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A high-flying thank-you for Windermere Elementary students Students received a video from an Air Force Major thanking them for the letters and goodies they sent last year.

WOHS CLASS OF ’77 TO REUNITE The Class of 1977 at West Orange High School is planning its 40-year reunion and wants to connect with all 295 graduates. Classmates can contact Class President Carla Smith Crow at momofbird@yahoo.com or go to the Facebook page: West Orange High School Class of 1977 Reunion. Details are still being planned, but the event will be Friday, June 2, in downtown Winter Garden and Saturday, June 3, at The Pines in Windermere.

CAMELLIA SALE

Members of the Windermere Garden Club are selling camellias from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at Windermere’s Arbor Day festivities in and around Town Hall, 520 Main St. (386) 986-0704.

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Susan Olde’s stepson is a major in the U.S. Air Force and sent a video to the Windermere Elementary School students thanking them for the letters and goodies they sent to his unit last year.

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The assignment was simple: Write a thank-you letter to a soldier serving overseas. But the outcome was greater than anyone expected. It all began last spring as the 2015-16 school year was coming to a close at Windermere Elementary School, and the kindergarten teachers were trying to come up with one more weekly homework

assignment for their students. Having just video-chatted with her Air Force stepson, who was serving in an undisclosed location in the Middle East region, Susan Olde thought it might be nice for the students to write letters to men and women serving overseas, especially with Memorial Day right around the corner. Each student was tasked with writing a letter and bringing in a small snack bag to send Olde’s stepson’s unit.

Windermere to pursue park renovations With a goal of getting more people to use its parks, the town of Windermere has initiated plans to design more aesthetically pleasing parks via additional amenities and enhanced landscaping.

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Windermere town leaders and staff are pursuing plans to improve their parks with the assistance of grants and town funds over a three- to five-year time span. The decision came about after some discussions on how to increase use of their parks. The solution they came up with was to renovate several parks, sparking the town to focus its efforts on adding amenities and improving the walkways and landscaping. They’ve hired a professional company, Innovation Design Group Inc., to create

the landscaping and architectural renderings for each of the parks. “We have about six parks that we’re really focusing on, and the Tree Board and the Parks and Recreation committee were both looking at how to enhance them aesthetically and see how they can get them utilized more and just different ways to attract people to the parks,” said Windermere Town Manager Robert Smith. Once the town’s staff has agreed on the designs and enhancements for each park, they’ll go ahead and create a capital improvement plan SEE PARKS PAGE 4

It’s important to say thank you, said first-grader Ashton Kenner, who participated in the assignment last year. “My dad was a police officer,” Ashton said. “I say, ‘Thank you for your service,’ because my dad taught me that.” Olde said that she never expected the incredible support this assignment received. SEE INSPIRED PAGE 4

2017 TOWN OF WINDERMERE TIME CAPSULE Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn has been supporting the idea for the town to create a time capsule to be buried in 2017. The idea has been approved by the Historic Preservation Board, and the town will be receiving suggestions for various articles to be included in the 2017 capsule via a poll in the Windermere Observer. The article suggestions for a time capsule must represent the mood and lifestyle of the town in that era. The last time capsule was buried April 30, 1975, and is scheduled to be opened in 2025.

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5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at Health Central Hospital, 10000 W. Colonial Drive, Ocoee. Orlando Health and the hospital are hosting this first West Orange Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours for 2017. Cost for this networkbuilding event is $5 in advance and $10 at the door for Chamber members and $20 for all others. RSVP at wochamber.com.

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at Windermere’s Arbor Day festivities in and around Town Hall, 520 Main St. Members of the Windermere Garden Club are selling the plants. (386) 986-0704.

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6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, 21 E. Plant St., Winter Garden. History comes alive when people who lived it share their stories. Jerry Chicone Jr. and Larry Grimes, both Winter Garden natives and good friends for many decades, have gathered quite a collection of tales and memories and will share their stories. Seating is limited. RSVP to jcrescitelli@ wghf.org or call (407) 656-3244.

JAZZ AT DEXTER’S

6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at Dexter’s of Windermere, 4757 The Grove Drive, Windermere. The jazz quartet The Right Stuff will play for diners and guests. (407) 2587028.

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9:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at Caprino’s Italian, 7782 Winter Garden Vineland Road #140, Windermere. Enjoy the “Back to the Eighties” music in a casual atmosphere. (407) 500-2433.

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EDIBLE PLANTS HIKE

10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Oakland Nature Preserve, 747 Machete Trail. Join Master Naturalist and author Peggy Lantz for a talk about edible wild plants at ONP. Learn what is growing in your backyard that you can eat. Then take a hike around the preserve to search for edible plants. Lantz will have her book for sale, as well. Free for ONP members, $5 for others. Register at oaklandnaturepreserve.org.

BOOK SIGNING

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Ocoee Book Rack, 125 W. McKey St. Author Verlyn Tarlton will sign copies of her Swift Walker children’s book series, which features a young boy’s continental journey through oceans and into outer space. (407) 905-0279 or goswiftwalker.com.

FAIRYTALE ADVENTURES

11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Explore the magical and imaginary world of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” “The Three Little Pigs” and “Little Red Riding Hood” through bilingual stories, songs and activities. Appropriate for ages 3 to 5. (407) 835-7323.

ECOSATURDAY: WINTER WONDERLAND

11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Tibet-Butler Preserve and the Vera Carter Environmental Center, 8777 County Road 535, Orlando. It’s winter in Florida, but what is winter like in other places around the world? Investigate the environmental changes that happen when the temperature drops and use science to create some Floridaready snow. Ages 7 and older; limited to 30 people. Class is free. (407) 254-1940.

SUNDAY, JAN. 22

JCCF CHARITY GOLF CART POKER RUN

Registration is 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, in the Tanner Hall parking lot on Surprise Drive, Winter Garden. During the golf cart parade through downtown, players will visit five of the 10 participating downtown merchants to get their playing cards. Top prize is $500 or 20% of registrations. Awards and door prizes will be presented at 5 p.m. at the downtown Winter Garden pavilion on Lakeview Avenue. Cost is $20 per cart and driver. Additional riders playing poker in the cart (18 or older) are $10 each. jccancerfund@aol.com or jccancerfund.org.

WATOTO CHILDREN’S CHOIR CONCERT

6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, at The Church at Oak Level, 10564 Second Ave., Ocoee. The “Oh, What Love” concert will be performed by Watoto Children’s Choir, a group of about 22 African children choirs based in Uganda. (407) 656-1523.

TUESDAY, JAN. 24

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7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. This month’s selection is “Flight of Dreams,” by Ariel Lawhon. This historical fiction novel takes the reader on the thrilling three-day transatlantic flight of the doomed Hindenburg through the voices and lives of its passengers. Anyone age 18 or older is welcome to attend. No registration needed. (407) 835-7323.

MONDAY, JAN. 30

SOUTHWEST BOOK CLUB

6:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St., Orlando. The gala benefits the Montessori of Winter Garden Charter School and includes food and drink, science-themed fun and entertainment, dancing, live music and an online silent auction. Cathy Tobin, (407) 654-2045 or cathy@mwgcs.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25

PUFFINS CLIMB, PENGUINS RHYME

3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. Learn and create a winter-inspired treat to celebrate the season and enjoy a sweet dessert. Registration recommended. Ages 8 to 18. (407) 835-7323.

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11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Tibet-Butler Preserve and the Vera Carter Environmental Center, 8777 County Road 535, Orlando. Amazing Animals Inc. will take several animals from around Florida and educate guests on their adaptations to survive and thrive. (407) 2541940.

WINDERMERE WINE & DINE

6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, in and around Windermere Town Hall, 520 Main St. Thirty top restaurants will present their wines and specialty dishes at this popular event presented by Tim’s Wine Market and Napleton. Tickets are $100 (or $65 for food and non-alcoholic drinks) and are available at windermerewineanddine.com.

10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Waddle up to Iceland and back down to Antarctica. Warm up with cozy stories, chill activities and cool crafts. Ages 3 to 5. (407) 835-7323.

VETERANS BENEFIT WORKSHOP

5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Golden Pond Communities, 402 Lakeview Road, Winter Garden. Scott Thomas, Long Term Care for Veterans, LLC, will discuss VA benefits and eligibility. Light refreshments. RSVP to Keli Helgoth at (407) 654-7217.

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HAPCO JAZZ FESTIVAL

6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Ocoee High School, 1925 Ocoee Crown Point Parkway, Ocoee. HapCo Music Foundation is hosting an evening performance with Peter and Will Anderson, the University of Florida Gator Jazz Band, The Flying Horse Big Band (The UCF Jazz Ensemble) and the Ocoee High School Jazz Band. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults in advance, $10 and $15 the day of the event. Hapcopromo.com.

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The Grove Orlando welcomes new tenants A Southern boutique, stretching massagetherapy center, shoe store and Italian restaurant are four of the Windermere shopping center’s newest tenants.

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13th annual Windermere Treebute will be celebrated Saturday, Jan. 21

DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER WINDERMERE As one of the newer shopping meccas for the Windermere community, The Grove Orlando has been working to fill its storefronts with tenants ready to cater to local families. In the last quarter of 2016, four new retailers opened their doors for business in the shopping center.

Everyone has heard of chiropractors and massage therapy, but some might not be familiar with the concept of assisted stretching massage. Stretch Zone offers clients advanced practitioner-assisted stretching. The stretching is designed to provide performance enhancement and the therapy is believed to have an impact on the overall health of athletes and clients alike. Stretch Zone opened in The Grove two months ago and is currently offering free, 30-minute demo sessions.

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The festival includes tree adoptions, vendors, food, live music and tree climbing.

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Back in Chicago, Windermere Shoes owner Paul Palazzo managed men’s shoe stores. Now a local resident, he thought that other residents would appreciate the convenience of having a family shoe store nearby, and without having to drive to the malls. He opened Windermere Shoes the first week of December. As the year goes on, Palazzo is excited to be expanding inventory, with a focus on adding new styles of children’s shoes. A traditional “sit and fit” store, Windermere Shoes also offers accessories such as socks, belts and women’s handbags. Additionally, Windermere Shoes will be doing various sales and promotions each month. It is still growing its inventory, though, so Palazzo encourages customers to check back frequently for new additions. “We’ve had a great response and a high level of interest, with residents happy to see our store as a convenient option for shopping locally,” Palazzo said.

Living up to its name, this boutique sells clothes, jewelry and gifts, each with a hint of Southern charm. Co-owners Christine Flecca and Peggy Duncan officially opened the shop at the end of October 2016, after dreaming about owning a SPOLETO - MY ITALIAN KITCHEN shop together for years. Spoleto “combines the speed of freshSweet, Sassy & Southern also offers in-house monogramming, both vinyl and casual service with the sophistication of an Italian restaurant and gourmetembroidered. “We have all of those items: We have quality food,” according to its website. sweet things, sassy things and Southern The restaurant opened toward the end of things,” Duncan said. “I’m the sweet, November. As guests walk down the line they can Christine’s the sassy!” Some of their best-selling items choose from 30 Italian-inspired topinclude custom-made signs and ZIP code pings and essentially create their own meals, whether pillows. it be a pasta dish, “I think people are flatbread or salad. grateful they have a Guests can also local place where they choose from chefcan drop in to pick up inspired pasta, a gift real quick withflatbread and salad out having to go to a recipes. mall or across town,” Flecca said. “We’re in a very convenient space. Contact Danielle We’re just super excited Hendrix at dhento be a part of this comdrix@orangeobmunity and to help give These See Kai Run shoes for children them the things that are some of Windermere Shoes’ most server.com. popular sellers. they want.”

THE GROVE ORLANDO 4750 The Grove Drive, Windermere FEATURED STORE HOURS Spoleto: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Stretch Zone: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sunday by appointment only Sweet, Sassy & Southern: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, closed Sunday Windermere Shoes: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday

STAFF WRITER WINDERMERE Trees will be the stars of the show in Windermere this weekend in celebration of Florida Arbor Day. To commemorate the day, the Windermere Tree Board is hosting the 13th annual Windermere Treebute from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Windermere Town Square and Central Park. “It’s just a wonderful outing to get the family outdoors to celebrate Arbor Day,” said Theresa Schretzmann-Myers, chair of the Windermere Tree Board. To kick off the festival, a tree-planting ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at Windermere Town Hall Square. The ceremony will include a mayoral proclamation and a planting of the Arbor Day tree. The purpose of the annual festival is not only to help increase the tree population in Windermere but also to raise money for Windermere’s Urban Forestry program. “We’re a small forestry program, so we don’t have a large tax base,” SchretzmannMyers said. Keeping the program thriving means the board can maintain Windermere’s 20-year Tree City USA designation. “We have a very historic tree canopy,” Schretzmann-Myers said. “As older trees are aging out, we want to replace them with younger Florida trees.” This is where the tradition of planting trees on Arbor Day comes into play, but the cost

of planting trees has steadily climbed over the last several years. “Trees have doubled and tripled in price because there’s a shortage of trees (at nurseries),” Schretzmann-Myers said. “So we ask for a donation if you’re going to get a second or third tree or if you’re not a Windermere resident.” Late January is the best time to plant trees in Florida because it gives them a chance to become established before the hot summer months arrive, Schretzmann-Myers said. “We encourage folks to plant the right trees at the right times,” she said. “It’s really important that you educate folks about it.” A variety of Florida-native trees will be available for adoption and sale at the Windermere Town Square. Windermere residents may adopt one tree per household, and the trees are available on a first-come first-served basis. Saturday’s Treebute festival will also feature an “Ask the Arborist” booth and a UF/IFAS mobile plant clinic where people can get additional information about trees, plants and gardening. The festival also features the Kids Tree Climb, an “Enchanted WalkAbouts” food trucks, artists, craft vendors, live music and the “Geezers in the Treezers” Tree Climbing Competition. “It’s a great family event,” Schretzmann-Myers said. Contact Brittany Gaines at bgaines@orangeobserver.com.

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was cleared by the military and sent to Olde. For the students who knew the video was coming, waiting was a challenge. “It felt like forever,” said Angela Kourie, one of the students who had written a letter for the assignment. Finally the video arrived, just in time for the holidays. In it, Olde’s stepson can been seen holding cue cards. “Listen to your teacher, study hard and play hard!” one card read. At the end of the video he flashed a card that read, “Thank you Windermere Elementary!” before signaling the jet next to him to fly away. “It was awesome,” Ashton said about the video. Olde said that her stepson was in the middle of refueling at the time of the video, which was why he was able to film it in the air without having to control his jet. Although the students were able to see the video right before Veteran’s Day, the district didn’t officially release the video until the end of December to celebrate Pledge of Allegiance Day. For the students who wrote letters, seeing the video was not only “cool” but for some it was also an emotional experience. “I had to take a tissue,” Angela said. “I had a few tears.” Contact Brittany Gaines at bgaines@orangeobserver.com.

Parks slated for improvements to decide how they’ll obtain funding for each park’s renovations for the following fiscal years. “So it won’t be a one-year process, and it’ll probably be three to five years before we can finish up each park, but at least it gives us that vision and the framework to go ahead and accomplish that,” Smith said. The parks being considered for targeted improvements are the Windermere Recreation Center, Lake Bessie Park, Central Park, Lake Down Park, Fernwood Park and Palmer Park. However, the first park to see improvements

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“It just snowballed into this big thing,” said Olde, who has been a kindergarten teacher for 28 years. “We got in huge boxes (of supplies).” Nearly 100 pounds of letters and supplies were collected and shipped to the Middle East. Getting to write letters to men and women in the military was “really cool,” said first-grader Riley Brice. “They defend our freedom and save our lives. We should do something nice for them.” Ashton said one of the coolest parts was not knowing where the letters were getting delivered and who would read them. “You never know who it’s going to be sent to,” he said. After everything was collected and shipped, Olde told her stepson to keep an eye on the mail but didn’t say why. The package took nearly two months to arrive. When it finally got there, everyone could hardly believe how much the students had sent. The letters were all hung on the walls of the main barracks for everyone to enjoy. The food and snacks were laid out on the tables so everyone could eat what they wanted. But the story didn’t end there. To thank the Windermere Elementary students for the letters and snacks, Olde’s stepson created a video of him flying in his aircraft. But because of the sensitive nature of his mission, it took several months before the video

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will be the Windermere Recreation Center. Renovations for the recreation center, which will be partially funded via a Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program grant that was awarded back in June, will begin in March or April, Smith said. The recreation center will be getting a volleyball court, improvements to the pavilion on the island, beach access, a fishing pier and kayak access. Construction for the other parks won’t begin until next fiscal year. Contact Gabby Baquero at gbaquero@orangeobserver.com.

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JAZZ AT DEXTERS 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at Dexters of Windermere, 4757 The Grove Drive, Windermere. The jazz quartet The Right Stuff will play for diners and guests. (407) 258-7028.

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13TH ANNUAL WINDERMERE TREEBUTE Windermere Town Square, 512 Main St., Windermere. There are trees and plants for sale, an “Ask the Arborist” booth, eco activities for families, enchanted walkabouts to explore nature, food trucks, arts, crafts, live music, an international tree climbing competition, IFAS Master Gardener Plant Clinic and more. Admission is free. FAIRYTALE ADVENTURES

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At the end of each six-week course, Vivian and Tony Hunt take their students to an English afternoon tea so the students can showcase their new manners.

A British husband-and-wife team living in Windermere has found a calling to teach children the value of manners and etiquette. BRITTANY GAINES STAFF WRITER

Vivian Hunt is almost always surrounded by children. She chats with them at the grocery store and at local restaurants. And, after retiring to Windermere with her husband, Tony, she decided to return to the classroom to teach etiquette. British natives Tony and Vivian moved from South Africa to Florida for retirement two years ago, but found the local mannerisms somewhat lacking. “We were staggered when we came here,” Tony said. “The manners and etiquette were terrible. We thought everyone was brought up the same way as we were in England, but they’re not.” The couple had owned three schools in South Africa, where Vivian taught for more than 30 years. Having attended a British finishing school as a young woman, manners and etiquette have always been her specialties. “I can take a child that has no idea (how to behave) and turn them around so they’re dabbing their mouth,” she said. In retirement, Vivian found an abundance of free time on her hands and she wondered if there was a need for manners and etiquette classes. So, the couple approached The First Academy in Orlando with the idea. They were told that if students

Vivian and Tony Hunt, center, created the British Academy of Manners and Etiquette after moving to Florida two years ago.

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signed up for the class, they could teach it. Within one week, dozens of students signed up for the class. Realizing how great the interest was, the couple created the British Academy of Manners and Etiquette, and Vivian now teaches six-week-long classes to children of all ages. Her goal is to help prepare the children for life. “I want kids to have an advantage for life,” she said. “You can help any age group, but it’s the young children I want to give an advantage to.” SEE PAGE 7

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The Windermere Prep boys basketball team has won five consecutive games, most recently defeating Edgewater Jan. 14 in doubleovertime, 88-83. The Lakers (11-5) also scored important district wins against Jones and Lake Highland Prep during the winning streak.

HONDURAS Julio Lopez

CAYMAN ISLANDS Ethan Rivers

The Dr. Phillips High girls wrestling team captured the program’s first Metro Conference Championship Jan. 13 at East River High. The Panthers had five champions crowned (Jessica Corredor, Remy Vargas, Valeria Herrera, Trinity Rios and Shedeline Ulysse) along with 11 wrestlers in the top four in their respective weight classes.

The Dr. Phillips competitive cheerleading team won the Metro West Conference championship Jan. 14 for the sixth time in the past seven years.

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Taking in a game involving the boys soccer team at Windermere Prep can be as fun to listen to as it is to watch. You might hear players calling to one another in Portuguese or German — and you’ll definitely hear a coach with a thick British accent. The Lakers, who are 7-4-3 at the time of publication, have 13 players who are either international boarding students, foreign-born students who are American residents, first-generation Americans whose parents immigrated here or who have — at some point in their lives — lived abroad. All told, eight different countries and territories are represented on the Windermere Prep roster — a fact that is as reflective

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of the actual student body at the elite private school as it is of the nature of the world’s most popular game. “I love the cultural salad — I learn a lot from them,” said Taher Gaward, who was born in Florida but has lived in Egypt. “I think our team represents the school perfectly.” The man tasked with getting this unique group of young men to gel is, himself, a transplant from Britian. Jonathan Griffiths, a physical education teacher for Windermere Prep’s Lower School, came to America six years ago. He has been with the program for five years and has been its head coach for the past two seasons. Griffiths says all of the players speak English, so there are no overwhelming language barriers, but that problems can arise with soccer terminology and styles of

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play. “Just the soccer language barriers — they say different words for different things. On the field, the Brazilians communicate in Portuguese to each other,” Griffiths explained. “Right now, we’re in a good place. … From the start of the season, they’ve been much better. The main thing in the preseason was trying to build that community (within the team).” Indeed, different styles of play are associated with different nationalities within the beautiful game, something a player like freshman Homero Salles — who came to America two years ago from Brazil — says he enjoys. “It’s really interesting to see the other cultures and see how they interact with each other, their way of playing,” Salles said. For someone such as Patrick Hunter, a senior on the team who

also plays on Windermere Prep’s football and lacrosse teams, the experience of playing for the Lakers in soccer is unique. “It’s really cool — I play football and lacrosse here and none of the other sports have diverse nationalities like (soccer) does,” Hunter said. “When I first played my sophomore year, I was kind of shocked to hear all the different languages on the field.” The team will now work toward advancing out of the Class 2A, District 7 Tournament, which begins Jan. 24 at Father Lopez Catholic High School, and into the state playoffs. “They are united by being from different countries — that helps a lot,” Griffiths said. Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@orangeobserver.com.

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Kelly Gomez, a sophomore competitive cheerleader at Indiana University and Dr. Phillips High alumna, was part of the school’s Crimson Cheerleaders squad that captured a national championship in Division 1-A at the UCA College Cheer and Dance Championships in Orlando this past weekend.

The CFCA boys basketball team has won eight consecutive games, most recently defeating Daytona Beach’s Father Lopez 54-49 Jan. 16 at the MLK Showcase at Atlantic High.

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Rivalry games reign supreme in slates for Panthers, Titans and Wolverines

Jalen Brinson The Olympia High junior varsity basketball team played rival Dr. Phillips in front of a large crowd Jan. 6 as fans were arriving for the evening’s varsity game. After trailing in the fourth, the Titans forced overtime, where sophomore guard Jalen Brinson hit two big 3-pointers — part of his 23 points, overall — to help lift his team to the 59-55 victory.

Was the game against Dr. Phillips one of the bigger crowds you have played in front of? It was one of the biggest, yes. It was fun. At the end of the game we were down three or four — DP (Dr. Philips) was a great team. We started pulling back, the crowd started getting into it, and we got the W at the end of the game. What was it like to hit those two big 3-pointers in overtime? My coach always tells me to trust what I’m doing and trust in what we do. I just trusted my shot and trusted my teammates — if it wasn’t for my teammate Aaron (Cleveland) hitting two big free throws before that, I would never have even got the chance to shoot those shots.

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YEAR: Sophomore AGE: 15 HEIGHT: 5’8” POSITION: Point guard TRAVEL TEAM: Q6 All-Stars Elite HOMETOWN: Orlando

Following a meeting of Orange County Public Schools athletic directors last week, football schedules for public high school in the district’s Metro Conference have been released. For Dr. Phillips, Olympia and soon-to-open Windermere, the 2017 slate of games is highlighted by some rivalry matchups that should have pigskin fans salivating.

dog his whole life. ... He went to Kentucky and didn’t start his freshman year, came back his sophomore year and averaged nearly a tripledouble and now he’s in the NBA doing big things for the Phoenix Suns.

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Aug. 18 vs. Jones (preseason) Aug. 26 vs. Miami Northwestern Sept. 1 at Timber Creek Sept. 8 at West Orange Sept. 15 vs. Apopka Sept. 22 vs. Mainland Sept. 29 at Oak Ridge (district) Oct. 6 at Wekiva Oct. 13 at Freedom (district) Oct. 20 vs. Olympia (district) Oct. 26 vs. Cypress Creek (district)

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Once again, last year’s state runner-up in Class 8A is playing a brutal schedule, as the Panthers have for the past few seasons. The overriding structure hasn’t changed either — Dr. Phillips will play a tough out-of-district slate before closing the season against district opponents in four of their final five games. The first seven games of the season are a gauntlet, as five of those teams are playoff teams from 2016. Chief among the Panthers’ goals for this schedule will be to defeat Apopka and Mainland in Weeks Four and Five — the Blue Darters and Buccaneers have defeated Dr. Phillips in those regular season meetings the past two seasons.

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CAN’T-MISS HOME GAMES:

Olympia’s Week Two game against Ocoee should be one of the better games in Central Florida that week, even if it does fly a little under the radar. The parallels between the programs, alone, make it an intriguing game. Other home games Titans fans will not want to miss include the Sept. 22 showdown with Wekiva and their regular season finale against Windermere High, which is sure to become a new rivalry.

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After two down seasons in 2013 and 2014, the Titans strung together winning seasons in 2015 and 2016. The task of recording a third consecutive winning season will be a little taller, as Olympia welcomes some tough opponents to this year’s slate. The Titans will travel to take on West Orange to renew that rivalry in Week One and will host Ocoee — a program with several parallels to Olympia in the past two years — in Week Two. So far as the district schedule, the Titans will begin with two games they ought to win against Cypress Creek and Freedom before a pair of games late in the season against rival Dr. Philips and Oak Ridge that will likely determine their postseason fate.

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The Windermere High football team will lace up its cleats for the first time ever in a preseason game against the school which it was built to relieve — West Orange. For a first-year program that will not have seniors, the Wolverines’ overall schedule is about as favorable as it can be for a large classification public school in Central Florida. There are winnable games, though Windermere will be an underdog in even those games until proven otherwise. All of the Wolverines’ “home” games will be away games, with home games against Orange County opponents being played at the opposing school and administrators still working on a solution for home games against opponents from outside of Orange County.

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Since there are no true home games for the Wolverines this fall, here are a few general can’t-miss games. For a school that is relieving West Orange High and whose namesake is a town zoned for Olympia, those games loom particularly large as contests that should have a fun atmosphere and spark budding rivalries. A game against Wekiva Sept. 1 is a tall task for a first-year program, while some of Windermere’s district games may prove to some of the more winnable for coach Greg Miller’s start-up program.

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