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2B THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010 FLORIDA TODAY AROUND OUR COMMUNITIES and swerved," said Kim Officer involved in 2-car accident 1 'S it COCOA BEACH County commissioner plans open house. Brevard County Commissioner Chuck Nelson, who represents District 2, will host an open house from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at the Cocoa Beach Public Library, 550 N.Brevard Ave. For more information, call 454-6601. MELBOURNE Northbound lanes of I-95 reopen after crash.

The northbound lanes of Interstate 95 reopened in the Melbourne area following a traffic accident in a construction zone, officials said. The single-vehicle crash was reported about 8:14 a.m. Wednesday along mile marker 191, just south of the Wickham Road exit, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The roadway reopened about 9:10 a.m., officials said. The driver reported seeing something in the road fender of a 2005 Cadillac driven by Paul Berry, 18, of Titusville, who was driving east on Fox Lake Road.

Berry was treated at Par-rish Medical Center in Titusville and later released, Hutchinson said. Torres' injuries did not require hospital treatment. As of Wednesday, no charges had been filed. Hutchinson said the internal-affairs unit is investigating to be sure Torres followed policies. He said no outside investigation was started because there were no serious injuries.

Torres has been a Titusville police officer for two years and, before that, was a civilian community service officer in Titusville. He remains on active duty. Both drivers slightly hurt; Titusville investigates BY DAVE BERMAN FLORIDA TODAY TTTUSVILLE Police are investigating a two-car accident involving an officer who was responding to a call late Tuesday. Both drivers suffered mi nor injuries and both vehicles had moderate damage as a result of the accident, which occurred at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday at South Street and Fox Lake Road, Titusville police spokesman Lt.

Todd Hutchinson said. Officer Cesar Torres, 27, was driving his patrol car south on South Street, responding to a call involving a female motorist who said a man in another car was chasing her and had a gun. Torres had his flashing red-and-blue patrol car lights on, approaching the intersection of Fox Lake Road, slowed down at the traffic light, then drove through the intersection. Hutchinson said Torres car clipped the front left 2'V Feat of clay Drought index down Harry Guthrie Phillips creates a clay sculpture of a loggerhead sea turtle at his Cocoa Village studio. Phillips, who en joys scuba diving, specializes 1 It I.

I Tim Shortt. FLORIDA TODAY In marine life creations. June 30 board agreed to extend a contract governing the three authorities beyond the end of June, when the contract was set to expire. "We don't want to do anything that hurts you or the residents. We know you need administrative support," he said.

"June 30 we're not going to deliver a bunch of boxes to you and say, "You're on your "Cocoa owns and operates 356 housing properties and manages 149 federal Section 8 rental vouchers. It operates a $3.2 million Contact Basil at 242-3618 orrbasu6florldatoday.com. Agency won't lose Residents split on plans Montes, spokeswoman for the Florida Highway Patrol. The vehicle involved then flipped onto its roof. No major injuries were re ported.

TITUSVILLE Firefighters rescue kitten from stormwater drain. Firefighters rescued a 6-week-old kitten from a stormwater drain Wednes day after two girls heard the crying cat, then called 9-1-1 "Firefighters could not physically reach the kitten that was in the middle of the drain," Scott Gaenicke, divi sion chief for Titusville Fire and Emergency Services said in a statement. But they usea water at low pressure from a fire hose to make the kitten run to the end of the drain pipe, where an animal control officer collected the kitten and took it to safety. The kitten appeared to be mgoodconditioa Complied by FLORIDA TODAY staff report that immediately, get the right people in here. How closely do you work with the Sheriffs of fice and others to coordinate responses to terrorist at tacks? Lay: We meet regularly.

As a matter of fact, we'll have a large exercise in the Melbourne area on June 24. It will be in the Indian River Lagoon and involve a lot of our law enforcement water resources as well as Melbourne airport. We'll have an aircraft fuselage on a barge. It will simulate an aircraft going down in the lagoon. What's the outlook for fire season? Lay: We've had a lot of rain.

The drought index is way down. The possibility of fires, though, is always there. And this time of year, we may have a lot of lightning strikes. Contact Reed at 242-3631 or mreedeflorldatoday.com. Wholesale Prices Family Hearing a constat CAT, from IB Gagnon suffers from tinnitus, or ringing in the ear.

"The traffic on U.S. 1 and my geese in the backyard are noisier than these cats," she wrote in a letter to Commissioner Robin Fisher. "I no longer have any issues with the cats being my neighbor." However, Robert "Skip" Meyers lives on about eight acres north of the proposed compound. In an e-mail to Fisher and Commissioner earsi until nnw! UZZfl REED, from IB expect them to have their own ice beforehand, or to go get it at stores. How have you prepared for the gulf oil spill that could make its way up the East Coast? Lay: We have been focusing on volunteer efforts to provide some sort of early-warning system.

Working with Keep Brevard Beautiful, we're looking for volunteer beach watchers to be on the lookout for tar balls. Volunteers can't clean up anything. They can't clean up the tar balls. They can't clean up the beach. They can't clean up animals.

You have to be certified and trained to do all that. The oil product could be harmful. The responsible party is BP. Through the U.S. Coast Guard, there are contracts to provide those services.

If we have any indication of tar balls on our beaches or in our lagoon, then we want to -JT i "t-- Immediate Delivery if-' in your Bean on HOUSING, from IB It's not clear who would lead the agency in the interim if Williams isn't seated before May 2011 or who will lead if the waiver comes through but not by June 30, which is when the contract between the three authorities expires and Cocoa is on its own. Since Cocoa Housing Au thority likely will be without director for some time, it will not lose Mike Bean as its executive director by June 30. Chairman Michael Hart- man of Brevard County Housing Authority said his I)IIIIHII HIM 91 Owned Operated Other police officers detained a male suspect in the case involving the man with the gun. Hutchinson said the suspect was caught at a Cumberland Farms store at South Street and Satterfield Road. No gun was found on the suspect, and charges are pending in that incident, Hutchinson said.

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