Volusia councilman `lucky` after DeLand dry bite
(World News USA)

DELAND — He’s weathered more than two decades in politics, both in Tallahassee and DeLand, the district he represents on the Volusia County Council. Now, Pat Patterson can say that he’s also survived an encounter with a venomous snake.The councilman said he was bitten twice by a pygmy rattlesnake Nov. 19 as he stepped outside his DeLand home. After seven hours in an emergency room, closely monitored by Poison Control experts, ......