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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Ed Mitchell, of Winter Garden, has never had a birthday party, so his friends are throwing him a big one Sunday, Jan. 10. It takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, 915 E. Plant St., in Winter Garden, where he serves as youth pastor. Family friends and classmates are invited to celebrate with Mitchell. The 1978 West Orange High School graduate is fighting colon cancer; he said the best birthday present he could receive would be to see friends old and new. For more information, call Joyce Lenhardt at (407) 3530980.
TRASH TALK Jan. 1 marked the start of unincorporated Orange County’s new automated curbside collection program. Orange County residents now will be able to use their new 95-gallon garbage and recycling roll carts for collection of their household items. Also starting on Jan. 1, residents should begin following their new once-per-week collection schedule, which is available at ocfl.net/CollectionSchedule.
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Chris Chan in his office in downtown Winter Garden.
Soon, there will be an app for that Chris Chan has helped develop an app that will make it easier for consumers to make charitable donations. JENNIFER NESSLAR STAFF WRITER WINTER GARDEN
A West Orange native and his business partner hope to revolutionize charitable giving with a new app called Change Giving. Chris Chan, owner of Winter Garden-based Think Minion Digital Media, and Tony Largura partnered to develop the social media charity app. Users will be able to connect their bank cards to the app, and and every time they swipe or make a digital transaction, the payment is rounded to the nearest dollar. The extra money spent on top of the purchase is distributed to the charity of the user’s choice. For example, if a user spends $2.72 on coffee, the app rounds the purchase to $3, and 28 cents goes to the charity the user selects. Users can set aside money for certain things, such as helping out a family member, or they can donate to an organization. The app also allows users to start campaigns to raise money. Chan hopes the app will help out organizations but also will make the process of giving easier. SEE MINION PAGE 6
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Chan has always heard it said that when you’re at the top of a business, you have minions below you that do all the work. “I thought, ‘Well you know what? I could be other companies’ minion,” he said. “All these local businesses, all these companies — I’d like to be their creative minion.” And thus, Think Minion was born.
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DOWNTON ABBEY TEA & TRIVIA 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Looking forward to the last season of “Downton Abbey”? Enjoy an hour of English tea and trivia about your favorite show. Intended for ages 18 and older. Call (407) 835-7323 for details. HIP HATS 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Celebrate the things that go on your head with crafts and stories all about hats. Ages 6-12. Call (407) 835-7323 for details.
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PUFFINS CLIMB PENGUINS RHYME 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Waddle to Greenland and back down to Antarctica. Warm up with cozy stories, chill activities and cool crafts. Ages 3-5. Call (407) 835-7323 for details.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 MEASURE IT! 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. How many? How long? How heavy? Preschoolers will learn how to find the answers to these questions through stories and fun activities measuring common household items. Ages 3-5. Call (407) 835-7323 for details. SOUNDS LIKE CHICKEN REHEARSALS 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, in the choir room of the First United Methodist Church of Winter Garden, 125 N. Lakeview Ave. Sounds Like Chicken A Cappella, a community-based all-male a cappella group, is celebrating eight years of singing together and is looking for new members. The group sings contemporary a cappella, barbershop, choral music, folk and more. Tenors, baritones and basses are encouraged to join. Email tenorthechad@yahoo. com for details.
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LAKE APOPKA WILDLIFE DRIVE BIRDING HIKE Meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at Magnolia Park for a caravan guided birding hike with the Orange Audubon Society. Stop along the way and discover and identify migratory wading birds, raptors and song birds. Birders of all ranges are welcome. Register online at oaklandnaturepreserve.org. Cost is free for Oakland Nature Preserve members, $5 for others. For information, call (407) 905-0054. NATIVE AMERICAN CRAFTS 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, and continuing on the second Saturday of each month, at 3415 Silverwood Drive, Pine Hills. The nonprofit Order of the Skywatcher Clan (Native American tribe and 501c3 charity) teaches tribal arts and crafts such as beading, woodcarving, clay sculpting, weaving, jewelry and flint napping while socializing over a potluck lunch. Call John Martello at (407) 293-1739 or email omegaltd158@juno. com for information. INSIDE OUT: THE HUMAN BODY 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. How many hairs are on your head? What happens when you eat pizza? By exploring the
human body with hands-on activities and stories, you can find out the answers to these questions and more. Ages 6-12. For details, call (407) 835-7323.
est high school seniors. Tickets are $20 ($15 for ages 12 and younger). For information, go to distinguishedyw.org.
MINION CELEBRATION 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Bello! Celebrate the release of the “Minion Movie” with games and crafts. Ages 3 and up. For details, call (407) 835-7323.
INTRO TO “FOOD FOR LIFE” COOKING CLASS 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the SoBo Gallery, 127 S. Boyd St., Winter Garden. The Jimmy Crabtree Cancer Fund is sponsoring an Introduction to “Food for Life” Cooking class, and the first is titled “Eating Right for Cancer Prevention and Survival.” There is no cost for the four classes, but participants must register at eventbrite.com. For information, contact instructor Claire Brown at (407) 694-5972 or plantbasedtable@outlook. com.
DONALD WISE FUNDRAISER 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at the Winter Garden Elks Lodge, 700 Ninth St. Ocoee native Donald Wise is currently awaiting a kidney transplant, and friends are helping raise funds. Event will include a 50/50 drawing and raffles, chili and barbecue, homemade desserts, disc jockey Lloyd Hollingsworth and a cash bar. To donate raffle items, call Sonia Brown at (407) 600-5150. DISTINGUISHED YOUNG WOMEN OF FLORIDA STATE COMPETITION SHOWCASE 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Young women compete for more than $3 million in college-granted and cash scholarships. The program showcases the fitness, talent and public-speaking abilities of the state’s best and bright-
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EARLY AMERICAN TOMBSTONE ICONOGRAPHY 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Early tombstone iconography reflects the attitudes that our ancestors held about death. Understanding burial traditions and practices can enhance family history research by providing insight into ancestors’ religious beliefs, family patterns and societal expectations. Burial grounds tell stories of war, social class and immigration. Call (407) 8357323 for details.
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CHANGE FOR THE COUNTY STAFF WRITER WEST ORANGE COUNTY This year
marks the last of eight as District 1 Orange County Commissioner for S. Scott Boyd, who has reached his term limit. Although the general election is not until Nov. 8, the Aug. 30 primary would decide the winner of Boyd’s seat if one candidate secures more than 50% of the vote. Two West Orange candidates — Bobby Olszewski, current District 3 Winter Garden city commissioner, and Betsy VanderLey, former District 1 Planning and Zoning commissioner and chairwoman — are viewed as the frontrunners. A third candidate, Dr. Usha Jain, 65, is a physician at Emergi-Care Medical Center in Dr. Phillips who filed for this seat March 13. Her primary reason for running is a legal battle about a code violation pertaining to her business’ sign that had been in place for a decade. A fourth candidate, Nuren Durre Haider, filed last week. Since May, Jain has reported no campaign contributions to add to her in-kind total of $209.30 to end April, according to the Orange County Supervisor of Elections site. She said she has had no plans to actively campaign. In contrast, Olszewski and
FINANCES AND ENDORSEMENTS BOBBY OLSZEWSKI Olszewski won re-election without opposition to his Winter Garden City Commission seat in the March 2015 election and then filed for this race on Sept. 1. He has raised $30,350 ($333.52 per day) and spent $2,783.32 through November. Marketing, law, advertising, management and real estate are among the most common fields of his donors. Windermere Police Chief Dave Ogden and councilmen Jim O’Brien and Bob McKinley, District 1 Ocoee Commissioner John Grogan, District 2 Ocoee Commissioner Rosemary Wilsen, District 4 Winter Garden Commissioner Colin Sharman and Florida representatives Randolph Bracy III and Rene Plasencia are notable contributors. BETSY VANDERLEY VanderLey abdicated her Planning and Zoning Commission seat as a requirement to start her campaign, which began Jan. 30. Through November, she had raised $94,990.15 ($311.44 per day) and spent $12,448.42. Her benefactors’ most common fields include law, engineering, development, real estate and various entities of Walt Disney World. Of note are donations from County Commissioner S. Scott Boyd, District 3 Orange County Commissioner Pete Clarke, Oakland Mayor Kathy Stark and District 2 Winter Garden Commissioner Bob Buchanan.
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“ I will always make decisions placing residents and community first, which is a promise that people of Orange County can look forward to under my leadership.”
District 3 Winter Garden City Commissioner Bobby Olszewski and former Orange County District 1 Planning and Zoning Commissioner and Chairwoman Betsy VanderLey are the frontrunners to replace S. Scott Boyd, who is at his term limit. BY ZAK KERR
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VanderLey each have raised more than $30,000. Both have received endorsements and contributions from many local politicians, movers and shakers, which should make a competitive race. Should no candidate win a majority vote at the primary election, the top two candidates will face off in the general election.
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Olszewski said he had always had a goal of one day becoming county commissioner, and he felt the timing was right for him in September. He grew up in the Orange Tree neighborhood of Dr. Phillips. Among community causes Olszewski is passionate about are youth sports and his faith, which merge in his involvement with the Roper YMCA Center, where he became chairman of the board of directors this year. Whereas VanderLey has embraced Boyd’s support, Olszewski has said he would like to take the District 1 commissioner’s office in a different direction. His campaign centers on a slogan, “Residents and Community First,” with four pillars: ethical leadership, fiscal responsibility, lower taxes and public safety. “My record as a commissioner is rooted in putting residents and community first, and I will continue this focus as an Orange County commissioner,” Olszewski said. “I do not have any conflicts with private business interests for votes that I will take as an Orange County commissioner. Nor will I purposely pit homeowners against special interests playing both sides of an issue. I will always make decisions placing residents and community first, which is a promise that people of Orange County can look forward to under my leadership.” Olszewski believes ingenuity of local private businesses and residents will foster success in the community by putting faith in them more so than local government, including with finances. “Politicians find it easy to spend money because it is not their money,” he said. “As a commissioner, my record shows that I spend public dollars as I would my own family’s, with a clear return on investment.” Olszewski wants to avoid delays on actions, especially pertaining to overcrowding in local schools, he said. This goes along with the idea of synergistically maintaining the tourism capital of the world and a sense of community in development decisions — stimulating the economy without losing sight of the long-term future or just taking the easy way out, he said. “Growth is inevitable, and it is critical that we put residents and community first with smart growth,” Olszewski said. “When you look at what we have accomplished in Winter Garden, you see evidence of what smart growth can do for a community.” Within this philosophy, Olszewski believes wasteful spending can be reduced to the greatest benefit of the constituency, as well as that a
“When you ask people out here where they’re from, they say West Orange or Winter Garden or Windermere. They identify very strongly with it, and I want to make sure that happens as we grow.” Betsy VanderLey
lack of tax increases stimulates growth by keeping money with the residents. “I have never voted for a tax increase,” he said. “Our government always needs to do more with less, rather than taking the easy way out by increasing ... tax burdens.” This includes doing more to keep the community safe, such as providing all Orange County Sheriff’s Office and county fire rescue crews all they need, he said. BETSY VANDERLEY
VanderLey, of Oakland, had volunteered for Boyd’s campaign and received a request from Boyd to run to fill his seat. She mulled this decision for two years, ultimately choosing to run based on the magnitude of effects from political decisions, she said. “I didn’t anticipate ever running for office,” she said. “It was always that I’d help other people I believed in, like Commissioner Boyd and Marco Rubio, people like that I had a lot of confidence in.” VanderLey estimated she saw 80% of BCC items in her three years on the Planning and Zoning Commission, which meant she already was influencing the community through recommendations, which she enjoyed. “I ... thought I could roll up my sleeves and do it,” VanderLey said. “I felt like this is the next step in community service, in a way. I think the West Orange community is extraordinary in how they put their arms around people from the outside and say, ‘Let me help you find a place in Rotary; let me help you find a place in the Chamber.’” VanderLey wants to offer Horizon West in particular that welcoming, so it feels as if it belongs to West Orange.
“When you ask people in Bithlo where they’re from, they say Orlando,” she said. “When you ask people out here where they’re from, they say West Orange or Winter Garden or Windermere. They identify very strongly with it, and I want to make sure that happens as we grow.” As development continues in District 1 — through a process VanderLey hopes to streamline — she wants Horizon West to maintain agricultural roots while inheriting the bike trails and community events she associates with West Orange culture, she said. That kind of development goes with the other economic staple of the district, tourism, both of which she holds experience in as a business developer and contractor who has worked for Disney. “I understand the business out there and what that brings to the table, and I’m grateful for it,” she said. “I just felt like I could connect people, having been here such a long time. I think that’s a lot of what a commissioner does: They facilitate opportunity in the community, to make sure the infrastructure’s in place for that.” VanderLey mentioned the school siting process — a controversial topic in this district — needs to change while county commissioners continue improving their relationship with Orange County Public Schools. “It’s not like we can put a barrier up at the county and say, ‘No more, we’re full,’” she said. “We’re going to have to do it like people from West Orange, where we wrap our arms around everybody and say, ‘Let us help you find your place in our community.’” Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@orangeobserver.com.
CAMPAIGN STAFFS OLSZEWSKI Campaign consulting team: Strategic Image Management, led by Anthony Pedicini, Tom Piccolo and Fred Piccolo Campaign manager: Ron Janssen Treasurer: Karen West Website: VoteBobbyO.com VANDERLEY Campaign team: John Dowless, Jennifer McDougald, Wendy Kurtz Treasurer: Teresa Precourt Watkins Website: ElectBetsyVander Ley.com
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Community Editor / Amy Quesinberry Rhode, aqrhode@OrangeObserver.com Senior Sports Editor / Steven Ryzewski, sryzewski@OrangeObserver.com Staff Writers Zak Kerr, zkerr@OrangeObserver.com Jennifer Nesslar, jnesslar@ OrangeObserver.com Catherine Kerr,
The Sunset Park Elementary relief school will open this year.
The fast growth of West Orange County, specifically Horizon West, poses a unique challenge for Orange County Public Schools. JENNIFER NESSLAR STAFF WRITER WEST ORANGE COUNTY Growth
in Orange County is outpacing Florida 2 to 1 and the U.S. 3 to 1, and nearly 45% of homes in the pipeline for Orange County are in the Horizon West area. As a result of the growth, several West Orange public schools are getting crowded. For Orange County Public Schools, the growth poses a unique challenge. Orange County builds roads and infrastructure in anticipation of growth, but for OCPS to open a school, there must be a sufficient number of students to attend the school. “It’s different for (OCPS) because they just don’t go out and build a school and not have the students to put in it,” said S. Scott Boyd, District 1 county commissioner. “It’s extremely important for them to have the timing down as to when they’re going to need another school.”
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OCPS isn’t ignoring growth and overcrowded schools. In Orange County, seven schools will open this year and 14 more in 2017, according Pam Gould, District 4 Orange County School Board member. In the West Orange area, the first new school to open will be the relief elementary school for Sunset Park Elementary. The school is set to open this year, and the School Board is sched-
REZONING WEST ORANGE HIGH
n Community meeting: 6:30 p.m. Jan. 11 n School Board Rule Development Workshop, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 28 n Public hearing, 5:30 p.m. March 8. Ocoee, Olympia and West Orange High students could be impacted.
REZONING SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY
Rezoning timeline for Sunset Park Elementary relief school: n Public hearing, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 26 All meeting will be held at Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center, 445 W. Amelia St., Orlando
uled to finalize its zoning at a Jan. 26 public meeting. The new school will help alleviate overcrowding, but the zoning likely will require some families who recently moved to a new school to uproot again — something Gould said is a challenge of moving into a new, high-growth area. “We’re trying to do what we can to accommodate, but because they have so many kids out there, it’s just really hard with the growth in the area,” Gould said. “We’re kind of stuck going either way on that one.” In 2017, two relief schools will open — one to relieve MetroWest Elementary and a second to relieve West Orange High School, which currently has 4,121 students enrolled — more than 1,000 greater than its 2,994 capacity. Gould expects the new high school finally will put West Orange High under capacity and — more importantly — keep it there as growth continues along State Road 50 and the western end of the county toward Lake County. Students in these areas will likely attend West Orange. “We know there’s going to be growth, because right near (West Orange) are new developments coming out of the ground,” Gould said. Furthermore, balancing the student numbers will be critical to ensuring the new high school doesn’t become overcrowded. “It will be enough under (capacity) that we have a good portion of students, but not so close to the capacity number, where we’re going crazy again,” Gould said. Beyond 2017, a relief school will be needed for Bridgewater Middle, which currently is more than 500 students over capacity. Parent Judy Paulsen has had two children attend Bridgewater as it has battled overcrowding. “We definitely need the relief,” she said. “When a school is overcrowded or when it doesn’t have the infrastructure to handle the number of students, that’s a detriment to everybody — to the students, to the teachers — and it just makes it a harder learning environment, harder to teach and harder to learn.”
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A school to relieve area middle schools is slated within OCPS’s 10-year plan, set to open in 2019. Gould hopes to move the opening to 2018, but it depends on the district’s budget and capabilities. An additional elementary school is planned for 2020. WHAT’S NEXT?
As a Realtor and West Orange resident, parent Jane Dunkelberger knows the area is desirable. Dunkelberger has kids in Sunset Park Elementary and Bridgewater Middle. “After being in the area close to 10 years, I knew there was a lot of growth coming since the Horizon West plan had been on the books,” she said. “I had been studying the growth that was coming, and when the market went down, I knew it would come back and it would come back fast and furious.” Dunkelberger is thankful for Gould’s work in stressing the need for relief schools in the area. She wants to see the school system continue to become more proactive in planning relief schools. “People are going to continue to come,” she said. A few years ago, Gould and Boyd brought developers to OCPS to talk about the trends they were seeing, to bring OCPS up to date on what is happening in the area. The next high school planned for the area will be placed in the Seidel Road area, but it is not currently in OCPS’s 10-year plan. Gould plans to watch trends carefully in the next few years to see if she will need to push it into the 10-year timeframe. OCPS also is working on a relief school site between Dr. Phillips High School and Freedom High School, to help alleviate capacity issues at both schools. Dr. Phillips High School is over capacity but is able to handle it because the area on the north part of campus functions well, Gould said. Before OCPS can set timeframes for the Dr. PhillipsFreedom school, it must obtain land. The relief school is not in the 10-year plan, but Gould anticipates it may be moved into the plan in the course of the next few years. Contact Jennifer Nesslar at jnesslar@orangeobserver.com.
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Independence Elementary Total enrollment: 786 Program capacity: 786 Keene’s Crossing Elementary Total enrollment: 896 Program capacity: 812 Sunset Park Elementary Total enrollment: 1,217 Program capacity: 753 MetroWest Elementary Total enrollment: 1,584 Program capacity: 1,237 Bridgewater Middle Total enrollment: 1,565 Program capacity: 1,040 Dr. Phillips High Total enrollment: 3,576 Program capacity: 2,799 West Orange High Total enrollment: 4,121 Program capacity: 2,994
NOT DONE YET
There is still plenty of room for development in Horizon West. A total of 21,000 acres of available land designated for commercial use is still there. In addition, 25,000 acres of residential land use and 18,000 acres of agriculture is still available, according to Rick Singh, Orange County property appraiser. “Indications are this will continue — when you have people moving to the area,” Singh said. “People are moving back to Orange County faster than they are moving back to the state of Florida.” In the area, 1,655 new homes were sold in 2014, and updated numbers indicate that 1,400 singlefamily homes are in the pipeline for Horizon West in the next year. The new frontier in development is coming to south Horizon West — in a development called Village I — and even beyond Horizon West, along the Avalon 545 corridor as it intersects State Road 192, Boyd said.
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he does at any time, and he is able to create augmented reality videos and cards for local businesses — his clients. Chan also likes to think creatively on how to take good video. He considers himself an early adopter of the now-popular Swagway and Hoverboard — but he uses them for video purposes. He uses the Hoverboard and a stabilizer gimble to take smooth footage in a more affordable way than other video technologies. Set-up time is also greatly reduced, because he is able to hover into a venue and hover out quickly. Think Minion does digital media work for high-profile clients, but also local businesses. He does all digital media for the Crooked Can in downtown Winter Garden. He works with aerial cinematography — by using drones — through Sky Minion, a related business he works on with a few friends. For more information, visit thinkminion.com.
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ity of video online and in social media. Chan started working with a new technology called augmented reality to demonstrate the work he does. The technology allows him to create a business card that, when you open an augmented reality app on your phone and hover it over the card, a video plays. He is able to pull out his business card and show people what
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DOWNTOWN After much public anticipation, Ocoee is finally ready to put its downtown on the map.
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Above: McKey Street present day, facing the Marshall Block and the original bank building.
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Ocoee is ready to pump urban life into the city. The cities of Winter Garden and Ocoee have partnered with GAI Consultants to create a vision for future development regarding three interchanges — West Road, State Road 50 and Plant/Franklin, in addition to plans for the bettering of downtown areas in both Winter Garden and Ocoee. The Plant/Franklin interchange has a large bearing on both cities’ downtowns. Over a period of several years, the proposed plans instruct the Winter Garden and Ocoee developments to meet at the Plant/Franklin interchange, which would become a center
Left: Lynn and Brenda McClung moved their business, Beckett’s Emporium, to McKey Street after six years of business in downtown Winter Garden.
of employment, with the goal of bringing more activity to the area — through the addition of retail, office or entertainment options. “It only makes sense because we share the corridor with two downtowns and two local governments that have very similar cultural history and similar values,” said Craig Shadrix, Ocoee’s assistant city manager. The preliminary plans include the desire to connect downtown to the west, through the use of Silver Star Road and Oakland Avenue, which would create a pair system of roadways, a
system many downtown areas use. Plant Street becomes Franklin Street, which would then split into the pair roads. “We still don’t have a defined boundary of the downtown central business district,” Shadrix said. “We think of downtown right now as McKey Street, but to create a downtown we need to do more around that and those areas need to develop in a downtown-like fashion.” If these two streets begin to flourish, Shadrix believes it won’t take anything away from McKey Street but rather benefit it. The proximity of Oakland
Avenue to McKey Street would allow the two roads — if developed into a “pedestrianoriented commercial district” — to create an urban block. This means development would include commercial, residential and office uses. “It becomes more valuable to McKey for this to happen than if it doesn’t happen,” Shadrix said. “If there were any conceptions out there that McKey’s just going to be passed on by, it’s not true. The efforts that we’re making will make McKey a more valid downtown development area, but one little quarter block doesn’t make a downtown.”
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on McKey. Currently, the street runs on septic rather than sewer. Merchants feel the addition of sewer would increase the marketability of the area and would be a help to eateries in the area. “It’s hard to run a restaurant on septic,” Bozkurt said.
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The City Hall campus currently located along Starke Lake would be able to anchor downtown in its current location, although elected officials would make the ultimate decision if City Hall would relocate. Oakland Avenue would aid in connecting the downtown area to neighboring areas. The road would connect to State Road 429, and the city plans to run the West Orange Trail through Oakland Avenue — meaning people could ride their bikes from downtown Winter Garden to downtown Ocoee. MEMORY LANE
In the early 1900s, the action happened on McKey Street. “It was the only downtown area,” said Jim Sills, of DJ’s Auto Sales. The 100 block of the street was once home to the original Bank of Ocoee, which organized in 1919, with Fred H. Maguire as president. In the 1960s, the building was also home to Ocoee’s City Hall. Through the years, the building has changed names and housed different businesses, including a telephone company switchboard. It is currently home to a florist, Europa Designs, and a trophy shop, Performance Trophy & Awards. The Marshall Block building, located west of the old bank on the 100 block, originally was built in the 1920s as the American Legion building. Later, the building divided into several different stores, one of which is Master Taxidermy Studio, which has been in business since 1972. Judy Bartoletti, who opened Master Taxidermy Studio with her husband, John, and a partner, has seen the changes on the street and has fond memories of her time on McKey Street.
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The Marshall Block was home to many businesses, including this one owned by Pitman B. “Poor Boy” Clark.
“Everybody knew everybody,” Bartoletti said. Her grandson, Derrick Powell, and his mother-in-law, Sherri Brady, bought the business from the Bartolettis five years ago. The 100 block was also home to William P. Blakely’s general store. Also in the 100 block, Beckett’s Emporium has been in downtown Ocoee for less than a year, but the business is housed in a building that has been on the street since the 1920s. “I don’t think it’s ever been vacant,” Sills said. “There’s always been someone in there.” At the corner of West McKey and Taylor streets, James Hartle Bowness opened a gas station. The original fire station for the volunteer fire department was at 12 W. McKey St. Sills’ business, DJ’s Auto Sales, has been at 1 W. McKey St. since 1976, and was formerly a service station. Wesley’s BBQ now occupies 14 W. McKey St., which was once a
doctor’s office. Gosselin Realty, at 118 W. McKey St., has been in the community since 1999, and it was formerly a pool supply store and an auto parts store. Also in the block was Sonny’s Marine, a boat dealer. The business relocated, and the building now is Smart Stuff, a cell-phone repair company. In the 1930s, the Ocoee Hotel housed visitors at 26 W. McKey St. The Ocoee Cafe at 29 W. McKey St. is located in the former U Totem Convenience Store. The building was constructed in the 1960s. Finally, 33 W. McKey St. was a Gulf service station built in the 1930s and is now Outdoor Kitchen Creations. BUILDING THE BRAND
The merchants along the road hope to improve their branding concerns on McKey Street. They feel the lack of signage hinders potential customers finding them, and some merchants have
said friends have struggled to find where their businesses were even located. To improve branding, the merchants have banded together as The Ocoee Downtown Merchants at McKey Street. Including “McKey Street” in the name draws particular attention to their location. The merchants have worked with the city in the past to make improvements, including improving landscaping and pressurewashing the brick roads. The merchants also hope to see a farmers market in the area. They would like the West Orange Trail to run through McKey Street rather than Oakland Avenue, too. “There’s something wonderful that’s about to happen here because of these people (on McKey who) are here,” Lynn McClung said.
n Near-term projects plan: Although Ocoee is going to create a more extensive plan, the city is also going to create a short-term plan to get the improvements started. Some of the items include the plan to get water and sewer into the downtown area, as well as starting small beautification projects, pending commission approval. n Preparing the code: The city wants to write code to ensure the areas being constructed will have pedestrianfriendly sidewalks, storefronts along the street edge and an overall urban setting. n Opportunities for public input and walking audits. n Later, a longterm projects plan will become available.
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Healthy horizon In addition to Health Central’s expansion in Ocoee, construction on three entirely new facilities will start or finish in West Orange County this year. CATHERINE KERR STAFF WRITER WEST ORANGE COUNTY
Florida has one of the fastest-growing populations in the country, with the third-highest population of any state, and many of those new residents are settling in Orange County. From 2013 to 2014, more than 50,000 people moved to the Orlando area, according to census data, making it the 16th-fastestgrowing metropolitan area in the country. The population growth has spurred the development of Horizon West and plans for other residential hubs, but there’s another question to be answered: Where will all of those people go when they need health care — particularly, as they age? Health Central Hospital in Ocoee is in the midst of an expansion, but three new facilities — managed by Florida Health, Validus Senior Living and Orlando Health — will open
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Health Central Hospital, a branch of Orlando Health, broke ground in November on a new bed tower and improved emergency department. The emergency wing is expected to be complete by summer 2016, and the rest of the project should be finished by the fall. The expansion will more than triple the current size of the emergency wing. It also will increase the total number of hospital beds from 171 to 211, and every room will be private. There will be 120 new permanent jobs at the hospital by the time construction is complete. “The bed tower is expanding the maximum capacity of the overall hospital … improving a number of factors in the
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Validus) will be life-changing for our members who are in need of assisted living and memory cases,” NFLAA CEO and President Joe Pisarcik said. Inspired Living centers will have various amenities such as pools, dog parks, boardwalks, tiki huts, butterfly gardens, putting greens and fine dining. Sylvia Mackey, widow of NFL Hall-of-Famer John Mackey, recently was named as an adviser and spokeswoman for a group of Inspired Living communities. John Mackey developed dementia in his later years and required assisted living care until he died in 2011. “If John were alive, I know he would support this wonderful project,” Sylvia Mackey said. “Yes, I have lost the love of my life, but I have not lost the life in my love for him and his legacy—and this is it.”
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Envisioning East Plant The cities of Winter Garden and Ocoee will serve as bookends for the major joint project along East Plant and West Franklin streets that will change the face of — and economic impact of — this important connector corridor. AMY QUESINBERRY RHODE COMMUNITY EDITOR WINTER GARDEN The
city of Winter Garden always has a detailed plan for each of its projects, and East Plant Street from Dillard Street to State Road 429 is no exception. Plant recently was widened to three and four lanes along most of this corridor to make way for an easterly extension of downtown Winter Garden. The first major project will be high-end town homes on property owned by the Battaglia family just west of the Winter Garden Library. The process is expected to begin later this month, and a public meeting will be held Jan. 17 so neighbors can see details of the project. “If everything goes well, they could probably start site work at the end of 2016,” said Mike Bollhoefer, Winter Garden city manager. The second project will take place on the Strates property, the large pastureland near the
FUNDED PROJECTS The city of Winter Garden has invested $5.2 million in its eastside community. This money is either direct city costs or spent from grants received. Magic gym: $562,972 (Orange County also contributed funds) Center Street: $685,661 North Street, Plant to 11th: $41,001 Affording housing: $16,628 Bay Street: $260,019 Zanders Park: $935,918 Bouler Pool: $237,572 Maple Street restrooms: $31,895 Pennsylvania Avenue (Dillard to Ninth streets): $192,064 Charlotte Street: $175,249 Lincoln Terrace sewers: $159,854 Maxey sewer renovations: $94,411 Weatherization project: $938,075 Community Development Block Grant: $875,000
This high-end development with a central park amenity is proposed for the property surrounding the interchange at Plant Street and State Road 429. The former Britt Mansion is at the top left.
429. In all, there are nearly 100 acres of buildable land. “We believe this should be the major piece with high-paying jobs,” Bollhoefer said. “If you want to maintain the quality of life and the values of your community, you have to have highpaying jobs. That is critical. In economic development, your economy is really driven by 20% of your jobs.” The city would allow structures up to five floors on this property. “Strates is probably the biggest and most important piece on Plant Street,” Bollhoefer said. “We’re working with the developer to make it … some high-end, some living units and maybe a hotel. With this master plan finished and starting to work on design on infrastructure, it’s possible that this could actually start in 2016. “We’re looking for (a developer) to follow the basic plan; and Ocoee is master-planning its side with a similar mixeduse (project) with commercial, some retail and probably some living units. The goal is to make this the highest and best use possible.” On the north side of Plant, across from the Strates property, where bald eagles frequently
High-end town homes will be built to the west of the Winter Garden Library (the light blue square near the center of the map) on East Plant Street.
perch high in the trees, the city envisions a high-end grocery store. Some of the proposed projects after these two could be in development at the same time, Bollhoefer said. The city of Winter Garden has been purchasing select properties for years to either develop or later sell. The property at 848 E. Plant St., where it intersects with Ninth Street, was formerly Grayline Trucking and is owned by the city. Bollhoefer said the
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city envisions a mixed-use development with retail or restaurants on the bottom floor and offices on the second and third. Winter Garden owns the property at the northeast intersection of Hennis and Plant, too, where an old convenience store stood. The city also owns the Florida Film Academy building and the former Florida Power building, both near Highland Avenue and Plant. As development continues east of downtown, people will see a shift from industrial to commercial and residential. The city’s goal is to move industrial businesses off of Plant and closer to other existing industrial areas north of Hennis Road and along Story Road. “You don’t want industrial on your main streets,” he said. “Industrial is important; you just don’t want it there.” He said he fully expects the former citrus industrial section of the city to begin redevelopment. “It could be mixed-use retail or clean industry — industry without a lot of chemicals — which brings you high-paying jobs,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of exciting projects in Winter Garden, and we keep moving forward with the redevelopment,” Bollhoefer said. “We’re lucky; doing the downtown first was critical. It increased our tax base, which brought more development, and it gave people confidence in us doing other projects.” Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@orangeobserver. com.
EAST WINTER GARDEN’S RESURGENCE Fourteen homes, mostly on Center and Klondike streets, have been demolished so far in the Winter Garden Community Redevelopment Agency’s final major project. “Over the past 15 years, we have spent several million dollars in the community improving the infrastructure, parks and invested $500,000 to bring the Magic gym to the community,” City Manager Mike Bollhoefer said. “The housing project is the next step in the revitalization of the community. This will help to clean up the community, make the neighborhood safer and improve the quality of life.” In tearing down these houses, all considered blighted and unsafe, the city worked with the property owners after the community asked the city to intervene. The city paid for the demolition and then placed a lien on the house for the demo work. When the property is sold, the city will recoup its investment. Winter Garden also has been obtaining properties, mostly on Center and Klondike, with the idea of rebuilding on these lands. “We would keep it residential; we would design it to look like cottages so it would have personality,” the manager said. “By putting together a group of partners, we can build quality homes that are aesthetically pleasing and are also affordable. This year, we budgeted $200,000 for building houses in east Winter Garden on those properties owned by the city.” Another idea is to partner with West Orange Habitat for Humanity on the redevelopment. “The critical part for us, though, is not just housing and affordable housing, but it has to be quality housing,” Bollhoefer said. “You’re not giving them a square house with block and no personality.” Home construction is expected to begin before October.
TAKING ROOT The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation has several documents on file that detail the history of east Winter Garden, written by folks who once lived and raised their children there. East Winter Garden was established when Florida’s black turpentine still workers moved to the area in search of jobs after the still work ended. Among the first pioneers were W.H. and Annie Powells, Reid and Sarah Toney, F.J. and Pidy Nichols, Tyre and Martha Williams, Joe and Ida Drayton and West and Sally Coleman. In time, the community expanded with the addition of Doc and Rosa Massey, the Rev. Neil and Maggie McMillian and Ed and Lilla Jones.
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Rusty and Marilyn Johnson have 11 grandchildren ages 4 to 21. Right: All five of the Johnsons’ children joined their parents for a photo at Christmas.
talking to him about everyday life in West Orange County while he was fighting in a war thousands of miles away. “Of all the people in the world, my mother had the most faith in me,” Rusty said. After his mother received a brain-cancer diagnosis at age 53, Rusty enjoyed long talks with her. After his evening softball practices — with friends such as Russell Crouch, G.J. Casteel, Rusty Jenkins, Gary Youngblood, John Rees and Johnny and Joe Whitehead — he stood outside her window and carried on conversations while she lay in a hospital bed. They shared a kindred spirit, he said. The best advice he ever received came from his parents. “My father told me: Always
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Rusty Johnson, who turns 70 this year, has spent all but 10 years of his life as an Ocoee resident. He was born in 1955 in Savannah, Georgia. When he was 9, his family moved to Oakland and lived there for about a year. “The day I moved there, I met Ronnie Cothern,” Rusty said. “He rode down to my house and introduced himself. We’ve been best buddies ever since. He has the best demeanor; he’s the best person. I would say there’s no other person I’m closer to than
What did you want to be when you grew up? I had always thought about the Army; two uncles were career Army men. I thought about being a teacher, to teach high school history. Mr. (Lester) Dabbs was one of my teachers in high school who influenced me. Can you play a musical instrument? I was in the band from fifth grade to senior year. I played anything — coronet, trumpet, French horn and baritone. What music do you listen to? I listen to everything. Music was the thing I did. I had a chance to have a music scholarship and go to college, but I didn’t do it. I love country music, but I love oldies, smooth
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then you know Rusty Johnson is in one of his favorite places: his Ocoee home, near Bluford Avenue and the middle school, surrounded by up to five children, 11 grandchildren and Marilyn, his wife of 41 years. It’s loud, it’s chaotic, and Rusty says he wouldn’t have it any other way. With a family that big, there’s a birthday party or celebration of some kind practically every weekend, and Marilyn can be counted on to put a delicious meal on the table, usually pot roast or fried round steak — Rusty’s favorite. “She’s the nucleus of everything that goes on around here,” he said. What many people don’t know about Rusty is that he has a soft side. “People think I’m hard-core,” he said. “But we are the closeknit family, and I love it because I grew up in a home with five kids. We were close; my mother always wanted us to be close. … So I think people don’t know my heart’s in the family mode. “My kids say I have a good heart,” he said. “I think that comes from them. ... I think you have to try to do stuff for people. That’s what my mother and father instilled in me, that you have to help people. My whole life goes around my family.” When daughter Michelle moved her family to Merritt Island, Rusty said that was hard to accept, even though it’s just an hour away. Her son, now 21, is a student at University of Central Florida. “So he’s a little closer,” Rusty said. “He always knows he can come here and eat.” When the family goes on vacation, all of the Johnsons go, including children and grandchildren. “We always vacation together; we travel together,” he said. “We used to spend a week at the Wakulla hotel at the beach. … And now all the kids, they’re grown up, and they go there and take their kids.” He frequently cooks ribs when his grands are at the house. He also collects rocks for them, painting them and dating them. He has a hat collection; he plays golf for fun. He cherishes the handwritten letters he received from his mother and the tapes she made,
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Ronnie. When I’m down in the dumps, he’s the one I call.” After attending Tildenville Elementary for one year, the Johnson family moved into a small wooden house on 16th Street in Ocoee. Rusty spent his fifth-grade year at Ocoee Elementary and then became an Ocoee High Cardinal, graduating from the original school in 1964. His childhood days consisted of hanging out with his pals and going to the movies in Winter Garden. “My favorite thing as a kid around here was being in the Boy Scouts at the Ocoee Methodist Church,” Rusty said. “The scout leader was Mr. Vandergrift, (former Mayor) Scott’s brother. Nicest man you would ever want to meet in your life. Mr. Marsten
music, I love Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. I took music appreciation in college and made an A in it. We went to the Michael Buble concert, and, man, was that good. We went out to see George Strait’s last show. That was superb. Back when I was in the Army, you used to hear the Moody Blues and Credence Clearwater Revival. Favorite athlete? Tim Tebow. I like his thought process. I like his mindset. He wills himself to do things that probably most people wouldn’t think he could do. He didn’t mind saying what his beliefs and faith are. I like that. Favorite shows? I like the war movies, I like the history movies. I read a lot
was the other leader. That was the only thing around here to do. I played Little League in Winter Garden. I would walk the railroad tracks to Winter Garden to practice.” When he was 14, he took a job as a bagger at the former WinnDixie on South Dillard Street in Winter Garden. His co-workers included Richard Hudson and Jerry Baker, both still in the area. In the summers, he worked alongside family members in the tobacco fields; some of those relatives are still tobacco farmers. His best childhood memories include spending time with his South Carolina cousins — four of whom are within a month in age. Four of the five wound up in Vietnam in the same year, too. Rusty spent 1969 and ’70 in Chu Lai as a sergeant investigating combat zones with the 23rd Military Police unit in the Vietnam War. He returned to Ocoee as a carpenter’s helper in his dad’s construction business. That job lasted three years while he was in college. In 1974, Rusty, a single father of a 5-year-old son, married Marilyn, who was raising a daughter as a single parent. “Growing up in Ocoee back then, everybody knew everybody,” he said. “But we got to know each other better while we were both attending Valencia. A mutual friend suggested we should start dating.” A year after the two married and blended their families, Rusty began a 24-year career with the U.S. Postal Service. He worked in Apopka for seven years before switching to Ocoee to serve his neighbors until his early retirement in 1999. NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Rusty considers Ocoee his home and loves it like family. He considers his 27 years as commission a privilege. “This town is my life and soul — and my family’s,” he said. “It was never a big rush to be mayor. ... I believe in doing stuff for people. I think dealing with politics you have to be forceful. … People think I’m a little hard shell, but if you really get to know me, I’m a little more heart. I think they take me as being brash, but I’m not. I want to do things for people. That’s all I want.” Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@orangeobserver. com.
of war stories. And I like the westerns. My grandkids laugh at me because I tape all the westerns. I tape all the “Gunsmokes.” Where would you go in a time machine? Back to the ’50s, where I could do some things as a kid that I couldn’t do before. We were poor. If I didn’t have to work, I love sports, and I would love to go back and play. Favorite sports teams? Florida Gators and Dolphins. When I was growing up, Johnny Unitas was my favorite; he played on the Baltimore Colts back then. Then we went to Miami. I started watching (the Dolphins) when Don Shula went there. I got to be a Gator when I was dating Marilyn.
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For District 12 State Sen. Geraldine Thompson, who represents much of West Orange County as part of her district, her decision to run for the seat of Florida’s 10th District in the U.S. House of Representatives was based in large part on the shifting maps of Florida districts. “I decided in July when I realized that the Senate maps were going to be redrawn,” she said. “All 40 of the senators would have different districts, perhaps, than what we currently have, and this would be the third (cycle) in a row that I would have to run.” When Thompson saw her whole Florida Senate district was within the newly drawn U.S. House District 10, she thought one way or the other she would have to run and chose to run for Congress, she said. Thompson’s main challenge in the Democratic primary should be former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings, who ran against Republican incumbent Daniel Webster in 2012 and lost by just 3.58%. Although no primary challenger for Webster has emerged as of press time, political newcomers Angel Vega and Fatima Fahmy also have filed for the Democratic nomination.
But for Webster and Demings, perhaps the biggest issue of this race is the history of the 10th District’s map and its present state, dictated in part by the 2010 Fair Districts Amendment to the Florida Constitution, which bans districts drawn to help incumbents or members of a political party. On Oct. 9, Tallahassee circuit judge Terry Lewis ruled in favor of the first proposed map from a coalition of plaintiffs led by the League of Women Voters. The Florida Supreme Court upheld Lewis’s decision by a 5-2 ruling Dec. 2. “It is my understanding that it would be in effect for the 2016 elections, pending any action by a federal court to state otherwise,” Florida Senate spokeswoman Katie Betta said. The area of the 10th District drastically changes from the previous election year, 2014, when its area consisted of a northern portion of Polk County; almost all of the western half of Lake County; West Orange County, from Ocoee in the north to the county borders with Lake and Osceola counties; and a curly branch encompassing areas such as Williamsburg, Sky Lake, Belle Isle and Edgewood up to Audubon Park, College Park and Lake Fairview. Now the 10th District is just
the westernmost 60.8% of Orange County’s population, with boundaries along the southern border with Osceola County and the western and northern borders of Lake County. The eastern boundary mostly follows Interstate 4 south from the Seminole County line until the interstate juts southwest, at which point the boundary moves east to follow Semoran Boulevard through Orlando International Airport to the Osceola County line. This district holds 56.6% of Orlando’s population. In the 2012 elections, 35.7% of registered District 10 voters were Democrats; 39.8% were Republicans. In the redrawn district, according to Florida Senate statistics, those respective percentages were 45.9% and 27.9%. Among voters registered for that year’s elections, 41.8% within the new district shape identified as black or hispanic. “They took the biggest part of it — which is in Orange County — they coupled it with downtown Orlando, Pine Hills, so forth — totally Democrat … and turned my district into a majority minority district,” Webster said. “The lower
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court had said that because my percentage of Republicans had increased by 6/10s of a percent, that was favoring me. In this particular case, the number of Democrats increased by (much more).” Based on rulings against tiny favors to him, Webster believes this stark change against him also should be deemed unlawful. He said he would prefer the map to favor and disfavor nobody and be constitutional, including not splitting big cities such as Orlando, which the latest several maps have. Demings said she was amazed by Webster’s comments, because she had felt the same in 2012. Webster said his opponent in the prior election — 2010 — had gotten 38% of the vote, the same number he believes he is now limited to. “I felt like I needed to give him my talking points from 2012, because that’s exactly what I had the first time,” Demings said. “If the lines don’t change at all, we expect to contend better. Whatever lines are improved are … out of my control. Old (District) 10 or new (District) 10, I believe Daniel Webster is the wrong representative for District 10, because you have to represent everybody. You can’t pick and choose who you want to represent.” Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@orangeobserver.com.
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From septic to sewer By building a centralized sewer system in Oakland, the town will enable the creation of more than 5,000 jobs, bring many economic opportunities and have positive environmental impacts. AMY QUESINBERRY RHODE COMMUNITY EDITOR OAKLAND Some of the
roughly 1,000 septic tanks in Oakland were installed as early as the 1950s and are failing. On State Road 50, there are just a few businesses, none of them major restaurants, because there is no sewer system in place that can handle the volume of waste that food establishments produce. There are no hotels, either, because of the size of the drain field needed for the high traffic this facility would process. “There’s very little you can do when limited to septic,” Town Manager Dennis Foltz said. The process to bring sewer into the town actually started five years ago, when officials hired a consulting firm to create a sanitary sewer master plan for the build-out of the town’s entire Joint Planning Area. The result is a $50 million system that could take decades to fully implement in all areas of Oakland. A wastewater group met with Foltz, Public Works Director Mike Parker, an engineer and residents Frank Merritt and Warren Griffin every Thursday for five years, agonizing over the details of upgrading to sewer. “Frank is a banker, Warren is an engineer, and they were just a godsend,” Foltz said. “As we have invested in this, we’re making sure we’re taking little steps. If we get money coming in, we make sure we can handle the financing of that, of paying those things off. We’re being careful, but we’re being aggressive. The reason we met so often is that we always knew where we were and where we were going. “In the big picture, when you want to take a trip somewhere,
you have to spend money before you even get there,” he said. WHAT’S BEEN DONE
When officials realized they couldn’t build their own treatment plant because of cost, space and Wekiva Basin standards that have to be met, they spoke with surrounding municipalities about the possibility of contracting with them. The only one willing or able to do so was Clermont, so an agreement was signed that would allow the neighboring city to handle wastewater treatment up to 1.1 million gallons per day. “Then we had to figure out how to get it there,” Foltz said. So the town entered into another agreement with a private development to build a force main that would connect the town and city. This and a series of lift stations along S.R. 50 will allow all future phases to connect to this first-phase infrastructure for wastewater discharge. Phase 1 can be looked at as the system’s “spine” for everything to connect to, and the wastewater will either flow down into the line or be pumped back up into it. This phase also will give the town the boost it needs to achieve economic development along the S.R. 50 corridor. There are about 207 acres of vacant land currently zoned as commercial and industrial that would benefit from the installation. The opportunity to build hotels and restaurants “would not only spur construction jobs but also creates sustainable jobs from the openings of numerous new businesses,” according to a
“The implementation of sewer in our Highway 50 commercial corridor is the final piece of our planning coming development, and it enables diverse economic development.” Oakland Mayor Kathy Stark
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The red portion shows the first phase of the town’s sewer system, in the commercial area along State Road 50. “Think of the red area as the ‘spine’ of the entire system, and everything flows into it,” Mike Parker, Public Works director, said.
master plan created by Weaver Boos Consultants. A marketing brochure the town prepared and issued to potential funding sources stated about 5,174 jobs could be generated. This plan report, made three years ago, stated an estimate of what each phase would cost — including design, permitting, land purchase and contingency — but since that time, inflation and unanticipated details have increased the total project price to the $50 million mark, Foltz said. For example, it was estimated that Phase 1 would cost $2.45 million, but that price tag is actually $4.9 million. The final amount could go higher, as the cost of each phase will be updated closer to construction. In 2014, the Florida Legislature appropriated $250,000 toward the $550,000 regional lift station that is currently under construction and will be completed in early 2016, Foltz said.
FUNDING Foltz said the town intends to pay for this massive project through public-private partnerships in Orange and Lake counties, its own utilities funds, state legislative appropriations, county participation and individual grants such as CDBG grants and economic development. Town officials expect to return to the legislature with a request for $2 million to build a portion of the $3 million main system along S.R. 50. Officials are hoping to benefit from county funds of $500,000, as well. Any developer who wants to put in commercial or residential on S.R. 50 land west of Florida’s Turnpike would have to pay to get this section of sewer built, Foltz said. Work on the property east of the Turnpike could be constructed in late 2017. “We realize this is a long road,” Foltz said. “This is not a short road. We figure completion of this system won’t be in my lifetime.”
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Once funding is established, the estimated timeframe for design for most of the phases is nine to 12 months, and construction in some cases could take up to a full year. The second recommended phase is to build a domestic wastewater collection system in the town’s historic district, between Walker and Jefferson streets. This area is the most eligible to receive outside funding and grants for infrastructure improvements, the report said. It further states that these are smaller-lot neighborhoods where existing septic tank systems are greatly inefficient. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, “septic tank systems
are used in approximately 25 percent of U.S. homes and an estimated 10 to 20% of those systems malfunction each year, causing pollution problems and public health threats.” The objective of Phase A is to provide service to residents and businesses north of S.R. 50 and south of Oakland Avenue. Two lift stations constructed in the first two phases would be utilized in this phase. Phase B would extend ser-
vices for properties north of Oakland Avenue. In Phase C, services would be extended to residents south of S.R. 50. Because of geographical challenges, many lift stations are proposed in this phase. Phase D would extend the services outside the town limits into unincorporated Orange County. And Phase E would provide service to residents of Deer Island, should they decide to annex into the town. Parker said the Marathon station/Kangaroo or ABC Bus Co. could be the first existing businesses to connect to the sewer system. The first residential properties on sewer will be Oakland Trails, a Meritage development planned on J.W. Jones Road. The first new businesses along the S.R. 50 corridor could be in by the end of 2016. New restaurants, hotels and retail stores would spur more visitors in Oakland and give the town an opportunity to show off its environmental assets. “We also are sitting in an advantageous position with ecotourism,” Foltz said. “We have employed a marketing firm to help with our branding. We are planning an expansion of our trail system so we can have people come here and enjoy this without a car. They can get to Clermont and Winter Garden and Oakland Nature Preserve and enjoy the real Florida.” “The implementation of sewer in our Highway 50 commercial corridor is the final piece of our planning coming development, and it enables diverse economic development,” Oakland Mayor Kathy Stark said. Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@orangeobserver.com.
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the outdoors and had a “green thumb.” Her yard was her passion, and she always kept it immaculate. She could often be seen around her yard, landscaping with the help of her “Pat Mobile” golf cart. Patti was a loving mother to her son, Brian; a wonderful sister to her brother, Dale; and a great friend to all. She will be truly missed. Patti is survived by her son, Brian Lee, and his wife, Kerry, of New Port Richey, Florida; her brother, Dale Still, of Orlando, Florida; her nephews, Keith, Kevin, Brandon and Sean Still; as well as many other close family members and friends. Memorial service was held at Baldwin Fairchild Winter Garden. 2015. DeGusipe Funeral Home and Crematory, West Orange Chapel, Ocoee. PATSY RUTH LOVE, 78, of Ocoee, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015. Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home, Winter Garden Chapel. ARNOLD JAY MATYAS, 66, of Windermere, died Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. Woodlawn Funeral Home, Gotha.
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Neilly Ross, left, and Anna Gay are best friends who also happen to be two of the best water skiers in the world.
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Above: Anna Gay recorded a personal-best trick score of 10,010 in November in winning the 2015 World Waterski Championships. Left: Within just a few years of picking up the craft, Neilly Ross has become one of the best trick skiers arounds.
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Both Drew and Russell ski professionally. The two men have been friends since they were roommates as freshmen on the ski team at Rollins College in Winter Park. To this day, skiing remains a big part in both of their lives. Russell, who excels in trick skiing, owns a company called MasterLine based in Oakland that produces ropes and handles for water sports. Drew, a slalom expert, hosts a ski academy near his home. Their decisions to remain in the Central Florida region — Drew is from Canada originally and Russell is from Virginia — allowed for the two girls to become friends from around the time they could first walk. With the two veteran skiers expertise combined, it has created a unique environment that has allowed the girls to thrive, competing against — and besting — adult skiers. “My dad is like the slalom expert, and Russell knows tricking,” Neilly said. “It’s cool that they’re best friends, and Anna and I are also best friends — we spend a lot of time together.”
Beyond training with each other, the friendship has proven valuable for Anna and Neilly while at the events themselves. Both girls said having a familiar face nearby to joke around with helps take the edge off while preparing to ski against the best athletes in the world. “They’re a little more relaxed, and it’s almost like they’re a little team,” Russell said. With both girls having their fathers as their primary coaches, it makes for an interesting dynamic that both creates plenty of bonding time and also can, at times, cause frustration. “It’s a strange relationship,” Drew said. “To excel at anything means the stakes are high at a personal level, so it could complicate things very easily.” The two girls train daily, balancing their professional careers with rigorous course loads at two of the Orlando area’s premier private schools. Both girls have over a 4.0 grade-point average. “(Skiing) doesn’t mean that I can slack off with school,” Neilly said. “Skiing actually helps with time management,
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Local water-skiers Anna Gay and Neilly Ross placed first and second, respectively, at the 2015 World Waterski Championships in November. At just 15 and 14 years old, they’re just getting started.
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struck midnight on Dec. 31 and ushered in the new year, Winter Garden’s Anna Gay and Horizon West’s Neilly Ross said goodbye to a year that — by any standard — was pretty incredible. The longtime best friends capped a year full of international travel and competition in November by taking home the top two spots in Women’s Tricks at the 2015 World Waterski Championships in Mexico. Anna placed first with a score of 10,010 — a personal best that set a record for the competition and made her the youngest male or female to have ever surpassed the 10,000-point barrier. Neilly placed just behind her friend at second with a score of 9,500. Anna and Neilly finished 2015 as the second- and third-ranked water-skiers in the world under the age of 21, and the two were among a handful of skiers highlighted in an article by Waterski Magazine titled “Pro Skiing’s Future Talent.” It was an incredible year, for sure. But then, when you consider that Anna is only 15 years old and Neilly is 14, things only figure to get better in 2016 for the two prodigies. “I was very excited to win (at Worlds) — that is one of the biggest (events) you can win,” Anna said. “At the beginning of (2015), that was one of my goals, to do well there. But, in January or February, I wouldn’t have ever thought that I would have won.” Anna started 2015 with a bang in January, winning the gold at the Junior Waterski World Championships in Peru. The sophomore at The First Academy followed that up with several other strong performances, but none can quite hold up to what she achieved in Mexico. “I was shocked,” said Russell Gay, Anna’s father and coach. “I’ve been skiing since I was 8 or 9, trying to win Worlds – and being so close, so many times.” Neilly, who competes for Canada at the international level and is a freshman at Windermere Prep, stacked up accomplishments in 2015, including winning the 2015 U.S. Junior Masters Trick Championship, winning the trick competition at the Junior United States Open and placing fourth at the United States Open. After spending the first six years of her career focusing on slalom, Neilly was inspired by Anna to pick up tricking at age 8. In a short time, she became the youngest skier to trick more than 7,000, 8,000 and 9,000 points. “Anna introduced Neilly to tricks, and she fell in love with it,” said Drew Ross, Neilly’s father. “We made the commitment and Neilly excelled. The results are staggering.” That type of praise isn’t just the words of a proud father, either.
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Both girls have lofty goals for 2016. Anna has the world record of 10,460 in her sights, and Neilly is hoping to top 10,000 points. Between trips to places such as Chile and Australia, the two local teens will be at home, hard at work. “Repetition helps a lot,” Anna said. “Patience is very important. Frustration comes into it a lot.” Anna and Neilly each expressed an interest in following in their fathers’ footsteps in another capacity, too — both girls are hoping to ski at Rollins in college. Considering that is the place where the story began, anyway, it would be a fitting compliment to two proud dads. “What’s amazed me with these two is how consistent they are,” Russell said of the two girls. “They’re (excelling) every time they come out.”
FAMILY BUSINESS In addition to their own professional waterskiing careers, Russell Gay and Drew Ross — fathers of Anna Gay and Neilly Ross — both remain involved in the sport in a business sense, also. Russell owns MasterLine (masterlineusa.com), a company based in Oakland that produces ropes and handles for water sports, among other accessories, as well as Quantum Skis (quantumskis.com). Drew operates his Drew Ross Ski Academy (drewrossskiacademy. com) from a lake just minutes from his home in Horizon West.
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Although they are among the world’s best in their sport, Anna Gay and Neilly Ross are not alone in being worldclass water-skiers or water sport athletes living in Central Florida — and, more specifically, Southwest Orange County. “It’s the right place to be,” said Drew Ross, a native of Canada who decided to permanently relocate to the area after originally coming to the region for college. “If (water skiing is) where your passion is and it’s what you’re planning to do, then you end up here.” Russell Gay, who made the move from Virginia, said the combination of climate, available lakes and a density in talent all play a role. “We have a lot of natural lakes that are really great lakes to ski on,” Russell said. “The area attracts a lot of good skiers and they kind of feed off each other.” Both men said having such a strong watersport culture locally is a boon economically. “The people that are coming here to ski — they’re buying lakefront property,” Russell said.
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West Orange outfielder and pitcher Jade Caraway, a senior, will be a big factor in determining how far the Warriors go this spring.
The whole package West Orange softball senior Jade Caraway, a North Carolina State signee, will be pivotal to the Warriors’ hopes of reaching new heights this spring. STEVEN RYZEWSKI SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR WINTER GARDEN Of all
her teammates on the West Orange softball team, Jade Caraway may have taken the longest to move past the Warriors’ season-ending loss in the Class 8A Region 1 Championship last May. West Orange’s 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Hagerty Huskies came by way of a go-ahead solo home run in extra innings. Caraway, the Warriors’ center fielder, covered an incredible amount of ground to make a play on the ball as it cleared the
OTHER WARRIORS TO WATCH n Lauren Mathis, junior. The dominant pitcher for the Warriors and Georgia-commit figures to be that much better in 2016. n Lexie Blair, sophomore. Blair had a breakout freshman season with the Warriors, hitting .556 and driving in 27 runs. n Samantha Golden, senior. Under-the-radar as a junior due to the Warriors’ star-studded lineup, Golden came on strong down the stretch last season.
fence in left-center field. Initially, she caught it — but upon her impact with the wall, the ball came dislodged and fell just beyond her reach. It was a cruel twist of fate on a ball that the majority of outfielders likely would not even have a shot on which to make a play. But, as the senior standout prepares for her final season at West Orange, there is no sense of regret regarding what happened in the past — there is just motivation. “It took me a while, for sure, to get over that game,” Caraway said. “It motivates me, especially for this season.” The spring 2016 season marks Caraway’s fourth season as a varsity starter for the ultracompetitive program at West Orange. Caraway, who initially took to cheerleading as a youth, decided she wanted to give softball a shot on a whim when she was 7. Her family drove past a softball field where a game was being played. A decade later, that whim seems to have worked out well. SPARK PLUG
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for the Warriors and has been a standout for several club teams. Most recently, she was part of the Windermere Wildfire Stutsman team that won a national championship in the summer. Playing with several of her outgoing teammates from West Orange was a nice way to bounce back after the heartbreaking end to the varsity season. It was also one last go-round with an old friend whom Caraway said she learned a lot from through the years — Cassady Brewer. Brewer, now a freshman for UCF, started her varsity career at West Orange, where her father, Bobby Brewer, was the coach. Bobby Brewer left to coach baseball at Ocoee following the 2013 season, and Cassady played her final two seasons at Apopka — one of the Warriors’ main rivals. Getting to be teammates one last time — and winning a national title in the process — was definitely a perk, Caraway says. “She knows the game so well and has helped teach me the mental part of the game,” Caraway said of Brewer. “I look up to her for knowing the game front and back.” TURNING HEADS
Caraway committed to N.C. State as a sophomore. The talented Warrior fell in love with the campus and the program and also appreciated the fervor with which the coaches recruited her. For its part, N.C. State is getting a well-rounded player whose speed is a cut above. “Her speed is a huge factor — she is so quick and smart on the bases,” LaNeave said. “Out of the box it’s just ridiculous. She’s very skilled in the outfield. She gets to balls most won’t. She’s got a great arm — she’s just the
“Because she’s that leadoff (hitter), when she is going, it gets everybody else going.… She’s very skilled in the outfield. She gets to balls most won’t. She’s got a great arm — she’s just the whole package.” — Todd LaNeave, West Orange softball coach
whole package.” That she became a highly sought recruit by Division I programs is something Caraway credits in part to having played for a varsity program with the tradition that West Orange has. “It made me a better player having to come in as a freshman and having to earn the privilege to play and the privilege to start,” Caraway said. Duplicating last season’s success will not come easily. All six of the Warriors’ seniors who graduated are playing college softball — three at the Division I level. It’s a challenge that Caraway is prepared to embrace, and she believes her teammates are, too. “I feel like there are a lot of people that are eager to play and eager to finally have this chance to be on varsity and start,” Caraway said. “People are hungry, and they’re ready.” Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@orangeobserver.com.
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McDoom, Barrett shine in All-America Game In front of a national audience, West Orange’s Eddie McDoom scored the game’s first touchdown, while Woody Barrett was a captain and starter. STEVEN RYZEWSKI SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR ORLANDO A little more than
“I learned a lot — the receivers coach taught me a lot of things that I need to tweak in my game. Learning from Herm Edwards is a blessing — he’s a really good dude.” Eddie McDoom
100 of the best high-school football players from around the nation converged on the Orlando Citrus Bowl the afternoon of Jan. 2. Two were familiar faces to fans of West Orange High’s football program. West Orange senior quarterback Woody Barrett and senior wide receiver Eddie McDoom both played in Saturday’s 2016 Under Armour All-America Game in front of a national television audience on ESPN2 and an announced crowd of 24,186. Barrett, an Auburn commit, was the starting quarterback for Team Armour and one of the captains for his side. McDoom, an Oregon commit, was on the receiving end of the game’s first touchdown — a 12-yard reception from Team Highlight quarterback Malik Henry, a Florida State-commit from Long Beach, California. “It felt amazing,”” McDoom said of hauling in the touchdown reception. “I opened it up for the game — I feel like I did. The route was there, the ball was a little late, but I got it.” The game itself was the culmination of a weeklong affair. Players practiced at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex
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and received instruction from experts and high-profile football personalities, including Herm Edwards and Steve Mariucci — coaches of Team Highlight and Team Armour, respectively. “I learned a lot — the receivers coach taught me a lot of things that I need to tweak in my game,” McDoom said. “Learning from Herm Edwards is a blessing — he’s a really good dude.” Both Warrior standouts were
cheered on in their final highschool game by family, friends and other West Orange fans. Pockets of Warrior fans and players were among the crowd at the Citrus Bowl, and the Ocoee High band and cheerleaders performed. Accordingly, whenever Barrett or McDoom’s names were called out by the public-address announcer, there was a hearty cheer of support. “I was on the (Team Highlight)
sideline right next to my family and my best friends and that was great — then you get on the other sideline and I see all my fellow student athletes cheering me on,” McDoom said, expressing gratitude to those who came out for the game. “So it was great.” Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@orangeobserver.com.
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