the city is unfounded. 

with 

sub was covered by Waste 

That 

bond and insurance. 

Pro’s 

is just a bunch of 

“This 

and I resent the 

misinformation 

that it’s put out here,” 

fact 

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“We were the first 

city to have 

everything picked 

up and cleaned up so 

we did a very very 

good job as far as 

that’s concerned." 

Mayor Bob Garcia 

BACON'S BUDGET BURN BLASTED AS 'BUNK' BY DEBARY MANAGER 

Bob Garcia defended McLemore. 

'That is such a pile of bunk that I don’t even want to answer you,' Ron McLemore fires back 


Costs tripled 

storm. That rate was 

Harvey slammed Texas. 

'Not actually correct' 

Premium on safety 

McLemore said. “We 

safety,” 

it. We did in a great way. 

did 

still trying to get trucks.” 

were 

said Bacon’s concern 

McLemore 

Matthew in 2016. 

Contractor shortage 

around and come to the city 

wanted. 

McLemore said.

City Council, on a 4-1 vote 

The 

Feb. 7, hired a small Ormond 

on 

company for $10,000 to 

Beach 

DeBary's biggest annual party 

run 

the daylong Fourth of July 

- 

at Gemini Springs Park. 

festival 

Council member Stephen 

City 

cast the lone dissenting 

Bacon 

against the arrangement 

vote 

Festival Designs, echoing 

with 

concerns about having 

previous 

instead of 

professionals- 

running the show. 

volunteers-- 

think the community needs to 

"I 

involved again," Bacon said. 

get 

and Recreation Director 

Parks 

Fletcher said Festival 

John 

will still use volunteers 

Designs 

the show, which draws 7,000 

for 

10,000 attendees. 

to 

Designs will also have to 

Festival 

with DeBary’s fireworks 

work 

Creative Pyrotechnics of 

vendor, 

DeBary hired Creative 

Orlando. 

for $20.000 last April. 

Pyrotechnics 

deal can be renewed for two 

The 

at $20,000 for each show. 

years 

Designs was the only 

Festival 

to respond by the deadline 

company 

DeBary put out feelers for 

when 

vendors online, said Parks 

potential 

Recreation Director John 

and 

Fletcher. 

entities downloaded 

Eleven 

about DeBary’s event, 

information 

was posted on 

which 

Fletcher said. 

myvendorlink.com, 

Jan. 17, the City Council 

On 

McLemore to negotiate 

authorized 

Festival Designs and make a 

with 

about whether the 

recommendation 

should hire the company. 

city 

suspect declared 


in Orange slaying 

indigent 

DeBary man accused in an 

A 

County slaying last year 

Orange 

been declared indigent, 

has 

public funds will be used 

meaning 

his defense. 

in 

exact cost of Clay 

The 

defense remains 

Curtsinger's 

An order from Orange- 

unknown. 

Circuit Court Dan Traver 

Osceola 

that only "reasonable" 

specifies 

will be picked up by the 

costs 

Depositions, subpoenas and 

state. 

were approved in 

transcripts 

Jan. 24 order. 

Traver's 

47, accused of fatally 

Curtsinger, 

his girlfriend's ex- 

shooting 

has estimated that his 

husband, 

will cost $100,000. He 

defense 

is accused of the attack in a 

Curtsinger 

Nona-area subdivision on July 7. 

Lake 

remains jailed without bond 

Curtsinger 

the Orange Couty Jail. 

at 

pleaded not guilty. Curtsinger 

He 

told investigators he was 

originally 

himself when he fatally shot 

defending 

Radke, the Orange County 

Jack 

Office said. Curtsinger gunned 

Sheriff’s 

Radke, 48, with a Taurus 9mm 

down 

at roughly 6:30 p.m. Friday 

handgun 

7) on Budworth Circle in the Eagle 

(July 

subdivision in the Lake Nona 

Creek 

a report said. Curtsinger, while 

area, 

a white Dodge Ram pickup 

driving 

pulled next to a white Ford van 

truck, 

immediately shot the driver, Radke, 

and 

said. 

officials 

say deputies didn't find a gun 

Records 

Radke's van. 

in 

entered the market for a 


planner after McLemore and 

party 

council members expressed 

some 

about an arrangement 

concerns 

a nonprofit that ran the show 

with 

since 2011. 

annually 

DJ’s burst of profanity-laced 

A 

before the fireworks display 

music 

July 4, 2017 prompted city 

on 

to take a closer look at 

officials 

deal with Community 

their 

Program Inc. (CPPI). 

Partnership 

realized they had no 

They 

agreement with CPPI. 

official 

contributes 


for fireworks, 

thousands 

and staffing. 

security 

city manager called the 

The 

with CCPI a 

arrangement 

deal that left 

“handshake” 

unclear, 

responsibilities 

and exposed the 

exposing 

of DeBary to certain 

city 

liabilities. 

CITY COUNCIL HIRES PARTY PLANNER FOR FOURTH OF JULY BASH 


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Festival Designs of replaces CPPI after concerns about 'handshake deal,' city liabilities 


Curtsinger 


has no income, records say.

than 350 new jobs paying an average wage of 

More 

$58,000 annually are heading to Seminole 

nearly 

- a short drive south of DeBary. 

County 

a software company, announced in early 

Superion, 

a $12 million expansion in Lake Mary. 

February 

firm, which is getting a publicly financed incentive 

The 

worth $355,000, said it would create 355 new 

package 

in three years. 

jobs 

new positions in the areas of product management 

"The 

support, software development, professional 

and 

finance, sales, marketing, and administration," 

services, 

company said in a statement. 

the 

will vary by position and will average $57,829 

Salaries 

year, the company noted. 

a 

in building improvements, machinery, 

"Investments 

and leasing will help further extend the 

equipment, 

expansion commitments," the company 

company's 

said. 

considered locations in North Carolina and 

Superion 

before picking Lake Mary, said Tim Giuliani, 

Iowa 

Economic Partnership president and CEO. 

Orlando 

agency worked with local officials together to land 

The 

expansion. 

the 

Mary and Seminole County are each chipping in 

Lake 

for a performance-based, economic-incentive 

$177,500 

to Superion. 

package 

company's location in Lake Mary is at 1000 

The 

Center Drive. 

Business 

will renovate 87,000 square feet of office 

Superion 

under the agreement. It will retain 215 jobs and 

space 

355 new jobs, county records show. 

create 

has found success already in Lake Mary, and 

"Superion 

know they are making the right decision to expand 

I 

Lake Mary Mayor David Mealor said in a 

here," 

"Lake Mary's growing IT cluster, coupled 

statement. 

the talent pipeline coming from our local colleges 

with 

support Superion's continued success. We're proud 

will 

have Superion in Lake Mary, and we know their 

to 

helps tell the story of economic development in 

growth 

city." our 

felon who robbed the DeBary Burger 

The 

last year was sentenced to more 

King 

a decade in prison. 

than 

H. Juan, 33, flashed a gun while 

Mathew 

two employees at the restaurant 

robbing 

305 Sunrise Blvd. before noon June 

at 

according to the Volusia County 

21, 

Office. 

Sheriff's 

one was hurt. The robber ran into the 

No 

woods. 

later, an Orange City police 

Minutes 

spotted his getaway vehicle - a 

officer 

Ford SUV - in the area of Saxon 

silver 

and Threadgill Place in 

Boulevard 

City and conducted a traffic stop. 

Orange 

responded to the scene with two 

Deputies 

who identified Juan as the 

witnesses 

Deputies said they think he was 

suspect. 

homeless. 

also recovered cash from the 

“Deputies 

area near the Burger King where 

wooded 

SUV had been parked,” the Sheriff’s 

the 

report said. “At the scene of the 

Office 

stop, deputies noticed a piece 

traffic 

stuck to the back of the vehicle, 

greenery 

if it had been recently parked amid 

as 

robbery with a firearm/deadly weapon 

of 

false imprisonment. 

and 

County Circuit Judge James 

Volusia 

Clayton found him guilty and 

R. 

him to 12.5 years in state 

sentenced 

in January. 

prison 

declared Juan a 

also 

violent felon. That means 

habitual 

have to serve at least 10 years of 

he'll 

sentence. 

his 

has a violent criminal past, both 

Juan 

a juvenile and an adult, according 

as 

state and county records show. 

to 

show Juan served more than 

Records 

years in state prison before he 

three 

released in December 2012. 

was 

was adjudicated guilty in Volusia 

He 

in 2007 after pleading no 

County 

to charges of aggravated 

contest 

and aggravated assault. 

battery 

was accused of attacking his 

Juan 

brother with a baseball bat in 

wife’s 

Edgewater. 

was placed on probation in the 

He 

case but was charged the 

2007 

year for violating his 

following 

for allegedly attacking his 

probation 

wife. 

judge sentenced Juan to five years 

A 

prison with credit for 153 days in 

in 

and five years of probation. 

jail 

entered Florida's correctional 

He 

system in March 2009 and left 

system 

December 2012. 

in 

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are alerting pet owners in 

Officials 

and Orange City after an 


in suspected distemper cases 

uptick 

sickened raccoons in 

involving 

Volusia. 

West 

and cats can be vaccinated 

Dogs 

the potentially fatal disease 

against 

there is no cure if they are 

but 

Feline distemper and 

infected. 

distemper are different. But 

canine 

diseases can be carried by 

both 

animals such as raccoons and 

wild 

can't catch 

Humans 

disease from pets. 

either 

and dogs cannot pass 

Cats 

to each other. But they 

distemper 

get infected from sickened wild 

can 

animals. 

control officials for both 

Animal 

and Orange City issued an 


Friday asking the community 

alert 

be "watchful and cautious" 

to 

sick wildlife. 

around 

alert was issued after "a 

The 

increase in the report of 

noticeable 

raccoons in the area over the 

sick 

few months," the alert posted 

past 

the Orange City police 

on 

page said. 

Facebook 

numbers of sick raccoons 

Specific 

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Pine Springs Drive 

330 

sick raccoons showed signs 

"These 

symptoms of distemper," the alert 

and 

"Raccoons are susceptible to 

said. 

of both canine and feline 

infection 

which can be deadly to your 

distemper 

pets." 

is the key to prevent 

Vaccination 

and feline distemper cases. 

canine 

Canine distemper attacks the 

* 

gastrointestinal and 

respiratory, 

systems. It's often fatal. 

nervous 

usually have permanent, 

Survivors 

Feline distemper (also known as 

* 

panleukopenia virus, or FPV), 

feline 

a life-threatening viral disease. 

is 

in the intestinal tract, bone 

Cells 

and in the stem cells are 

marrow 

leaving the body open to 

attacked, 

leave food out that might attract 

Don't 

officials said. 

wildlife, 

that are infected with 

"Raccoons 

often move slowly, stumble, 

distemper 

confused and can lose their fear 

appear 

humans," the statement said. "Some 

of 

suspected cases of sick 

Report 

to Volusia County 

raccoons 

Dispatch at (386) 736- 

Consolidated 

5999. 

2,000 University High students walked out of classes 

About 

21, joining others across the country who took a stand 

Feb. 

the mass shooting in a South Florida high school that 

against 

17 a week earlier. 

killed 

move sparked mixed reactions from West Volusia 

The 

who either praised their children for taking a stand 

parents, 

violence or criticized the school district for allowing 

against 

protest to happen. 

the 

very hard going to school everyday knowing that what 

“It’s 

used to think as a safe place isn’t so safe anymore,” 

you 

Facebook user Sydney Maybaum, a UHS student who 

wrote 

attend because she was sick “My classmates walked 

didn’t 

to protest that there needs to be changes to the law and 

out 

gun violence. People were doing it so their opinions 

towards 

be heard and then maybe just maybe we will actually 

can 

to see a change. Although we are “just kids” we are 

start 

told we are the future so if we don’t do something 

always 

to show that we care nothing will ever get done!” 

now 

say 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz used an AR-15-style 

Police 

in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas 

rifle 

were reported at Atlantic and Seabreeze. The one 

Walkouts 

University High appeared to have more participation. 

at 

was a national effort and we supported the students’ rights 

“It 

express their opinions/voices while making sure they were 

to 

Nancy Wait, a Volusia County School District 

safe,” 

said in an email “It was voluntary (i.e., 

spokeswoman, 

were not expected nor encouraged to participate). 

students 

were allowed to gather for a short time (15-20 minutes) 

They 

also stayed in the building for those who chose not 

“Teachers 

participate,” Wait added. “Students and teachers moved to 

to 

fields and stood in solidarity, advocating for policy 

the 

USH Press, a student-run news website, reported on 

change,” 

“A large group refused to return to class after the 

Twitter. 

time, kneeling in protest.” 

arranged 

University High students walk 

out to protest schoool attack 


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Raccoon warning: Distemper threat 

Cat and dog owners alerted 


Vaccinate pets 

nervous system damage. 

spread to pets. 

High School in Parkland near Fort Lauderdale. 

Watchful and cautious 

other potentially deadly conditions. 

on a practice field and then asked to return to class. ” 

sick raccoons can become aggressive." 

debarynews@gmail.com 

and other details were not released. 

DeBary, Florida 32713

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