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“Roaring Reptiles, Bountiful Citrus, and Neon Pies”Mark Lane was born in California and grew up in Daytona Beach. Lane has a master’s degree in history from Boston University. He is the father of grown twins and lives in Ormond Beach with his wife, Cindi. He has seldom strayed more than a dozen miles from an ocean.
Lane worked for The Daytona Beach News-Journal as a reporter, copy editor, editorial writer, associate editor, and columnist. He retired in 2022.
He received many journalism awards for his columns and editorials, including nine citations from the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, seven Sunshine State Awards and 25 Florida Press Club awards. His book was published in 2019 by the University Press of Florida and won the Florida Historical Society’s 2019 Charlton Tebeau Book Award.
He has also authored two earlier works, Sandspurs: Notes from a Coastal Columnist and Legendary Locals of Daytona Beach. His books will be available to purchase after his presentation—price $20. He will accept cash, check, or credit card.
“In Roaring Reptiles, Bountiful Citrus, and Neon Pies, journalist Mark Lane aims his sharp wit at one of the most intriguing duties of the Florida legislature—signing state symbols into law. Lane offers an often-comic commentary on historical events that led to the selection of Florida’s official fruit, tree, gem, bird, song, and other items ranging from the well-known to the obscure. Did you know that the state slogan was almost “the alligator state?”
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