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Our very own West Volusia Wolves will be playing for the POP WARNER DIVISION 11 JUNIOR MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP this Friday. Under the direction of

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Head Coach Cameron Robinson, our local team of talented young men have gone undefeated (9-0) this season in regular play and after winning every game in division playoffs they secured the title of South-eastern Region Champions. With that

win they earned a trip to the Pop Warner Super bowl Playoffs at the ESPN Sports

Complex at Disney.

With wins in the first two playoff games, the Wolves are on the brink of one of the

largest athletic and team accomplishments our community and county has experienced.

They are one game away from and poised to take home the National Championship.

The team is comprised of 22 young men who reside in Deltona, DeBary and Orange City.

Of the 22 young men on this team, seven of the players are Pop Warner National Little

Scholar All-Americans. That means they have an overall academic average of 98% or

higher.

Whatever the outcome of Friday’s game, these young men are winners in our community

and county, both in school and on the field. This is a first for a Volusia Team to go so far

in the Pop Warner playoffs.

Congratulations, as well, to the community members who got behind these young men to

raise over $15,000 in less than a week to send the team to their Superbowl. While the

team met their goal, it is not too late to contribute to the cause to cover expenses not

budgeted. You can go to their web site: www.volusiawolves.com to follow the team and to

make a contribution.

CONGRATULATIONS

TO NEWLY ELECTED VOLUSIA COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS. DISTRICT 1: PAT PATTERSON; DISTRICT 2: JOSH WAGNER (RE-

ELECTED); DISTRICT 3: DEB DENYS; DISTRICT 4: DOUG DANIELS;

COUNTY CHAIR: JASON DAVIS

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I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY NEW COLLEAGUES IN

WORKING TO CREATE A QUALITY COUNTY, GOOD PAYING JOBS

AND LOWER TAXES.

Congratulations also to newly elected Deltona City

Commissioners: Nancy Schleicher, Chris Nabicht,

Webster Barnaby!

A second pair of brown pelicans blown north by Hurricane Sandy arrived aboard a Delta Jet for

rehabilitation at the County’s Marine Science Center. The pair

landed at Daytona Beach International Airport and were met by

the seabird rehabilitation staff of the Mary Keller Seabird

Rehabilitation Sanctuary at the Marine Science Center (MSC) in

Ponce Inlet.

“Pelicans typically don’t venture north of the Chesapeake

Bay, but the winds from Sandy blew the pair far off course,” said

Michael Brothers, MSC manager.

The birds traveled in a modified dog carrier in a heated

cargo hold aboard the commercial flight. Rhode Island

rehabilitators attached netting inside the cage to prevent the birds

from poking their beaks through the ventilation holes on the side of the crate and placed cardboard

over the metal door.

One brown pelican was rescued via jet-ski off the coast of Prudence Island in Narragansett Bay

on November 18. The exhausted bird was alternating between a green buoy and a rock when the crew

picked it up and took it to the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island’s clinic in

Saunderstown, Rhode Island.

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The other pelican was found pecking at a garbage dump on Nantucket, and taken to the Cape

Wildlife Center in Barnstable. The bird was taken to the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association just before

Thanksgiving so the pair could be together. Brown pelicans are flock birds. They are more at ease in a

group.

Howard Coombs and David Hancock of Daytona Beach flew to Rhode Island where they

picked up the first pair of birds and set off on a seven-hour return trip to Florida. The two jokingly

named their flight "The Pelican Express."

“The first two brown pelicans are receiving tender, loving care at the Marine Science Center

and after some much-needed rest are expected to be released,” said Brothers. “Pending any

unforeseen complications, the second pair is expected to follow the same recovery pattern.”

Since its opening in 2004, the sanctuary at the Marine Science Center has treated more than

10,000 sick and injured birds. Upon full recovery, healthy birds are released into their natural habitats.

For more information about the Mary Keller Seabird Rehabilitation Sanctuary at the Marine Science

Center, visit the web site www.marinesciencecenter.com (From County press release)

Get your Holiday on!Get your Holiday on!Get your Holiday on!Get your Holiday on! It is the most wonderful time of the year! AndIt is the most wonderful time of the year! AndIt is the most wonderful time of the year! AndIt is the most wonderful time of the year! And to celebrate the season to celebrate the season to celebrate the season to celebrate the season

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Members of the Daytona Solisti Chamber

Orchestra will give a free concert performance

in the auditorium of the Daytona Beach

Regional Library at City Island, 105 E. Magnolia

Ave. A string quartet will perform traditional

holiday songs along with baroque and classical

pieces. Members of the Daytona Solisti

Chamber Orchestra will give a free concert

performance in the auditorium of the Daytona

Beach Regional Library at City Island, 105 E.

Magnolia Ave. A string quartet will perform traditional holiday songs along with

baroque and classical pieces. (December 8th; 2-3pm)

CUT YOUR OWN CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS TREE CUT YOUR OWN CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS TREE CUT YOUR OWN CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS TREE CUT YOUR OWN CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS TREE

AT LYONIA PRESERVEAT LYONIA PRESERVEAT LYONIA PRESERVEAT LYONIA PRESERVE! ! ! !

Enjoy a green Christmas this year by cutting your own tree at Lyonia Preserve in

Deltona. Residents can select their favorite sand pines from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 15 and 16. Bring your own saw and park along the

entrance to Deltona Lakes Elementary School, 2022 Adelia Blvd.

While they are not traditional Christmas trees, sand pines are popular among

Floridians. These native trees have been likened to

Charlie Brown Christmas treesCharlie Brown Christmas treesCharlie Brown Christmas treesCharlie Brown Christmas trees

because they are sparse and sometimes lopsided. Two or three can be tied together

to make a fuller tree, and many people decorate them and leave them outside for

wildlife. Most of the trees are 4 - 5 feet tall, but they can grow up to 20 feet.

Lyonia Preserve, adjacent to the Deltona Regional Library at 2150 Eustace Ave., is a

360-acre scrub habitat that has three nature trails. Staff and volunteers routinely

remove overgrown sand pines to create bare sand areas with low-growing vegetation

preferred by the Florida scrub jays and gopher tortoises that live at Lyonia Preserve.

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Donations are requested, and proceeds will be used by the Friends of the Library to

purchase Florida habitat books for the Deltona Regional Library.

DeBary Hall plans a Victorian Christmas

Experience a Victorian Christmas at DeBary Hall Historic Site by touring the 19th-century hunting lodge, listening to Christmas music, and making old-fashioned ornaments Saturday, Dec. 8.

The lodge will be decorated for Christmas, and tours will focus on Victorian traditions, the history of the Christmas tree, various Santa Claus stories, and how a German family such as the deBarys would

have celebrated the holidays. The tours will be available from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for regular admission fees, which are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $2 for children ages 3 to 12, and free for children 2 and younger.

The Picky Chics, a group of Central Florida musicians, will play dulcimers in the living room from 1 to 2 p.m. Adults and children can make holiday ornaments on the lawn from 1 to 3:30 p.m. for a $3 materials fee.

DeBary Hall was built in 1871 by Frederick deBary, a New York champagne importer who wanted a retreat in the wilds of central Florida. Today, the site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is owned by the state and managed by Volusia County’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Division.

For more information, visit www.debaryhall.com.

CHECK OUT THE COUNTY’S WEB SITE FOR MORE HOLIDAY FUN

THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. www.volusia.org

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LOOKING FOR A UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFT? LOOKING FOR A UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFT? LOOKING FOR A UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFT? LOOKING FOR A UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFT?

Stop by the Stop by the Stop by the Stop by the gift shops at DeBary Hall; Lyonia Environmental gift shops at DeBary Hall; Lyonia Environmental gift shops at DeBary Hall; Lyonia Environmental gift shops at DeBary Hall; Lyonia Environmental

Center and the Marine Science Center.Center and the Marine Science Center.Center and the Marine Science Center.Center and the Marine Science Center.

Proceeds from the sales help to offset Proceeds from the sales help to offset Proceeds from the sales help to offset Proceeds from the sales help to offset

operating costsoperating costsoperating costsoperating costs of these wonderful of these wonderful of these wonderful of these wonderful

educational centerseducational centerseducational centerseducational centers. . . .

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Annual Fair Opening; Co hosted WSSB morning radio show;

Proclamation presentation to Open Hands Ministry; Attended

Volusia International Baptist Church;

Presented proclamation at memorial

event for Master Sgt. Tara Jacobs

Brown; Introduced new Team Volusia

CEO, Keith Norden, to Deltona City

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Commission; Voted in the General Fund Election; Volusia County Fair Luncheon;

Citizens Academy Breakfast; celebrated the 30th anniversary of Deltona Lakes

Elementary; Attended West Volusia Wolves Playoff games; Lit the County Christmas

Tree at the Ocean Center; Attended TPO meeting and reapportionment meeting;

Chaired the St. Johns River Alliance Annual meeting; attended state Bicycle

Pedestrian Advisory Council meeting;

PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO!PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO!PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO!PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO! We are blessedWe are blessedWe are blessedWe are blessed to live here in Volusia County. The weather is perfect this to live here in Volusia County. The weather is perfect this to live here in Volusia County. The weather is perfect this to live here in Volusia County. The weather is perfect this

time of year. Now is the time to get out and explore our county. There is so time of year. Now is the time to get out and explore our county. There is so time of year. Now is the time to get out and explore our county. There is so time of year. Now is the time to get out and explore our county. There is so

much to do right here at home.much to do right here at home.much to do right here at home.much to do right here at home. Our natural lands, our Our natural lands, our Our natural lands, our Our natural lands, our libraries,libraries,libraries,libraries, and our historic and our historic and our historic and our historic

resources have wonderful resources have wonderful resources have wonderful resources have wonderful programmingprogrammingprogrammingprogramming forforforfor you to take advantage. you to take advantage. you to take advantage. you to take advantage. Begin by Begin by Begin by Begin by

going on line and check out our county web sitegoing on line and check out our county web sitegoing on line and check out our county web sitegoing on line and check out our county web site. . . . www.volusi.orgwww.volusi.orgwww.volusi.orgwww.volusi.org

PPPPlease note:lease note:lease note:lease note: This is a monthly newsletter, written and edited by yours truly, updating you on what is happening in District 5 and in the County.

This is a public record and is intended for broad distribution. It may be shared. Please feel free to email me on any issue you are concerned about.

My email address for official county business is: pnorthey@co.volusia.fl.us. Or you can reach me at my office numbers: 386-943-7026; Fax: 386-

943-7028. Photo Credits: provided Pat Northey.

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