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Circle of friends YOUR TOWN Why is your mom the best? The West Orange Times & Observer is looking for the best moms in West Orange. Children ages 5-12 are invited to tell us why their mother is the best. Handwritten letters can be submitted by 9 a.m. April 28 to our office, 720 S. Dillard St., Winter Garden, Florida 34787. A scanned copy also can be emailed to contest@ orangeobserver.com. Two winners will receive a $100 gift card, bouquet of flowers from Betty J’s Florist, Little Kickers Charm from Small Print, $25 Melts On Main gift card, gift basket from Erika’s Tearoom and $20 gift card from Dixie Cream Café. For more, call (407) 6562121. Good luck!

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For cancer survivor Debbie Thomas, the support of her friends and Relay for Life has made all the difference. She is this year’s honorary survivor. See page 6A.

LIFE LESSONS In addition to all the rigors of life as a student, teens involved in the National FFA Organization have an other set of responsibilities added to their plates. It’s busy, for sure, but the lessons are well worth it. See story page 4A.

Better safe than sorry The Ocoee Fire Department and the American Red Cross are teaming up to install smoke alarms in homes from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Volunteers will go door to door in the Pioneer Key 1 & 2 mobile home parks educating Ocoee residents on the importance of having working smoke alarms. Pioneer Key 1 is located at West Circle Key Drive, and Pioneer Key 2 at Sundial Key Drive in Ocoee. To reserve a free smoke alarm, residents should call (407) 905-3140.

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As FFA adviser, Ocoee High School teacher Peter Jordan shares his knowledge of all things agriculture with officers Emily Lewis, Georgianna Dixon, Shayla Chastain, Maddie Hansen, Hannah Wagner and Julian Poillion.

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Orlando Health hired Mark Marsh to oversee Health Central Hospital in Ocoee and as a company senior vice president. ZAK KERR STAFF WRITER OCOEE The whirlwind

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sweeping West Orange health care continued this month when Orlando Health officials proclaimed Mark Marsh a senior vice president and Greg Ohe’s replacement as CEO and president of Health Central Hospital.

While Ohe transitions to senior vice president of ambulatory services, Marsh will be continuing his acclimation to the area after a long time as CEO of 270bed acute care hospital Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville, Tennessee. SEE CEO PAGE 4A

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THURSDAY, APRIL 21

BUBBLE PLAYTIME 11 a.m. Thursday, April 21, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Help your child with motor development skills in this interactive bubble class. (407) 835-7323. IRIS PAPER FOLDING 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Iris paper folding uses folded strips of paper in a layered pattern to make cards, scrapbook pages or pictures. (407) 835-7323. WEST ORANGE WOMEN LUNCHEON 11 a.m. Thursday, April 21, at Westerly’s Restaurant at the MetroWest Country Club, 2100 S. Hiawassee Road, Orlando. Meeting starts at 11:30 a.m.; lunch is at noon. A representative from the Orlando Health Foundation will speak after the meal. Cost is $28. RSVP at dotansel@aol. com or (407) 258-8155.

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MR. HARLEY’S KIDS’ CONCERT 11 a.m. Friday, April 22, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Dance along to rockin’ tunes. (407) 835-7323. RELAY FOR LIFE OF WINTER GARDEN 6-11 p.m. Friday, April 22, in Downtown Winter Garden. The opening ceremonies kick off at 6 p.m., which will be followed by the Survivors Lap. At 10 p.m. the luminaries will come out, and the event concludes at 11 p.m. For more, visit bit. ly/266sgmE. STATE OF ORANGE COUNTY 9 a.m. Friday, April 22, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando, 9801 International Drive, Orlando. Orange County Mayor Teresa

Jacobs will deliver her 2016 address to highlight the achievements and milestones of the community. (407) 836-7370.

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APOPKA ART AND FOLIAGE FESTIVAL 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 23, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at Kit Land Nelson Park, 35 S. Park Ave., Apopka. The 55th annual event is sponsored by the Apopka Woman’s Club and the city of Apopka. For more, visit apopkaartand foliagefestival.com. DIGGIN’ IT: GENEALOGY RESEARCH FORUM 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. This is a monthly club for support and encouragement in genealogy research. (407) 835-7323. KAYAK TOUR ON LAKE APOPKA 10 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Oakland Nature Preserve, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland. Join ONP President Jim Peterson for a Blue Hike, a two- to three-hour kayak tour on Lake Apopka to the preserve. Participants must take their own water vessel and life jacket and meet at the Oakland dock at

the end of Tubb Street. Preregistration required at oaklandnaturepreserve.org. Free for ONP members; $5 for others. (407) 905-0054. KEENE’S CROSSING ELEMENTARY FAMILY 5K AND HEALTH FAIR 7 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at the school, 5240 Keene’s Pheasant Drive, Horizon West. Wristband pick-up begins at 7 a.m., and the 5K will follow at 7:30 a.m. Families will be able to enjoy a Health Fair before and after the run/walk. Proceeds from the event will benefit the school’s Accelerated Reader, iReady and STEM programs; covers for the school’s playgrounds; and other school needs. All participants receive a T-shirt and medal. To register for the 5K, visit bit. ly/1MlGS5z. PIRATES OF THE ZOO-RIBBEAN 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Discover the true treasures of a pirate’s life. (407) 835-7323. “STILL ALICE” AT GOLDEN POND 2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at Golden Pond Communities, 406 Lakeview Road, Winter Garden. The public is invited to a free showing of “Still Alice,” a movie

about dementia, in Building 406. RSVP at (407) 654-7217. YOU MATTER: A MORNING OF LOVE AND LAUGHTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN 9 a.m. to 1 p.m Saturday, April 23, art 13105 W. Colonial Drive, Winter Garden. The Crossings is opening its doors for a morning of love and pampering for women and children. Mothers can enjoy a morning tea, manicures, haircuts, facials and more, while children can make crafts, play games and enjoy snacks.

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CAREER SOURCE JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, April 25, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Spend time with experts from CareerSource Central Florida. Explore the services the organization provides. (407) 835-7323. YMCA SAFETY AROUND WATER 5-8 p.m. Monday, April 25, through Thursday, April 28, at Central Florida YMCAs, including Roper YMCA, 100 Windermere Road, Winter Garden. This four-day introductory swim program is for youth ages 4-12 years old. There is no charge. For more information, vist Ymcacentralflorida.com.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 21 , 2016

Back from the brink of death June Lynch, a former Dillard Street Elementary CRT and Windermere Elementary principal, was rushed to the hospital 15 months ago and ultimately given a 1% chance of surviving. She continues her recovery today. COMMUNITY EDITOR

une Lynch has spent the last year proving her doctors wrong — again and again. Her medical nightmare began in February 2015 when she was experiencing weakness while at a routine physical. By the next day, the Winter Garden resident was so weak she couldn’t get out of bed and was having trouble breathing. An ambulance was called. Once at Orlando Regional Medical Center, her family was told her oxygen level was at 75% and she had pneumonia. By the next day, her respiratory rate was 40 breaths per minute, much higher than the average of 12 to 28 for a 72-year-old woman. She was unconscious. Basil Savoie, the pastor of New Life Worship Center, shared a verse with the family: Psalm 118:17, “I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.” And then doctor took the family to a private room to tell them to prepare for her death. She had bleeding in her lungs, and she was hemorrhaging in her kidneys, too. In 2010, Lynch had been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis (lung scarring), but it didn’t affect her daily life, and she was still able to teach and travel. In January 2015, she retired. A month later, she was in the hospital, testing positive for microscopic polyangiitis, an autoimmune disease that is the result of blood-vessel inflammation.

“Dr. Mark Vollenweider knelt down beside me and said, ‘I am amazed by you. Did anyone tell you how close you were to meeting Jesus? Everyone at this hospital had given up on you, but your family didn’t.’” — June Lynch

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She ended up on a ventilator for weeks and was given a high dose of steroids. Her condition was serious, and it wasn’t until October that Lynch’s family would learn that she actually had been given a 1% chance of survival. A medically induced coma gave her body an opportunity for rest and healing. She endured dialysis three times, as well as plasmapheresis, because her kidneys were failing. Doctors prescribed a chemotherapy drug to treat the MPA. This disease is rare, and Lynch’s daughter, Alison Kelly, said the nephrologist told the family: “This is the worst luck your family will ever have. You will never have anything worse happen to you.” When Lynch came out of the coma, she was unable to move any part of her body except the muscle to open and close her left hand. The road to recovery would be long, but the family’s faith carried them in times of heavy doubt. A daily Bible app provided the peace they needed, such as the one on Feb. 18, Psalm 27:14: “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” They waited. They prayed. They experienced good days and bad, improvements and setbacks. They had an entire church congregation behind them in prayer at the very moment Lynch’s ventilator was removed Sunday, Feb. 22. By the end of the week, she was upgraded and moved out of ICU, but then her body rebelled against medication and doctors were planning to perform a tracheotomy. March 5 was a pivotal day, Kelly said. Doctors met with the family to discuss her prognosis, stating they did not believe she would ever leave the hospital because she required too much oxygen support and had too much scar tissue. “Daily we could see her progression,” Kelly said. “It’s hard to hear their assessments.” Kelly’s response to the physicians: “Our hope is not of this world but in the Lord.” On her drive home, Lynch’s daughter prayed for the scar tissue to be removed and her lung capacity to be increased.

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June Lynch has spent the past year recovering from the effects of an autoimmune disease that almost killed her.

The March 6 daily Bible verse was from Matthew 19:26: “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” A day later, the staff couldn’t believe what it was seeing. Lynch said during a recent interview: “Dr. Mark Vollenweider, the pulmonologist that performed the bronchial scope, knelt down beside me and said, ‘I am amazed by you. Did anyone tell you how close you were to meeting Jesus? Everyone at this hospital had given up on you, but your family didn’t.’” GAINING STRENGTH

Lynch was discharged from the hospital March 18 without needing any oxygen. She was admitted to Lake Bennett Health & Rehabilitation, in Ocoee, where she spent the next three months relearning how to do everything — sitting up, eating, walking. “Because my muscles had atrophy from the long intubation period, I could not move by myself, not even to press the call button for assistance,” Lynch said. So at all times, her daughter, husband Ed or sister Debbi Williford stayed to make sure her needs were met. Her son, Alan, was involved in her care, too. She was ventilated for so long that it affected her vocal chords, and all she could manage was a

whisper. Her voice continues to improve still today. “I worked hard, and I prayed a lot,” she said. “When your legs don’t have any muscle, they feel like they weigh 1,000 pounds each. … I couldn’t sit up, so they would hold me while I did the activities. Finally, it paid off.” On June 10, Lynch met her goal of walking out of Lake Bennett. Later that month, the pulmonologist called to say all of the trauma to her lungs had been resolved. “I’m just about to my presickness energy level,” she said. “There’s nothing I can’t do.” She goes weekly to the rehabilitation center at Health Central Hospital, doing strength exercises and riding the bicycle. “We’ve been truly blessed,” Kelly said. Lynch gives God credit for her survival. Her nephrologist told her he was amazed she recovered because so many others haven’t — even with the same treatment. “It was not only that the Lord spared me, but he gave me the strength I needed to work hard,” she said. “It was neat how much God worked at this hospital,” Kelly said. “God has placed people along our path at the right time.”

June Lynch had a 32-year career with Orange County Public Schools, serving in a number of roles, including teacher, curriculum resource teacher and principal. In West Orange County, Lynch was a teacher at Dillard Street Elementary from 1966-68 and Tildenville Elementary from 1968-72, the CRT at Dillard Street from 1975-77 and the principal of Windermere Elementary from 1984-88. She also served many years in OCPS’s downtown Orlando offices working at the district level.

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FFA sows leadership seeds JENNIFER NESSLAR STAFF WRITER WEST ORANGE When Alyssa Stew-

Life as an FFA student is busy. For students who raise animals to show at competitions, the responsibility is greater than merely feeding the animals, which must be done twice a day, even on weekends and holidays. The students have to prepare the animals to be shown at competitions and even administer basic shots and nurse animals that are sick. Students who raise animals show them at fairs and jackpot shows. The FFA chapter at Ocoee and West Orange high schools often attend the Central Florida Fair to show animals. Animals are judged by set of standards, and some animals are even sold. This experience teaches students not only how to raise animals but also makes them aware of the business side of the field, a part of the profession that particularly interests Shayla Chastain, a sophomore at Ocoee High School. “You’re learning how to deal with money with the animal,”

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Chastain said. “You keep track of feed costs, how much you’re feeding, and all the costs that you’ve ever put into that pig.” FFA members attend Career Development Events not only to develop their knowledge of agriculture but also career skills to prepare for future jobs and future situations. Some events include job interviews, public speaking and even driving a tractor. At meetings, FFA leaders practice parliamentary procedures and learn about opening and closing ceremonies. In an extemporaneous speaking competition, Ocoee FFA president Hannah Wagner had 30 minutes to write a five-minute speech about an agricultural question. She then gave the speech about sustainability and answered questions about it. In April, FFA students competed in an ornamental horticulture competition that featured a variery of categories such as landscaping, marketing and production. START ‘EM YOUNG

FFA isn’t limited to high school students. Students at SunRidge Middle School also participate in the program, and several are

Marsh named CEO “It starts as a pretty lengthy process — which is good — having a chance to meet with several of the team members with Orlando Health, starting with David Strong and his vision, Dr. (Jamal) Hakim and various key players back in January, about four trips,” Marsh said. “One of the things that appeals to me so much … the people, the culture … it’s so much of what we do in health care.” Marsh grew up in Cincinnati and then studied health care administration at Western Kentucky University. Since then, he has been in medical management either in Middle Tennessee or southern Kentucky, he said. “I’m a believer in longevity — continuity is very important,” Marsh said. “I spent some of my earlier years on the physician side, so working more directly with physicians and even the hospital. I was with St. Thomas, a not-for-profit system in Nashville … for about five years on the physician side.”

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headed to a states competition in ornamental horticulture. At the Orange County competition, SunRidge students Hendrix Paterson and Sean Lewis placed first for the organic fertilizer they created using household products. The school has a small area where the students raise chicken and other plants, and they are also able to raise rabbits indoors. Like the other programs, the connections made in FFA at SunRidge are sometimes what makes the program so worthwhile. “Being in FFA is a great way to make new friends and network with other people,” said Ashley Redditt, the president of the chapter at SunRidge. Redditt and Paterson both have family ties to FFA, so that was what initially led them to join the program. They both see it as a way to help them achieve their career goals, and even help them get into competitive programs in college. But it’s also just a lot of fun. “It’s been amazing. I’ve loved it. I’m a little addicted to it,” Paterson said.

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WHAT IS FFA? The National FFA Organization was founded by a group of young farmers in 1928, under the name “Future Farmers of America.” But the group now goes by the National FFA Organization, because the study of agriculture includes much more than farming; rather, it includes many different studies such as leadership, business, engineering, entrepreneurship and education.

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After that, he spent time with Phycor; was CEO of Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia, Tennessee, for about three years, starting in 2001; oversaw Bowling Green, Kentucky’s Greenview Regional Hospital for about nine years as CEO; and managed Gateway Medical Center for roughly three years, he said. “Mark is an accomplished executive,” said David Strong, Orlando Health president and CEO. “He will be integral in helping chart the course for Health Central Hospital and health care delivery in West Orange County.” Marsh attended Western Kentucky on a football scholarship as a quarterback, which he said prepared him for team-building in health care administration, trying to achieve a common vision or a plan. The appeal simply was helping others each day, he said. “It’s very important that we can provide at the local level ... but it’s all about that basic experience,” he said. “We want to be around

to offer those great services, the high quality of care centers at a local level, so families can be involved in that health care plan.” For his move to West Orange County, Marsh said it began with recruiting doctors from Central Florida who swore by Orlando Health’s friendly collaboration with physicians. The merits of local swimming, ballet and UCF’s engineering program helped on a personal level for his children, too, he said. “I’m looking for this,” he said. “I’m moving three kids ... a junior, an eighth-grader and a sixth-grader. This is not something transitional. I plan to be here for many years. We hope my youngest ... finishes high school there in West Orange.” The commitment runs as deep as a house in Gotha the Marshes will close on June 3, not far from Olympia High, he said. Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@orangeobserver.com.

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art was young, she and her mother would go to the West Orange Dog Park on Marshall Farms Road. There, Stewart looked over and saw the cows being raised by West Orange High School’s FFA program. When she asked her mother why the cows were there, she learned about FFA. As an aspiring veterinarian, Stewart decided she would join FFA in high school. Now, as a senior at West Orange High School, Stewart has been a member of FFA for four years. Like many of her peers, the responsibility of FFA is preparing her for her career. Recently, some sheep she raised got time in a Fingerhut commercial. “There’s a lot of responsibility,” said Mattie Crabtree, president of FFA at West Orange High School. “It really forces to you to grow up and take charge of your own life. With your school work, with a job and animals, you have to be out here twice a day to feed them every single day.”

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Winter Garden nearly ready to hatch chicken program Winter Garden commissioners approved April 14 the first reading of an ordinance on a backyard chicken pilot program. The second reading takes place April 28. JENNIFER NESSLAR STAFF WRITER

Winter Garden residents are one step closer to getting a backyard chicken pilot program. Winter Garden commissioners approved April 14 the first reading on an ordinance that, if passed, will allow the city to grant up to 25 temporary permits for residents who live on single-family lots to keep up to four chickens in their backyards. City staff believes 25 permits will be sufficient but recommends those interested should begin the application process as soon as possible, should the ordinance pass the second reading. “One of the quest i o n s so m e b o dy asked is if they could get on a waiting list for permits, and I would suggest to them with the 25 out there, there’s not going to be a real issue with that,” said City Manager Mike Bollhoefer. “So I would suggest that anybody that’s really interested come in immediately

the day after the second reading and apply for a permit — and there shouldn’t be any issue.” If passed, the ordinance will automatically expire Dec. 31, 2017, unless commissioners choose to extend it. This allows the city to see how the program works before commissioners decide if they would like to adopt it permanently. SECURITY BARS

City Attorney Kurt Ardaman gave commissioners a draft of an ordinance regarding security or burglar bars, and he requested commissioners to look over the ordinance before the next meeting. In its current reading, the ordinance would prohibit bars to be over windows or doors visible to the public right-of-way. It would not affect bars that were already installed in accordance with the Florida building code. “We’ve been looking at this for about the last year or so,” Mayor John Rees said. “We need to, at least in my opinion, act on it. It’s just not very inviting driving into the community and seeing bars.”

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n Before owning chickens, residents must apply for a temporary permit. n Up to 25 permits will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis. n As part of the application process, residents must take a class on caring for backyard chickens through the Orange County Extension Office. n Residents can keep up to four chickens in areas zoned singlefamily residential. n Only hens are allowed — no roosters. n The ordinance does not allow residents to violate homeowners’ association codes. If a homeowners’ association prohibits backyard chickens, residents must abide by those rules. n Chickens must be kept within a coop or enclosure at all times. n Eggs cannot be sold, and chickens cannot be slaughtered. n The coop and enclosure must be hidden from a neighbor’s view with a landscape screen or opaque fence.

IN OTHER NEWS n Commissioners approved a site plan for a single-story office building in Windward Cay Office Park, at 3732 and 3736 Winter Garden-Vineland Road. n Construction on the parking garage in downtown Winter Garden is underway. The parking garage is being built on an existing parking lot behind the Garden Theatre, so city staff recommends visitors use temporary parking spots and other lots available. A map of parking spaces is available here: bit. ly/1qZ3lBy.

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Honorary survivor ready for 2016 Relay Debbie Thomas, Relay for Life of Winter Garden’s honorary survivor, has felt the care of God and others through her journey with cancer. IF YOU GO

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years ago, Debbie Thomas noticed things in her body just weren’t feeling right. She addressed some of the issues with her gynecologist, who began running tests. “Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that it was going to be cancer,” Thomas said. Thomas was diagnosed with stage 3 uterine cancer. Because of where the tumor was located, doctors were unable to do a hysterectomy. Instead, she endured rounds of chemotherapy and radiation and finally reached the remission stage. For some, that’s the happy ending. But for Thomas — who was chosen as the honorary survivor for this year’s Relay for Life of Winter Garden — the battle was just beginning.

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port for her. Thomas is the curriculum director at Primrose School of Ocoee, and her colleagues will join her in support at this year’s Relay. “Even the support of Relay for Life — being around other survivors, doing the Relay for Life — I mean it’s very much an uplift when you’re going to it,” she said. The support of all these people has meant much to her as she went through cancer treatments and cared for her mother, who had dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and died less than two years ago. “I couldn’t have done it without them,” she said. “I know that the Lord is our healer, and it’s through the power of a lot of prayers.” A woman at church once encouraged her that her attitude toward cancer — not allowing it to take over her life — could help her defeat it. And going to work every day helped her maintain that positive attitude, when she interacts with the children every day.

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Seven-and-one-half years after Thomas’ first round with cancer, doctors found another tumor. And in the last two years, they have found two more. Thomas just completed chemotherapy treatment two weeks ago. Throughout her long journey with cancer, Thomas said she has found strength in God. She attends Church at the Cross, where friends and fellow church members have shown their sup-

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ies. The event falls silent to honor the survivors and the memories of those who died. It is also moving for Thomas, especially when she thinks of her friend whose mother recently died of breast cancer. “It’s harder on the caregivers than it is on the survivors,” she said. “I mean, I never thought I would feel that way until I’ve seen that part of it.” Contact Jennifer Nesslar at jnesslar@orangeobserver.com.

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Dear Editor: As chairman of the Spring Fever in the Garden festival, it is difficult to sum up my thoughts and my feelings of emotions that I go through after our event. The closeness of this group of ladies who come together these two days is amazing. A total of 130 ladies assist in presenting a beautiful display of God’s gorgeous gifts given to us each day, but is so abundant all in one place this weekend. My thanks to my Spring Fever Committee who work tirelessly all year and never complained. These ladies go and do their job with their committees and it is amazing to watch them become leaders they are. They bring their spouses and family members in to assist as well. Bloom and Grow would especially like to thank the city of Winter Garden — City Manager Mike Bollhoefer; Mayor John Rees; our city commissioners; and Laura Coar, Jackie Mathis, Alyssa Hofelt, Elizabeth Robertson and Rick Reynolds, who all work with us all year. We thank all the staff, including the Winter Garden Fire Rescue, Winter Garden Police Department, the Solid Waste Department, Parks and Recreation, Water Conservation and Public Works. Bloom and Grow would not be able to do it without your coordination. Thanks to Michael who has helped us mark spaces for our vendors for the past four years. Our appreciation for the talent and patience of our local artists, Andy Crabtree, of Crabtree Ink, who not only designs our Spring Fever design each year — he and

his staff also help us coordinate our advertising and promotion. Andy has been our artist for all 16 years. We of course thank our vendors who work with one another to move in early and bring their finest work to display for us. We could not do this event without our many sponsors and contributors. Thank you for believing in our group and our festival. Thanks to our many volunteers such as the artist for the Garden Art Auction and Chalkin’ It Up; the contributors to our KIDZONE; our entertainment; the Winter Garden Explorers; the Honor Society students; Kohls Volunteers; the many Boy Scouts; the Winter Garden Rotary Club; the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation; the Winter Garden Railroad Museum; Pilar’s for being our VIP location for our members and sponsors; the Master Gardeners; and the many speakers for our Seminars and Ask the Experts.

Our appreciation to the downtown merchants and restaurants for their support and contributions. The West Orange Times & Observer and the Orlando Sentinel did a great job in publishing two brochures to be given out at the festival. We also thank the Green Thumb Garden Club from the Kissimmee area that brought 80 members by bus on Sunday to see Spring Fever in the Garden. Thank you to the late Helen Kennedy for your vision of a garden festival for Winter Garden and bringing your idea to our club 17 years ago. Thanks to Jackie Colberg for naming it Spring Fever in the Garden. Our appreciation to all who attended and supported our merchants and our vendors. It was a great weekend, and I am proud to be a part of it. SUE CRABTREE CHAIRMAN, SPRING FEVER IN THE GARDEN

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vice project of the Bridgewater Middle School National Junior Honor Society, teacher Shalanda Cooper had helping other children in mind. When Principal Lisa James told Cooper’s NJHS students that Orange Center Elementary was in need of books, they answered the call in spades. In about two weeks between Feb. 29 and March 14, 161 Bridgewater Middle School NJHS students collected more than 700

books for a school 18 miles away. “The book selections range from the classic books, such as ‘Dick and Jane,’ to more current books from authors such as Jeff Kinney, Susan Collin, Rick Riordan and Barbara Park,” Cooper said. Last month, advisers and officers of NJHS took the books to Orange Center Elementary. “Having the opportunity to bless students is an honor for me and my peers,” NJHS President Stephanie Odom said. Orange Center Elementary Media Specialist Orethia Grant

thanked the Bridgewater team for what she called enrichment with literature. “Our gratitude goes beyond words on what your students have done for the students at Orange Center,” Grant said. “Your donation has made a world of difference to the families and students and media center.” Cooper said her students were adhering to the NJHS motto: “‘We are making a difference in the world one community at a time’ is a true testimony of the imprint they left in the hearts and minds of students, staff and community today.”

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5 FINDS at Adjectives Winter Garden The vintage marketplace celebrated the opening of its location on Plant Street in Winter Garden last weekend. DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER

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ly to the Adjectives vendors or to the marketplace itself. Kelly Orme, a staff member at Adjectives Winter Garden, described the community outreach and support as phenomenal and welcoming. “This town, this community, they’ve been so supportive for us,” Orme said. “Everybody is so excited when they come in here and people are so welcoming. All the other local businesses have come in and introduced themselves and welcomed us. I think this is a great place for us.” Contact Danielle Hendrix at dhendrix@orangeobserver.com.

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he Oakland Town Center was abuzz Saturday, April 17, with people in the community who came together to support the arts in the seventh annual Town of Oakland HapCO Wine & Dine for the Arts. The event offered guests fine wines and food catered by Chef Anthony Fothergill; entertainment by the UF Gator Jazz Band, Ocoee High School band, jazz vocalist LeNard Rutledge and Highwaymen painter RL Lewis; and a chance to socialize with friends and leaders.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES The very beginnings of Ocoee Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) feature a family tree filled with Ocoee pioneers. The congregation began its life in the home of Gen. and Mrs. William Temple Withers In 1883. Six years later, the couple planned a church building that would stand on land donated by Capt. and Mrs. Bluford Sims. The building welcomed its first worshippers in 1891. A Boston architect designed the interior to reflect the floor plans of Europe’s Gothic cathedrals. The stained-glass altar windows were made in Belgium and arrived in Ocoee from Sanford by ox cart after stops in New York and Jacksonville; the exterior windows are thought to be from the Tiffany studios. Summoning worshippers to services is a carillon bell that came from a tower in London.

65 years ago

Larry Cappleman won first prize — a tricycle — in the first age group, 2-4 years, in the Easter Egg Hunt staged on Lake Apopka by the Winter Garden Lions Club. Dr. Otho Watford was chairman of the committee. The Winter Garden Welfare League is sponsoring the baseball game at Walker Field between the Chattanooga Lookouts and the Washington Senators.

45 years ago

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.

35 years ago

A youth recreation park is being designed for the Windermere area with the Rotary Club giving leadership to the project. It will include a baseball diamond, softball and soccer fields, volleyball and handball courts, horseshoe pit and basketball and tennis courts. The idea for the facilities behind Windermere Elementary School was initiated by Don

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West Orange High School selected 13 standout student athletes and coaches from 1976-86 to form the inaugural class inducted into the WOHS Sports Hall of Fame. The first inductees were coaches Gary

Guthrie, Ogie Keneipp and Ron Lopsonzski; and athletes Bruce Crabb, Anita Drayton, Laurie Elberg, Herbert Harp, Larry Johnson, Jim Karr, Mandy Maxey, Randy McClellan, Peter Moore and Louise Schweitzer. The late Bill Cook, a longtime Winter Garden resident, was also honored for dedicating his time, effort and money to West Orange sports programs for many years.

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Nathalya McMillion Ocoee High senior Nathalya McMillion is on fire lately. She won the 100- and 200-meter sprints at the Metro Conference Championships in Winter Park April 6, pushing her onward to the district meet. Additionally, McMillion has just signed for a full-ride scholarship to run track and field at Alcorn State University in Mississippi.

What was running through your mind when you crossed the finish line at Metros? “I just won Metros, oh snap!” I was like, “Wow, I just got first,” and everybody was congratulating me, so it was really fun. How did you first get involved in track and field? My brothers ran track first and I didn’t really run track, my mom was more putting me in ballet and the girly stuff. After that I realized — because I have two older brothers and I run with them — it was just being with them that made me quick and chasing after them. I started running when I was in sixth grade. What do you love most about sprinting? It’s quick! I’m not out there for a long time or long distance, I give all props to them (distance runners) because I

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can’t do that. But sprinting is just short, quick, and I’m out of there. What are your plans at Alcorn State? I’m majoring in athletic training and sports administration. ... I was always around sports, so I joined the athletic training club here, and that’s what really inspired me to go toward what I really wanted to do.

Family and friends joined Nick Hall and Chloe Goodyear at West Orange High to celebrate their scholarships to row in college for Stetson and UCF, respectively.

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What’s the best advice you’ve received? Probably the best advice is from my pastor: Do what you can do best and trust in God. That’s all you can do, just give it all to God and be great. What are some songs that get you pumped up and ready to run? “Girl On Fire” by Alicia Keys, and I have this new song I listen to called “Gospel” by Kodak Black. What is your favorite Disney character or movie? Beauty and the Beast! I like Belle because she had the smarts and didn’t settle for what was coming at her, she wanted more than the average, and Beast because he had to push through what all his struggles (were) and come out as his true self. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? I want to go to Italy. I just think their culture is amazing. Their food is obviously bomb — I’m a foodie, I love food — so I want to go and eat and experience new things. If I could just travel the world that would be great, and hopefully with running I can do that. — DANIELLE HENDRIX

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The regular period for signing National Letters of Intent for all sports began April 13 and will run through Aug. 1. To celebrate the beginning of this period, Ocoee High School and West Orange High School held spring signing-day ceremonies to complement earlier ceremonies in the school year for National Signing Day and the beginning of the early signing period in the fall. Foundation Academy is having a ceremony April 26 with three signees so far, and West Orange will add a few more April 21. Here are the local seniors who signed NLIs on April 13.

SIGN HERE, PLEASE OCOEE HIGH Steven Hogan: St. Scholastica (football) Nathalya McMillion: Alcorn State (track) John Mondesir: Northland Technical College (football) Zeandra Thomas: Trinity Baptist College (soccer) Sid Veritus: Heidelburg University (football) WEST ORANGE HIGH/ORLANDO AREA ROWING SOCIETY (OARS) Nick Hall: Stetson University (rowing) Chloe Goodyear: UCF (rowing)

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for Gonsalves, who quickly set to fundraising. Other club teams saw his passion and bought his team uniforms, which can be expensive. The team eventually got the opportunity to play through Clermont FC, though Gonsalves holds the team’s practices at the Jim Beech Recreation Center. The Comets began to travel around the state, to tournaments in Sarasota, Naples and Tallahassee, with Gonsalves happy to be both coach and chauffeur for team members who didn’t have a ride to and from tournaments. It didn’t take long for the team to have success. This year, the U17 Comets won the Region Cup, which takes the team to the Presidents Cup on April 30 and May 1. If the team wins, it will represent Florida in the State Cup. As many of the boys reach 11th and 12th grade, Gonsalves hopes to help the team members get scholarships. His wife, Liselle, is team manager, cheering them on

U17 COMETS Record: 23-3-8 See them play at the Presidents Cup April 30 and May 1 at Lake Myrtle Sports Park, 2828 Lake Myrtle Park Road, Auburndale.

and encouraging them to focus on getting good grades, so they can be considered for scholarships. Some team members plan to try out for Orlando City Soccer Club or the Orlando City B team, the MLS club’s “minorleague” team that competes in the USL PRO league. “I like the players and the coach,” said Jack Sewell, a junior center midfielder. “I like being able to play on the weekends. It’s something to keep me busy.” Gonsalves’ drive is to give the team members something productive to do and keep them out of trouble. “I try to keep them together, teach them respect, the way you carry yourself on the field,

the way you speak to people,” he said. That drive is very personal. “I grew up on my own,” he said. “I know what it is not to have guidance.” The impact of soccer carries beyond the field. “I feel it teaches me how to help others,” said Alexis Rodriguez, a junior center back on the team. “If I know something, I can help them do stuff. It teaches me how to talk to other people and not be shy around other people.” The bond between the team members is evident. “It’s crazy that they’re 17-year-old boys, but they look out for each other, give each other funny names and they come from all walks,” said Liselle Gonsalves. Ultimately, Gonsalves hopes to create a club environment and offer soccer to more kids at an affordable cost. Contact Jennifer Nesslar at jnesslar@orangeobserver.com.

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It’s official — HB 7029 has been signed into law. The bill has been commonly referred to as the “school choice bill,” and it encompasses a lot of policy that concerns school choice, charter schools and some other issues not usually associated with what you might read on a sports page. That you are, in fact, reading about it on a sports page is because of a few specific policies concerning high school athletics and the implications of some of the legislation’s overarching policies. Although “school choice bill” is how many refer to it, there are those within highschool sports circles that may rename it the “free agency bill.” Different versions of the bill have popped up in recent years, but this year, it finally passed. Many coaches, athletic directors and administrators aren’t pleased about what it could

mean for high school sports in our state. The doomsday scenario is dynasties, rampant transferring and “have-not programs” that simply can’t keep up with the Joneses. These are all things that already exist. Still, because of this uncertainty and fear, the new legislation and its impact deserve a second look. First, there is the openenrollment provision that would allow students to enroll at any public school in Florida — across district lines — if there is room. This provision, which would take effect with the 2017-18 school year, probably most directly relates to the “free agency” fears. If signed into law, there would be no reason for Billy to “move in” with his aunt who lives in the destination school zone because, so long as that school has room and Billy can get to and from school, he can transfer. The law also loosens transferring regulations — a lot. A student can transfer to a different school and become immediately available to play a sport at his or her new school, even if the sport is in season — as long as the student had not been participating that season in that same sport at the school he or she just left (with few exceptions).

Although this affords the absurd — but inevitable — possibility of student-athletes who will play for four different programs in four years, it at least prevents Suzie from starting the season playing softball for one school but, when she can’t find her way off the bench through the first six games, transfers to another school where she can start. Other items of note include the bills’ imposition of stiff penalties for recruiting by coaches and leaving eligibility guidelines up to the districts. Another important element, especially for smaller schools, allows schools to join the FHSAA on a per-sport basis. This means we will see more growth of independent conferences such as the Sunshine State Athletic Conference, in which CFCA, Legacy and Windermere Prep compete, and that those leagues will likely have more autonomy going forward (currently teams can participate in the SSAC within the overriding structure of the FHSAA, which is why its teams are stuck playing eight-game regular seasons). There are some legitimate concerns about what this all could mean for the essence of high-school sports. After all, the only thing that really differentiates varsity sports from the big business of travel and club sports is the idea of kids

representing their school and community. But, due in part to collaboration with the FHSAA during the bill’s formulation, there do seem to be some important qualifiers in place that keep this from becoming the death knell for mid- and lower-level varsity programs — and there’s also a point where high-school sports people have to be honest about what is already going on. Look, Florida already has led the way in past years for opening itself up to the wild, wild west-style of transfers and, if anything, this bill at least takes some of the fraud and deception out of the equation and lends some transparency to what’s going on. One of the key components to the open-enrollment provision is that schools have to actually have room for their new starting tight end — and that provision should quell some concerns that a powerhouse football program might bring in a dozen transfers every season because the law at leasts recognizes there must be desks for those students. Given how crowded schools are in Orange County and around Central Florida, this part of the provision seems particularly noteworthy. Few, if any, destination schools have room in the first place. So, Billy might still need to move to Winter Garden if he wants to play for, say, West Orange because — even with the opening of a relief school on the horizon — West Orange still figures to be at, near or over capacity. It’s also worth considering

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that students who go to school outside of their school zone aren’t being bussed across county lines with taxpayer dollars. If a family is dedicated enough to arrange transportation to and from a school that is 30 minutes away, then perhaps it’s not our place to tell them to do otherwise. We can debate what it says about parenting when athletics can play such a large role in where a teen attends high school, but we probably don’t need to be in the business of legislating questionable parenting. It’s important for everyone to take a step back and examine which situations really make sense for switching schools for athletic reasons. Most recruiting in sports other than football doesn’t even go on as much in varsity sports, anyway — it happens on the club level. So, for so many athletes, changing schools based on athletic opportunity doesn’t really make a ton of sense. But, for those whom it does make sense for, there are now increased options – and that’s not a bad thing. Colorado already has had an open-enrollment policy for more than a decade. Around just 10% of that state’s students attend a school beside that which he or she is zoned for. It goes to show that while some will take advantage of this new legislation, transferring will not make sense for everyone. At the end of the day, highschool sports are about community — and I don’t think you can change that with a piece of legislation.

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Jay Welsh, coach of last season’s Futures Wood-bat League champion, the Winter Garden Tangelos, says a focus on players returning to roots will turn the Squeeze around. ZAK KERR STAFF WRITER WINTER GARDEN

The 2015 Winter Garden Squeeze expected big things after a successful 2014 Florida Collegiate Summer League campaign. But the team’s head coach, Ruben Felix, needed to relinquish his position shortly before the season. Retired MLB catcher Eddie Taubensee coached the team in the interim, but the roster was not his, and it showed as the team lost 14 consecutive games after winning its opener. While the Squeeze finished last at 8-28, new Squeeze head coach Jay Welsh led the Winter Garden Tangelos — the Squeeze’s Futures Wood-bat League affiliate — to a record-setting 18-6-1 first-place finish and an FWL title. And Welsh believes he can turn the Squeeze around. “I told Adam (Bates), our general manager, when he asked me what’s wrong with the Squeeze, ‘I don’t have anything against kids from Texas or from different parts of the country, but we’ve got a lot of the greatest ballplayers that go to colleges right here in Central Florida,’” Welsh said. “What really helps on (the Tangelos) is that these kids have been here and they just love being here. They see guys they played against in high school on their team now, and we just had such a great camaraderie in the dugout.” Welsh and Bates have planned

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to promote players from the Tangelos to the Squeeze and add more players from Central Florida to recapture that camaraderie. Of 28 athletes Welsh has sought for his roster, 24 attended Central Florida high schools, including Dr. Phillips, Olympia, West Orange and Windermere Prep. “This league was founded on a local kid coming back,” Bates said. “With us and our goals, hoping to build a field in downtown Winter Garden and expand, we have a goal of kids making this their stop, their home for the summer and get more involved in the community. It starts with local kids.” Bates said he and Welsh have seen these players behave responsibly as representatives they would want for their team

in the community. Welsh said he has coached as many as 16 of them, some starting at 9 years old — and his son, Ryan, a sophomore pitcher at Florida Southern who had a 0.58 ERA in 31 innings for the 2015 Tangelos. Another key adaptation will be Welsh’s playing strategy, which differs from most managers’, he said. He believes in rotating players in five-inning and four-inning shifts to keep them fresh while staying sharp on the field to progress in development. “We’ve been working on this since we got eliminated last year,” Bates said. “Our goal is ... Tropicana Field or bust.” Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@orangeobserver.com.

runs on two doubles. “(Golden has) been really stroking the ball well and squaring it up,” LaNeave said. It was the third time in the Warriors’ past five games that they had won by 10 or more runs. With the offense coming together, LaNeave said he has been pleasantly surprised by his team’s ability to put up runs after anticipating more of a small-ball approach at the season’s outset. “They proved me wrong a little bit — we have a little bit of everything,” LaNeave said. “We’ve stolen probably 75 bases this year. We’re laying bunts now, moving runners over and being real aggressive on the bases — and coming up with some huge hits. It’s all coming together right now.” Against the Patriots in the district final, it was Mathis again who starred in a complete-game shutout. Golden, Lexie Blair, Jade Caraway and Amanda Fleming each had an RBI for West Orange at the plate. The Warriors hosted 9A-4 runner-up Freedom April 20 after press time. If victorious, West Orange will host either Boone or Lake Brantley in the regional semifinals 7 p.m. April 26. LIONS MOVE FORWARD

West Orange was not the only local softball team to extend its season beyond its respective district tournament. With a 7-0 victory against The

MATHIS KEEPS ROLLING Lauren Mathis did something unusual for herself this season against the Titans April 13 — she allowed an earned run. The University of Georgia commit now has allowed just two earned runs in 112 innings of action this spring — good for a 0.125 ERA. She is also allowing just 1.6 hits per seven innings pitched. Per MaxPreps, Mathis has the No. 4 ERA in the nation as of April 14. Two days after Mathis allowed the earned run against Olympia, she pitched seven shutout innings for the Warriors in the Class 9A, District 3 final against Lake Brantley.

Master’s Academy April 13 in the Class 3A, District 3 Semifinals, Foundation Academy earned its fourth consecutive playoff berth. Haleigh Graziotti drove in a pair of runs and Ali DiBlasio got the complete-game shutout on the mound for the Lions. Foundation (14-12) fell in the district final and will travel to take on Lakeland Christian at 7 p.m. April 21 in the regional semifinals. Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@orangeobserver.com.

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 125 E Plant St., Winter Garden 407-656-2352 Sundays 8:30 am Traditional 9:45 am Bible Study 11:00 am Contemporary Awana - Wednesdays - 6pm Pastor Tim Grosshans www.fbcwg.org 2nd Campus: “FOUNDATION WORSHIP” Sundays 9:45 am - All Ages at Foundation Academy High School 15304 Tilden Road - Winter Garden www.FoundationWorship.com 407.730.1867 STARKE LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH 611 West. Ave., Ocoee Pastor Jeff Pritchard (407) 656-2351 Email: starkelakebaptist@gmail. com

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Windermere home will soon be an international star.

A home in Windermere soon will be seen by two million viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The home on 34 Pine St.

in the town of Windermere

will air in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as a part of a documentary called “My Life in Florida.” The documentary will be shown on Taff. “It is one of the most popular shows in Germany,” filmmaker Michael Hawich said. “Two million people view it.”

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Above: Filmmaker Michael Hawich films as Claudia Mundlos shows the pool to the Bourque family.

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European show to feature local home Featured Realtor Claudia Mundlos

ABOUT THE WESTERN EUROPEAN BUYER Buyers from Western Europe favor Palm Beach, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Bradenton/Sarasota/ Venice, Orlando/Kissimmee, Panama City/Lynn Haven and Fort Lauderdale areas, according to research from the National Association of Realtors. Eighteen percent of Western European buyers choose Palm Beach, while 8% choose the Orlando-Kissimmee area. Of these, 57% purchase single-family homes as opposed to town houses, condos or other property.

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Hawich’s documentary follows the lives of 12 people who moved to the U.S. from Germany. One of these people is Claudia Mundlos, a Realtor with Charles Rutenberg Realty. In the documentary, she is depicted showing the house at 34 Pine St. to a family. Hawich often documents the lives of Germans living abroad, as it is of interest to people back home. “I think everybody fantasizes

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3-0 The MetroWest community celebrated its 30th anniversary in March. JENNIFER NESSLAR STAFF WRITER

hen Stina D’Uva was looking for a home more than 26 years ago, it was one in MetroWest that caught her eye. “I just really liked the layout and the look of the house,” she said. “I really liked the landscaping as I was driving along Hiawassee Road with the Realtor.” D’Uva arrived at the community only a few years after it was founded. MetroWest, one of the first master-planned communities in Central Florida, celebrated its 30th anniversary March 13. The development began along the main arteries of MetroWest — Hiawassee Road and MetroWest Boulevard — and expanded from

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there. The MetroWest Golf Club opened in 1987, soon after the beginning of the development, according to Francine Burruezo, the catering and event director at the MetroWest Golf Club. Now, more than 1,900 acres have been developed, with more than 9,600 residential units and 42 neighborhoods, and commercial and retail options dotted throughout. “There’s a lot of business in MetroWest,” said Julie Sanchez, general manager at the MetroWest Master Association.

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and the large sign that welcomes people into the community. “You can definitely tell when you come into MetroWest and when you leave it,” Sanchez said. The slogan — “Live. Work. Play.” — resonates with residents such as D’ Uva, who feels the community offers everything she would like to do. In 2012, MetroWest won Orlando’s City Beautiful award. The community also has been a finalist in the Florida Communities of Excellence for Floridafriendly landscaping and water conservation. The city of Orlando also awarded the Environmental Excellence award to the community because of its irrigation system, which is operated remotely. The web-based irrigation system allows operators to check water levels on irrigation in the common areas from the computer and control the system remotely. The system also keeps water from being wasted on roadways and sidewalks. Another source of pride for the community is that all schools zoned for MetroWest are A-rated. THE CHALLENGES

But MetroWest has faced challenges along the way. For most of MetroWest’s existence, the developer controlled the community. That changed in October 2014, when a buyout gave the MetroWest Master Association control of the community. “(Community members) hold their own destiny versus someone trying to control it,” Sanchez said. “They make their own decisions, they drive where their money goes, how it’s spent and what the community really needs from their perspective.” Having a developer-controlled

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community wasn’t all negative, Sanchez said, and the association has been able to build on some things the developer established in the community. Since then, the association has been able to create a greater sense of community, using events like the JazzFest as a way to form connections. The community also has created a new mobile app to help people feel connected. Another challenge the community has faced is changing the perception of crime in MetroWest. “Right now it is a perception and not so much a reality,” Sanchez said. “(To change perception) is a little more challenging than the fact of the matter. It is about, again, connecting people, educating people, educating the media … when they indicate MetroWest and it’s really not in

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the boundaries of MetroWest.” The community has also established a public safety team to address any incidents that do happen in MetroWest. They can also address complaints and concerns residents have. WHAT’S NEXT?

The MetroWest Master Association has plans to continue to make MetroWest feel like a tight-knit community. “It’s all about the connections of people,” Sanchez said. “In that, the vision is ‘how do we connect people?’” The association has used events and media platforms to connect people, but ideas include making physical spaces gathering places. Sanchez would like to see Veranda Park be developed into a central place for people to gather, as well as continuing to make the

MetroWest Golf Club a place that brings people together. “Those are two anchor partners in MetroWest that I think drive a lot of people and activities and bring people together,” she said. Sanchez also envisions the expansion of a bike trail, which currently runs from the east side of Kirkman Road to MetroWest Boulevard. She would like to see the bike trail continue to turn on Hiawassee Road to go south, which would allow the trail to pass through an area with many businesses along Hiawassee and Veranda Park, which is intended to become an anchor of the community. The trail would conclude at Turkey Lake, where a cyclist could pick up other bike trails. Contact Jennifer Nesslar at jnesslar@orangeobserver.com.

RECOGNITION This year, MetroWest Master Association General Manager Julie Sanchez placed in the top 10 managers in the nation. “She does an amazing job at bringing the community together and utilizing the club, Veranda Park, as a focal point of the community, said Francine Burruezo, catering and event director at the MetroWest Golf Club.

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Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2-car garage Townhouse in gated community! Well-kept as seller used only as a vacation home! Laminate wood flooring, upgraded lighting fixtures, kitchen boats granite counter tops, 42” expresso cabinets with crown molding, all stainless steel appliances included, oversized pantry completes the package. Dining area and family room great for entertaining friends & family. Upstairs loft and the expansive master suite features a large walk-in closet , dual vanities, glass enclosed shower and private water closet. Large laundry room with plenty of storage space! Can be purchased with or without the furniture! $210,000 Call Maria Marte 407-733-1558

10509 SPRING LAKE DRIVE—CLERMONT PALISADES GOLF COMMUNITY $275,000

Pool home on a private, half acre lot! 3BE/2BA split plan with a view of the Great Room and French doors leding to the pool as you walk in the door. Plenty of storage in the kitchen and an oversized garage make this home functional. Call Jessica Stone 407-484-2879

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Build your dream home on this peaceful lot with beautiful backyard sunsets overlooking the 13th fairway of the Swiss Fairways CC. Motivated seller willing to owner finance. NO HOA. MLS#O5367651 Murray Sawyer 407-697-5989 MurraySawyerRealtor@gmail.com

3318 FAWNWOOD DR—OCOEE $340,000—4,000 PLUS SQUARE FEET! Practically NEW 6BE/4BA in Ocoee. Upgraded and Energy Efficient—ready for new owner! Gated community. Huge space. MUST SEE! Call now! Andy Anderson 407-625-1675

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Gorgeous 5BE/5BA with an elegant style for a perfect vacation home! Dining Room set up beautifully with 10-chair dining table-coordinates well with living room. Master bath with his/her sinks and spacious garden tub. Granite top kitchen with breakfast bar. Loft set up as game room. Screen room with pool, hot tub & BBQ space. Located in a resort style, gated community! Call Lenise De Carvalho 407-466-7939

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The home at 14376 Shocklach Drive, Winter Garden, sold April 7, for $370,000. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 2,792 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $132.52.

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The home at 15162 Evergreen Oak Loop, Winter Garden, sold April 1, for $305,000. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three-and-onehalf baths and 2,571 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $118.63.

modern farmhouse on Lake Down topped all West Orange-area residential real-estate transactions from April 1-7. The home at 2926 Midsummer Drive, Windermere, sold April 6, for $1.95 million. Built in 2014, it has six bedrooms, six baths and 6,471 square feet of living area on 2.71 lakefront acres. The price per square foot is $301.34.

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The home at 1742 Palmerston Circle, Ocoee, sold April 4, for $209,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,123 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $98.45. WESTYN BAY

The home at 2822 Eagles Landing Trail, Ocoee, sold April 1, for $350,000. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths and 3,450 square feet. The price per square foot is $101.45.

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This home, at 2926 Midsummer Drive, Windermere, sold April 6, for $1.95 million. This modern farmhouse, which sits on 2.71 acres on Lake Down, has been completely rebuilt to include modern amenities such as tongue-andgroove ceilings, Viking stainless-steel appliances, two master suites and a summer kitchen.

The town house at 6364 Lake Smith Circle, No. 6364, Windermere, sold April 1, for $218,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,632 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $133.58. SUMMERLAKE GROVES

The home at 15485 Murcott Blossom Blvd., No. 61, Winter Garden, sold April 1, for $303,290. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,444 square feet. The price per square foot is $124.10. WINDERMERE TERRACE

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The home at 1410 Kirby St., Ocoee, sold April 1, for $95,550 (auction/REO). Built in 1966, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,234 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $77.43. BROOKSTONE

The home at 1902 Tumblewater Blvd., Ocoee, sold April 4, for $310,000. Built in 2001, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,915 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $106.35.

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The home at 2618 Coventry Lane, Ocoee, sold April 5, for $143,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,732 square feet. The price per square foot is $82.56. CROSS CREEK

The home at 474 Fern Meadow Loop, Ocoee, sold April 1, for $250,000 (short sale). Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,665 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $150.15. FORESTBROOKE

The home at 261 Beacon Pointe Drive, Ocoee, sold April 1, for $344,900. Built in 2005, it has seven bedrooms, three-and-onehalf baths, a pool and 3,759 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $91.75.

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and 1,543 square feet. The price per square foot is $149.06. LAKEVIEW RESERVE

The home at 8 Lakeview Reserve Blvd., Winter Garden, sold April 1, for $218,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,748 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $124.71. OAKS AT BRANDY LAKE

The home at 919 Muirwood Way, Winter Garden, sold April 1, for $252,500. Built in 2010, it has five bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,212 square feet. The price per square foot is $114.15.

The home at 6550 Cartmel Lane, Windermere, sold April 5, for $830,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, four-and-onehalf baths, a pool and 4,257 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $194.97.

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The condo at 15629 Boggy Oak Circle, No. 81, Winter Garden, sold April 6, for $139,000. Built in 2010, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,216 square feet. The price per square foot is $114.31.

The home at 9668 Woodmont Place, Windermere, sold April 6, for $532,500. Built in 1981, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,732 square feet. The price per square foot is $194.91.

WINTER GARDEN AMBERLEIGH

The home at 416 Lake Amberleigh Drive, Winter Garden, sold April 5, for $245,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,920 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $127.60. GLENVIEW ESTATES

The home at 1039 Glensprings Ave., Winter Garden, sold April 5, for $230,000. Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, two baths

The condo at 15653 Boggy Oak Circle, No. 51, Winter Garden, sold April 4, for $139,900. Built in 2010, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,216 square feet. The price per square foot is $115.05.

WESTPOINT TOWNHOMES

The town house at 431 Westpoint Garden Circle, Winter Garden, sold April 6, for $168,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 1,588 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $105.79. WINDTREE GARDENS

The condo at 50 Windtree Lane, No. 204, Winter Garden, sold April 1, for $30,000. Built in 1983, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 918 square feet. The price per square foot is $32.68.

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