- April 18, 2024
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A dozen members and friends of the Rotary Club of Downtown Ormond Beach recently cleaned up the grounds of Ormond Beach Elementary before the start of school, a press release announced.
The members pulled weeds, transplanted shrubs and a tree, installed a pallet of mulch and repaired a garden wall. They will return latter to pressure-wash walkways and paint paw prints to help with social distancing.
“Being able to count on the continued help from the Rotary Club of Downtown Ormond Beach in repairing our campus for the new school year is wonderful,” said Francesca Knutson, third-grade OBE teacher, in the press release. “Having the support of the community is essential, especially during the current environment, in building relationships that support our children.”
To learn more about the Rotary Club, visit RotaryDOB.com
Daytona Beach is getting a professional basketball team, as the Daytona Beach Racers will play its inaugural season in 2021.
A press release announced that the team is owned by entrepreneur Armando Naar and that the Daytona Beach Racers will "become an important part of the revitalization of the city and become an integral staple to the community’s future by bringing the excitement of professional basketball to Daytona Beach." The team will be part of the National Basketball League United States, which prepares and develops players and connects them with collegiate and professional playing opportunities both in the states and internationally.
“The Daytona Beach Racers is a great opportunity for players who are looking to advance their basketball careers," said Naar in the press release. "We offer college placement programs for high school basketball players and overseas job placement assistance.”
The team's season begins on May 1. Tryouts will be held in late November.
Three children will get the chance to get an up-close look at an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University aircraft and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Daytona Beach International Airport after their paper planes won the airport's first-ever Kids' Paper Airplane Challenge on Aug. 19.
Kids dropped off their paper airplanes at the airport before the competition, during which ERAU flight instructors judged them on accuracy, distance and creativity. Chief Pilot Jacob Paprcka launched each paper airplane from the airport terminal's second floor while a team of judges on the first floor took measurements and gave points for creativity, according to a county press release.
“This paper airplane contest was a great opportunity for us to do community outreach,” said Paprcka in the release. “It was a really great way to reach out and touch the minds of the young ones through this competition.”
The winners were Isaac, 7; Andrew, 8; and Jamareon, 10.
AdventHealth Medical Group had added a new vascular surgeon.
Dr. Willythssa Stephie Pierre-Louis earned her medical degree from the University of Connecticut, and, completed a residency in integrated vascular surgery
from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, according to a press release. She is a member of the Society for Vascular Surgery, the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society, the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery and the American College of Surgeons.
Pierre-Louis is fluent in French and Haitian-Creole, as well as proficient in Spanish. She has a special interest in carotid disease, thoracic and abdominal aneurysms, venous disease, dialysis management and lower extremity arterial disease. Her office is located inside the medical office building at AdventHealth Daytona Beach, located at 305 Memorial Parkways, Suite 308. Call 231-3600.
