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Winter Garden man returns from footgolf trip in Spain. PAGE 5B
Ocoee High School’s drumline to perform at “Evening at the Pops.” PAGE 13A
Dr. Phillips track and field teams thriving. PAGE 1B
NOW OPEN by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer
Businesses open in downtown Ocoee Owners hope to help revitalize the area with their new businesses.
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+ Commissioner meets Olympian Winter Garden Commissioner Robert “Bobby” Olszewski, his wife, Allison, and Roper YMCA District Vice President Jake Steger had the opportunity to meet U.S. Olympian and gold medal winning swimmer Ryan Lochte recently during the Arena Pro Swim Series at the YMCA Aquatic Center on International Drive.
OCOEE — Business owners, Matthew’s Hope representatives and area residents, including Commissioner Rusty Johnson, gathered March 6 on McKey Street in historic downtown Ocoee for ribbon-cuttings, with owners hoping to jump-start the res-
toration and revitalization of the area. Connie Dean held a grand reopening of her bookstore, The Book Rack, and Denna LeVan hosted the official grand opening of West Side Mercantile & Brocante, her home decor, women’s cloth-
ing and furniture store, across the street from Dean. Brand Exchange was unable to host a grand opening, but there are plans for it to coincide with Ocoee’s Spring Fling and a McKey Street sidewalk sale March 14. The joint March 6 event in-
BERRY SEASON by Amy Quesinberry Rhode | Community Editor
+ ONP preps for eagle flight Never seen a bird of prey up close? Here’s your chance! Oakland Nature Preserve will host “Eagle Lady” Doris Mager, of Save Our American Raptors, at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 14, at the preserve, 747 Machete Trail Oakland. Learn about these birds of prey and meet Mager and a few of her feathery friends in person. Admission is free. For more information, email information@oaklandnaturepreserve.org or call (407) 905-0054.
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Deborah Shultz.
See the photo on PAGE 7B.
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IN BLOOM by Amy Quesinberry Rhode | Community Editor
Ocoee festival to welcome spring
+ Gov. Scott appoints locals Gov. Rick Scott has announced more appointments and reappointments. Roger Stevens, 64, of Windermere, was reappointed to the Continuing Care Advisory Council for a term beginning Feb. 23 and ending Sept. 30, 2017. He is the chief executive officer of Westminster Communities of Florida. Gisela Laurent, 38, of Winter Garden, fills a vacant seat on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention State Advisory Group. Her term began Feb. 16 and ends at the governor’s discretion. She is the president of Laurent Law Firm P.A.
cluded drinks, hot dogs and chips, free to the community for helping them to celebrate this occasion. “In 2001, I retired from Verizon after 30 years of service, and I knew that I’m not a person that can just sit still, so I opened a bookstore,” Dean
said. “I bought a bookstore in Maryland, took it to Lakeland and went in partners with a lady, and that went to Hell in a hand-basket real quick.” Dean came to Ocoee and opened another bookstore at Clarke and Silver Star roads. She was there 15 months be-
The city of Ocoee is celebrating the season of gorgeous weather with its 10th Annual Spring Fling from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 14. Admission is free to the event, which takes place at Bill Breeze Park, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive. Attendees can enjoy free food, door prizes and fun family activities, and dozens of vendors will offer information on the services they provide. Throughout the day, safety-related presentations and demonstrations will be givAmy Quesinberry Rhode
Tom West Blueberries, in Ocoee, was started by Tom West in 2010. His son, Milton West, second from left, continues the tradition with his grandson, Scott West. Milton West’s daughters, Stacy Williams, left, and Susan Hembree, also operate the family business.
PREPARING FOR
PICKIN’
The U-Pick season for Tom West Blueberries has begun. A delegation of 100 blueberry farmers from around the country visited the Tom West property last month to learn how the fruit is grown in Florida. The guests, many from colder climes, were in Orlando for a U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council conference and spent part of a day touring several Central Florida farms. At Tom West Blueberries, off Orlando Avenue, growers got a lesson in farming practices and processes as they walked through a portion of the 10acre Ocoee property. “For us to be only four or five years into this, it’s an honor,” Susan Hembree, sales and marketing manager, said of the visit. Tom West Blueberries was born on land that was culti-
vating grounds for Tom West’s oranges, grapefruit, tangerines and other citrus fruits in the 1950s. His son, Milton West, joined the family business in 1964. After several devastating freezes wiped out a large portion of their trees, Tom West and his grandson, Scott West, decided to start growing blueberries in 2010. They planted bushes in a 5-acre field. That farm was doubled the following year after Tom West’s death, and there are now 22,000 blueberry plants at the Orlando Avenue location. The business is still expanding — 40,000 bushes were recently planted on farmland on Ocoee Apopka Road. It will
IF YOU GO U-PICK Tom West Bluberries offers a chance to pick your own fresh berries. The U-ick season runs from April to June, and the farm is open to the public. There are four varieties of berries ranging from tart to super-sweet.
en: Diabetes Awareness by HAPCO Health Initiatives will start at 10:30 a.m.; self-defense by Victory Martial Arts will begin at 11 a.m.; bike safety at Children’s Safety Village will start at noon; a live burn by Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers will start at 12:30 p.m.; and a vehicle extrication by the Ocoee Fire Department begins at 2:15 p.m. Activities will include a bike rodeo, where children can hop on a bicycle and
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new school by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer
Spring Lake Elementary dedicates new building Students and staff relocated for this school year. OCOEE — For the 2014-15 school year, students and staff at Spring Lake Elementary School had to relocate, because their old school building was torn down to make way for their new, bigger building. A dedication including a ribbon-cutting at 9 a.m. March 10 at the new building made it official. “The district has several
schools in a list of renovations or rebuilding the schools,” Principal Nancy Pender said. “I don’t know what position we were, but 1961 was when the school was built. It needed to be updated both building-wise and construction, and the size of the building. We had several portables here, but now we’ll have an enclosed building making it safer for children and easier for students and teachers to collaborate.”
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WHERE: 324 E. Orlando Ave., Ocoee. WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. INFORMATION: (407) 656-3223 or TomWestBlueberries.com.
Zak Kerr
Orange County Public Schools officials cut a ribbon March 10 to dedicate the new Spring Lake Elementary building.
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INDEX Arts & Culture.......................13A Classifieds..............................8B
Community Calendar..............2A Cops Corner............................5A
Crossword...............................7B Obituaries.............................17A
Sports.....................................1B Weather..................................7B
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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015
COMMUNITYCALENDAR THURSDAY, MARCH 12
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
American Legion, Hugh T. Gregory Post 63 Meeting — 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the post building, 271 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. The public is invited to attend. The Legion also is looking for historical articles, pictures or memorabilia about Post 63. For more information, call (407) 656-6361.
Mighty Explorers — 11 a.m. Friday, March 13, at the Windermere Branch Library, 530 Main St., Windermere. Team up for a journey with backyard creatures of all kinds. Explorers will stretch their knowledge about creepy, crawly and squirmy friends through stories, activities and crafts, all inspired by “The Backyardigans.” For more information, call (407) 835-7323.
Garden Club Crazy Card Party — 10:15 a.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Windermere Town Hall, 520 Main St. The Windermere Garden Club will host this annual fundraiser and luncheon, featuring card games, a silent auction and a raffle to win a three-day, two-night getaway at Hammock Beach, a four-star resort located directly on the ocean and only two hours from Windermere. Tickets are $20 per person. No card-playing experience is necessary. To make a reservation, call (407) 876-3121. Ladies’ Night Out — 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in the Rotunda, Building C, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 4851 S. Apopka-Vineland Road, Orlando. The United Methodist Women of St. Luke’s invites the public to enjoy music sung by Orlando Health Foundation Director of Development Wendy Proctor and an educational talk on women’s health by Central Florida YMCA Executive Director of Health Strategies Beth Kollas. This event is free to all women. Bring a favorite dessert to share and join the fellowship. For more information, call Karen Brown at (407) 876-5532. Lead and Feed Networking Lunch — 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at San Jose’s Original Mexican Restaurant, 8995 W. Colonial Drive, Ocoee. The West Orange Chamber of Commerce will host this informal event to provide networking opportunities and relationship building. The cost is $15 if paid in advance or $20 at the door. Lunch, drink, dessert, tax and tip is included. To preregister, call 407-656-1304.
Oral Histories of Windermere —1 to 4 p.m. Friday, March 13, at the Windermere Branch Library, 530 Main St., Windermere. Orlando Memory is all about preserving discussions, images, stories, photographs and more. Bring friends, family and favorite memories to share during this special event. Registration is required. To register, call (407) 835-7323.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14 Celebrate Pi Day — 1 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at the Winter Garden Branch Library, 805 E. Plant St., Winter Garden. Learn some mathematical facts about the number pi and enjoy activities to celebrate National Pi Day. Ages 6 through 12 are welcome. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Eagle Lady at Oakland Nature Preserve — 11 a.m. Saturday, March 14, at the Oakland Nature Preserve, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland. Enjoy a presentation by “Eagle Lady” Doris Mager of Save Our American Raptors. Learn about birds of prey and the important role they play in nature. Attendees will have the chance to meet Mager and her feathery friends in person. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call (407) 905-0054. Evening at the Pops — 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Newton Park, 29 W. Garden Ave., Winter Garden. The Rotary Club of Winter Garden presents this Evening At the Pops event, featuring the Orlando Philharmonic Symphony. There
will be an instrument petting zoo at 4:30 p.m. and the orchestra will perform at 6:30 p.m. on the shores of Lake Apopka. The cost is $5 per person. For more information, visit facebook.com/ EveningAtThePops. Science Explorers — 3 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at the Winter Garden Branch Library, 805 E. Plant St., Winter Garden. Ages 6 through 12 are invited to explore science in a whole new way with hands-on activities. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Spring Fling — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Bill Breeze Park, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee. The public is invited to enjoy free food, door prizes, a bike rodeo, balloon artists, face painting, an educational road obstacle track and more. The goal of Spring Fling is to educate, raise awareness and empower residents to be safe. For more information, visit ocoee. org or call (407) 905-3100.
SUNDAY, MARCH 15 Beginning Your Family History Online — 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15, at the West Oaks Branch Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Learn how to best utilize the Internet for family history research and become familiar with the leading genealogy websites, as well as some lesser known gems. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Lent at Windermere Union Church — Sunday service takes place at 10 a.m. now through Sunday, March 29, at Windermere Union Church, 10710 Park Ridge-Gotha Road. Examples of food eaten during Biblical times will be served. A potluck dinner will take place at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Guests should bring a dish to share. Author and motivational speaker Dennis Snow will speak, followed by a round table discussion. The public is invited to attend this free event. For more information, visit windermereunion.org or call (407) 8762112.
BEST BET Luck of the Irish — 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, at the Winter Garden Branch Library, 805 E. Plant St., Winter Garden. Ages six through 12 are invited to participate in stories and crafts to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. For more information, call (407) 835-7323.
MONDAY, MARCH 16 Crazy 8’s Math Club — 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 16, at the West Oaks Branch Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Join Bedtime Math’s Crazy 8’s to build, run, jump and make music and a mess. It’s a totally new kind of math club. Children in grades three through five are welcome. Seating is limited. For more information, call (407) 835-7323.
TUESDAY, MARCH 17 Southwest Book Club — 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, at the Southwest Branch Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. This month the club will discuss Sue Monk Kidd’s “The Invention of Wings.” Follow more than three decades in the life of a Charleston debutante who longs to break free from the structure of her household and pursue a meaningful life. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call (407) 835-7323.
THURSDAY, MARCH 19 Chamber Connection: New Member Orientation and Refresher — 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
To publicize your event in our Community Calendar, please send by mail: 720 S. Dillard St. Winter Garden, FL 34787; or by email: news@wotimes.com. Photos are welcome. Deadline is noon Thursday.
Thursday, March 19, at the West Orange Chamber of Commerce, 12184 W. Colonial Drive, Winter Garden. Join the Chamber prior to Business After Hours to learn how the group “facilitates opportunity.” Guests will meet fellow members and ensure they are capitalizing on all the benefits included in Chamber membership. The cost is free to current Chamber members. To register, visit the calendar at wochamber.com. Eco Movie Night: “First Flower” — 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Oakland Nature Preserve, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland. The public is invited for a screening of “First Flower,” a documentary about the search for the very first flowers on earth. Although flowers have long been at the center of human life, the question of how flowers evolved has long baffled scientists. But now, a tantalizing fossil that bloomed during the reign of the dinosaurs has surfaced in China. A discussion will follow the film. Admission is free. For more information, call (407) 905-0054. Kidney Smart Class — 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at DaVita Ocoee Home Dialysis, 1552 Boren Drive, Suite 100, Ocoee. Learn from expert educators about how kidneys function and the best ways to manage your diet and health. This class is free and open to the public. To register, visit kidneysmart.org or call (407) 877-2012. Table for Two — 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Windermere Branch Library, 530 Main St., Windermere. Awardwinning cookbook author Warren Caterson will share kitchen tips, cooking hints and humorous anecdotes about the joys and challenges of cooking. He will also demonstrate how to easily cook for two using fresh and readily available ingredients. A book sale and signing will follow the program. For more information, visit tablefortwocookbooks.com. Teen Art Adventures: CD Scratch Art — 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the West Oaks Branch Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road,
Ocoee. Learn how to create a special wall hanging from recycled CDs. All supplies will be provided. Ages 11through18 are welcome. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. West Orange Women’s Luncheon — 11 a.m. Thursday, March 19, at Café Osceola located in the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel, 9939 Universal Blvd., Orlando. A meeting will take place at 11:30 a.m., and lunch will be served at noon. The cost is $19 per person and includes a buffet with salads, entrees, dessert and beverages. Valet parking is free with a handicap placard, and self-parking will be validated at the luncheon. To make a reservation, call (407) 258-8155 by Thursday, March 12.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20 The Art of Pysanky — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 20, at The Art Room, 709 Main St., Windermere. Join Lorraine Bell for an all-day workshop to learn the centuries-old art of Ukrainian Egg Decorating. Participants will create magnificent eggs using traditional tools and techniques that have been passed on for generations. The cost is $150. Lunch and all supplies are included. For more information, call (407) 909-1869. Food Truck Friday and Movie in the Park — 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 20, at Bill Breeze Park, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee. A showing of the film “Guardians of the Galaxy” will take place at 7:30 p.m. Several food trucks will offer gourmet treats, including Krispy Kreme hamburgers, lobster rolls, barbeque pulled pork, crepes, gourmet cupcakes and Swedish burgers. For more information, call the Ocoee Parks and Recreation Department at (407) 905-3180. Welcome Spring — 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 20, at the Winter Garden Branch Library, 805 E. Plant St., Winter Garden. Guests will enjoy stories and make a take-home craft in celebration of the arrival of spring.
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governance by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer
Ocoee Commission honors PD award winners Five accepted certificates recognizing contributions. OCOEE — As part of its March 3 meeting, the Ocoee Commission recognized several people affiliated with the Ocoee Police Department by way of various awards. Police Chief Charles Brown congratulated Detective Michelle Grogan on being the 2014 Ocoee Police Department Crisis Intervention Team Officer of the Year. Grogan assisted a particular veteran of the American armed forces with rehabilitation of his life beyond the call of duty, police said. The Citizens Advisory Council for Ocoee Police Department announced four awards, as well: Madeleine Garza, an administrative assistant for the police department, received a certificate naming her Civilian of the Year. Auxiliary Sgt. Bob Chedwick received recognition as Volunteer of the Year. The Officer of the Quarter Award went to Officer Matthew Serrao, who helped 11 homeless campers find shelters. And Officer Daniel Schilling became Officer of the Year for work in tracking drugs with K-9 unit Nitro, work under gunfire in Windermere and assisting a 2-year-old girl whose parents had committed crimes, resulting in the Department of Children and Families assuming her custody.
Detective Michelle Grogan is 2014 Ocoee Police Department CIT Officer of the Year.
AGREEMENTS
The commission approved the renewal of two agreements, one concerning the Ocoee Fire Department and the other concerning Orange County Public Schools. Ocoee Fire Department Station 38 at Fountains West on West Road was part of a three-year rental lease agreement that began May 7, 2012. The commission passed a renewal of
that agreement for two years, ending May 7, 2017. Ocoee Police Department offers a DARE officer to five elementary schools; a school resource officer to one middle school and two school resource officers to one high school, all in Ocoee. An annual agreement between Ocoee and the Orange County School Board is necessary for officers to know their responsibilities
and Ocoee to receive reimbursement for some of the officers’ salaries. The Ocoee City Commission approved a renewed agreement of July 1, 2015June 30, 2016, reimbursing the city $126,562.50 for providing those four officers to local schools.
computer hardware and software as dispatching services switch to Winter Garden. Thus, the commission passed a separate surplus auction of obsolete or broken computing and audiovisual equipment once used by city staff and police.
UPGRADES
LIEN REDUCTION
The commission approved the replacement of Ocoee Wastewater Treatment Plant Grit Turntable No. 2, which has been in service more than 15 years. This age has resulted in wear for the unit, past its typical life expectancy. Sanders & Company is the sole vendor for such a grit, which will cost Ocoee $26,836. The city will enter a contract with Filter One Co. to install the grit equipment for $14,978, putting the total replacement costs at $41,814. A $39,500 Classic Marcite Inc. bid to resurface the Ocoee Family Aquatic Center pool at the Jim Beech Recreation Center at 1820 A.D. Mims Road received the commission’s approval. All work related to this project will be complete by April 7, including final dressing, before opening day May 1. Upgrades to technological equipment have left Ocoee with excess equipment no longer in use. Projects include programming and broadcast equipment at City Hall, the city’s computer network and parts of Ocoee Police Department’s
The commission unanimously approved reduction of a pair of liens against the property at 709 Lakeview Drive. The liens were for an inoperable, untagged vehicle with no windshield and overgrown grass and weeds. Federal National Mortgage Association obtained the property through foreclosure, care of Choice Legal Group PA. The liens, worth $23,900 together, reduced to $4,243.23.
IN BRIEF
Officials from Chick-fil-A presented a $1,003 check from its Founders’ Day 5k to Smile for a Lifetime, an organization helping those in need obtain free orthodontic treatment. The commission appointed three members to Ocoee’s canvassing board for its March 10 election. Ocoee Police Department has a new K-9, Reno, who just finished patrol course certification and replaces retired K-9 Ajsa. Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@wotimes.com.
how sweet it is
SAFE DRIVING by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer
by Amy Quesinberry Rhode | Community Editor
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Wet skids are part of the car control and recovery course.
West Orange ready to ‘Put on the BRAKES’ Free teen driving school comes to Ocoee OCOEE — Given the chance, would you register your teenage driver for a free, fourhour safe driving course using instructor-provided cars, right here in West Orange? Be Responsible and Keep Everyone Safe (BRAKES) is providing that opportunity four times between March 14 and 15 at Manheim Orlando in Ocoee, its fourth such visit in the last two years. Classes will be 8 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. both days. “I take over the Manheim Auto Auction lot — they’re partners of ours supporting teen safe driving,” BRAKES Director Matt Reilly said. “I set up all the exercises on Friday and then do it that weekend.” Those exercises, for teens and their parents, include a crash avoidance and slalom course, a distraction course, a panic stop course, understanding big-rig blind spots and a car control and recovery course. “Everything is down behind the wheel in a fleet of vehicles provided by Kia Motors,” Reilly said. “The instructors are all seasoned professional drivers. They could be racers, police officers, troopers, they may have done special training for secret service or a stuntman for movies and things like that. They all understand the limits of a vehicle and how to control a car in adverse conditions. We sit shotgun with the kids to tell them how to get kinks out and establish new, good habits.” Reilly also asks local officers to talk about safe driving, flat tires on interstates and what to do and look for in a traffic stop. “We talk to all the kids about the techniques we’re going to be teaching them, vehicle dynamics, how to deal with a skid,” he said. “When the kids start driving, we do a parent talk — I call it my ‘Dr. Phil talk’ — encouraging parents to drive with their kids more and teach them to be more responsible. Sometimes these parents don’t understand they’re responsible financially if these kids make a mistake or hurt someone.” Talk is a big part of the BRAKES ground school, which involves gathering parents and teens for a debrief to close the program, Reilly said.
An instructor demonstrates some basic techniques for teens. “I ask the parents and teens to make a commit to each other, that if those teens are in a position they don’t feel like they can drive home safely, they can call their parents,” he said. “The parents won’t scream at them, get them out of that situation and the parents will pick them up and discuss it the next morning.” Participants receive a certificate some insurance companies offer discounts for and instruction on many other aspects of driving with a 3:1 student-teacher ratio. “I can take up to 36 kids in a class; they can bring one or both parents,” Reilly said. “I break down 36 into smaller groups, and the kids get more seat time, muscle memory and practice laps. It’s cool that we put parents behind the wheel, too, so they can get training. Many don’t realize how their driving behavior is a model for their kids. Parents also didn’t have all of the updated electronics and things we have today, so sometimes parents teach the wrong things, unfortunately.” But BRAKES has been changing that, starting with 50 teens in 2008, when founder and drag racing star Doug Herbert’s young sons died in a crash, prompting his vow to create
a program to prevent similar tragedy among more than 5,000 U.S. teens killed in wrecks each year. Now, more than 15,000 teens have taken this course worth about $300, including 4,000 teens last year, thanks to participants informing others. “We have operated the program in 10 states,” Reilly said. “We’re just a small non-profit that does this through donations and anything we can do. We don’t have a big time sponsor yet, but we’re working on it. Kia is our biggest sponsor, donating the vehicles.” To participate, teens must be 15 or older, have 30 hours of driving experience, attend with at least one parent and provide a valid learner’s permit or driver’s license. A deposit of $99 is necessary to reserve a spot. Attending enables families to receive a full refund or leave the money as a donation. “It’s good for everybody,” Reilly said. “It makes the whole community safer. We get letters from graduates that say they use our techniques every day to get out of trouble. That’s our big reward.” Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@wotimes.com.
Amy Quesinberry Rhode
The Winter Garden Restaurant celebrated Lois Dennis’ birthday on its downtown marquee.
90 candles Family and friends honored longtime bridge club director Lois Dennis on her 90th birthday recently. Lois Dennis and her two sisters were known as the strawberry girls when they were growing up in Plant City. Their parents owned a berry farm, and the young trio helped plant and harvest the fruit every year. In the early 1950s, Dennis left the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World and moved to Winter Garden. Sixty-some years later, she is still a Winter Garden resident and recently recognized her 52nd year as director of the West Orange Duplicate Bridge Club, which is held weekly in Winter Garden. She also celebrated her 90th birthday twice, thanks to her many friends, fellow club members and family. On her actual birthday, Jan. 31, 70 of her closest friends and family threw her a party at the Winter Garden Restaurant. The owners even announced Dennis’ birthday and age on the restaurant marquee out front; she admittedly loved the attention. Last month, her card-playing friends surprised her with another party during a duplicate bridge game. All were treated to a red velvet cake with — what else? —strawberries.
Lifelong bridge fan
When Dennis first moved to Winter Garden, she was looking for something to do. She went to a local bridge game but was told she didn’t know how to play, so she went home and read an entire book by Charles Goren, a champion bridge player. She taught herself how to play and became a life master — and started a duplicate bridge club at the West Orange Country Club. Her partner for many years was Jess Pounds; the two traveled all over the country to play the card game and took multiple cruises. When the duplicate bridge club outgrew the space at the country club, Dennis moved it to Tanner Hall, where it has remained a weekly staple for decades. In 2013, she was recognized for her 50 years as director of the West Orange Duplicate Bridge Club. She still directs today and has between nine and 14 tables, depending on the snowbirds. Dennis credits her sharp mind to her many years of playing the high-level game. And she has no plans to stop.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015
FROM FOOTBALL TO FREIGHT by Steven Ryzewski | Sports Editor
the puck stops here by Amy Quesinberry Rhode | Community Editor
Solar Bears update chamber At Chamber Before Hours, the hockey organization spoke about its future move into Winter Garden.
Steven Ryzewski
Tony McGee, who spent 11 years as a player in the NFL, is the CEO and owner of an up-and-coming logistics firm.
Former NFL player heads growing logistics firm After an 11-year career as a tight end in the NFL, Windermere resident Tony McGee now gets his competitive fulfillment from the continued growth of his own company, HNM Global Logistics. WINDERMERE — It’s not that Tony McGee disputes the factuality of the ESPN “30 for 30” film titled “Broke” — a film that chronicled how an alarming percentage of professional athletes struggle to maintain the wealth they accumulate during their playing careers. On the contrary, the Windermere resident makes a point of keeping up with former teammates and colleagues from his 11-year career playing in the NFL and is often disheartened to learn that some of the former athletes are not doing so well. What McGee, the CEO and owner of HNM Global Logistics in Orlando, takes issues with is that more of the good stories are not being shared. West Orange County and Central Florida, at large, have long been popular places for former athletes to make a home after their playing days and, as McGee tells it, many of them are sharp, astute businessmen who are an asset to the economy and the community. “We don’t know about that because all we see is the ‘30 for 30,’” McGee said. “Why don’t they do a ‘30 for 30’ on the 30 guys who have done the best? That’s something I would really like to watch and see. Let’s focus and concentrate on the positive, sometimes we just sensationalize all the negative.” McGee, a native of Terre Haute, Indiana, who played nine of his 11 years of professional football for the Cincinnati Bengals, originally settled in Dr. Phillips in 2001. “Back then (moving to Central Florida) was a trendy thing to do because you could get a lot of house for your money, you had a favorable tax situation and, (once) you spend a couple years in Cincinnati and Indianapolis in the offseason, it doesn’t take much to
SPRING / PAGE 1A make their way through a course set up with orange cones. After children finish the course, city staff will teach them how to safely ride their bicycles. Bikes and helmets will be provided for the rodeo. In the educational road obstacle track, children can drive miniature motorized cars through an obstacle course designed to teach them about road safety. There will be a balloon artist on site, as well as face painting. Ocoee residents can take part in giveaways, such as trees, plants and rain barrels, but must show proof of residency. Trees that will be
available are crape myrtle (assorted varieties), Italian cypress, Ligustrum, Little Gem Southern Magnolia, Tabebuia (pink or yellow), Loropetalum (Plum Delight), Podocarpus, Red Maple and Sea Grape. All are Florida friendly and will do well in Central Florida with proper care. Ocoee residents who want to attend a rain barrel workshop must pre-register by calling (407) 905-3159. The workshop begins at 10 a.m., and rain barrel decorators are asked to start by noon. The goal of Spring Fling is to educate, raise awareness and empower residents to be safe. For more information, visit ocoee.org or call (407) 905-3100.
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realize that a T-shirt in January is not a bad lifestyle,” McGee said. The former tight end started thinking about life after football before his playing career ended, but said he originally spread himself thin in dabbling in investments, restaurants, a sports complex and more. Capitalizing on the Florida housing boom of the last decade, his company, originally named HNM Enterprises, was started as a real-estate firm. A gradual shift occurred, though, as McGee recognized other opportunities. In 2008, he was certified as a minority business owner, and that opened doors for contracts — including the venues projects in Orlando that include the Amway Center and Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts — that brought his firm into the realm of construction and, eventually, logistics. Those contracts were awarded in 2010, and by 2011, the growth potential in logistics was so apparent that McGee focused the efforts of his company there. Then, much as a good head coach seeks out top-notch assistants, he put together a formidable team of logistics professionals. “The best decision I ever made was assembling the team we have in place now,” McGee said. “Our core people, everyone is still here three-and-a-half years later. Our growth potential is pretty amazing. … The one thing I will take credit for is really assembling a great team.” Now, the biggest problem he and his team face is how to handle that growth and continue to move forward. “Everything that we deal with on a daily basis is good because it’s, ‘How do we figure out how to deal with the volume that’s coming in?’” McGee said. “How do we widen our footprint and
open up offices in other markets? Those are all great problems.” What’s more, the lifelong athlete — who still rises well before the sun comes up each morning to complete a 4 a.m. workout — utilizes that same competitive mindset as an executive, just with a different variation of what constitutes a win. “It’s very exhilarating when you land a big client or you move a shipment,” McGee said. “To me, it is a game. It is a competition.” In addition to training physically each morning, McGee spends time each day keeping up with current events, as necessitated by his line of work. Things such as the value of the dollar, gas and oil prices and current happenings such as the work stoppage at the port in Los Angeles all affect his business. The longtime football player finds a great sense in fulfillment in life after the game both as an executive and a father. His daughter, Hannah Nicole McGee — for whom his company was named — is a standout tennis player at Windermere Prep. McGee said there is a blueprint available for athletes to be successful after sports and that it continues evolve. Among his advice to current athletes, or anyone in any position of relative prominence, is to start thinking ahead now while their own personal income is high. “The biggest thing I tell people that are in the spotlight is to really build all your relationships and do everything you want to do at that point, because your phone calls get returned a lot quicker when you’re a current player versus former.” McGee said with a laugh. Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@wotimes.com.
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Jason Siegel, president and chief executive officer of the Orlando Solar Bears, was among the attendees at the Before Hours event hosted March 5 by the West Orange Chamber of Commerce. He also spoke to the crowd, updating Chamber members on the professional hockey team and its future move into Winter Garden. He explained the franchise’s commitment to the Central Florida community and said West Orange County can expect the same. In their first two seasons, the Solar Bears have participated in more than 200 local events and made donations of more than $730,000 to approximately 400 non-profit organizations. According to Siegel, the players practice in the mornings, train in the afternoons
and then spend time doing activities like volunteering at area schools. Siegel said he is proud to bring the affordable family entertainment to Winter Garden and said in addition to the pro games, the facility will offer youth hockey games and tournaments, college and men’s leagues and figuring skating. The Solar Bears purchased 16 acres of land next to Duke Energy for the Orlando Hockey Center, a 125,000-squarefoot facility with two ice rinks and all of the corporate offices. The organization is now in the process of selecting a builder. The Richard DeVos family brought the Solar Bears to Orlando from 1995 to 2001. After an 11-year absence, Siegel said, the team “was brought back out of hibernation.”
my view by Jon Burke
Veteran sets heroic example Winston Churchill famously said, “We sleep at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.” I know one such man; he is a hero to me. He should be to everyone who lives in our community. He, and many others like him, do what many of us would never, and have never, considered. He risked his life for you, for me, and for people he has never met — all to keep this country safe and to protect our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It occurred to me, one morning, as I watched Josh Cope roll his wheelchair into 6 Levels, that I had no real concept of what giving your life for others might actually mean. We all have friends and family members for whom we would give our lives. But here’s the real question: How many of us would do it for someone we’ve never laid eyes on? Because that is, essentially, what soldiers do each and every day. They don’t know us. They don’t know that I yelled at the old guy who just cut me off in traffic. They don’t know that you impatiently cut in line to avoid the women with the basket full of groceries or rolled your eyes at the bag boy who just wanted to talk. They don’t know if we’re productive citizens or destructive citizens. These soldiers don’t ask for our credentials before they protect us; they simply do it. They don’t ask or care if we are nice, kind, considerate or otherwise. They have a job: It is to protect American citizens, whatever the cost. While serving as a sergeant in the U.S. Army, Cope was awarded with an Arcom for pulling a fellow soldier out of a burning Humvee while deployed in Iraq. It was during his second deployment in Baghdad that Sgt. Cope lost both legs and suffered serious injuries to his hands when the Humvee he was riding in
crossed over an armor-piercing IED. Two fellow soldiers in the vehicle with Josh lost their lives that day. So, it is here, as Josh rolls through my doors, that I feel humbled. Having this kind of respect for the man, it might seem odd that the first thing I do is place Josh in a choke hold. But that’s what he’s here for. This man, who has lost both legs to war, has arrived at my facility to challenge me. I can think of nothing better. If there was a moment of concern or compassion for his lack of limbs, it passed quickly. He isn’t here for sympathy, and he isn’t here to be coddled. He is a warrior, and he is here to remember that. The mat is filled with men and women, all here to challenge themselves, to better themselves, and, to some degree, prove something to themselves. Josh has been coming to train at 6 Levels Orlando for the past six months. Grand Master Helio Gracie created and fine-tuned the art of jujitsu for everyone, weak or strong, able-bodied or physically challenged. Josh doesn’t ever focus on what he has lost, but rather concentrates on what makes him stronger. I have a tremendous amount of respect for how much heart and passion that Josh has and the immense challenges that he has had to overcome. In Josh’s life, there are no shortage of possibilities in his future. He is currently attending Valencia College, working on his associate degree in culinary arts. He enjoys golfing, fishing, horseback riding, hunting and jujitsu. Difficulties and challenges in life happen for everyone. We can choose to give up, give in, or do like Josh, and give it all you’ve got. I’m proud to know him, train him and call him a friend. Jon Burke is the owner of The Six Levels in Winter Garden.
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Coyote attacks Winter Garden pets Several cats have gone missing in the Garden Heights neighborhood. WINTER GARDEN — A coyote near Lake Apopka in the Garden Heights neighborhood of Winter Garden has attacked at least three pets in the area, according to residents. “The house behind me, there’s a little forest that goes all the way back,” resident Jose Santiago said. “(A coyote) could feed and get water from there.” It seems the coyote is feeding on some cats that hang around the sidewalks of the neighborhood, Santiago said. “These people across the street from us have two cats,” he said. “After one night, my cat was lost and the coyote was out on the porch. They saw him walking down the sidewalk and got a good look at it.” Witnesses said the coyote looked like a big dog, at around 60 pounds, and had been present around 6 a.m. Wildlife data suggest coyotes rarely exceed 40 pounds. “They were really close to it,” Santiago said. “They were getting up and getting ready to go to work when they saw it close to the porch.” Coyotes are not native to Florida but to the Southwestern United States and other arid regions in South and Central America, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), which held a November meeting in Orange County about coyotes. Coyotes have expanded from 18 of 67 state counties in 1981 to 48 counties in 1988 and all 67 counties today. They have also expanded into every state but Hawaii. “I went to animal control
What to do when you see a coyote To scare away coyotes that approach too closely, Florida Wildlife Commission officials say people should wave their arms, shout and throw stones in their general direction. Continue to make noise at the coyote until it leaves, so it does not learn to wait for the noise to stop. Do not run away or initiate a close encounter. Hurting a coyote makes it likelier to defend itself. In areas with regular coyote encounters, pet owners should try to avoid walks from dusk to dawn and carry a noisemaker, even a large stick or club to tap.
myself, looking for my cat, because I never heard of a coyote here before,” Santiago said. “It’s a fluffy, white cat — and then another disappeared. The last person that saw the coyote has been going around warning the people.” Santiago did learn of coyotes in the Sanford area a couple of months ago, and he knows they are aggressively territorial about the areas in which they reside. “He (the coyote) is staying in his spot, this neighborhood,” Santiago said. “They are born and die around the same area. With the cats around and raccoons and possums, there’s an abundance of food for them.” That is part of why humans should not feed coyotes, which keep their distance from humans out of a natural fear, according to the FWC. Leaving crawl spaces
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cysts and high blood pressure would not interfere, but her poor balance might. Police arrested her on drunken driving charges. A breath test indicated a BAC of .160.
17000 block of West Colonial Drive. Narcotics Violation. At 4:52 p.m., Oakland Police responded to the scene of a car stopped in Lake County by a Lake County deputy. The car was involved in a hit-and-run around West Colonial Drive and Remington Road earlier that afternoon. Police asked the driver, whose door was half-open, whether he was all right; he said, “Yeah, I got into a fender-bender!” Police smelled marijuana and saw a container between the front seats as the suspect complied with a request to exit his vehicle. The driver said he did not give consent to search, but police found 26 small, clear baggies of marijuana in that container; a wooden pipe; a metal pipe with burnt marijuana; and 12 smoked blunts, altogether 40 grams. The driver said he had it in his car to keep track of what he smokes so he does not smoke it all. Police arrested him on these charges: cannabis possession with intent to sell, felonious possession of more than 20 grams of cannabis, leaving a crash scene without giving information for more than $50 of damage, driving a car with an expired tag more than six months, careless driving and no proof of insurance.
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ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL 17000 block of State Road 438. Drunken Driving. At a 5:37 a.m. security check, an officer found a car parked in the lot of a cycling shop. The driver was asleep with the engine running. She awoke and said she had been drinking at an Orlando bar she worked for, and that she was now at a bar on International Drive. Police had to repeat queries, and she provided inappropriate answers. She struggled to find documents and exit the car for sobriety tests. She said
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8000 block of West Colonial Drive. Theft. At 11:37 a.m., an officer followed up on security footage from a possible cell phone theft in January at a clothing store. Footage showed a woman slipping a cell phone from the cashier counter into her bag. She had returned to sell clothes to the store, where the manager recognized her as the woman who took the phone and took her information for the sale, but the woman then declined the sale and left. Police contacted the woman, who said she had not stolen the phone but was texting on it and holding it for safe keeping, because she did not trust the cashier with it. The woman placed the phone on a chair outside her home and did not answer the door when police recovered it and returned it to its owner. Police called again and asked her to sign a form stating she had relinquished the phone. She answered the door and signed, having no answer for not calling the police when she found it. Police charged her with grand theft.
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10000 block of West Colonial Drive. Theft. An officer met a superstore’s loss prevention associate around 1 p.m. regarding employee theft from the store. In January, two cashiers would help each other and unknown customers void scanned items and leave with goods without paying. Together, they stole $431.58 in merchandise, with video evidence from the associate, who will press grand and petit theft charges against the now-fired employees. An officer met one, who confessed to the crime.
unclosed or feeding them also can increase populations, and eliminating them only creates incentives for nearby populations to increase litter sizes and move in. Coyotes contribute to ecosystems by controlling populations of unwanted smaller predators, such as raccoons and even certain insects, but they also prey upon endangered species and compete with native species, such as bobcats and the endangered Florida panther. And even though they are just another species trying to make a home of the world, unfortunate situations such as Santiago’s can arise. If anyone experiences coyote problems, contact FWC’s Wildlife Alert at (888) 4043922. Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@ wotimes.com.
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The Ocoee Fire Department (stations 25, 26, 38 and 39) reported 125 calls for assistance from Feb. 12 to 18: Fires: 2 EMS: 93 Vehicle accidents: 6 Public service: 18 False alarms: 4
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The Ocoee Police Department reported 400 calls for service from Feb. 12 to 18: Arrests (adult): 20 Arrests (juvenile): 9 Assault/battery: 9 Burglary (residential and business): 2 Burglary (vehicle): 7 Child abuse: 3 Criminal mischief: 3 Drug violations: 6 DUI: 0 Homicide: 0 Robbery: 2 Sexual battery: 0 Thefts: 10 Vehicle accidents: 22 Vehicle thefts: 0 Missing/endangered adult: 0 Missing/runaway juvenile: 0
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The Windermere Police Department reported 89 calls for assistance from Feb. 9 to 15.
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The Winter Garden Fire Department (stations 22, 23 and 24) reported 107 calls for assistance from Feb. 15 to 21: Fires: 3 EMS: 73 Vehicle accidents: 4 Automatic fire alarms: 7 Public assistance: 5 Hazardous conditions: 4 Calls for service: 11
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The Winter Garden Police Department reported 443 calls for service from Feb. 12 to 18: Arrests (adult): 31 Arrests (juvenile): 0 Assault/battery: 6 Burglary (residential and business): 2 Burglary (vehicle): 1 Criminal mischief: 1 Drug violations: 11 DUI: 3 Robbery: 0 Sexual assault/battery: 0 Thefts: 9 Vehicle accidents: 18 Vehicle thefts: 1 Missing/runaway adult: 0 Missing/runaway juvenile: 1
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6A WOTimes.com OCOEE / PAGE 1A fore moving to McKey Street in 2004. In 2012, she sold her bookstore and then bought it back this January. The previous owner had turned the store around, but Dean had lost a once-strong rapport with her customers, which dropped in number from 1,500 to 600, she said. Many do not know she is back from volunteering with Matthew’s Hope and working for Meals on Wheels, but additions such as the merchants’ Facebook page that LeVan runs could help draw customers back, she said. “We formed a little merchants group, and we’re hoping somewhere in the very near future to have an antique fair and also an art fair,” Dean said. “Just work on some little things to get us started and get our feet off the ground.” That merchants association, which meets in West Side Mercantile & Brocante, has adopted the name McKey Street Downtown Ocoee Shopping District, composed of 30 locations along McKey Street. Some of the businesses have been on McKey Street for 16 years or more, such as Expressions, a hair salon, and Antiques & Uniques. Terry Lea Ivy, of Ivy Associates, is the woman Dean and other merchants credit with spearheading the campaign for the merchants to organize. “We need to kick some fannies and get things going,” Ivy said. “Everything’s going to be ‘Tomorrow, tomorrow.’” Johnson mentioned that a tie to the West Orange Trail, an appraisal and a property purchase, could be the only things keeping Ocoee officials from moving City Hall
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to downtown as part of the project to improve the area around State Road 429. Ivy and the merchants are among many in Ocoee who are discontent with the rate of progress downtown, slow to them compared with neighbors such as Winter Garden. Some lifelong Ocoee residents do not even know the historic downtown exists. “It’s wonderful for you all to be here and try,” Ivy said to the merchants. “I’ve been hearing promises for 50some years that I’ve owned that corner, and my family’s owned it before that. It’s still saying, ‘We’re going to do it.’ Well, Winter Garden put that beautiful thing in; what are they going to put down here? If they start putting in some two-bit thing here, I will absolutely have a conniption.” Ivy lamented how people were able to tear down old wooden homes in that area, citing progress, but she sees history as something to build on, not break down. “Commissioners have told me, ‘We’re not interested in history — we’re interested in moving forward,’” she said. “And I don’t agree with that. I’m still for the old oak trees in the middle of the road. That’s authentic. The new stuff isn’t authentic.” But if McKey Street could attract some new local restaurants instead of chains and entertainment venues like art galleries, those could add to authenticity and give people options they usually travel elsewhere for. For more on the shopping district, including a map created at resident business Portraits Now, visit facebook. com/pages/McKey-StreetDowntown-Ocoee-ShoppingDistrict/706517582756710.
PICK / PAGE 1A take a few years for the newest farm to be ready for substantial picking. In addition to the father-son team running the family business, Milton’s daughters, Hembree and Stacy Williams, run the office. Susan takes care of sales, marketing and auditing, and Stacy is in charge of office operations. Joining Scott in the farming is Kevin Laird. Tom West Blueberries offers the community a chance to pick their own fresh berries. Four blueberry varieties are available: Emerald, a large, sweet and crunchy berry; Jewel, a large, tart berry purchased mainly for commercial use; Primadonna, which is sweet and crunchy; and the Spring High, a large berry that is super-sweet early in the season. Wagons are available for pulling young children, and a tractor makes frequent sweeps around the farm for guests who have trouble managing the terrain but still want to pick their own berries. The price is $4 per pound. There is no entrance fee and no sampling fee — just in case you need to find out how sweet or tart the berry bush is. Already-picked fruit
SCHOOL / PAGE 1A That collaboration includes Safari Montage, a program at the district level that enables teachers to quickly and easily access multiple websites and move among them, as well as comply with new state standards, Pender said. “We’re very fortunate to have a brand new building built here … fresh and ready to have instruction,” she said. “We now have brand new technology, computers for students to use in class and computer labs.” The number of students the new building currently supports is around 630, whereas the old building had about 100 fewer, Pender said. “Our students are very excited about being here and
Blueberry farmer Kevin Laird gives a tractor tour of the Ocoee blueberry farm to members of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council. is available for purchase, too. The farm is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The U-Pick season runs from April 18 through June, “depending on God and Mother Nature,” Hembree said. The West family looks forward to warmer weather, because that’s when the blooms and the bees come out. Honeybees are rented and bumblebees are purchased to help with pollination. In the spring and early summer, the farm is a neighborhood destination for
some folks, many of whom walk there for the picking. Because it’s in an urban area, with Ocoee Middle and Elementary schools nearby, the Wests provide field trips for students, teaching them the basics of farm-to-grocerystore and what it takes to run a blueberry farm. They are also given clamshells so they can pick and take some berries with them. Customers don’t need to worry about those small shells, though. They have ac- Scott West and his grandfather, cess to larger buckets to col- Tom West, made the change lect their sweet (or tart) haul. from citrus to blueberries.
very proud of it,” she said. “They love the paint job; it’s just beautiful. Every different grade level has a different color, and that is on the instructional wall, where the SmartBoard is.” Painting was among the final steps for the new building, which officials decided to start developing plans and hiring contractors for about three years ago, Pender said. “They started (construction) in 2013, when they started renovating the terrain, and they were very dedicated in making sure the building would be done on time, and it was,” she said. “We’re at the same spot — they have flipped us. We used to be 115 Spring Lake Circle and are now 1105 Sarah Lee Lane; that’s the front of our
building now.” Crews altered the terrain of the old building and put in a water retention area after deconstructing that building and sorting through its former parts, Pender said. “We took possession (of the new building) around July 7 and started moving in that day,” she said. “What was unique about it is that when we moved to the building, there were four of us that went to unpack boxes and set up furniture, so everything would be in place for our teachers. The only challenge they had was learning to teach the new Florida state standards.” Those teachers have impressed Pender by their ability to adapt to those new standards. “They have deconstruct-
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Foundation Academy hosts learning development course National Institute for Learning Development instructors show teachers special techniques. WINTER GARDEN — With no knowledge of the National Institute for Learning Development (NILD) before Feb. 25, I was unsure what to expect when I walked into Foundation Academy that morning to examine part of a 45-hour, weeklong course for educators from across the country and world to support students with learning challenges. Within a half-hour, they blindfolded me. Todd Lambert, the cognitive educational therapist and Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment tactile trainer from the International Renewal Institute of Chicago leading the session, used me as a test subject to demonstrate a unit of the enrichment program to the educators. “The essence of this whole process is to be able to get to that thinking level,” said Valerie Lovegreen, speech language pathologist and cognitive specialist, “not math, science or an academic process, but to allow people to enhance the capacity to think and take in information efficiently by thinking it through and converting it to (another) form, being able to express themselves efficiently.” Lambert mediated while I learned tactile information on a page like Braille paper, creating mental images to improve my thinking skills. It started with feeling lines to determine borders and structure of the page, which I had seen at the front of the room and briefly examined while Lambert was lecturing. “This instrument is called ‘Facial Expressions,’ so everything we’re dealing with now is…faces,” Lambert said. “Now, I’m going to teach you…a strategy for exploration, called the tactile zoom. It’s a lot like that camera…you can zoom out to get a wide perspective, or you can zoom in to get that narrow perspective.” Lambert had me use my palm and fingers, not to scan for details but to get an idea of each of the six boxes I had seen earlier on the sheet and tactually identified, creating a system of reference. Unlike visual stimulation, which is simultaneous, tactile stimulation can be successive. It starts by building a whole and then
analyzing details. The student in me wanted to race through what I already knew — the page had six boxes, each with a face of a differing number of details, like a “How to Draw Comics” tutorial — to finish faster, but Lambert’s steady, soothing instructions enabled me to relax and answer prompts one-byone. He moved my hand from the topleft box — a blank oval representing the start of a head — to the top-center box, which had more features, and I told him there was a lot more when he asked whether it was similar. “That’s OK — we don’t even need to worry about that ‘lot more’ yet,” Lambert said. “We just want to know, basically — this is our wide lens — is it kind of like the first box?” He then moved my hand to the other four boxes and asked whether something similar was there — yes. He summed what I had learned at a macro level before getting to details. It was not a race or about finishing but learning techniques I could apply for learning in my life. I mentioned I had been diagnosed with ADD and taking medication based on extensive observation and psychiatry for many years. “Welcome to my world,” Lambert said. “I also have ADD. I took medication for a long time, but this program allowed me to build the strategies I needed to stop taking the medication and to be able to deal with my ADD (and distractions) through different sensory channels and build the strategies I needed to be…that kind of learner I wanted to be.” For instance, based on what I had seen, I knew the ovals I was feeling represented heads. “That’s what our learners are learning right away: Seeing isn’t just with our eyes,” Lambert said. “We have these little eyeballs in our hands and fingers, and that’s what I’m teaching you to use.” I felt the faces and used comparisons, memory and elimination to determine their order, from blank face to all features. As I went, Lambert put magnets on the boxes I had ordered, as if crossing them off a list. “In ADD, we get lost in that detail,”
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Above: Valerie Lovegreen, left, and Todd Lambert led the NILD session at Foundation Academy with coordination from Ruth Ann Farmer, the school’s NILD and support services director.
The “Facial Expressions in Tactile Modality” exercise requires students to make blind deductions using touch. he said. “We have trouble deciding what’s relevant and what’s not. But here in tactile, you very quickly made a decision that lessens your cognitive load and helps you to stay focused.” As I continued, Lambert said I was excelling, and he used that to teach proper confidence mediation as students succeed or fail. “As a mediator, you want to jump in there, but you can’t — you’ve got to let him go,” Lambert said. “It’s so easy to over-mediate in these instances, but he’s doing so well, I’m going to wait until he’s made maybe some sort of error he can’t overcome before I say something, or…until he finishes a certain strategy and then give him some feedback on how it could be more efficient…or until I see him become frustrated. Emotion messes up our cognition. We teach them to become aware of that emotion, and then we mediate a strategy to move through that emotion, so we don’t block and so we continue to think in that clear and efficient way.” Each person thinks and learns differently, so each might approach tasks differently, he said. Lambert
suggested superordination — comparative focus on one trait, not an image of a whole face. My task was determining order by faces’ number of features. It reminded me of facial tests for my psychiatrist, but those involve matching faces by features seen, not tactile differentiation. “Originally, this program was intended for blind and visually impaired learners,” Lambert said. “But we’ve discovered that, for people with ADD, this helps us learn how to filter out those distractions that come with vision, so that we can build better mental representations…to work on the world around us.”
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Lambert then indicated how I had hyper-focused on his voice and the page, a strategy this type of learning can build for him and many learners who struggle to hyper-focus. Other beneficiaries of this program include the dyslexic, elderly, impulsive, those with autism and with brain injuries or PTSD, and people struggling to organize, read, verbalize thoughts or integrate senses, Lambert said. For all, it changes and fixes neurons in the brain and how they work — more efficiently. “It’s about stimulating their minds in ways they aren’t used to, because this is a multi-sensory approach to gathering information, elaborating
and communicating responses,” Lambert said. When students lose focus, Lambert applies these principles to sound, causing disrupted students to focus on an abnormal sound, such as an animal noisemaker, drawing their attention back to the educator. Everyday and even gifted learners can benefit from this tool. “When I was in elementary school, my teachers always said I was such a gifted learner,” Lambert said. “I never felt like a gifted learner. Once we got to higher grades, when I had to do homework and stay organized, my ADD took over, and I wasn’t this gifted child anymore, but everyone still called me that, and that gap just grew. I would just see something and know something, but only in certain domains — my knowledge didn’t extend into other domains.” Some parents think gifted children need less direction, which Lambert thinks is terrible. “While I was often called a gifted child, I didn’t receive what I really needed,” he said. “That didn’t become apparent until I really needed it, in high school and college. I didn’t go back for higher education until I was 38. I actually got kicked out for academic non-compliance — I couldn’t finish my assignments. This program enabled me…to go back and get my master’s degree.” Like Lambert, adults always said I was a gifted learner. I took gifted classes through elementary school, whizzing through math. But I recall two glaring times in first grade I lost focus and suffered academically and emotionally: Once, I spaced out for worksheet instructions until I noticed classmates rising around the room to submit theirs, pressuring myself to finish in time. Another time, I could not focus on object details to recall minutes later for a drawing, leading to tears. Lambert and I wish we had this tool while we were students, because it could have changed our lives. “Not to say that I’m not in a good place now — I’m exactly where I need to be,” Lambert said, “but it could’ve been nice, if you think about those kids who fall through the cracks, who may not have fallen through the cracks with this kind of work.” Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@wotimes.com.
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Above: Haley Blasko, 3, navigated her way through this inflatable obstacle course. Right: Whispering Oak students braved some wild rides at this year’s carnival.
CARNIVAL CRAZE Students at Whispering Oak Elementary School enjoyed an evening of old-fashioned family fun at the Parent-Teacher Organization’s School Carnival Feb. 27 at the school. Kids of all ages enjoyed a plethora of rides and inflatable obstacle courses. They also earned gold coins by playing carnival-style games and redeemed them for all sorts of toys and goodies.
Caden Lourdel, 11, made it to the top of the rock-climbing wall.
Above: Nico Rodriguez loved the view from the top of this inflatable obstacle course. Left: Isabella Blesso, 7, tried her luck at this Plinkoinspired game.
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Olympia High hosts fifth annual rummage sale for Relay for Life National Honor Society students at Olympia High School hosted their fifth annual Rummage for Relay, a rummage sale for Relay for Life, the morning of March 7. All proceeds from the event benefited the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Shoppers purchased clothes, small appliances, decorations, children’s toys, jewelry, games, movies and more. For more from this event, please visit wotimes.com.
Above: Olivia Jacoby helped fold and sort clothes. Right: Abram Hernandez got this bike as a present for being Student of the Month.
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Cornell University’s rowing teams recently spent three weeks training at Camp Ithiel in Gotha.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ROWERS CRUISE INTO CAMP ITHIEL Rowers from Cornell University, as well as New York’s middle- and high-school Saratoga Rowing Clubs, recently visited West Orange for some intense training. Camp Ithiel, in Gotha, hosted the secondary-school students for one week, while the Cornell rowers spent three weeks at the West Orange facility. The athletes and coaches travel from north to south to train together before rowing season begins. Because Lake Fischer — the lake behind the camp — is too small for rowing, students row at nearby Lake Down. Every day, the rowers awoke before dawn to train and then returned to the camp to eat, relax, exercise and enjoy some recreation. Camp Director Mike Neff and the athletic coaches have developed good relationships with one another over the years.
+ Retired educators to meet in April The Orange County Retired Educators Association will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 2, at College Park United Methodist Church, 644 W. Princeton St., Orlando, for a program titled, “Nutrition for Longevity,” by the Florida Hospital Diabetes Center. Anyone who has worked in education is invited to join. For more information, visit ocrea-fl.org or call (407) 6770446.
+ Chamber opens scholarship process The West Orange Chamber of Commerce is still accepting applications for the Danniel J. Petro/West Orange Chamber of Commerce Scholarship. The recipient must:
• Be a dependent of a chamber member business owner or of an employee of a chamber member business; • Reside in one of the chamber’s service-area communities: Dr. Phillips, Gotha, Horizon West, Lake Avalon, MetroWest, Oakland, Ocoee, Orlo Vista, Pine Hills, Windermere and Winter Garden; and • Be a senior attending a chamber member high school and looking to further his or her education at Valencia College (any campus), Westside Tech or the University of Central Florida. Student recipients will be awarded $1,000 scholarships; the number of recipients will be dependent upon the amount of money available in the scholarship fund at the time of the award. Any unspent money will be allo-
cated to the following year. Two student recipients will be awarded $2,500 scholarships from the Petro Family Foundation. All interested students must complete the online application (available at wochamber.com/images/ uploads/ads/scholarship_ app_2014-2015.pdf) and return it to the West Orange Chamber of Commerce, 12184 W. Colonial Drive, Winter Garden, Florida, 34787, Attn: Kelly Carney; or via email at KCarney@ wochamber.com. The application and all supporting materials must be received no later than March 20. For more information, call (407) 656-1304, Ext. 5.
+ MVA students donate blankets Instead of enjoying Valentine’s Day parties, students at Montverde Academy Lower School opted to use the allotted party time to create fleece blankets to donate to the Greater Clermont Cancer Foundation. The organization is a non-profit foundation that supports citizens of South Lake County as they cope with the emotional and financial aspects of dealing with cancer.
Ocoee High School FFA Chapter President Megan Pearce plans to attend the University of Florida in the fall.
+ Ocoee senior wins scholarship Ocoee High School senior and president of the Ocoee High FFA Chapter Megan Pearce was selected as one of
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Tildenville Elementary School’s National Elementary Honor Society students organized a cannedfood drive to support those in need. The students collected 650 pounds of canned food that they donated to Bread of Life Fellowship in Winter Garden. three recipients of this year’s Central Florida Fair Youth Scholarship. Pearce received a $2,500 scholarship toward her college in the fall. She plans to attend the University of Florida and major in pre-veterinary studies.
+ Ocoee Middle to host track tryouts Ocoee Middle School will host tryouts for its track team March 16 to 19. Round one will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, March 16, and from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17. A list of the students who make it to the second round will be posted by 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 18. Round two will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, and from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19. A list of the students who make the team will be posted by 10 a.m. Friday, March 20. Students must have a completed OCPS athletics physical to try out. Extra physicals can be picked up at the main office. It is highly recommended that students attend all four days of tryouts.
SunRidge Elementary students Addison and Jackson Hayes are among those participating in the PTO’s Shoe Drive. Old shoes will be recycled in a variety of ways, including helping people in other countries who do not have simple footwear.
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+ W.O. Seniors The West Orange Seniors recently presented local charities West Orange Habitat for Humanity, Seniors First Inc. Meals on Wheels, Bread of Life Fellowship Inc. and Matthew’s Hope Ministries with donations of $1,000 each to be put back into the community. The West Orange Seniors were happy to present the donations to representatives from each group at its luncheon last month.
+ Clermont Toastmasters The Clermont Toastmasters recently congratulated Donald Toldson for winning first place in International Speech, Tom Stone for second place in International Speech and Dee Melvin as Contest Master during the speech contest at the Feb. 16 meeting. The group also praised Joyce Prakke and Tom Stone for receiving the first- and second-place awards in Table Topics, respectively. All winners will advance to the Area Contest, to be held March 14 at the Cooper Memorial Library. The Clermont Toastmasters meet at 6:30 p.m. every Monday at the Seventhday Adventist Church, 100
WEST ORANGE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB Results from Feb. 26 N-S: 1. N. Fortin – S. Landis 2. J. and R. Jett 3. L. and T. Saulino 4/5 tied S. Kmiec – M. Ryan, J. DeLoach – N. Velden; E-W: 1. B. Shelton – M. Guthrie 2. V. Oberaitis – J. Muzeni 3. M.A. and G. Cummings 4. J. McCrady – B. Van Buren 5. L. and J. Pylman.
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+ Rotary Club of Winter Garden West Orange Civitan Club President Cindy Baker, left, gathered with newly installed Ocoee High School Junior Civitan Club officers Michael Soapes (junior civitan adviser), Christi Dillard (junior president), Leif Dodel (junior vice president), Sonia Balkaran (junior secretary), Alissa Mahadeo (junior treasurer) and Jasmine Cornileus (junior director). Not in attendance were Brenda Ramirez (junior historian) and Sirena Amori (junior director). Minnehaha Ave., Clermont. For more information, call 352-234-6495.
+ Pastfinders Genealogical Society of South Lake The Pastfinders Genealogical Society of South Lake will hold its monthly meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in room 208 at the Cooper Memorial Library, 2525 Oakley Seaver Drive, Clermont. The program for the evening will feature author Joanie H. Schirm, who will speak about her book, “Adventurers Against Their Will.” The book is based on 400 World War II letters that Schirm’s father hid away after the war, telling a tale of survival, escape and connection. Schirm was selected as winner of the 2013 Global E-book for best biography after publishing her ebook. The Pastfinders invite anyone with an interest or experience in pursuing genealogy research of their families to attend its meetings. Visitors and possible new members are always welcome. No genealogy research experience is needed. In addition, free classes are frequently offered and provide information on how to use genealogy forms during research, how to effectively use the U.S. Census and various state censuses or simply general help for those who are
experiencing a road block in their findings. The next Computer Users Group class takes place at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in room 221 at the library. During the meeting, participants will learn new tricks to grow their genealogy and computer skills. Upcoming General Help classes take place from 9:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 5; 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 17; 9:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 19; 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 24; and 9:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 26, in the Genealogy Room at the library. Guests should bring their genealogy information. Basic Genealogy Forms and Other Research Forms classes take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 4, and Wednesday, March 18, in the Genealogy Room. Attendees should take a notebook, pencil and any family data. For more information about the Pastfinders Genealogical Society or upcoming programs, call (352) 989-4469.
+ Junior Civitan Club The Junior Civitan Club at Ocoee High School recently installed its new officers and new members, including Michael Soapes (junior civitan adviser), Christi Dillard (junior president), Leif Dodel (junior vice president), Sonia Balkaran (junior secretary), Alissa Mahadeo (junior trea-
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Gather your wildest imagination to create a movie backdrop, murals, and signs! Explore lines and shapes, colors and textures, while working with a variety of art materials (paint, chalk, etc.) to show emphasis, perspective and proportions. Have fun working in groups and on your own; designing and enlarging projects you will treasure. Come join the fun!
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Combine your wildest imagination with a variety of natural materials such as sticks and stones, as well as man-made items and art supplies to build fun sculptural pieces. Create an inside space with mobiles and vertical art projects, and let your art take root in SOBO’s outdoor garden space for all to see. Painting and understanding elements of design and use of space are emphasized.
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CHINA. Southwest Orlando resident Ed Sabis shared the West Orange Times with Shanghai, China, residents at a local Chamber of Commerce restaurant-opening event. We always are accepting submissions for our Travelin’ Times photo contest. Entering is easy! Just snap a photo of you with the paper at your destination of choice and email it to Community Editor Amy Quesinberry Rhode, aqrhode@wotimes.com. Include the names of everyone in the photo, where it was taken and a phone number at which we can reach you. You also can mail or drop off the photo to: West Orange Times, 720 S. Dillard St., Winter Garden 34787. Call the newspaper office at (407) 656-2121 with questions.
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THURS., MARCH 12 Dr. Phillips High School Theatre Magnet Presents “The Mousetrap” — 7 p.m. March 12 to 14 and 3 p.m. March 15, at Dr. Phillips High School, 6500 Turkey Lake Road, Orlando. This production of Agatha Christie’s award-winning comedy is directed by magnet instructor Jeff Perino and will be performed in the brand new Studio Theatre. For more information, updates and to purchase tickets, visit dphs. ocps.net and “Like” the group’s Facebook page.
WED. MARCH 18 Florida Film Academy Puppet Workshop — 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday March 18, at the academy, 270 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Create your own puppet and learn how to bring it to life on the big screen with John Kennedy. Kennedy has voiced many famous puppet characters, worked on numerous Muppet productions and created original characters for NBC, Universal Studios and more. Cost is $25 per child. For more, visit flfilmacademy. com.
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THURS., MARCH 19 Table for Two — 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Windermere Branch Library, 530 Main St., Windermere. Award-winning cookbook author Warren Caterson will share kitchen tips, cooking hints and humorous anecdotes about the joys and challenges of cooking. He will also demonstrate how to easily cook for two using fresh and readily available ingredients. A book sale and signing will follow the program. For more information, visit tablefortwocookbooks. com. Teen Art Adventures: CD Scratch Art — 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the West Oaks Branch library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Learn how to create a special wall hanging from recycled CDs. All supplies will be provided. Ages 11through18 are welcome. For more information, call (407) 835-7323.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 31 Garden Theatre 2015 Spring Classes: ABCs of Acting — 4:15 to 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays, March 31 through May 19, at the theater, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. An acting class for self-expression and self-confidence, this class encourages each child in a relaxed and positive environment. The class will end in a mini-performance. Tuition is $250; class is open to children ages 7 to 12. To register, visit gardentheatre.org.
Ocoee’s winter drumline utilizes many different percussion instruments to perform its music. Drumline instructor J.D. Ralph likens these components to part of the human body — and all are important in creating the ensemble’s complete sound.
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SNARES Noah Grace (show soloist, captain) Chris Jimenez (captain’s assistant) Kegan Sulkowski TENORS Katie Alexander (show soloist) Connor Haugen BASS DRUMS Austin Muniz Sebastian Orrego Kara Owens (doubles as vocal soloist in show) CYMBALS Jayle Garcia Kensie Thomas
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Snare drummers Chris Jimenez, Noah Grace and Kegan Sulkowski provide the “backbone” to the drumline’s sound.
MALLETS Kacy Cartwright Logan Hall Kevin Mayfield (secretary) Nicole Peery Tyler Perez Jayme Poitevien (lead soloist outside of show) Ryce Robinson KEYBOARD AND SOUNDBOARD Jacob Crabtree (captain’s assistant) TIMPANI Brianna Bomia AUXILIARY PERCUSSION Najae Forrester John Garber STAFF Drumline instructor: J.D. Ralph Band director: Bernard Hendricks Jr. Arranger: James Watson
Ocoee High School’s winter drumline is one of the only ensembles of its kind in Orange County. This weekend, they will perform before the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra at the Rotary Club of Winter Garden’s “Evening at the Pops” concert. OCOEE — Outside, the Ocoee High School campus is quiet. The massive parking lot is nearly empty, and the lights in all the classrooms have been turned off. But, from inside the school’s cafeteria, Morgan Freeman’s instantly recognizable voice booms. Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. It’s the opening lines of William Ernest Henley’s classic poem, “Invictus.” In West Orange, it’s serving also as the opening of Ocoee High’s indoor percussion ensemble’s 2015 competition show. For the uninitiated, visual performing-arts organization Winter Guard International developed indoor percussion as a competitive division in 1992. The format — combining the precision and technical demand of marching percussion with other, more theatrical artistic expressions such as acting, singing and dancing — has continued to rise in popularity in the last decade. Ocoee’s line, called Echo Percussion, is now in its fourth season, and instructor
J.D. Ralph says the line has become a favorite among his students. “Initially, it was started as a way to keep the playing skills up,” he says. “Now, it’s the centerpiece of the program.” Without the setting of halftime under Friday Night Lights, the world of indoor percussion has remained largely a mystery to anyone not directly connected to the marching arts or related to someone who is. That’s why Ralph — himself a veteran percussionist, educator and member of the Orlando Magic Drumline — is particularly excited for Saturday night, when Echo Percussion will perform before the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra at the Rotary Club of Winter Garden’s “Evening at the Pops” concert. “It’s drumline, choir, dancing and drama all rolled into one,” Ralph says. “The struggle (with recruiting new students) has been that no one knows about it. Until they see it, they didn’t even know it existed.” Sure, Echo Percussion’s 2015 “Invictus” show features plenty of drumming chops to make marching-band aficionados grin from ear to ear. But, the theatrics — including
MARCHING SNARE “Snares are my backbone, the skeletal structure that defines everything else,” Ralph says. “Without them, we do not stand.”
MARCHING TENORS AND BASS DRUMS “Tenors and bass drums are like the meat on the bones,” Ralph says. “They fill out the skeleton and make it more appealing/pleasing to the ear, as well as move things along.”
CYMBALS “Cymbals are kind of like the shirt you put on,” Ralph says. “It’s not a necessity, but no one like to see you with out one. They also add color to our high end.”
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Because complicated drum passages often whiz by in just a few seconds, it sometimes can be hard for audiences to discern just what the drummers are playing. But, many of those passages are built upon simple exercises that anyone can do.One of those is called “Eight on a Hand,” J.D. Ralph says. Bending from only the wrist, strike the drum or whatever you’re practicing on (a pillow is a good suggestion) eight times with your right hand and then eight times with your left. Keep repeating this until you feel comfortable with it and hear a solid consistency throughout all strikes, then you speed it up a tad. Do this for 10 minutes a day, every day, for 30 days to dramatically increase hand speed. “It becomes very repetitive and redundant, but that’s a big part of what we do,” Ralph says. “Being a good percussionist starts slowly and takes a lot of time.”
MELODIC INSTRUMENTS “Mallets and electronics (melodics) are your face and eyes,” Ralph says. “This is what connects you with your audience. They give the music emotion and purpose. If there were no melodics, the music would have no context and, therefore, wouldn’t make any sense.”
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PERCUSSION / PAGE 13A carefully choreographed drill, solos and props — allow the drumline to tell a deep, emotionally charged story. The group started working on the music for this year’s competition show last November. Ralph installed the drill in January, and the line has been slowly building the show since then. “We’ve gone from our first year always coming in last place to winning first places now,” Ralph says. “The thing about this group is that they all have a lot of heart and spunk.” And a willingness to work. At a recent rehearsal, Ralph and the line worked for more than an hour to install a series of movements that total less than 20 seconds of show time. But, that’s the kind of work required when the goal is perfection. Furthermore, Ralph says, the drumline has given him a platform to teach more than just music. Each of the ensemble’s twice weekly rehearsals begins and ends with
recitation of the drumline’s mission. Its members also do morale calls, reminding their colleagues about the power of hard work, discipline and more. “We do this every day to let the kids know why we are here, and what we are doing this for,” Ralph says. For its upcoming performance at “Evening at the
Pops,” the drumline will be performing, among other pieces, selections from “The Chronicles of Narnia.” The group also will be performing at its Family and Friends Knight, scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, March 16, at the high school, 1925 Ocoee Crown Point Parkway, Ocoee. Contact Michael Eng at meng@wotimes.com.
Logan Hall is a member of the drumlin’s pit section.
PHILHARMONIC PLAYING CLASSICS IN WINTER GARDEN The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra is bringing another sunset performance to the shores of Lake Apopka on Saturday evening. The 12th annual Evening at the Pops begins at 6:30 p.m. at Newton Park, behind Tanner Hall, 29 W. Garden Ave., Winter Garden. The concert is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Winter Garden. Attendees can bring their own chairs or blankets to sit comfortably under the stars during the show. Vendors, including Axum Coffee, Winter Garden Pizza Company, Catering’s Best (barbecue) and Ms. Bee’s, will be selling food and snacks. The Winter Garden Rotary is selling sodas, water, beer and wine.
An instrument petting zoo starts at 4:30 p.m., and children are invited to visit the tent and play the instruments. From 5-6 p.m., Ocoee High School’s Echo Percussion will perform on the back porch of Tanner Hall. This is the school’s percussion group, and it competes statewide. General admission tickets are $10; children under 12 get in free. VIP tickets are $75 and include dinner by alFresco, desserts by Euro Bake World, complimentary wine and beer, martinis by Pilars, live preshow entertainment, preferred parking, reserved balcony seating for concert and access to Tanner Hall (which has air-conditioning and restrooms). Raffle tickets will
IF YOU GO ROTARY CLUB OF WINTER GARDEN’S “EVENING AT THE POPS” WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14 WHERE: Newton Park, 29 Garden Ave., Winter Garden, DETAILS: The Ocoee High School Echo Percussion winter drumline will perform before the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra TICKETS: $10 INFORMATION: (407) 8775440 be available for $20 in the VIP area only. For general ticket information, contact Patty Anthony at (407) 616-1189 or patty@elderadv.com. For VIP ticket information,
contact Sheri Loiacono at (407) 468-2025 or sheriloveshomes@gmail.com. All tickets can be purchased at Winter Garden City Hall, the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation’s new research center, Garden Music Center and the Garden Theatre Box Office. Tickets will also be available at the gate Saturday. “This is truly a community event that the Rotary Club of Winter Garden does and, in years past, has raised well over $10,000 for West Orange local charities to include: West Orange Scholarship Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs, Matthew’s Hope, Heritage Foundation, HAPCO and many more,” Loiacono said. — Amy Quesinberry Rhode
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TIPS FROM THE PROS by David Haynes | Contributing Writer
How to shoot in the Florida sun ABOUT THE COLUMNIST
Photographer and cinematographer David Haynes has travelled the world capturing iconic images for organizations such as National Geographic and the BBC. His work can be seen in magazines, newspapers, on book covers and in private collections. Now he’s sharing his skills with us in a new “cut and keep” column on everyday photography.
Everybody loves the Florida sunshine, but it isn’t always the best light for taking pictures of people. Around midday, strong, overhead sunshine casts shadows into the eyes of your subject, giving them a distinct “panda” look. Couple that with people squinting in the bright light, strong contrast and desat-
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The best option is to diffuse the bright overhead sun. Here, I’ve used a white photographic umbrella held over his head — giving a soft wash of light over his face and shoulders. There is still some shape to the light — creating a gradient across his face and ensuring the image has some dimension.
urated colors, and even the most beautiful model needs a little help. So here are some simple tips to improve things — note I’ve shot these as head and shoulder portraits to highlight the effect of lighting on the face — but the same principle applies to full body or group shots.
The same effect could be achieved with a white sheet. Notice also how the shadows are opened up behind him with the lower contrast compared to ...
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Same shot without the umbrella diffusor! High contrast, dense shadows in the background and the classic “panda” look! If you don’t have a diffusor — or someone to hold it — then shade is your friend ...
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The quick and easy option is to simply place your subject with their back to the sun. This gives a glow or rim light around them, eases the bright light into their eyes and removes the panda eye look. Try and find a darker background — such as distant trees — so the image isn't a harsh wash of light with just your subject at the right exposure. Sunlit trees are always good for this as they create beautiful soft highlights when out of focus.
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Stand your subject just within the edge of some shade — from a building or patio umbrella for example. This takes all the harshness out of the light — but notice the blown out background? That’s because the camera is exposing for his face, which is now darker than the bright sun on the background, and it can distract from your subject. So ...
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By turning around and shooting into the shade there isn’t as much of a clash of lighting from the background.
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Same shot — but this time using a reflector to bounce light back into his face. This increases the amount of light on him creating greater contrast with the rest of the scene — helping him to “pop” more from the background — and it creates a catchlight in his eyes, which can add a little “life” to the portrait. You can use a professional reflector system or just a cheap sheet of white foam core or card.
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Another option — taking advantage of natural shade. Standing in the dappled shade of a tree — sun behind him and the tree. Again, we have moved around to find a darker background and used a white card to bounce a tiny amount of light into his face — it doesn’t make much difference to overall light levels but does appear as a catchlight in the eyes. Dappled shade sometimes means there are still bright highlights falling on your subject — just ensure they aren't on their face creating hotspots and you still have a nice photo. Because there’s so much light bouncing
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Gazing out across Lake Apopka early on a gray morning offers a quiet sense of peace. In solitude, it’s easy to clear your mind of its trivial whirring as you watch the soft ripples disappear into the shoreline. The family of Trina Stanford Lummus shared this view of the lake, probably taken from the northern end of Tubb (Fourth) Street in Oakland. A T-form dock juts out into the water today, but at one time — almost a hundred years ago — a two-story pavilion in the title role; Michael Lynch as The Artful Dodger; Kelly Smith as Fagin; Kristin Garrison and Jerry Price as the undertaking Sowerberrys; and David Fleming as a sinister Bill Sikes. Marian Wagster was musical director; Helen Farnsworth, accompanist; Cindy King, choreographer; and Sam Wagster, creator of the eye-catching sets.
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occupied the pier, and music was played there and dances held. It’s easy to imagine young couples courting demurely along the railing. Parts of the old structure can be seen in the shallows along the water’s edge today. The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, which seeks to preserve our heritage and architecture while creating new cultural experiences, is celebrating its third decade with the debut of its new History Research and Education Center. season as president of the Dr. Phillips-Windermere Little League. Students of West Orange High School art teacher Rod Reeves had their drawings and paintings of late 19th-century American Victorian houses exhibited in the Board Room of the Orange County Schools. Congratulations to WOHS junior John Barber, who has been selected to attend the intern program sponsored by Sen. Bill Nelson in Washington, D.C.
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Norma Louise Baker Friel
Norma Louise Baker Friel, 89, of Palm Bay, passed away Friday, March 6, 2015, at her residence. She was born January 31, 1926, in Phil Campbell, Alabama, to the late Charles and Jessie Harris Frost. She is also preceded in death by her two husbands, Curtis Baker and Stanley Friel; her sister, Beatrice Harding; and her brother, Virgil Frost. Norma created custom draperies, worked in the citrus industry and was a cashier. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Sebastian. She is survived by her two sons, Norvin (JoAnna) Baker and Donald (Rosemary) Baker; two sisters, Inez Tersigno of Ocoee and Janette Baird of Ft. Myers; one brother, Wayne Frost of California; eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; plus numerous nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends Thursday, March 12, 2015, from 5-7 pm at Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home in Winter Garden. Funeral services will be Friday, March 13, 2015, 1 pm at the Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her name to Trinity Broadcast Network, P.O. Box A, Santa Ana, CA 92711.
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Timothy Joseph Lemp
On March 4, 2015, Timothy Joseph Lemp (57) lost his courageous battle with breast cancer while surrounded by his loving family. When Tim was born on April 18, 1957, in Winter Garden, Florida, little did anyone realize that he would, for many, become the face of breast cancer in men.
Tim was a warm, witty, charismatic, giving person who put a smile on everyone’s face just by walking into the room. He will be remembered for the joy he brought to all of the lives he touched: joy through his continual unselfish acts of kindness shown to his family, friends and even strangers; joy through his uncanny and irresistible sense of humor; joy through being the incredible husband, father, brother, son, cousin, uncle and friend that we all loved dearly and held in high regard. Tim lived life to the fullest. He enthusiastically embraced new adventures, whether it was jumping from a plane, scuba diving, motorcycling, boating, skiing and excelled at everything he attempted. Although Tim will be remembered for his outstanding athletic abilities and love for all
things sports, he will especially be remembered for his passion for golf and his avid enthusiasm for FSU. Our lives won’t be the same without him. Tim will be missed, but we are comforted with the knowledge that our loss is his gain and we will see him again. Tim is survived by his loving wife, Brandi; children, Ross -Senior Airman USAF (Hailey) and Allison (Craig); grandson, Jackson; father, Rev. Reynold Lemp (Maryann); four sisters, Liz (Mike), Lydia, Sharon (Craig) and Debbie (Scott); 10 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Anne. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made in Tim’s honor to the Florida Cancer Specialist Foundation, 5202 Paylor Lane, Sarasota, FL 34240 – Donations can be made online at foundation.flcancer. com/donate/. Celebrations of Tim’s life will be held in Tim’s honor. Information on services can be found at Facebook.com/ lempfla.
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+ Riller among Mr. Basketball finalists Voting for the Florida Dairy Farmers Mr. Basketball award will begin this week as winners for the respective eight classifications will be determined. Ocoee senior Grant Riller is among the nominees for player of the year in Class 8A. Winning coaches and players in the respective classifications will advance to a second round of voting to determine the overall coach of the year and this year’s Mr. Basketball.
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track and field by Steven Ryzewski | Sports Editor
Dr. Phillips track and field teams thriving The respective programs for the Panthers have placed first at each event they have participated in so far this spring, and the boys team is ranked atop the state. ALTAMONTE SPRINGS — Dominant. It’s really the only way to describe the boys and girls track and field programs for Dr. Phillips so far this season. As the programs near the halfway point of the spring season, the Panthers boys team is ranked No. 1 across all classifications by FlRunners. com, and both the boys team and the girls team have placed first at every meet they’ve competed in — with the two programs sweeping top-team honors at the Lake Brantley Classic this past weekend. Husband and wife Jorge and Angie Fleitas lead the two programs and, as Jorge Fleitas
sees it, the boys team is simply reaping the rewards of a work ethic that is focused on a team state title. “I think we have a nice little core group of guys that are really working hard every day,” Jorge Fleitas said. “They really are anxious for that state meet to come.” The team includes several standouts — from sprinter Alvin Bryant Jr. to Vernon Walker and Emare Hogan, among plenty of others. But while few doubt the Panthers’ talent, it is still important for Dr. Phillips’ boys team to have a leader who can keep his teammates focused while thriving, individually.
“Jamari Smith is our leader — he’s a senior, he’s our 400-meter runner, and he’s our core,” Jorge Fleitas said. “The team builds around him.” On the girls’ side of things, Angie Fleitas said the continuity coming with her second year of coaching the team has helped her squad aim high. “Getting to know me, and then getting to know each other and coming together as a team, is what’s really helping us,” Angie Fleitas said. Alahni Wood, a junior, has been a leader for the girls team, specializing in the 100-meter hurdles, triple jump and long jump.
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Dr. Phillips’ Alahni Wood is a leader for the girls team and won first place over the weekend in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump. “Alahni is definitely one of my leaders; she’s a captain,” Angie Fleitas said. “She’s very versatile, so it works out in our favor.” Though both teams are on fire as of late, they will each be
2015 FHSAA WRESTLING FINALS by Steven Ryzewski | Sports Editor
The boys and girls tennis programs for Olympia High School are a combined 24-1 this season after both teams defeated Gateway on Monday. The boys team, which won its match 7-0, is 13-0, and the girls team is 11-1 after a 7-0 victory.
+ Foundation girls tennis drops a close one
+ WO water polo teams top Ocoee The boys and girls water polo teams at West Orange scored rivalry victories on Monday, with both Warrior squads beating the Ocoee Knights. The West Orange boys defeated Ocoee 16-3, to improve to 7-5 on the season. The Warrior girls defeated the Knights 19-0, to improve to 8-5.
+ CFCA baseball splits with Foundation It took an extra inning, but CFCA baseball (5-9) scored a 7-6 win over Foundation Academy on Monday to square things up in the season series between the two district rivals. Ish Hernandez had the walk-off single for the Eagles and Luke Noah went 3-for-4 at the plate. The Lions (5-3) defeated CFCA earlier this season,
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Ocoee baseball looks to bounce back
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The girls tennis team at Foundation Academy was edged in an exciting match by Montverde Academy on Monday, 4-3. With the defeat, the Lions’ record this season is now 4-2. Sami Vincent and Macy Glance won their respective singles matches and paired together for the first time to win a doubles match, also.
tested this coming weekend at the Brian Jaeger Classic on Saturday at Showalter Field in Winter Park. The event is invite-only and will include some of the other top programs in the region.
The Knights dropped both games to nationally ranked Olympia last week, but the team’s pitching has been strong.
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Area wrestlers competing at the state meet in Kissimmee include, clockwise from top left, Dr. Phillips’ Dylan Meeks and Tajh Glemaud, Olympia’s Tyler Ingle, Ocoee’s George Schanck and Jules Joseph and West Orange’s Chris Briscoe.
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A total of six area wrestlers advanced to the state finals in Kissimmee on Friday and Saturday, with Dr. Phillips, Ocoee, Olympia and West Orange all represented. There are a few different ways one can choose to look at the state championships for wrestling. On its surface, each weight class of the three respective classifications recognized by the FHSAA will have a 16-person tournament on Friday and Saturday in Kissimmee to determine a state champion. But one could choose to take a step back and see that, in truth, the state tournament for Class 3A started with 144 wrestlers in each weight class at the respective district tournaments. Whittled to 64, those wrestlers advanced to regional tournaments this past weekend. And, by placing in the top four at their respective regional tournaments, those wrestlers are now among the state’s elite — one of the 16 top wrestlers in their weight classes. And so, the coverage area has six grapplers who will represent their programs, their families and their schools this weekend. West Orange and Olympia will each send one wrester to state, while Dr. Phillips and Ocoee will each send a pair
— marking a program-best for the Knights, who are in just their fourth year of existence.
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The two wrestlers representing the Panthers in Kissimmee took two decidedly different roads there. Dylan Meeks, a sophomore competing at 225 pounds who won a state title as a freshman at 195 pounds, has defeated every opponent he has faced by pin and is favored to win every time he steps on the mat for varsity competition. Meeks is undefeated and has stacked up Metro, district and regional championships along the way to state. Tajh Glemaud, though, was not a Metro or district champion at the heavyweight classification leading up to the regional meet. Glemaud even lost his opening match at the Class 3A Region 1 meet this past weekend, meaning he would have to win four consecutive matches to make the top four and advance to state. He did one better — winning five consecutive matches and placing third.
“When I lost (the opening match), I thought everything was over and I started praying to God,” Glemaud recalled. “I just got into my focus and I started remembering all my moves. … It felt great (to battle back); a lot of stress was off my chest.” Whereas Glemaud had to showcase incredible resiliency to earn his trip to state, Meeks has managed to avoid complacency in his quest for another state title and says he gives every opponent he faces the respect of someone who could end his streak. “I know every match I go out (there), there’s an opportunity to lose,” Meeks said. Coach John Miller praised both of his state qualifiers not just for making it — but for how they did it. “(Glemaud) just kept battling back. … I’m very pleased with what he did,” Miller said. “When (Dylan) gets on that mat, he knows what he’s going to do. … He’s on a quest — he wants this pretty bad.”
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Having come up short a year ago in the regional tournament, Ocoee junior Jules
Joseph was overjoyed when he won his second-to-last match of this year’s regional tournament, securing a berth in the state tournament at 195 pounds. “It felt amazing,” Joseph said. “I hugged my coach afterward because it felt like all the hard work, all the laughs, all the work I’ve put in — everything together, it finally paid off.” Joseph managed to calm himself enough to win his third-place match, also, and he, along with sophomore teammate George Schanck wrestling at 170 pounds, will represent the Knights in Kissimmee — marking the first time the program, just four years in age, has sent two wrestlers to state. “It’s exactly where we want to be,” head coach John Parmenter, who started the program, said. “We’re progressing, and we have all those signs of progression. … We’re improving, and both of these guys are back (next season).” That they are playing a role in the growth of a young program is something that is not lost on the two state quali-
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OCOEE — On the one hand, a loss is a loss. On the other hand, after falling to the undefeated, nationally ranked Olympia Titans on March 4, 8-1, Ocoee’s 4-3 extra-inning loss to the Titans on March 6 was a positive sign for a program that believes it can compete in a tough Class 8A District 3. “We feel like we’re capable of beating all of them — we just didn’t get it done these two games,” Knights coach Bobby Brewer said after Friday’s loss. “We went over to their place Wednesday, and we didn’t play well. All we asked our kids to do was come out and compete today, and that’s what I think we did.” Brewer’s ballclub is now 0-2 in district play, meaning it will have to battle back in the next few weeks. Ocoee (4-4) will begin that process with a pair
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Logan Cariglio pitched an impressive 7.2 innings for Ocoee against the Titans on Friday, allowing just one run.
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West Orange improving heading CORTNIE VEES into district series versus Apopka Though the Legacy Eagles softball team has just one win to its credit so far this season, the program — in just its third year of existence — is progressing in the right direction, in part because of leaders on the team like Cortnie Vees. Vees, a junior, is the Eagles’ go-to pitcher and has struck out 37 hitters through 47.1 innings of work. At the plate, Vees, who is also on Legacy’s volleyball team, has 6 runs and 5 RBI for the Eagles (1-8).
What’s it like being an upperclasswomen on a young program? It’s kind of exciting, (but) it’s really hard, too. As a junior and a leader on the team, what do you say to your teammates to help keep things in perspective? I just tell them to keep their heads up, you know, ‘Don’t get down.’ It’s not just me (offering encouragement), it’s other girls on the team, too. … It’s just a game, and we’re having fun. Despite the losses, do the girls on the team get along fairly well? Oh yeah, we’re pretty close. How long have you been playing softball? I’ve been around it pretty much my whole life. My sister used to play, and she was actually a pitcher for the West Orange Girls Club. Competitively, I’ve been playing (varsity) since freshman year and a little bit of club before that. What do you like about softball? I just like to be active all the time, and the girls are really awesome — it’s just fun to play. Which do you prefer — batting or playing the field? A little hitting, more than defense, but they’re both pretty good. What are some things the team could improve, in your opinion, to maybe get over that hump and notch a few more victories? I think we need to start hustling more and be more aggressive hitting. What’s your favorite subject in school?
Math. What do you think you’d like to do for a career one day? Hopefully, I’d like to coach volleyball and softball, maybe. Since you play both, what are the different things that you like about volleyball and softball? Volleyball, it’s completely different than softball, obviously. Volleyball, I feel like I can use more of my power, hitting-wise. Softball, it’s basically getting down and getting dirty. Do you feel fortunate to be at Legacy at a time when it is expanding its offerings for sports programs? I’m pretty thankful, actually. I came (to Legacy) at the right time, and all of my friends there are awesome. Do you have any preferences as to where you’d like to go to college? I’ve thought about a few different schools, but hopefully maybe UCF or UF. What’s your favorite sport to watch on television? Basketball. My favorite team is the Clippers because my favorite basketball player is Blake Griffin. I like him, he’s pretty cool. Do you have a favorite television show or genre of television shows? Crime shows, like “Criminal Minds.” But I barely even watch TV. Do you have a hobby most people don’t know about? I like to do jigsaw puzzles.
Warriors hoping to ride momentum of come-from-behind win over Wekiva on March 5 into district opener. WINTER GARDEN — Ahead of their series this week against Apopka to open district play in Class 8A District 3, the West Orange Warriors defeated the Blue Darters’ neighbor in Apopka, the Wekiva Mustangs, 4-3, to get back over .500 at 5-4 this spring. A young ballclub under veteran coach Jesse Marlo, the Warriors are looking to hit their stride against Apopka on Wednesday at home (game after the time of press) and Friday on the road. Ironically enough, for a program whose pitching has long been its signature strength, this year’s West Orange team needs some improvement in its rotation but has seen better-than-normal hitting. “The bats are continuing to get better every week,” Marlo said. “We’ve got to get better on the mound still — we’re not real deep on the mound, which is a little unusual for us.” The Warriors’ bullpen can be encouraged by the win over the Mustangs, though, as Nathan Schreckengost was strong in 3.1 innings of relief work, picking up the win. Schreckengost came on in relief in the top of the third inning after the Mustangs had scored four runs, taking a 4-2
Nathan Schreckengost pitched well in 3.1 innings of relief on March 5, earning the win for the Warriors against Wekiva. lead, and ended the visitors’ rally to give West Orange a chance to respond with its bats. “(Schreckengost) coming in there and doing that for us was huge,” Marlo said. “We just converted him into being a submarine pitcher. He’s only
Kole Enright steps on home, scoring one of the Warriors’ nine runs against the Wekiva Mustangs on March 5. thrown about two innings down there, and he went out there … and threw some good curve balls and things like that that I need to see.” After the series with Apopka, the Warriors are set for a three-game slate next week, hosting Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville) on Monday before playing Ocoee in their second district series on Tuesday and Thursday.
Marlo said he is just looking for his players to take improvements from practice and apply them under the lights. “We’ve got a pretty young team, experience-wise, and we’ve just got to keep getting better every game,” Marlo said. “They’re doing the things we need them to do at practice, and they’re implementing it in the game, so I’m pretty proud of them so far.”
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Though baseball has some measures in the works to combat games that are too long, could it be avoiding one of the biggest culprits — too many pitching changes? I attended two sporting events last week outside of my obligations for this Sports section. I was excited about both of them, and both of them were a success — but there was one key difference between the two that struck me. The two STEVEN RYZEWSKI events I’m talking about were the baseball game on March 3 between the No. 6 UCF Knights and No. 2 Florida Gators (as ranked in the latest Baseball America rankings), and the subject of my column from last week, the MLS debut of Orlando City Soccer Club on March 8 at the Citrus Bowl. As mentioned, they were both a success: the largest home crowd in UCF history watched the Knights take down the Gators, 4-3 (don’t worry, Gators fans, UF whooped up on UCF the next day), and more than 62,500 fans clad in purple
erupted as a late-game goal by Kaká preserved a 1-1 tie and averted a spoiled home-opener. Both games, on the whole, were exciting, and they reminded me why I love sports and do what I do. But just one of the two games had a point where I gave serious consideration to leaving early, in spite of the fact that it was a close game — the baseball game. The Orlando City game, in its entirety, was roughly two hours. MLS games include two 45-minute halves, extra time and a halftime period (about 15-20 minutes). The UCF-UF baseball game was nearly three-anda-half hours long. And, although there were some contextual circumstances unique to a midweek game in college baseball (i.e. coaches have an inclination to use every arm in their bullpen) — the length of that game is in no way some drastic outlier in the collegiate or professional ranks. And that’s the problem — we live in a society with an ever-decreasing attention span, and baseball has a culture with an ingrained
leisurely pace. I’m certainly aware that steps are being taken by Major League Baseball to combat this, and some of them are being demoed in spring training. Things like pitch clocks and new rules on batters having to stay in the box are going to be tried in the minors. And that’s good and all, but I can’t shake the feeling that baseball is trying to avoid a crossroads with some “Band-Aid” changes. What that crossroads is is simple — fundamentally changing the essence of baseball at the price of staying relevant as the average age of its fanbase gets older. I say fundamentally because what baseball is trying to do with certain rule changes is offset habits that are a decade in the making with fines, and it’s also avoiding the real elephant on the ball field — pitching changes. You can time pitching changes, as has been suggested, and it certainly would help to allow fewer on-field warmups for relievers (that’s what the bullpen is for), but at the end of
Each week, Sports Editor Steven Ryzewski (on Twitter @StevenR_WOTO) will choose a “can’t-miss” Game of the Week, as well as note some honorable mentions. West Orange at Apopka (baseball), 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 13 In some ways, choosing any game between the Warriors and Blue Darters is a bit of a cop-out on my part because it lacks any creativity. I can live with that, because every time these two teams play in nearly any sport, it has that genuine rivalry atmosphere. The two ballclubs will have already played this week on Wednesday, after the time of press, meaning this game will be the finale of the two-game district series — and that whoever loses on Wednesday will be in sore need of a win, because no one wants to start off 0-2 in 8A-3 action before playing nationally ranked Olympia. Honorable mention: Apopka at West Orange (softball), 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 17 the day, the more pitching changes there are, the longer the game will be. This is the point at which I considered inflicting pain on
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Warriors notch milestones for program, coach Wins this past week were No. 200 for program, No. 100 for coach Bill Baker.
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Former MLB All-Star Carlos Pena spoke to the Little Leaguers at Windermere Little League at Saturday’s opening-day festivities.
MLB slugger speaks at Windermere Little League Windermere Little League celebrated its opening day on Saturday, March 7, at George W. Bailey Baseball Complex with fun and games — and a pep talk from former Tampa Bay Rays star Carlos Pena. Pena spent time in the Major Leagues with the Rays, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers,
WRESTLING / PAGE 1B fiers, even as they go about their preparations this week. “The more we step up and we show that we can go places, then more people will want to join the team, and we can have a full team next year,” Schanck said.
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When it came time to wrestle for a place in the state tournament, Olympia’s Tyler Ingle was very aware of his predicament. Sure, he’d defeated his opponent once before this season — but that came in a triple-overtime thriller. If the senior for the Titans, wrestling at 152 pounds, was to make state for the first time in his career, he’d have to confront the possibility that the match could be the last of his varsity career. “I was kind of nervous because it was a kid I’d wrestled before, and it was a really close match,” Ingle said. “Going into the match, I was a little nervous because it could have been my last match.” Ingle overcame that anxiety and his opponent, ulti-
BASEBALL / PAGE 2B myself at the ballgame last week, as the Knights and Gators — who cruised through nearly five innings in the first hour or so — started making pitching changes. And then the fun stopped. Consider how specialized pitching has become: there are starters, middle relievers, setup pitchers and closers — an accepted formula for pitching one game. You want to know why games were shorter back in the day? Pitchers threw a lot more complete games and, if there were changes, there weren’t nearly as many. I watched a high school game on Friday that played 10 innings in roughly two hours — with one pitching change made by each ballclub. The problem is, I can’t in good faith offer up the solution, at least not at this point. Something about pitching change limits just sounds innately wrong, doesn’t it? And yet, to my experience, pitching changes are where games get unbearable and a limit either on the number of them, or their frequency (see, guys brought in to face one batter), would dramatically shorten games. And, I’d also assert that if you’re going to implement timers, as MLB is considering, you might as well take the full step and actively work with Little League baseball and other levels of youth and prep baseball to empha-
Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros and Kansas City Royals. The first baseman earned an All-Star selection in 2009 and appeared in 18 games with Texas this past season. Pena hit .232 with 286 home runs and 818 RBIs in 1,493 career games.
The Metro West Conference champions and Class 3A District 2 champions, the West Orange Warriors, ad-
vanced 13 wrestlers to the regional meet. But Class 3A Region 1 is a brutal region loaded with talent, and just one Warrior remained standing after it was all said and done — Chris Briscoe, wrestling at 182 pounds. And though he wishes more of his teammates could be joining him competing in Kissimmee this weekend, the West Orange grappler is proud to represent his school and team nonetheless. “That’s what I’ve been working for the whole season,” Briscoe said. “(This week) I’m just focusing on staying healthy and getting my mind right, thinking positive.” Briscoe, a senior who placed fourth at regionals, said he has tried to balance his desire to win this weekend with taking things one match at a time at the state tournament. “My expectations are to just keep fighting,” Briscoe said. “Try to go for first, keep winning matches and if I get knocked down to the consolation bracket, I’ll just keep fighting to place.”
size pace-of-play practices and rules at those levels so that you’re not simply trying to offset a decade of acquired habits through fines and penalties. My dad instilled a love for baseball in me that persists to this day; otherwise I wouldn’t care enough to write this column — or to go to a mid-week college baseball game. So, I hope I don’t get misconstrued as a baseball-hat-
ing millenial. A limit on pitching changes seems heretical, and attempting to change the way kids learn the habits of the game at the very beginning seems extreme, but there are realities at play — and when the average age of someone viewing the World Series is 54.4 years and the professional game is becoming a niche sport, you have to start asking hard questions.
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WINTER GARDEN — For a guy who came to campus in 2007 to take a job coaching baseball, West Orange boys lacrosse coach Bill Baker hasn’t done too bad in his eight years at the helm for the Warriors. With an 18-12 win on Monday over Merritt Island, Baker’s West Orange Warriors (83) clinched a second program milestone within the past week. A win over Apopka on March 4 was win No. 200 for the program, and Monday’s win over Merritt Island was Baker’s 100th victory as coach. “Two hundred is a special number … I’m just glad this group of boys got to be a part of that,” Baker said. “It’s pretty cool. My first year was 2007 and I was supposed to be an assistant baseball coach. … I’d never played lacrosse, and now I’m the winningest coach in school history.” The 200th win came in the program’s 22nd year, as the Warriors are hopeful they can make some noise come playoff time after getting off to a strong start. West Orange fell to Winter Park on Friday, 9-6, but has won four of its last five and has a home match with Dr. Phillips looming at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. “We’ve got to play smarter,” Baker said. “More leadership
Despite falling to Winter Park on March 6, West Orange has won four of its last five games and earned the program’s 200th all-time win and coach Bill Baker’s 100th win. out of the seniors is going to help.” Dr. Phillips is 5-5 and has also won four of its last five matches, not including a game on Tuesday after the time of press.
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OCOEE / PAGE 1B of games this week against Evans. The Knights will host the Trojans on Wednesday and take to the road on Friday, with both games set to begin at 4:30 p.m. One thing the Knights can feel good about is their pitching. Logan Cariglio pitched 7.2 innings for Ocoee on Friday, also just allowing one run for his third strong outing of the
season. “Our pitching has been very good — it’s been our strong suit,” Brewer said. “We just have trouble scoring runs like we did last year. We’re hitting the ball better this year, we’ve scored more runs early, but when we start seeing quality pitching like this, we’ve got to be able to put together better at-bats.” As the Knights look to regain form after a strong start to the season, Brewer will
look to his seven seniors on the roster to help keep the team focused with games against district rivals West Orange and Apopka looming in the weeks after the Evans series. “Anytime that you’ve got as many seniors on the field as we do, leadership should never be in question,” Brewer said. “I think we have leaders … our seniors have done a great job all year for us.”
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Little League baseball is back, and the fields at Winter Garden Little League were buzzing on Saturday, March 7, as young ballplayers took to the diamond. In a “AA” contest, the Cubs and Tigers took on one another in an afternoon showdown. The “AA” Division is instructional in purpose to teach young (ages 6-9) players the fundamentals of baseball in a fun, learning environment. Skill development, teamwork and fair play are emphasized rather than a competitive game environment.
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Though many people may not realize it, and some women can be apprehensive about it, there are plenty of reasons women should incorporate strength training GINA DENISON and lifting weights into their fitness routine on a regular basis.
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tanding at the first tee of a golf course in Marbella, Spain, this past weekend, Winter Garden resident Steve Crane sized up his shot. He plotted a plan of action, accounted for the wind — and then ran up and kicked the ball. Crane, a former professional soccer player, was one of two Americans who participated in the Spanish FootGolf Open, a leg of Europe’s FootGolf tour, the Federation for International FootGolf. “It’s a mix of the two (golf and soccer),” Crane said. “The good thing, from a soccer point of view, is it’s a more thoughtful game than soccer. Soccer, you get out, you play at 100 mph and you do things extensively. “With footgolf, it’s just like golf: you have to plan your shot, plan the course,” he said. “I’m a little older now; I can’t run around and compete with the younger guys in soccer at a high level.” For a sport he picked up
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Winter Garden resident Steve Crane competed in the Spanish FootGolf Open in Marbella, Spain, this past weekend and is promoting the growth of the game — a cross between golf and soccer — in Central Florida. roughly a year ago, Crane did remarkably well in Spain, placing 19th out of 90 competitors. More importantly, he is back in West Orange and back on his mission to make the game prominent through his Central Florida FootGolf, with a league in the works for this summer and a course at Stoneybrook West that he helped to design. The game arose in Europe between 2006 and 2008 and came to America around 2011. Stoneybrook joins courses in Winter Haven and Largo
Steve Crane demonstrates a shot in footgolf. The game is similar to golf, with the twist of having to kick a soccer ball as opposed to striking a golf ball.
as among the first in Florida. The setup and rules are easily recognizable to anyone familiar with golf, though the method of progressing through the course — by kicking a soccer ball — favors players of the beautiful game. General managers for golf courses around the state — and nation — are giving the addition of footgolf thought as courses deal with an industrywide dip in sales. “It’s a great sport but, also, with the golf course industry dying a little bit because of the recession and not having enough players, it’s a good way for (courses) to make extra income and help their courses survive,” Crane, who is actively recruiting new courses in the region, said. “The first thing is apprehension because they don’t want to upset their regular golfers. But once they see it, they see what they can do for their course.” According to Crane, the course in Largo — the first in Florida — made $75,000 solely from footgolf in its first calendar year offering the game, helping to save the course. News reports suggest a third of all rounds purchased at the course now are footgolf rounds. Holes are 21 inches in diameter, 14 inches deep and course designers cover and place them in such a way that most regular golfers are none the wiser. Crane said his first round he ever played, in Winter Haven, was love at first kick. He is confident there is tremendous growth potential locally for a game that is picking up steam nationally, thanks to its fun nature and relatively quick pace — 18 holes usually
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Studies have found that lifting weights will strengthen muscles and build stronger connective tissues, along with increasing joint stability. By doing this, strength training can significantly reduce your risk of injuries, specifically helping to fight against back pain and arthritis. Lifting weights can also help to combat certain effects of aging. Generally, a woman can lose up to one pound of muscle per year after the age of 30. The best way to combat this is by adding a strength-training workout two to three times a week.
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Steve Crane, a Winter Garden resident and former professional soccer player, placed 19th out of 90 competitors at a tournament in Spain this past weekend. can be played in less than an hour-and-a-half. “The interest is growing all the time,” said Crane, who noted that there is a massive adult soccer community in Orlando that can be tapped into for new players. “Everybody who plays it wants to play again.” Crane, who also operates adult pub soccer leagues locally, envisions his future league to be similar in having a relation with a pub to keep things fun and social, while still competitive. “The more sociable you make it, the more fun it is for
everybody,” Crane said. Crane and some of his partners have held tournaments during the past year and said they were averaging more than 40 participants per event. More information about Central Florida FootGolf can be found at its website, centralfloridafootgolf.com. The Winter Garden resident is optimistic he is on the cusp of something big because of the game’s potential for across-the-board appeal. “It’s a sport of everybody,” Crane said. “That’s what I love about it.”
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For starters, as a woman becomes stronger and more fit by way of a strength training program, she is able to have a better quality of life, both physically and mentally. Many health-related benefits can come from strength training. Lifting weights regularly can increase your metabolism, reduce body fat and help prevent osteoporosis; lifting can also help fight against heart disease, diabetes and depression. Mentally, some women find that including lifting in their routine also helps build confidence and a sense of well-being. Everyday physical responsibilities, at home or in the workplace, become easier. After adding strength training to their fitness regiment, many women are inclined to get involved in additional fitness activities because they have the confidence to do so.
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There is plenty to know about lifting weights, but here are some basics. A complete strength training program should incorporate and work all the large muscle groups, such as one’s back, chest, shoulders, biceps, triceps, legs and abdominals. The exercise routine should consist of both machines and free weights, available at most gyms. Getting started sometimes can be overwhelming and difficult. Many women are inexperienced and intimidated in the weight room. To help with this, it is very important to start off at the proper level and with an effective routine. Many gyms and fitness centers offer personal training with qualified trainers. This is very crucial for success with a complete strength training program that is safe and effective, especially at the beginning. Remember, you are never too old to start to lifting; research has proven a person can make strength improvements into their 90s. Don’t wait! Start pumping some iron today and live a stronger, healthier life.
Gina Denison is a certified personal trainer and the owner of Winter Garden Fitness, located at 18 N. Boyd Street in downtown Winter Garden. She can be reached via email at wgfitness@embarqmail.com.
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The home at 10038 Honey Tree Court, Orlando, sold Feb. 26, for $405,000. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,355 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $171.97. The home at 8808 Bay Villa Court, Orlando, sold Feb. 25, for $456,000 (short sale). Built in 1984, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,883 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $117.43.
RESERVE AT CYPRESS POINT
The home at 8812 Grey Hawk Point, Orlando, sold Feb. 23, for $550,000 (short sale). Built in 1998, it has five bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,999 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $137.53.
VIZVAYA
The home at 8232 Via Rosa, Orlando, sold Feb. 23, for $637,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,757 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $169.55.
METROWEST HAMPTONS AT METROWEST
The condo at 6627 Queens Borough Ave., No. 102, Orlando, sold Feb. 24, for $93,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,489 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $62.46.
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This Dr. Phillips home at 7637 Pointe Venezia Drive, Orlando, sold Feb. 25, for $740,000. It features six bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,176 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $177.20.
The town house at 6349 Miramonte Drive, No. 105, Orlando, sold Feb. 26, for $218,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,010 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $108.46. The town house at 6301 Miramonte Drive, No. 104, Orlando, sold Feb. 20, for $170,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 2,010 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $84.58 .
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The town house at 3015 Metro Sevilla Drive, No. 104, Orlando, sold Feb. 24, for $235,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,010 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $116.92.
MONTVERDE The home at 17406 Porter Ave., Montverde, sold Feb. 26, for $97,000. Built in 1958, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 924 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $104.98.
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The home at 1301 Johns Cove Lane, Oakland, sold Feb. 20, for $206,900 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,495 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $82.93.
JOHNS LANDING
The home at 320 Largovista Drive, Oakland, sold Feb. 26, for $296,000. Built in 2003, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,450 square feet of living
The home at 507 W. Gulley Ave., Oakland, sold Feb. 20, for $23,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1910, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 656 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $35.06.
AMBER RIDGE
The home at 870 Satin Leaf Circle, Ocoee, sold Feb. 23, for $126,100 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1992, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,409 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $89.50.
it has four bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 2,419 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $114.92. The town house at 2171 Leather Fern Drive, Ocoee, sold Feb. 25, for $228,000. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,915 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $119.06. The town house at 2084 Water Tupelo Way, Ocoee, sold Feb. 26, for $227,500. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,915 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $118.80.
WESTYN BAY
BRYNMAR
The home at 3443 Apple Ridge Road, Ocoee, sold Feb. 20, for $287,950. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths and 2,870 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $100.33.
The town house at 476 Scarlatti Court, Ocoee, sold Feb. 23, for $113,900 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 1,394 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $81.71.
HIDDEN GLEN
WEST ORANGE
The home at 2404 Griffin Court, Ocoee, sold Feb. 23, for $150,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,447 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $103.66.
JOHIO BAY
The home at 2428 Johio Bay Drive, Ocoee, sold Feb. 20, for $200,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,950 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $102.56.
PEACH LAKE MANOR
The home at 1306 Wurst Road, Ocoee, sold Feb. 20, for $47,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1960, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,271 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $36.98.
PRAIRIE LAKE VILLAGE
The home at 2402 Sweet Oak St., Ocoee, sold Feb. 26, for $231,300. Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,141 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $108.03. The home at 2328 Grand Poplar St., Ocoee, sold Feb. 23, for $195,109 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,266 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $86.10.
REMINGTON OAKS
The home at 2091 Applegate Drive, Ocoee, sold Feb. 25, for $195,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 1,940 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $100.52.
SILVER GLEN
The home at 333 Sterling Lake Drive, Ocoee, sold Feb. 20, for $209,000. Built in 1993, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,923 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $108.68.
SUNNY SLOPES
The home at 535 Woodson Ave., Ocoee, sold Feb. 23, for $162,000. Built in 1985, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 1,889 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $85.76.
VILLAGES OF WESMERE
The home at 2022 Bent Grass Ave., Ocoee, sold Feb. 23, for $278,000. Built in 2013,
AVALON AT TURTLE CREEK
The home at 10617 Holly Crest Drive, Orlando, sold Feb. 20, for $379,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,039 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $185.88.
LAKE MABEL SHORES
The home at 9019 Lake Mabel Drive, Orlando, sold Feb. 20, for $515,000. Built in 1985, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 2,956 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $174.22.
LAKE ROSE POINTE
The home at 640 Rosegate Lane, Orlando, sold Feb. 26, for $275,000. Built in 1986, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,968 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $139.74.
LAKE SHEEN RESERVE
The home at 9791 Pineola Drive, Orlando, sold Feb. 20, for $415,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,878 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $107.01.
PEMBROOKE
The home at 2916 Barrymore Court, Orlando, sold Feb. 20, for $189,000 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 1990, it has four bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths, a pool and 1,957 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $96.58.
PROVENCE AT LAKE SHEEN
The home at 10444 Lavande Drive, Orlando, sold Feb. 24, for $489,555. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,423 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $143.02.
RAINTREE PLACE
The home at 8031 Sweetgum Loop, Orlando, sold Feb. 20, for $215,000. Built in 1986, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,677 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $128.21.
SOUTHRIDGE
The home at 211 Longleaf Court, Orlando, sold Feb. 23, for $110,100 (short sale). Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,800 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $61.17.
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Community Yard Sale - Orange Tree Mobile Home Park off Park Avenue in Winter Garden will have a community yard sale on Friday, March 20th and Saturday, March 21st from 8AM4PM. Rain date will be March 27th and 28th. NO EARLY SALES. 3/19bs
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE LAKES, USA
Conroy-Windermere Rd. @ Lincoln Ave. Sunday School 9:00AM, Worship 10:30 407-291-2886 Worship on Wed. 7:00 - 7:30 PM “Come hear the Gospel” Rev. Ferdinand Brits www.pcol.org
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH 241 N. Main, Winter Garden Services: 8, 9:30, & 11am, 7pm www.churchofthemessiah.com
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION
4950 S. Apopka-Vineland Rd. Orlando Sun.Serv 8:30am, 10:30am, 6:30pm. 407876-3480 www.ascension-orlando.org
METHODIST FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
125 N. Lakeview Ave Winter Garden Service Times: 9:00 AM & 11:15 AM Blue Christmas Service: Dec. 21, 4pm Christmas Eve Services: 5, 7 & 11pm www.fumcwg.org 407-656-1135
PRESBYTERIAN
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST WINDERMERE UNION CHURCH 10710 Park Ridge-Gotha Rd. Windermere, FL 34786 407-876-2112 Worship times: 9:00am Adult Sunday School 10:00am Worship www.windermereunion.org
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