News Journal Daytona Beach

Getting the job done: One-Stop helps match job-seekers, employers

The Center for Business Excellence operates three One-Stop Employment Centers in the Volusia-Flagler area.

Arva Campbell has worked at the One-Stop center in Daytona Beach for more than 10 years in both case management and the career services unit before her promotion to center manager two years ago. She has a degree in supervision and management The Center for Business Excellence operates three One-Stop Employment Centers in the Volusia-Flagler area.

Arva Campbell has worked at the One-Stop center in Daytona Beach for more than 10 years in both case management and the career services unit before her promotion to center manager two years ago. She has a degree in supervision and management from Daytona State College. She also is a certified workforce professional through the Dynamic Works Institute.

Campbell recently spoke with the News-Journal about the CBE's One-Stop centers.

What is the role of One-Stop Employment Centers?

The One-Stop Center is designed to meets the needs of both businesses and job seekers in our workforce system. The center is tasked to provide an array of employment-related services to meet these needs. All of the services of the One-Stop are provided at no cost.

How does it carry out its mandate?

The One-Stop carries out its mandate by offering innovative customized services and resources to its customers. Some of the services are job readiness workshops, access to computers for job search, free job listing postings and facilitation of recruitment events. The One-Stop also collaborates with several partner agencies such as community-based organizations and education providers to achieve this mandate.

Who uses the center?

The center is used by both job seekers and employers. Our job seekers include people from all walks of life. Some of them are youth ages 16-24, professionals (white-collar workers), retirees and displaced homemakers who need to reenter the job market, graduates (both high school and college), ex-offenders, dislocated workers (customers employed in industries that have downsized), employed customers looking for better opportunities and universal customers (those seeking any of our services).

Have you seen an increase or decrease in demand for service?

The Daytona One-Stop Center sees traffic of over 2000 persons per month. The demand for service always fluctuates; however there has been a slight decrease in traffic since January. I believe traffic has decreased slightly in the center due to customers either going back to school and/or customers job searching from home.

Ex-mechanic Fox turns 95 - Racing - Daytona Beach News-Journal

DAYTONA BEACH -- Ray Fox walked through the back door of the International Speedway Corporation Archive building and was shocked to be greeted by more than 50 friends and family.

Fox, who ventured here from New Hampshire after World War II, turned 95 years old Saturday. He was moved by the outpouring of well wishes from the gathering, many of whom belong to the Living Legends of Auto Racing. Fox is president of the organization.

After blowing out the candles on his birthday cupcake, Fox joked, "I hope none of you have to live this long!"

The comment raised the roof with laughter.

"This is fantastic," Fox said. "I had no idea this was going to happen. This was absolutely a surprise. When I walked in I went, 'Wow!' This is wonderful. I never thought I'd reach 95."

Ray Fox was one of NASCAR's early master mechanics. He is best known for winning the 1960 Daytona 500 with a very young Junior Johnson at the wheel.

Fox built that Daytona 500 winning car in less than two weeks at the request of the Daytona Beach Kennel Club.

Johnson, who was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame last year, and several other notable drivers such as Cale Yarborough, David Pearson and Buddy Baker, sent along audio greetings for Fox. A total of 28 drivers wheel Fox-prepared stock cars.

Those messages were played during a slide show of Fox's long racing career following a birthday lunch inside the ISC Archive building, off limits to the general public unless you purchase a VIP Tour Pass at Daytona International Speedway.

"This has never happened in the ISC Archives," curator Eddie Roche said. "But this is Ray Fox. He is from this area and doing all he did in racing and having all these friends. He is the exception to the rule."

Among those in the crowd was Smokey Yunick Jr., 62, now retired. Yunick, son of this area's other famed mechanic by the same name, worked with Fox for six months in 1967.

Yunick Sr. and Fox were rivals in the early 1960s. Their stock cars dominated races at Daytona International Speedway during the first five years it was open.

"Ray knew what he was doing," Yunick Jr. said. "All he did was build race cars. He built race cars to win races. He was very good with a car.

"Junior Johnson told me he showed Ray how to make a car handle. Ray learned a lot from Junior. Junior was probably the best at setting a car up at that time."

David Freer was a banker by trade but helped score races for Fox in the Fox Engineering pit box.

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