#Daytona Beach News-Journal

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For the first time in recent history, a killer whale stranded in the Southeastern United States. The 21-foot, 5,000 pound adult female passed away very shortly after beaching in Flagler County, Florida on January 11, 2023, and her body was transported to SeaWorld Orlando for necropsy (animal autopsy). The death appears to be the result of natural illness, with no anthropogenic factors.

Orcas are extremely rare off the eastern coast of Florida, and this could well be a once in a lifetime occurrence. After decomposition, the whale’s skeleton will be displayed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

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The Monkees onstage in Salt Lake City, May 1968; photo by Henry Diltz.

“Tork placed most of the blame on Jann Wenner, the editor and publisher of Rolling Stone magazine who has a great deal of control over nominations. ‘He has no right to control [the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominating process],’ said Tork, calling the delay ‘abuse of power.’” - Metro West Daily News, June 28, 2007

Q: “We ran a story a while back about bands that deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Monkees were on that list. Do you feel you should be there?” Peter Tork: “Oh wow, thank you very much. I don't know whether we belong there or not but it looks as though we're not getting a hearing. We're not getting a fair shot. I mean I don't think getting into the hall of fame is terribly important to the well being of my children for instance. I'm sort of concerned in the abstract of the fairness issue but like I said I don't even know whether I belong in there. I think we deserve a vote.” - The Daytona Beach News-Journal, October 8, 2009

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The Anatomy of the 427 SOHC – Ford’s Answer to the HEMI that was banned from NASCAR and went drag racing.

What is the most feared engine ever to come out of Ford? A very subjective question – but the Boss 302, 427 Tunnel Port, Boss 429 come to mind. All these are candidates, but a lot of people would say that distinction belongs to the 427 SOHC. Mostly referred to as a 427 “Cammer” or “Sock”.

1964 was the year that Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 with the new Dodge 426 Hemi. Ford was running the 427 Hi-Riser that year and won the majority of NASCAR races. The writing was on the wall and the boys at Ford had to come up with an answer to the new Hemi. Within 90 days, Ford took what it learned from the 255ci Dual Overhead Cam Indy motor and applied it to the bulletproof 427ci FE motor. The displacements started at 332ci and grew to 428ci. The baddest of the bad of these were the 427’s and the King of the 427’s is the 427 SOHC!

The shortblock for the “cammer” was basically all 427 hi-riser. Ford wanted to keep the cost down by using as many off-the-shelf parts as it could. The crank was the 427 forged steel version that was cross-drilled at both the mains and rods. This crank with the steel hi-riser connecting rods and special “hemi-head” pistons was the ticket needed to live at 7500 rpms. Increased oil pressure and updated water pump helped to keep all fluids flowing no matter what the conditions were.

The main thing that drew your eyes to this motor was the massive valve covers, which were made from magnesium. One look and you knew that this was no ordinary engine. The heads were cast iron and wide. With a machined combustion chamber putting the compression ratio at 12.0:1. The intake ports were a “tunnel port” design that fed 2.25″ intake valves and through 1.90″ exhaust valves, gases exited out D shaped exhaust ports. Hollow stem intake valves were used and the exhaust valve stem were sodium filled to help control the heat that is generated at 7500 rpms.

The first public mention of the Cammer V8 appeared in the Daytona Beach Morning Journalon Feb. 23, 1964. Beaten up at Daytona all month by the new 426 Hemi engines from the Dodge/Plymouth camp, Ford officials asked NASCAR to approve an overhead-cam V8 the company had in the works. But as the Journal reports here, NASCAR boss Bill France turned thumbs down on Ford’s proposed engine. France regarded overhead cams and such to be European exotica, a poor fit with his down-home vision for Grand National stock car racing.

Even though France barred the SOHC V8 from NASCAR competition, Ford proceeded to develop the engine anyway, hoping to change Big Bill’s mind. In May of 1964, a ’64 Galaxie hardtop with a Cammer V8 installed was parked behind Gasoline Alley at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the assembled press corps could get a good look at it.

On October 19, 1964, NASCAR moved to ban all “special racing engines,” in its words, eliminating both the Cammer Ford and the Chrysler 426 Hemi from Grand National competition for 1965. Chrysler responded by temporarily withdrawing from NASCAR, while Ford continued on with its conventional 427 pushrod engine in NASCAR and took the SOHC engine to the drag strips.

Despite heavy lobbying from Ford, in December of 1965 NASCAR again banned the Cammer for 1966, with USAC piling on (Spartanburg Herald-Journal, December 18, 1965 above). However, in April of 1966 NASCAR finally relented. Sort of. Okay, not really. The Cammer was now allowed, technically, but only in the full-size Galaxie model, limited to one small four-barrel carb, and with an absurd, crippling weight handicap: nearly 4400 lbs, 430 lbs more than the Dodge and Plymouth hemis. At that point Ford said no thanks and dedicated the Cammer to drag racing. The engine never turned a lap in NASCAR competition.

Ford made the Cammer widely available in the drag world, providing engine deals to nitro racers Tom Hoover, Pete Robinson, Connie Kallita, and a host of others. Among the most successful Cammer-equipped drag cars were the 1966-67 Comet flip-top funny cars (Don Nicholson, Eddie Schartman, et. al.) and Mickey Thompson’s dominating ’69 Mustang team starring Danny Ongais and Pat Foster.

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Shirley Payne, 33 (USA 1983)

On January 4, 1983, Albert Payne got a phone call from his friend Debbie Manning, who worked in the ER at a Miami hospital. Debbie gave Albert some horrible news: His wife Shirley was dead. She bled to death from an abortion. "No way my wife is pregnant," Albert responded, and he hung up. Still not believing what was happening, he called the day care where his three surviving kids were. The day care told him that Shirley never showed up to pick up the children.

Earlier that day, Shirley went to an abortion facility called Woman’s Care Center in Miami in secret. She was at least the fourth client they killed. In fact, she was the second client to be killed by that facility in less than three weeks.

On that day, facility owner and abortionist Hipolito Barreiro perforated Shirley’s uterus. Barreiro misled Shirley to believe that nothing illegal was going on even though he was not licensed in America. Instead of immediately calling an ambulance, he tried to cover up his crimes at Shirley’s expense.

Dr. Nsibide Ipke, who did not work at the facility, was called by the panicked unlicensed abortionist, who wanted Ipke to come over and forge documents to put the blame for Shirley’s injury on someone else. “You’ve got to come sign. I’m not licensed.” Ipke, who up until then had believed Barreiro to be licensed, went to the facility to see what was going on and found Barreiro trying to attend to Shirley before calling an ambulance. When paramedics finally arrived on the scene, they found the heavily bleeding Shirley lying on a couch with an IV in her arm.

Because the abortionist didn’t immediately call an ambulance, Shirley was in critical condition from her perforated uterus. An emergency hysterectomy was done, but Shirley just lost far too much blood. She bled to death.

Her husband Albert was in a state of shock disbelief over the death of his wife and his fourth child. Shirley never told him she was pregnant and he didn’t understand why she kept that secret from him.

After Shirley's death, authorities lamented that they were powerless to oversee abortion facilities in Florida. "We have no authority to look into sanitary conditions or whether a [facility] location is near a hospital," a licensing and certification official told a reporter for Florida Today. An abortion facility could only be investigated in the event of a complaint or a client death, the official said, and that the only permissible grounds for state action would be if the abortion had been done by somebody other than a licensed physician. While authorities told reporters that greater state oversight could protect women from horrible conditions in legal abortion facilities, The Florida Abortion Council (an organization of abortion facility owners) had gotten a US district court to strike down a 1980 Florida law that would have allowed state oversight. Over and over again, the abortion industry put money over women’s lives.

Despite the backlash from abortion supporters, the abortion facility was finally closed down. It should never have taken four dead clients and many more injuries to shut this hazardous business down.

"Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV47-6J4 : 25 December 2014), Shirley Yvonne Payne, 04 Jan 1983; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 2257, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.

Death certificate 2257

“Fourth Woman Dies After Abortion at Miami Clinic,” Miami Herald, Jan. 5, 1983

“Miami police tie 4th death to abortions,” The Times-Picayune, .Jan. 6, 1983

“4th Woman Dies In Abortion Clinic,” The Daytona Beach Morning Journal, Jan. 6, 1983

“Clinic Owner is Held After Latest Death,” Miami Herald, Jan. 8, 1983

“2 die in 17 days at Miami abortion clinic, Florida Today (Cocoa, FL), Jan. 8, 1983

“Clinic owner held in abortion death,” The Mobile (AL) Register, Jan. 10, 1983

“Miami Abortion Clinic Closed Down,” The Ocala Star-Banner, Jan. 11, 1983

"Abortion clinic being investigated after fourth death” Tampa Tribune, January 3, 1983

“Chronology of Claims Against Women's Care Center” Miami Herald, January 7, 1983

“Cluster of Abortion Deaths at a Single Facility,” Kafrissen, Grimes, Hogue, Sacks, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 68:3, September 1986, 387-389

CDC Abortion Surveillance 1983

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Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Statue in Florida

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to photograph the larger-than-life marble statue of civil rights pioneer, presidential advisor and renowned Black educator, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, at the News-Journal Center in Daytona Beach, FL before it was being transferred to the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. As the first state-commissioned statue of an African American, this project was led by University of Florida alum Bob Lloyd and sculpted by artist Nilda Comas, the first artist of Puerto Rican descent commissioned to sculpt a statue for the National Statuary Hall Collection. 

The statue is made of Italian Carrara marble and carved by Comas in Pietrasanta, Italy. The combined statue and pedestal are 11 feet tall and weigh 6,129 pounds. Comas depicts an imposing, mature Bethune looking slightly downward, as though at a child. Her benevolent smile conveys her determined yet gentle demeanor. She holds a walking stick in her right hand and a black marble rose in her left, and she wears academic garb, including a mortarboard cap and tassel and a long robe. A dress with embroidered collar and lace details and a simple pearl necklace are visible below the open robe. Her shoes, with laces and sturdy heels, evoke pairs she wore when photographed in similar attire.

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was the founder of Bethune-Cookman College, Florida’s first institution of higher education for African Americans. Dr. Bethune’s statue replaced the statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall. 

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Two Florida cops — a lieutenant and a detective sergeant — allegedly handcuffed and jailed their 3-year-old son to “discipline” him for having difficulties with potty training.

Daytona Beach Shores police Lt. Michael Schoenbrod told a Department of Children and Families caseworker that he took the boy to headquarters in October and put him behind bars, the News-Journal reported, citing body-cam video.

The child was jailed twice, the first time on Oct. 5 and again the following day, when he was also cuffed, according to the outlet.

“He was crying. I was getting the response I expected from him,” Schoenbrod told the caseworker, the footage from a Volusia County sheriff’s deputy reportedly shows.

He said his son promised to never poop in his pants again after his time in the slammer.

Schoenbrod admitted that he also had resorted to the jail tactic about nine years ago, when he disciplined his then-4-year-old son for hitting a girl in preschool, the newspaper said. Lt. Michael Schoenbrod and Detective Sgt. Jessica Long, of the Daytona Beach Shores Police Department in Florida, allegedly placed their 3-year-old son in jail twice after he had potty-training accidents.Daytona Beach Shores Department of Public Safety

“I took him to the jail and he sat there. And I watched him … and he was crying and everything, and to this day, if you mention, like, that incident, he’s just like, ‘I would never do that again.’ It was effective,” Schoenbrod told the caseworker.

“So that’s why I did it with this. He didn’t hit anybody, but I figured the same thing, discipline. And he didn’t want to go back, so …,” the lieutenant added, according to the report.

It was not immediately clear whether Schoenbrod and Detective Sgt. Jessica Long faced discipline, according to the News-Journal, which said it obtained copies of memos from Public Safety Director Michael Fowler informing the couple about a probe.

The top cop told the paper he would consult with the city attorney before commenting.

Schoenbrod and Long — who live together and have the child together — and their attorney, Michael Lambert, have not responded to the paper’s requests for comments. A Department of Children and Families rep acknowledged a request for comment but did not offer one.

“It’s just disgusting that somebody would drag our family through the mud like this,” Schoenbrod said in the video, while Long could be heard calling the investigation “insane,” the News-Journal reported. Detective Sgt. Jessica Long, the child’s mother, also reportedly faces a professional standards investigation.LinkedIn / Jessica Long

Meanwhile, City Clerk Cheri Schwab said a judge has sealed the records in a March 24 case that lists Schoenbrod “et al.” as plaintiffs and the State Attorney’s Office “et al.” as defendants.

The couple also filed a separate case against State Attorney R.J. Larizza on May 18, but the initial filing and several subsequent motions have been marked as confidential, according to the News-Journal.

Antonio Jaimes, an attorney with the Volusia County Clerk of Court’s Office, told the outlet that the cases “are confidential due to motions for confidentiality filed within the cases.”

But Michael Barfield, director of public access initiatives for the Florida Center for Government Accountability, argued that the internal-affairs documents should be made public.

“A pending motion to determine confidentiality of court records does not have any impact on the city’s IA (internal affairs) investigation,” Barfield told the News-Journal in an email.

“A party cannot make a record that is subject to production under Chapter 119 (of the state public records law) confidential by merely filing a lawsuit requesting confidentiality and then not setting a hearing on the motion,” he added.

A Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokeswoman said she has forwarded a request from the paper about any completed investigation to the public records department for processing. The Daytona Beach Shores Department of Public Safety building.City of Daytona Beach Shores

Former city attorney Lonnie Groot also has reportedly sought records about any officer placing a child in a jail cell, as well as investigations into “alleged child abuse by an officer.”

“This whole matter just does not pass the basic smell test from a transparency and governmental openness perspective,” he wrote City Attorney Becky Vose, the outlet said.

And a former South Daytona police officer who describes himself as a civil-rights activist said that when he requested the findings of the professional standards probe, he was provided an estimate of $3,398.40 − about 40 hours of work at $84.96 per hour — to review and redact the documents. 

“It’s a severe matter of public interest when you have strong allegations of that kind,” Dickinson told the paper. “Rumors are being brought to you by fellow law enforcement … and you want to make sure the stuff they’re saying isn’t true.”

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Attorneys for Othal Wallace are seeking the addresses or locations of everyone who donated to a GoFundme fundraiser for Jason Raynor, the Daytona Beach police officer Wallace is accused of gunning down.

Prosecutors have filed a document opposing the request and are asking for a hearing to lodge their objections.

Wallace, 30, was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer in Raynor's killing last year. His trial is scheduled to start with jury selection on April 3. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

Defense attorney Terry Shoemaker filed a notice on Dec. 12 that he would subpoena records from Cogency Global Inc./GoFundMe in Sacramento, California.

The subpoena would seek “Any and all information which would demonstrate the address, location or other geographical information related to the donors to the 'Daytona Beach Officer Jason Raynor Recovery Fund,'” according to the notice.

On Dec. 19, Assistant State Attorney Andrew Urbanak filed a motion objecting to the Shoemaker’s notice and asking for a hearing on the matter. Urbanak’s motion did not give a reason for the objection.

The State Attorney's Office did not respond to an email from The News-Journal regarding the objection.

Shoemaker wrote in an email to The News-Journal that the information had to do with a possible change of venue.

“It will be utilized if we decide to file for a change of venue,” Shoemaker wrote.

The Daytona Beach Officer Jason Raynor Recovery Fund raised $388,915 from more than 5,000 donations, according to its GoFundMe page.

Wallace is scheduled for a case-management conference at 8:30 this morning before Circuit Judge Raul Zambrano at the S. James Foxman Justice Center in Daytona Beach.

Zambrano had asked attorneys to file motions in time to hear them during the next case-management conference. And there are a number of motions on the docket dealing with the death penalty or with jury selection.

One motion seeks to declare Florida’s death penalty statute as unconstitutional, which is a motion that defense attorneys regularly file in such cases and one that trial judges regularly deny.

Another motion seeks to have jurors individually questioned rather than in a group to avoid a response by one potential juror being heard by another.

Another motion seeks to require prosecutors to show the defense the comments of victim impacts statements before they are presented to the jury in case the defense wants to object.

Another motion objects to the premeditation language used in the jury instructions.

Othal Wallace defense: Black men 'brainwashed' into believing police will shoot them

The night Raynor was shot

Raynor was patrolling in an area of Daytona Beach on June 23, 2021, because residents had complained about criminal activity.

Wallace was sitting in a car outside of an apartment building at 133 Kingston Ave., where he was living with his girlfriend and their children, according to reports.

Raynor walked up to Wallace and asked him if he lived there, body camera video showed. Wallace stood up out of the car and Raynor told him to sit back down, the video showed.

After Raynor told Wallace to sit down, the video became shaky and then ended.

Police said Wallace shot Raynor in the head. Raynor’s gun was found still in its holster.

Wallace was arrested on June 26, 2021, when a task force found him hiding in a treehouse in DeKalb County, Georgia, near Atlanta.

Raynor died 55 days later on Aug. 17, 2021.

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Condo Sales Lag Behind Single-Family Homes: A Trend Analysis for Real Estate Developers and Investors

The condominium market is currently experiencing a significant downturn, which may come as a surprise to those who view condos as a more affordable alternative to single-family homes. According to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), condo sales in July were down 12% nationwide compared to the previous year, while single-family home sales saw a much smaller decline of just 1%¹.

This trend is not confined to Florida, a state known for its abundance of condos. Soaring insurance premiums and new laws that have increased assessment fees are heavily impacting the market. Over the past year, condo sales have dropped 17% in the Midwest, 15% in the South, and 11% in the West, while sales in the Northeast remained flat¹.

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun highlighted the inconsistency within Florida itself, with some areas like Fort Myers seeing an increase in condo sales, while others like Daytona Beach experienced a decline¹. Nationally, the share of active listings that are condos has been climbing since May 2023, reaching 21.2% in July, up from 19.5% a year earlier¹.

Why Are Condo Sales Slumping?

Despite the perception that condos offer a lower barrier to entry, the reality is more complex. In July, the median list price for condos was $392,500, compared to $449,900 for single-family homes¹. However, condos are often located in high-priced urban areas, leading to higher per-square-foot costs. Additionally, rising homeowners association (HOA) fees are discouraging potential buyers. The average monthly HOA fee for condos listed on Realtor.com is currently $650¹.

Patrick Wraight, director at the Insurance Journal's Academy of Insurance, notes that property values and association fees have both risen substantially over the past five years. Many condo buildings, especially those constructed during the late 1970s and early 1980s, are now over 40 years old and require extensive maintenance¹. The tragic collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, FL, in 2021, which resulted in 98 deaths, has underscored the risks of deferred maintenance¹.

The Impact of Rising Insurance Costs

Insurance costs are another significant factor. Many property insurers have paid out more in claims than they have collected in premiums in recent years, partly due to climate-related disasters. As a result, insurance companies are writing fewer policies, charging higher premiums, and imposing more stringent underwriting requirements¹.

What This Means for Real Estate Developers and Investors

For real estate developers and investors, these trends present both challenges and opportunities. The increased inventory of condos could lead to more competitive pricing, making it an attractive option for those looking to invest in urban areas. However, the rising costs associated with maintenance and insurance must be carefully considered.

Understanding these market dynamics is crucial for making informed investment decisions. By staying abreast of these trends, developers and investors can better navigate the complexities of the current real estate landscape.

What are your thoughts on these trends? How do you see them impacting your investment strategies? Feel free to share your insights and join the conversation!

¹: National Association of Realtors® data and insights from industry experts.

Additional Sources:

(1) Why Condo Sales Are Lagging Far Behind Single-Family Homes - realtor.com. https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/condo-market-sales-slowdown/.

(2) Housing Statistics and Real Estate Market Trends. https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/housing-statistics.

(3) How The Condo Market Stalled in 2020, Even as Single-Family Homes .... https://www.zillow.com/research/2020-condo-market-overview-28829/.

(4) Should I Buy A Condo or a House? - Zillow. https://www.zillow.com/learn/should-i-buy-a-condo-or-a-house/.

(5) Condos and Townhouses Are Hot: Where Prices Are Rising the Most. https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/condos-are-back-the-cities-where-theyve-become-the-hottest-thing-in-real-estate/.

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Daring SpaceX Polaris mission aims for first spacewalk by private citizens - The Washington Post

* Daring SpaceX Polaris mission aims for first spacewalk by private citizens  The Washington Post * SpaceX’s Risky Next Mission: The First Private Spacewalk  The Wall Street Journal * SpaceX Polaris Dawn late-night rocket launch: When to watch it in Daytona, New Smyrna Beach  Daytona Beach News-Journal * How SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn private spacewalk will work  Space.com * Polaris Dawn mission will send crew on a wild, risky ride  CNN http://dlvr.it/TCM0P8

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NASCAR at Daytona summer 2024: Start time, TV, streaming, lineup for Coke Zero Sugar 400 - USA TODAY

NASCAR at Daytona summer 2024: Start time, TV, streaming, lineup for Coke Zero Sugar 400  USA TODAY McDowell wins pole for Cup Series at Daytona  ESPN Coke Zero Sugar 400 rain update: What’s the weather for NASCAR at Daytona this weekend?  Daytona Beach News-Journal Source link

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Barker's View for July 26, 2024

Hi, kids! It’s time once again to turn a jaundiced eye toward the news and newsmakers of the day who – in my cynical opinion – either contributed to our quality of life, or detracted from it, in some significant way this week here on Florida’s fabled “Fun Coast.” First Step Shelter Board In an excellent follow-up this week by Eileen Zaffiro-Kean writing in The Daytona Beach News-Journal, we…

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(Photo 1) Peter Tork onstage at Carnegie Hall with Peter LaFarge, 1960s (photo by Bob Campbell); (photo 2) by Henry Diltz.

More about that gig with LaFarge here.

"I did some work accompanying Steve Stills when he was with Ron Long and the Buffalo Fish. I accompanied this black trio called the [Apollas], on the stand-up string bass." - Peter Tork, Goldmine, 1982

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“[I] worked in a nightclub called The Shadow. And I think it was late June [1964] that the Phoenix Singers came through, and Peter was in the band, he was the banjo player in — behind the group… And he and I hit it off, and that Monday night, we did an impromptu show together, we just played a couple of tunes, you know, and had a good time, and stayed friends. And then when I opened a club in 1965, there was no place to play in the winter in that area — Virginia Beach, Norfolk… So I opened a club on my own with two friends, we called it The Folk Ghetto, and I contacted Peter in New York City and said, ‘I wanna hire you to come down here for a week and be the headlining act.’ Which he did. […] He was, he was fantastic. He was so good. It was wonderful." - James Lee Stanley, Tales of the Road Warriors, 2019 (x)

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“Many people don’t know that Peter has a really rich baritone — had a voice like, it was like a cello, really rich and resonant, you know, and fun to listen to.” - James Lee Stanley, The Monkees Pad Show no. 11

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“[E]ventually he had an offer to join the Phoenix Singers, who were short of a guy to play banjo AND guitar. And if you still have any doubts about whether he really does play, and play well, then the thing to do is ask the management behind the Phoenix Singers. Even without the Monkees, there is little doubt that the amiable Peter would have made the grade in the music business.” - Record Mirror, February 25, 1967

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“[Peter’s] really a genius, a prolific musician — he plays about seven instruments.” - Micky Dolenz, Record Mirror, February 11, 1967

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“Peter Tork has to be one of the best guitarists around — he can cut anybody on guitar. He plays about 10 instruments — banjo, uke, the lot.” - Davy Jones, The Ottawa Journal, January 20, 1967

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“Peter was a much more skillful player than I was by some orders of magnitude.” - Michael Nesmith, The Monkees Tale (1985)

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“[In the early 1980s, in NYC] I remember we went down to the China Club, and I took Peter down there, and… and I felt that a lot of the musicians, you know, disrespected him. He didn’t play, but I introduced him, ‘This is my pal, Peter,’ and they were kind of, like, blowing him off a little bit, and I remember seeing, you know, that pained look in his face as these guys were being rude — or condescending; not so much rude, it’s just condescending, like, ‘Oh, you were the Monkee, pfff,’ you know. And… and I know it troubled him. [Once the resurgence and 20th anniversary tour came around] that’s when Peter started — when they started giving him, you know, some regard.” - James Lee Stanley, The Monkees Pad Show no. 11

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Q: "Most people know you from The Monkees but you were a well-respected musician before that."

Peter Tork. "You'll have to ask everyone else about the kind of respect I generated. I am a trained musician, somewhat trained. I took piano for six years and French horn. I took music theory for about three years. I learned to play the bass and the five-string banjo while I was learning a few other instruments here and there. So, I have some skills and some abilities. I'm pleased with what I got [...]. I wish I had more. But back then I was a folkie. Whatever I was, it seemed to be just the thing for The Monkees." - Daytona News Journal, October 8, 2009

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Early days of MTV and BET

Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal - Jun 16, 1985

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Flagler man charged with felony animal cruelty, accused of fatally shooting neighbor's dog - Daytona Beach News-Journal

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Flagler man charged with felony animal cruelty, accused of fatally shooting neighbor's dog - Daytona Beach News-Journal

Flagler man charged with felony animal cruelty, accused of fatally shooting neighbor’s dog  Daytona Beach News-Journal

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Louche (loosh/adj) - disreputable or sordid, but in a somewhat appealing way...

Photo courtesy of the Daytona Beach News-Journal

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Sentencing Update For Tammy Lynn Sytch, Sunny In WWE, In DUI Manslaughter Case

Read More Wrestling Inc.  By /Oct. 18, 2023 11:25 am EST In an update on Tammy “Sunny” Sytch’s legal case, the Daytona Beach News-Journal is reporting that the former WWE star’s defense attorney is seeking a lower sentence because “she requires specialized treatment for a mental disorder or for a physical disability.” That information is said to be in court records. Sytch, who was involved in a…