The first customers — Before the early-morning opening of the new VA outpatient clinic in Deltona May 15, the first veterans line up at the door. From left are Bill Savine, an Air Force veteran from DeBary; Wayne Wood, a Navy veteran from DeBary; Thomas Goff, a Navy veteran from DeLand; Kelly Horton, an Army veteran from DeLand; and Dana Gregory, an Air Force veteran from DeLand. Gregory said he is pleased to have the bigger facility closer to where he lives. “I think it’s easier to go to,” he added. “I went to Lake Nona, and the tolls will kill you.”

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A BIG THANKS — State Rep. Patrick Henry, D-Daytona Beach, and state Sen. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, hold framed copies of the bills they worked to get passed in their respective houses of the Florida Legislature, which officially designate a day in honor of slain civil-rights leaders Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore, who were killed when their Mims home was bombed in 1951. With them are members of the NAACP West Volusia Branch who gathered at Greater Union First Baptist Church of DeLand to honor the legislators. NAACP West Volusia Branch President Mike Williams, seated at the right end of the first row, has a family connection to Harry T. Moore — his father, he explained, purchased his NAACP membership from Moore in the late 1940s. As a result of the group’s efforts, the third Saturday in December is  now officially known as “Harry Tyson Moore and Harriette Vyda Simms Moore Day” in Florida.

No more lifeguards — Children frolic in the spring-fed swimming hole at DeLeon Springs State Park during the summer of 2016, as a lifeguard peers from his tower. This summer, there will be no lifeguards at the popular swimming hole. Not enough qualified applicants could be found for the temporary position, the state said.  

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