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Young shutterbugs showcase work at new exhibition. PAGE 15A
Plant Street Market bustles at grand opening. PAGE 5A
Franco Martins serves as mentor for young runners. PAGE 1B
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FAITHFUL SERVANTS by Amy Quesinberry Rhode | Community Editor
OUR TOWN
by Amy Quesinberry Rhode Community Editor
Director retires from center
+ ONP needs old electronics Do you have old computers or appliances taking up space in your closets or garage? If so, Oakland Nature Preserve is accepting them this weekend at its $Green$ Up event. The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the preserve, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland. Bring your recyclable aluminum, steel cans, copper wiring, electronics (except TVs or computer monitors), and appliances (except refrigerators or freezers) to be recycled. Proceeds made from recycling will be donated to the preserve. For more information, email information@oaklandnaturepreserve.org or call (407) 905-0054.
Director Patty Tate is leaving the First United Methodist Church preschool after 23 years.
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Ryan and Stacie Rouse are in the process of adopting a third child, 12-year-old Islanda. Their family also includes Piper and Hayden, both 4.
+ Whispering Oak alum invited back
WO This week’s winner is
Andria Hoag.
See the photo on PAGE 7B.
development by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer
Primrose considers new DP location
Winter Garden’s Ryan Rouse and his wife, Stacie, run an orphanage in Haiti, taking care of 51 children and young adults.
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yan Rouse had every intention of spending many years as a youth pastor. He was content with his position, serving seven years in Clermont and then another seven in Jacksonville. He had led many international youth mission trips and never imagined he would actually move to a third-world country and engage in full-time mission work. The former Winter Garden resident said now he is doing exactly what God wants him to do. In June 2013, he and his wife, Stacie, packed their belongings and their two young children, Hayden and Piper, and settled in the city of Cabaret, Haiti, three miles from the
+ We hear wedding bells!
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HEARTS FOR HAITI
Whispering Oak Elementary School is hosting a reception for seniors who attended the school. The reception will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, May 15, at the school, 15300 Stoneybrook West Parkway, Winter Garden. Students will have a chance to visit with teachers, enjoy refreshments and watch a video from the fifthgrade graduation. RSVP to (407) 6567773.
Jean Markle and Billy Adams, son of Estelle and Louie Adams, of Gotha, are pleased to announce their engagement. No date has been set for the wedding.
WINTER GARDEN — When Patty Tate graduated from an all-girls high school in 1968, she and her classmates sang the Prayer of St. Francis: “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.” Her dream was to be able to serve God every day, and that opportunity came in 1992, when Tate was asked to
DR. PHILLIPS — Representatives of Primrose Schools held an informal meeting with Dr. Phillips residents May 6 at the Crown of Glory Lutheran Church, regarding a nearby site for which they are considering an application to build a school. Officials are interested in building a 12,000-square-foot, one-story Primrose School at 8236 Conroy Windermere Road in Dr. Phillips. A pond is on the west side of that lot, with a larger pond across the
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SEE HAITI / PAGE 8A Children at the orphanage enjoy free time with Ryan Rouse.
SEE PRIMROSE / PAGE 8A
EDUCATION by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer
Commissioners finalize WOHS relief school plan WEST ORANGE — The Orange County Board of County Commissioners held a final public hearing on the West Orange High relief school May 5, approving a plan for the Beck Property in the West Windermere Rural Settlement with
four new conditions. Those conditions are: prohibition of bleachers at the school’s practice fields, band practices ending by 8 p.m., restrictions on portables and Courtesy
SEE SCHOOL / PAGE 6A Early renderings for the West Orange High relief school show a music center by the main entrance.
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THURSDAY, MAY 14 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 meetings are open to the public. The post is also open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays. Veterans are invited to stop by for coffee and conversation. A lunch menu is available. For more information, email americanlegion63@cflrr.com or call (407) 656-6361. Identity Theft Targeted to Seniors — 11 a.m. Thursday, May 14, at the Winter Garden Branch Library, 805 E. Plant St., Winter Garden. Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes against the senior population. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office Senior Crime Prevention Unit will share red flags, ways stolen identity is used, the number one identity theft in the U.S. and what steps to take to regain personal identity. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Life Line Screening — 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 14, at the Anointed Ground Church, 304 E. Oakland Ave., Oakland. Town of Oakland employees, Oakland residents and anyone in the surrounding area who would like to be screened are welcome to attend. Various services are available, including a 6 for Life Health Risk Assessment for $79 and vascular screenings for $149. Pre registration is required. For more information and to register, call (877) 7549648 and use the priority code HSC6061.
FRIDAY, MAY 15 Celebration in Enchancia — 11 a.m. Friday, May 15, at the West Oaks Branch Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Ages 3 to 5 are invited to sparkle and shine while celebrating the world of Disney Junior’s “Sofia the First.” For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Food Truck Friday and Movie
in the Park — 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 15, at Bill Breeze Park, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee. Bring the family for dinner and afterward, enjoy the movie “Paddington” on an outdoor screen. The film will begin at 8 p.m. Several food trucks will offer gourmet treats including Krispy Kreme hamburgers, lobster rolls, barbeque pulled pork, crepes and Swedish burgers. Also, from 6 to 8 p.m., the Friends of Ocoee History Preservation will give free tours of the historic Withers-Maguire house, located at 16 E. Oakland Ave. For more information, call the Ocoee Parks and Recreation Department at (407) 905-3180. Genealogy for Night Owls — 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 15, at the West Oaks Branch Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Join for an after-hours genealogy event to research family history. Guests are invited to take a brief tour of the facility. Beginning genealogy lectures and technology classes will be offered. Library staff and volunteers will be available for research assistance. Registration is required. If you do not have an Orange County Library System library card, call (407) 835-7651 for more information about attending. Harlem Wizards Game — 7 p.m. Friday, May 15, at West Orange High School, 1625 Beulah Road, Winter Garden. Hosted by the Sunset Park Elementary Parent Teacher Organization and Sheraton Vistana Resorts Orlando, the Wizards game will give guests the opportunity to witness basketball talent combined with hilarious comedy during two hours of family time where parents, grandparents and kids can all laugh together. When in the stands, viewers are more than spectators; they’re part of the show with loads of audience participation. Fans will experience a magical display of tricks, coordinated ball handling, fancy passing and aerodynamic athleticism. The Harlem Wizards will play against teachers and staff from Sunset Park, Sand Lake and Windermere elementa-
ry schools; Bridgewater Middle; and West Orange High School. Tickets are $12 per person. To order tickets, visit harlemwizards. com/schedules. May Flowers — 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 15, at the Winter Garden Branch Library, 805 E. Plant Street, Winter Garden. Children ages 3 to 5 are invited to study how flowers grow. Attendees will mix seeds, water and sunshine to make beautiful flowers for the garden, as well as read some stories, of course. For more information, call 407) 835-7323.
SATURDAY, MAY 16 Celebration Among the Oaks — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the Oakland Town Center, N. Tubb Street, Oakland. A water plant ribbon-cutting ceremony and Arbor Day tree planting will take place. Guests will gain water conservation tips and information about spring clean up and hurricane awareness. Activities for children include a meet and greet with Smokey Bear, a dunk tank, a ride on a trackless train, bounce houses and crafts. Take a non-perishable food item for Matthew’s Hope food bank and receive one tree seedling per family. For more information, call (407) 656-1117. City of Ocoee Police Department Community Picnic — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at Ocoee Central Park, 560 Flewelling Drive, Ocoee. There will be free food, drinks, games and activities for all. There will also be a raffle for various prizes, including a 32-inch flat-screen television. All the activities are free and include bounce houses, a puppet show presented by the City of Ocoee Fire Department and face painting by Petey the Clown. For more information, call (407) 554-7204. $Green$ Up — Saturday, May 16, at the Oakland Nature Preserve, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland. The community is invited to the preserve’s $Green$ Up event to donate
BEST BET Ocoee Lakeshore Center Special Event & Wedding Show — 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, May 15, at the Ocoee Lakeshore Center, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee. The venue will be open to display and introduce exhibitors to the community, aligning the Ocoee Lakeshore Center’s team and management with event professionals for growth and expansion. Members of the community of all ages are invited to experience a night to celebrate, sample, stroll and swoon throughout the venues and grounds. At 7:30 p.m., a Bridal Fashion Show, sponsored by local boutiques, will be held on the lawn of the Withers-Maguire House. For more information, call (407) 877-5803. unwanted electronics, appliances and aluminum cans to be recycled. Everything but TV’s and refrigerators will be accepted. The proceeds from recycling will be donated to the Oakland Nature Preserve. For more information, call (407) 905-0054. Healthy Eating for Kids and Families — 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the Winter Garden Branch Library, 805 E. Plant St., Winter Garden. Learn how to read food labels and make healthier food choices for the family. This discussion will include tips for incorporating more whole foods to create a balanced diet, getting kids to eat their veggies and meal ideas for busy families. Recipes and healthy substitutions for favorite foods will be shared. For more information, visit awholenewlife. net. Open Gym Basketball — 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays at the Jim Beach Recreation Center, 1820 A.D. Mims Road, Ocoee. All ages are welcome to participate. Participants may shoot baskets, play half court games or play full court basketball. For city of Ocoee residents, the cost is $2.50 daily or $16 annually; for non residents, the cost is $4.50 and $32 annually. For more information, call (407) 9053180.
Painting with Scissors — 11 a.m. Saturday, May 16, at the Windermere Branch Library, 530 Main St., Windermere. Children ages 6 to 12 are invited to learn about the famous artist Henri Matisse and create their own bold and colorful work of art inspired by his cut-paper technique. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Savvy Savers — 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the West Oaks Branch Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Join in the savings and become a savvy saver by sharing coupons and savings tips. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Swim Lesson Registration — 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the Jim Beach Recreation Center, 1820 A.D. Mims Road, Ocoee. The cost is $52.50 for group lessons and $130 for private lessons. Checks and money orders only will be accepted. Registration is open to Ocoee residents and non-residents. For more information, call (407) 905-3180.
MONDAY, MAY 18 American Legion Bingo Night — 6:30 p.m. Mondays at the American Legion, Hugh T. Gregory Post 63, 271 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. The public is welcome to attend. For more
information, email americanlegion63@cflrr.com or call (407) 656-6361. English as a Second Language: Intensive Grammar — 9 to 11 a.m. Mondays and Wendesdays, May 18 through June 17, at the West Orlando Job Connection Center, 3200 W. Colonial Drive, Orlando. Goodwill Industries of Central Florida will host these English for Speakers of Other Languages courses and invite the public to attend. Pre registration is required. To register, call (407) 745-5550.
TUESDAY, MAY 19 Fraud and Scams Targeted to Seniors — 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 19, at the West Oaks Branch Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office Senior Crime Prevention Unit will share about the most prevalent frauds and scams, and what to do to prevent victimization. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Ooey, Gooey, Grimy and Slimy — 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, at the Southwest Branch Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. Children ages 8 to 12 will enjoy a funfilled program of silly science. Make the ooiest and gooiest of goos and get grimy and slimy. There will be stories, activities and crafts with a science twist. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Southwest Book Club — 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, at the Southwest Branch Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. Join the Southwest Book Club this month to discuss “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Cline — a gripping story of friendship, second chances and the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are. No registration is needed. (407) 835-7323.
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Expo to give seniors healthy advice
The event will feature a variety of vendors throughout the day and culminate with a 1950s senior prom. WINTER GARDEN — West Orange County residents 50 and older can get information and tips on healthy living at an expo being held just for them from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 16. The Seniors Health Expo, hosted by Natalie Betancourt and Shape Up 4 Seniors, will take place at the Jessie Brock Community Center, 310 N. Dillard St., Winter Garden. To add excitement to the evening, organizers are staging a 1950s senior prom from 6 to 8 p.m., and a king and queen will be crowned. More than 55 health-related vendors will set up booths and offer information on pharmacies, health centers, medical equipment, physical therapy, funeral homes, specialized
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David Smythe and Adela Ghoquet will receive their crowns Saturday as king and queen of the Senior Health Expo’s senior prom in Winter Garden. medicine, assisted- and independent-living facilities, health insurance and other
health services. Admission is free, but those attending are asked to take a
non-perishable food item for Bread of Life Fellowship’s, the chosen charity for this expo. Sponsors are Elevation Christian Church, Orange County Library System, Women’s Journal, Body Coach, Aflac, Golden Pond Communities and West Orange Times & Observer. Betancourt has organized these expos for three years, but this will be her first time in Winter Garden. Following this event, she has a few more planned this year at Orlando Fashion Square and in Seminole County and others, in 2016, in Kissimmee, Clermont and Winter Garden. Betancourt said she expects to hold an expo every other month in Central Florida by 2017.
It’s important for seniors to attend programs such as this, Betancourt said. “Shape Up 4 Seniors provides Seniors Health Expos events in Central Florida with only one purpose: to inform, update, educate and keep our seniors with the latest and most accurate information possible,” she said. “Technology is moving faster than information given, and our seniors need to be aware of all changes.” Betancourt stressed that this is not a sales exposition. “We don’t sell (anything) in the expos,” she said. “This is strictly targeting men and women over 50 years of age with a purpose in mind — vendors willing to answer ques-
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PROM NIGHT At 6 p.m., senior citizens are invited to enjoy a 1950s senior prom. It’s free and open to anyone 50 and older. Lemonade, popcorn and miniature cupcakes will be served. “I want them to feel this is their time, and I want them to remember those years,” Betancourt said. A king and queen will be crowned that night: 86-year-old David Smythe and 99-year-old Adela Ghoquet. Smythe is a former lumber and hardware store owner, and Ghoquet is a retired yoga instructor. tions of the seniors and cater to them with medical services and products so they can make their own decisions.” Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.
FUN RAISER by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer
Harlem Wizards set to entertain West Orange with basketball magic The string quarter from Olympia High School entertained guests.
EVENING STROLL GOTHA — The Henry Nehrling Society held its annual Corks & Caladiums event May 8 at Palm Cottage Gardens, in Gotha. Patrons sampled a variety of wines and food from different regions of the world where the plants, palms and trees of Nehrling Gardens originated: Australia, New Zealand, South America, Germany, Asia and the United States. Live music and a silent auction also were featured. Guests strolled through the property, looking for the many varieties of caladiums that grow
there. The string quartet from Olympia High School, set up on the front porch of the home on the property, was among the entertainers. In 1885, 31-yearold Henry Nehrling bought 40 acres of land in Gotha so he could grow tropical and subtropical plants year-round. It is here that Dr. Nehrling tested more than 3,000 plants for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, introducing more than 300 of them into Florida’s landscape, including caladiums, palms, amaryllis and bamboo.
SPRING SOIREE by Amy Quesinberry Rhode | Community Editor
Angela Withers, standing, visits with Barbara Bochiardy during Corks & Caladiums on May 8. Withers is president of the Henry Nehrling Society, and Bochiardy is the former owner of the home, nestled in the gardens in Gotha.
governance by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer
Ocoee commission considers lien amnesty, emergency access to gated communities OCOEE — The Ocoee City Commission discussed several potential property measures at its May 5 regular meeting, including a lien-amnesty program and an alteration to the city code regarding emergency access to gated communities. Assistant Director of Support Services Doug Gaines presented options for handling 259 outstanding code-enforcement liens dating back as early as 1998. Research with the office of City Attorney Scott Cookson led to staff favoring the model of the Hillsborough County Code Compliance Amnesty Program, which would allow eligible property own-
ers to have outstanding code enforcement fines reduced by 85% or pay 15% of the market value of the property in violation — whichever is less, Gaines said. The proposed length of the program would be three months, at which time the property title would be cleared once the full balance is paid. The commissioners approved the staff recommendation to pursue public hearings regarding an ordinance change in the realm of liens. Ocoee Police Chief Charles Brown and Lt. Bill Wagner then presented an ordinance amendment to improve safety
and emergency personnel access to gated communities. Among other factors, lack of a code for public safety personnel to access gated communities slows the ability of such personnel to assist gated communities when needed, Wagner said. Wagner recommended following the Click to Enter technology already mandated in Winter Garden and perhaps soon to become mandatory in the Orange County fire code. The technology would cost about $2,100 per homeowners association, which District 4 Commissioner Joel Keller said would be a lot for small associ-
ations to pay. He and District 3 Commissioner Rusty Johnson recommended the city picking up the tab for its gated communities through taxes. Communities would have at least a year to comply with the Click to Enter technology. Staff recommended exemptions for constantly staffed gates and subdivisions with multiple gates within 1/4 mile along the same approach. The fire marshal would hold the final exemption with considerations for fire plugs and turning radii. District 2 Commissioner Rosemary Wilsen and Mayor S. Scott Vandergrift were absent from the meeting.
WINTER GARDEN — There are several troupes of basketball talents who travel the country with amazing tricks, but few face teachers on the hardwood to raise funds for schools. One such squad is the Harlem Wizards, which has plenty of experienced showmen from international competitions, college basketball programs and even the Harlem Globetrotters. The Wizards tour the U.S. each year and have performed all over the world. Their stop at 7 p.m. May 15 will be West Orange High School, where they will face local teachers in a game benefiting the Lion’s Pride Foundation of Glenridge Middle School, which is raising money to support its International Baccalaureate Programme and technology needs. The Wizards use all sorts of tricks to dazzle their audiences, often ending in spectacular dunks from specialists such as Orlando’s own LaMarvon “Showtime” Jackson, a 6-foot-5 former University of Arkansas at Little Rock standout. “When I first came to the Harlem Wizards in 2011, my name was Mr. 540, and that was because I can do a 360-and-ahalf while in the air and dunk the ball,” Jackson said. “I can’t even say when I started doing that dunk, but I’ve been able to do it a long time. People in street basketball started doing the 720. One day, I was doing the 360 to dunk the basketball, and I kept going and it turned into a 540. You’re trying to dunk it backward, but the way I actually start is almost as if I’m facing backward already as I start, so I’m dunking forward over my shoulder.” While fans enjoy seeing Jackson’s 540 dunks Friday night, Jackson is happy to be in the Orlando area to be home for a while. “For me, it’s great,” he said. “I get to see my wife, get to be home and actually get to sleep
IN OTHER NEWS • The commission approved the purchase of an emergency power generator for Lift Station No. 32, so that sewage overflow could be avoided in the case of a power outage. This station provides primary service for northeast Ocoee, with flows steadily increasing in the 20 years since its 1995 installation. It pumped an average of 19,200 gallons per day last year. • The commission adopted a preliminary rate resolution for the 2016 fiscal year fire protection assessment, allowing it to set an amount up to $69.50 per Net Fire Protection Unit in August after a public hearing. • Geotechnical Environmental Consultants, Professional Services
IF YOU GO HARLEM WIZARDS WHEN: 7 p.m. May 15 (Doors open at 6 p.m.) WHERE: West Orange High School, 1625 Beulah Road, Winter Garden TICKETS: $20 reserved, $12 general admission (plus $0.99 processing); $15 at the gate WEBSITE: harlemwizards. com/schedules
in my own bed right after the game. It’s been great, in general, because I’ve been doing entertainment basketball with the Wizards for four years. I’m also happy to go somewhere warm, because this winter’s been terrible.” Jackson is glad to be performing for the local community and would like to see more growth in the area for more Wizards games in Florida, especially Central Florida. But basketball is the smallest part of what inspires Jackson to play for the Wizards, he said. “I could play basketball anytime, but getting the chance to interact and inspire, making kids want to try out for basketball or go make a difference, that’s what keeps me going,” Jackson said. “It’s the joy, the privilege of being able to give back to help be a part of change, so to speak. When I say change, some places that we go we do fundraisers for the PTO or PTA. Some places, we do fundraisers for tragedies.” Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@ wotimes.com.
Industries and Tierra incorporations received five-year contracts with one-year city options to provide testing services. Annual anticipated geotechnical service expenses are estimated at between $50,000 and $75,000. • The commission approved the appointment of V. Renee Watson to the Citizen Advisory Council for Ocoee Police Department, with a term ending Jan. 1, 2018. • Mayor Pro Tem and District 1 Commissioner John Grogan led a series of mayoral proclamations: Civility Month, National Water Safety Month, Teacher Appreciation Week (May 4 to 8), Peace Officers Memorial Day (May 15), National Police Week (May 10 to 16) and Women’s Lung Health Week (May 11 to 17).
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Finding, sharing Habitat celebrates 25 years news for a quarter-century Fresh out of college, with to my job in the last 25 years my journalism degree and is technology and the way in résumé in hand, I walked which the news is gathered. into the West Orange Times When I first came aboard, office 25 years ago this there were no fax machines, month. I was told to speak to email or Google. Readers Mary Anne Swickerath, the came to the office with their managing editor at the time pictures and information and the woman with whom or submitted them through I would form a close friendsnail mail. The office had ship and ultimately share a darkroom for processing office space for two decades. film. I had just graduated from Putting the paper together the University of Georgia, each week was a hands-on Athens, and my goal process. After writing was the same one I our stories on the had set in the eighth computer and formatgrade — to write ting them to the exact for the community column width and newspaper I grew up font size, we printed reading. them, cut out the I remember the words, ran the paper first article with my strips through a sticky byline; it was a story waxing machine and AMY about Dr. Phillips rolled them onto large QUESINBERRY pages laid out on rows High School having RHODE three valedictorians of paste-up boards. It for the first time. took many hands to Many more stories through get the job done. the years would be about There has been tremenlocal schools and students: dous growth in West Orange their successes, their fundCounty, too. Since my first raisers, their constructions days on the job, we have weland demolitions. comed two new high schools I wrote many articles on and multiple elementary and new businesses around middle schools, widened our West Orange County. I coverage area and changed wrote about strangers and ownership. about people I’ve known for Tuesdays have always much of my life: neighbors, been a sacred day at this members of my church and job — that’s the day we go to former teachers. press. I remember 9/11 hapI brushed elbows with pened on a Tuesday. We were the famous when I was the all torn between putting out paper’s self-proclaimed the paper and watching the entertainment editor in the horror unfold on live TV. mid-1990s. I interviewed While I was hearing and seepeople such as Leslie Nielsen ing the news from the safety and James Earl Jones. I phoof Winter Garden, I felt contographed celebrities such nected to these journalists as Patrick Swayze, Charlie doing their job, just as I do. Sheen, Arnold, Sylvester, Yes, West Orange County Oprah and many soap stars. and New York City are 1,000 Projects always have inter- miles apart, but reporters, no ested me, and one of the first matter what they’re coverwas “Our Friends Overseas” ing, feel the same sense of during the Gulf War in 1990 responsibility to present and 1991. I asked residents accurate information. to submit photos, informaIt’s natural to have an tion and mailing addresses emotional connection to for relatives who were in your subjects. I have written the military and stationed obituaries, talked to children overseas. with cancer and to parents In February 1998, a torwho lost their child to the nado tore through Winter disease. You can’t help but be Garden, wiping out buildings affected. and homes in a swath from I have written about one end of the city to the retirements and deaths, other. My dad called me in about the highs and the lows the middle of the night to let people have experienced. I me know what had haphave photographed students pened. Because he was mayand dancers and artists or, he was allowed access to and business owners and some of the badly damaged parades and musicians and areas. Because I’m a reporter, politicians and festivals and I had him pick me up so I families and pets. could document the destrucMy occasional columns tion with my camera. share facts about my life, The West Orange Times about my kids. I have been took more pictures and colable to participate in unique lected some from residents activities, such as transin the following weeks and forming into a zombie for months — images of damHalloween Horror Nights age, of recovery, of reconand chaperoning a World struction; photos of people War II veteran during Honor reaching out to help one Flight Central Florida’s trip to another — and we compiled Washington, D.C. them all in a hardcover book What I have learned from to commemorate the storm all the interviews I’ve conand to remember the three ducted is that everyone has residents who died. a story to tell. I am grateful A lot of my articles focus that so many people have on West Orange County’s trusted me to tell theirs. past, whether I’m writing In 25 years, I have worn about the city of Winter many different hats, but one Garden’s 100th anniversary thing that never changes (in 2003) or the newspaper’s is the love I have for my 100th anniversary (2005), hometown and the people historic homes, World War in it. My goal has always II veterans, family histories, been to help the people who church and school histoneed it, celebrate the people ries, forgotten cemeteries. I who deserve it and strive to interviewed a survivor of the write stories that entertain, Holocaust. inform and make a differOne of the biggest changes ence.
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Since its inception in 1990, the organization has built 32 homes in Winter Garden, Oakland and Ocoee.
WEST ORANGE — Habitat for Humanity of Greater Orlando was well established by 1990 when it wanted to have a stronger presence in West Orange County; so in August of that year, West Orange Habitat for Humanity was launched. Local business men and women came together to create a board of directors that met monthly at Oakland Presbyterian Church, putting together bylaws and criteria. By the following summer, two lots had been purchased on Jefferson Street in Oakland and the first family was selected to live in one of the homes to be built there. A second family was chosen by the following spring, and — after putting in many hours of sweat equity during the construction phase — the two single mothers, Irene McIntyre and Johnnie Pearl Mackroy, and their children received the keys to the first two West Orange Habitat homes in time for Christmas 1992. A quarter-century later, Habitat has built 32 such homes in Winter Garden, Oakland and Ocoee. And there are no plans to stop. The affiliate currently is building two houses in Winter Garden and two in Oakland; three others were closed on this year already. “They have been building every weekend on the houses,” said Patrice Phillips, West Orange Habitat’s executive director. “We’re going to be building every weekend until we finish the four houses we have going.” The next person to become a homeowner will be Pamela Fikes, a single mother who will live with her daughter and granddaughter on Bethune Avenue in Winter Garden. The 1,300-square-foot home will have three bedrooms, one for each of them. The home is being financed through St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, near Windermere, and Fikes is participating in the church’s Circles program, which assigns a mentor to assist the family throughout the homeownership process. “They partner (families) with a mentor that helps them with additional life skills so they can be successful as a homeowner,” Phillips said. “The mentor really walks them through the process, because they get overwhelmed with it. They’re dealing with things they’ve never really had to be accountable for, like obtaining a financial document. “There’s still some fear in some low-income families that the government is looking at their finances, even if they’re not on government assistance,” she said. “We tell them, ‘This is to protect you and to protect every one else. This will be your home, and we want to make sure you can keep it.’”
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A list of criteria has been established for families in need to find out if they qualify. They must have lived in West Orange County for at least the last two months; must have had the same job or source of income for at least the last six months; and their current housing must be inadequate, overcrowded or government subsidized. Families will be considered if their total income is between 25% and 60% of the area medi-
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The Rev. Deck Guess presents Bibles to new homeowners Johnnie Pearl Mackroy, left, and Irene McIntyre at the dedication of their houses in 1992 in Oakland.
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Since 1976, Habitat for Humanity International has helped more than 5 million people through home construction, rehabilitation and repairs. The non-profit Christian organization works in more than 70 countries and welcomes people of all races, religions and nationalities to partner in its mission.
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The Pamela Fikes family will move into its new home in Winter Garden in a few months. With them is former board president Nick Shannin. an income for Orange County. And prospective homeowners must be willing to partner with Habitat by agreeing to live in the home provided on the next available lot, by contributing sweat equity on their home and potentially others and by completing 20 homeowner-education workshops provided by Habitat for Humanity.
RAISING FUNDS
Habitat depends on the community to help get these homes built, and businesses have stepped up repeatedly with donations. Bright Future Electric donated the electrical services plus volunteers on the two Winter Garden homes currently under construction. Health Central Hospital and SunTrust recently donated $10,000 each. And St. Luke’s has made a $250,000 commitment over the next five years to build 10 houses in Winter Garden. Another way West Orange HFH brings in money is with its own ReStore. The facility is at 114 S. Dillard St., Winter Garden, which accepts gently used furniture, home appliances and building materials and then resells them. Proceeds go toward the construction of more Habitat homes. Habitat continually seeks donations, in-kind gifts, volunteers and sponsors. For details on becoming involved, contact West Orange Habitat’s executive director, Patrice Phillips, at (407) 952-5148 or patricephillips@westorangehabitat.org.
MEET THE BOARD
West Orange Habitat’s board members are all volunteers who come from a variety of backgrounds with the resources, wisdom and passion to lead the organization. The board is charged with long-term planning and governance, as well as overseeing the organization’s interests and well-being. “One thing that I think I’ve
accomplished is really getting out in the community and connecting, getting Health Central to step up to the plate and be our sponsor for the year, bringing Women Build to the community for the first time ever,” Phillips said. “We are starting to have some great partnerships.” Phillips is also proud to have brought diversity to West Orange Habitat’s board of directors. “In the past, our board was made up of primarily men, and they’ve done a fantastic job in the 25 years, but we needed some diversity,” she said. “We have women, we have different careers, we have our first African-American woman, Jennifer Yon, on the board.” The current West Orange Habitat officers are: president, Tom Runnels, who is retired from the Osceola County School District; vice president, James Gustino, attorney with James A. Gustino, P.A.; treasurer, Sally Lorenz, accountant with Sally Lorenz & Associates; and secretary, Richard Bergman, software engineer with COLSA Corporation. General board members are Alberto J. Herran, immediate past president, who is with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc.; Harold Bouler, former Winter Garden city commissioner; Wallace Wilson, Realty Savers of Central Florida; Brenda LaBattaglia, Health Central Hospital; Dorothy Benson, Integrity Golf Company; Yon, Innovative Business Associates; Chad Creech, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Fine Living; and retirees Frank Borsoni, William Criswell, James McQuillan and Duane Walterhouse. Volunteers are important to the success of Habitat, too. “I have a core group of volunteers, (including) Dianne Southwell; she’s not only donated her time, but her product to give away,” Phillips said. “She
helps me with a lot of different events, and she’s introduced me to a ton of people.”
WHAT’S AHEAD
Last week was the eighth annual National Women Build Week, and across the country, thousands of women volunteers wielded their hammers to do their part in putting families in simple, decent housing and highlighting homeownership challenges faced by women. On Saturday, West Orange Habitat engaged in its first year of having women build or repair homes in the area. On Thursday, a team of women from Lowe’s, in the Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves, spent the day building, and the next day, Florida Hospital representatives worked — both days in Winter Garden. On Saturday, a team from St. Luke’s worked in Winter Garden, and Health Central Hospital volunteers worked in Oakland. Other female groups were expected to continue working this week. “It’s important for women to come out and volunteer and help build because it empowers them,” Phillips said. “A lot of the homeowners are single moms, and it encourages them to see all these women come out and build for them.” On June 22, the West Orange affiliate is hosting a meet-andgreet at the Plant Street Market in Winter Garden with contractors, developers, painters and subcontractors to discuss an upcoming project with Orange County. Called A Brush with Kindness, it will bring volunteers together to power wash and paint up to 30 homes in the Tildenville area. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. On Oct. 15, West Orange Habitat will celebrate its milestone with a 25th-anniversary gala featuring local band Men with Mortgages. The ticketed event will include entertainment and food tastings with heavy hors d’oeuvres. Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.
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Hundreds flock to Plant Street Market
Azarias Mustafa demonstrated his cigar-rolling technique for Cordoba & Morales.
Hundreds of shoppers descended on Plant Street Market May 9 to help celebrate the grand opening of the much-anticipated Winter Garden shopping district. Each of the market’s 21 vendors — including everything from a butcher and craft brewery to a chocolatier and a juice bar — were bustling with customers throughout the celebration. Kids enjoyed playing the giant Connect 4 and Jenga games outside, and plenty of canine companions accompanied their owners for a day of fun.
Adrian Brumby worked hard to keep glasses full at Crooked Can Brewing Company.
Right: Paul Rivosecchi enjoyed the grand opening with Shades, the mascot of the Orlando Solar Bears. Below: David Ramirez Chocolates had a steady stream of customers throughout the day. Kolby Waggoner enjoyed helping customers at the LOCAL Butcher. Brady Schultz made his Connect 4 moves carefully.
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Right: Franciska Kortas served customers at Press’D Juice Bar and Kitchen of Winter Garden.
6A WOTimes.com SCHOOL / PAGE 1A signage restrictions. The commissioners reaffirmed their approval of a modification of Option B, one of the Orange County School Board proposals that involved an off-site stadium and a 2,776-student capacity. The 65-acre parcel for the relief school is along County Road 535 (Winter Garden-Vineland Road) at the northeast corner of an intersection that includes 535 to the north and east, Summerport Village Parkway to the west and Ficquette Hancock Road to the south. Alterations to Option B, as amended by the commissioners at a public hearing April 7, included an 8-foot precast concrete wall with columns along the north and east property lines that was part of Option A and a proposal by District 1 Commissioner Scott Boyd. Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs had altered language regarding future site purchases by Orange County Public Schools. This alteration would offer OCPS the ability to purchase an option on a future site if it lacks zoning. This vote is the final approval for construction to begin at the site, which could be ready for the 2017-18 school year.
The biggest difference between Option A and the modified Option B conditions of this agreement was the offsite stadium, which crews will construct at the Orange County Dorman Property about one mile south on Ficquette Road. At the Dorman Property, a future Orange County public park site, Orange County will build a standard public high school stadium at a site to be determined in consultation with OCPS, which will provide minimum standards for the stadium. The stadium will open by July 31, 2018, with Orange County retaining title to the entire property. Basic stadium components will be for an FHSAA regulation-size football field, including stadium lights, fieldgoal posts, locker rooms,
restrooms, a scoreboard, aluminum bleachers for up to 1,500 spectators, FHSAA regulation track and field facilities, a broadcast booth and a concession stand. OCPS officials estimate costs for that stadium to be no more than $5 million, with OCPS and Orange County paying half each. Orange County will bear additional costs: parking lots, storm water maintenance facilities, area infrastructure and other park facilities. Orange County will name the public park but not object to appropriate signs identifying it as the home of the relief school’s athletics. OCPS will schedule, maintain and have continual priority over the stadium, with Orange County reimbursing 50% of maintenance costs. OCPS will coordinate with Orange County Parks and Recreation for use of stadium-related facilities at least twice each year. Residential-style lighting will be around the perimeter of the on-site relief school practice field, turn off automatically at 8 p.m. and not exceed 30 feet in height. Crews will install a 6-foot decorative aluminum fence along C.R. 535 and a black vinyl chain-link fence around the storm water retention area. Parking lot lights will be the style of the Publix lot in the Cornerstone at Summerport at the southwest corner of the intersection. Those lights will be no taller than 30 feet, with all parking and field lights complying with exterior lighting ordinances. The relief school will have subdued bells, canopy buffer trees along both sides of the retention area to maximize buffering and building facades with elevation-compliant architectural styles like SunRidge Middle School. OCPS also consented to the County Commission amending Orange County’s school-siting ordinance to prohibit building future public high schools in rural settlements, although Jacobs clarified the commissioners were not considering such amendments for the immediate future. Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@ wotimes.com.
PATTY TATE DAY
Former students and their families are invited to celebrate Patty Tate’s retirement from the First United Methodist Learning Center preschool on Sunday, May 31. She will be recognized in the 11:15 a.m. worship service, and a reception will take place afterward in the Fellowship Hall. The staff is collecting congratulatory notes and special memories. RSVP and email notes to PattyTateDay@fumcwg. org. The church is at 125 N. Lakeview Ave., Winter Garden.
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Patty Tate is surrounded by 3-year-olds in the days before she retires as director of The Learning Center preschool at the First United Methodist Church of Winter Garden.
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Patty Tate taught 4-year-olds in her first year of preschool and was assisted by Annie Brown, back left. In the first class were LeSheryl Luckett, front left, Kristy Davis, Jarrod Cawley and Kati Horton; and Nick Jones, Rachel Thomas, Alyson Murray and Melissa Sanor. Not pictured: Cassy Schoenauer, Dillon Reeder and Paula Williams.
TATE / PAGE 1A start a preschool program at the First United Methodist Church of Winter Garden. Twenty-three years later, she is getting ready to retire from her director’s position at the FUMC Learning Center. Her last day will be bittersweet as she says good-bye to days of sticky hands, eager little
minds and smiling faces. About 600 preschoolers 4 and younger have been influenced by Tate’s patient demeanor and nurturing presence. She taught classes, too, for many years before leaving the classroom to focus on her duties as director. In the school’s early days, 20 children were split into two groups, each with a teacher
and an assistant, and attended two mornings a week. Today, there are three voluntary pre-kindergarten classes for 4-year-olds, two classes for 3-year-olds, two 2-year-old classes and a Mom’s Morning Out program for children 10 months to 2 years. “Our philosophy has stayed the same — hands-on learning, giving them as many difference experiences as possible,” Tate said. “I appreciate the chance to change lives. … You have to look at each child and see what their needs are.” There is always excitement at the preschool, whether it’s art or music time, field-trip day, Dads’ Dessert Night, the Mothers’ Tea or the graduation program. Christmas is a special time, because the children can participate in the annual Winter Garden parade and their parents can join them. “It keeps you young being around young moms,” Tate said. One of her favorite preschool stories took place at Christmastime, she said.
The children helped decorate a giant gingerbread man before going outside to play. When they went back in, he had disappeared, so they searched the church grounds. When they asked the director if she saw had seen him, she told them she saw him run by the door. One little girl very seriously asked, “Did he have a pan on his back?”
SAYING GOODBYE
Tate admitted it will be hard to step down. She will miss her Methodist family and Pastor Rusty Belcher. She will miss holding chapel time in the sanctuary with the children, talking about the church and what’s inside — the stainedglass windows, the organ, the cross-stitched kneeling pads. But she knows the preschool will be in capable hands when Wendy Davis becomes the new director. Davis has been a teacher there for 16 years and has been serving as assistant director; her daughter was in Tate’s first class. Patty Tate’s husband, Bob, retired last year, so the two want to take beach trips and travel to St. Louis, where she has family, and to San Francisco. A friend is going to make a quilt from all of Tate’s Learning Center T-shirts, so no matter where she goes, the families at The Learning Center won’t be too far from her mind — or her heart.
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WINTER GARDEN nect with through the — Especially in this program website, tip. age and nation, parduke.edu. ents frequently seek “You can hook up means to develop with other Duke TIP their children’s minds students throughout and then further nurthe country, so it kind ture that development of creates this group through gifted proof these elite students grams. that are like-minded One such program and are grade-focused is the Duke University and college-focused Talent Identification and kind of in a differProgram, which inent place than typical volves a select group fifth-graders,” Kelli of students in grades Podracky said. four to six each year, Based on Olivia’s acfrom throughout the ceptance to this proU.S. and India. gram, colleges already Winter Garden reswill start to look at her as a potential student. ident Olivia Podracky, “Most people a sixth-grader at around my age are Champion Preparathinking about high tory Academy, is one school and what of those select gifted they’re going to do in students. high school,” Olivia “The SAT-10 that Zak Kerr said. “But being able qualified her for Winter Garden sixth-grader Olivia Podracky is to get accepted into Duke TIP was last in Duke University’s national gifted program Duke University beyear’s SAT-10,” said and has created a superhero business. cause of my SAT-10 Olivia’s mother, Kelli Podracky, referring to the StanThe program occurs not only grades, it’s weird, because I’m ford Achievement Test. “She’s at Duke but also at a number 12, and we’re already thinking in sixth grade this year, so fifth of colleges around the coun- about college. It’s really cool; grade was when she took the try. The Podrackys hope Olivia it’s kind of crazy.” Crazy cool might be approtest. We got the letter in the will be able to join the program mail about six months ago that closest to home. That one is in priate words to describe how said she had qualified based St. Petersburg and sponsored Olivia has turned her Marvel fanaticism into a startup busion her test scores to be in the by Stanford University. program.” “You can go to different col- ness. “It’s not very big right now, Those standardized test lege campuses, so she would scores must be in the 95th be an upcoming seventh-grad- but I started this business percentile or higher to qualify, er going up to a college cam- called Realm Superheroes,” with a 125 or higher certified IQ pus and taking this course that she said. “It’s basically my also accepted. simulates a different natural Marvel. I’ve already started the Once qualified, the students disaster and the different jobs book — first book, anyways — receive invitations to take the that would work for that nat- because I’m useless at drawEXPLORE test, which is de- ural disaster,” Kelli Podracky ing people, so I had to write a book. I just kind of started signed for eighth-graders, to said. further evaluate their academOlivia remembers one exam- it one night: I just said, ‘Oh, I ic potential. One of the ma- ple of an oil spill, in which the should start a superhero comjor points of the TIP program jobs surrounding the disaster pany.’ Then I started writing among its advanced experi- included reporter and animal the book and, before you know it, I’m making a website and ences is its summer program. researcher. “It is a big draw to do the “I thought that was really business cards, and I’ve got college program, to go on cam- neat,” Olivia said. “I really liked the website up and I’m putting pus for a week,” Kelli Podracky that you could study the ani- information in.” To see a snippet of what said. “You stay in the dorm; you mals.” eat in the college cafeteria; you Another appeal of TIP is that Realm Superheroes has in really get a sense of full immer- participants have a network store, visit realmsuperheroes. sion in the college experience.” of fellow participants to con- blogspot.com.
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The widening will occur in phases and double the number of lanes to four. HORIZON WEST — With the growth in Horizon West will come growing pains, and the Orange County Transportation Planning Division is hoping to take steps now in preparation. As part of that preparation, Brian Sanders, the chief planner of that division, presented a preliminary design study for an expansion of Avalon Road (County Road 545) April 29 at Korean Presbyterian Church. The expansion will affect 3.66 miles of Avalon Road, from just north of Schofield Road on the western edge of Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge to past Lake Hickorynut and Hartzog Road to the south, where Village I of Horizon West will start. In four segments, crews will expand the road from two lanes to four 12-foot-wide lanes, with a 22-foot-wide green median with drains and 2-foot drains on the outside of the outer lanes, according to current plans. Segment 1 spans one mile from just north of Schofield Road to Old YMCA Road; Segment 2 covers 0.68 miles south from Old YMCA Road; Segment 3 stretches 0.85 miles from there past Seidel Road; and Segment 4 extends from that point past Hartzog Road. Plans for typical sections of the road call for 24-foot-wide green spaces on each side of the road with some landscaping. This green space will have a 5-foot-wide sidewalk on the east side and a 10-foot-wide multi-use path on the west side. There will be four reten-
tion ponds spaced along the affected roadway. In total, the expansion will be from 60 feet across of rightof-way to 120 feet, Sanders said. Final design will take about a year, putting plan completion at May 2016 and allowing construction to begin shortly thereafter, he said. The likely order of construction would be Segment 3, Segment 2, Segment 4 and Segment 1, but trip allocation — the number of vehicles driving the segments — will ultimately decide when each starts. Officials examined expansions from the west, east and center of the road at various points along the 3.66 miles and reached a roughly $16.9 million preferred alignment of segments 1-3 expanding to the west and Segment 4 expanding east with the end of Segment 3, west in its middle and east again, as a means of straightening the bend there. “In Segment 4 is a little bit of a meander through that segment, because you have Lake Hickorynut and other reclaimed utility facilities out there, so it was an east-westeast right-of-way expansion,” Sanders said. The plan involves no roundabouts, and it will address needed improvements to the road, such as traffic operations and capacity, horizontal curves, future development and consistency with county policies and objectives, Sanders said.
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Linda Temple, president of
the Lake Hickory Nut Homeowners Association, asked about current issues with drainage and runoff near Lake Hickorynut and how the expansion would affect those issues. “Lake Hickorynut has been one of the cleanest lakes in Orange County for quite some time,” she said. “This has never been addressed. We’re worried about this drainage.” Temple pointed to a smaller body of water with a small canal that fed runoff into Lake Hickorynut, with erosion problems along the shores of the lake, as well. The expansion would put an increased buffer of green space where the current road is, too close to the lake, Temple said. Thus, the traffic would be pushed an additional 24 feet away from the lake shore in areas where existing roadway is close to the lake, based on the plans. “As part of this study, there was a preliminary drain analysis performed,” Sanders said. “Everything that falls in that road right-of-way will be coming into those (retention) ponds. Everything that has been historically just running right off the road into these ponds is going to stop. So this is going to be a much, much improved situation in terms of drainage and lake quality.” Temple presented concerns of light pollution, as well, which Sanders said Orange County personnel would be able to contain with shields, cutoffs and other means of directing light downward instead of outward. Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@ wotimes.com.
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Dr. Phillips and Windermere doesn’t have quality child care.” Patel wants a school that will both teach and care for children, from infants to kindergarten. Primrose provides the ultimate care and instruction in that regard, she said. The cap at this proposed school would be around 200 children, with staggered drop-off and pick-up times between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sabrina Boesch, the owner of a Primrose School in Lake Mary, said particularly busy times included 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., with cars coming and going. She recommended examining the Primrose School in Ocoee for an indication of what to expect, among 10 Primrose Schools in the Orlando area, 22 in Florida and 302 nationwide. She said residents in the neighborhood near that school had been reluctant but ultimately came around and saw increases in property values. One resident disagreed with that assessment, saying a preschool would be listed
as an “incurable defect” that would result in a lasting, unchanging drop in home prices. Some said they welcomed Primrose School in the area but just not at that location. Other residents raised concerns with noise, crime in that area, traffic and parking and lighting on the 44-car parking lot, which will abut Cleveland Avenue. The lighting ordinance in Orange County is stringent, with rules for lights to point downward and not spill outward at all, said Bob Ziegenfuss, an engineer working on the project. With staggered staff times in addition to drop-off and pick-up times, the lot generally operates at 80% to 90% capacity and would be a drop in the bucket of traffic in that area, said Rebecca Wilson, land-use attorney for the project. Wilson offered to meet with attendees to determine what could be done regarding buffers, repelling crime, a turn lane and other concerns. The development team would like to address concerns before applying for a special exception but wants to apply as soon as it seems feasible, Wilson said. “Our next step is that we need to get together as a group, compare notes and see what changes we can make,” Wilson said. “(Because) traffic seems to be a big concern, I think next we need to get a traffic consultant on board and go to the county to talk to them about the traffic situation out front. Then we will get with you all with property value information and then talk about whether it makes sense to come back out or make our submittal and then come out right after that.” For more information, visit PrimroseSchools.com. Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@ wotimes.com.
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signature item, Dry Buddies. Dry Buddies is a new pet-drying bag that provides a simple, effective way to dry wet or dirty dogs. For more information, visit fastnfurriest.com.
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Officials presented this shot as an idea of what the front of a Primrose School looks like.
PRIMROSE / PAGE 1A street to the north and Cleveland Avenue properties to the east and south. The existing abandoned home on that property requires demolition because of issues with decay, and Primrose officials would seek construction of a prototype building with a maximum height of 23-and-one-half feet. The owner of the property, Sima Patel, is seeking a special exception in that residential-zoned plot for a preschool that would serve children like hers better than present options in the area. “I cried looking for infant care for my children, because I couldn’t find anything that I felt like I could trust somebody,” Patel said. “I ended up doing a private nanny for both of my children. It was unacceptable: The schools were not clean; they were not maintained; my kids would have runny noses, and people wouldn’t even take the time to wipe their runny nose; they send them home dirty. I thought it was unacceptable that an area like
+ Clarification In the story, “Market Ready,” which appeared in the May 7 edition, the description of one of the businesses at Winter Garden’s new Plant Street Market was omitted.
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The orphanage provides care for 51 children and young adults.
HAITI / PAGE 1A orphanage they operate in the village of Bercy.
LIFE OF SERVICE
Stacie Rouse is from nearby Plant City, but she and Ryan met in Israel when they were on separate mission trips. After marrying, the couple continued taking trips to help others. In 2010, they went to Kenya and fell in love with the people and the missionaries there, she said, and a seed was planted in their minds. Ryan wasn’t ready to give up his youth ministry, but they still felt called to serve. So they started a homeless mission they called Community in their backyard. “We felt an awakening in Kenya,” Stacie said. “We thought, ‘Why wait till God calls us to Kenya when we can do something here?’” Ryan said he always talks to God in prayer when he is mowing the grass, and he recalls getting the message one time to hold a barbecue on the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. They invited a group of homeless people in the area to spend the afternoon eating and watching sports on television. And they made some new friends. Every Saturday — for two years — they fed them, hearing their stories and becoming closer with each meal shared. “It’s easier to build relationships around the table, not in pews,” Ryan said. Through this experience, the Rouses discovered their perception of poverty changed, Stacie said. The couple went from “they are homeless, but they are our friends” to “They are our friends who happen to be homeless.” Three homeless people spent a Thanksgiving with their family, and several of them have attended family weddings and been there when the Rouses adopted their son and daughter. This Community program began to work on Ryan, shifting his mind from youth ministry to caring for “the least of these,” he said. Haiti wasn’t on the Rouses’ radar until November 2011, when Ryan was needed to
JOINT EFFORT In 1998, the Jacksonville Baptist Association established JBA Haiti and launched the Cabaret Baptist Children’s Home outside the city of Cabaret. In 2014, the ministry became its own independent organization known as the Cabaret Haiti Mission. Through partnerships, it provides health care, education for children and adults, employment and orphan care. The CHM ministry consists of an orphanage, two churches and two schools all working together to change the region’s future. lead a group of college students on a mission trip. He returned home with a new humanitarian direction.
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On their 10th wedding anniversary in 2012, Ryan and Stacie traveled to Haiti and spoke to the missionaries there. They walked to the orphanage, and children of all ages gathered around them, eager to meet the visitors. The Rouses knew this is what they wanted to do. The senior pastor at First Baptist Church Orange Park, where Ryan was youth pastor, offered to keep him on the payroll if he would agree to be the church’s missionary to Haiti. The Rouses joined Cabaret Haiti Mission and, after a year of preparation, made the move. Ryan serves as administrative leadership for the ministry, and Stacie is the sponsorship coordinator. An older couple lives at the orphanage. The Rouses have a home in Cabaret, Haiti, just down the street from the orphanage. They live there with their two 4-year-old children and another child they are fostering and in the process of adopting. They met Islanda on their second trip to Haiti. All of the children in the orphanage were split into groups for a series of questions. Islanda was in Stacie’s group. “I knew she was my child
when I met her,” Stacie said. Islanda is Haitian and speaks Creole, a language that Ryan and Stacie are still learning with the aid of an online tutor. Because their little ones don’t understand Creole or French, Stacie home-schools them. Many of the orphans understand English, having learned it from the mission teams or from watching movies in English.
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Most of the children in the orphanage have been abandoned by their parents, who can no longer care for them. Others have no parents at all. Their newest charge is a 10-year-old girl whose mother recently died. The child attended her mother’s funeral and then went directly to the orphanage. Photos and descriptions of the children are on the website, cbhaiti.org, for people interested in sponsoring a resident at the orphanage. Ryan said it costs $300 a month to care for one child. There are teenagers, such as Widmy, 16, who is there with his two sisters, Alisca, 14, and Daphne, 13. Their mother was too ill to take care of them. He loves playing soccer and reading about history and dreams of becoming a pilot. Eveline, 11, and her sister, 16-year-old Edeline, were taken to the orphanage when their father died in the 2010 earthquake and their mother was unable to care for them. Eveline is artistic and likes watching “Tom and Jerry”; Edeline’s favorite movie is “Cinderella.” Jacob, 8, and his brother, John Lito, 9, like playing games; their sister, Junia, is 6 and loves baby dolls. All three arrived at the orphanage after police removed them from their mother’s care because of mental instability. Some are even younger, like 1-year-old Ela and Bensaika and 3-year-old Luckson. To make a general donation to the orphanage, send checks to Cabaret Haiti Mission, 2700 University Blvd. S., Jacksonville, Florida 32216; and write Rouse in the memo line. Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.
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OAKLAND — The town of Oakland is holding a celebration among the trees for which it is named from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16. The community is invited to participate in the event, which will take place at the Town Center. A ribbon-cutting at noon will mark the dedication of the new water tank in VanderLey Park, and a tree will be planted at 12:45 p.m. to recognize Arbor Day (which was April 24). The Bloom & Grow Garden Society has donated $1,000 worth of red maples for the celebration. Public Works Director Mike Parker will provide tours of the water plant, and the department will have an information tent on water usage and consumption. Water Clerk Terri Mastin will show residents how to access
their online account to keep track of their water usage, establish spending limits on their water bills and set start and stop times for irrigation. An “Ask an Arborist” booth will be manned by an expert tree trimmer, who will give demonstrations on proper pruning techniques. The Oakland Nature Preserve and SwimKids USA will have information for guests. Matthew’s Hope will have a tent, and anyone who takes a non-perishable food item will receive a tree seedling. The Orange County Fire Department will share information on hurricane awareness and give away emergency radios to the first 20 people. Those who are hungry can stop by three food trucks: Burgers Gone Wild, Slidders Pizza and Kelly’s Homemade Ice Cream.
Guests looking to have some fun can play in a bounce house and explore fire and rescue trucks; visit Smokey Bear; enjoy music from DJ Mark; test their aim at the dunk tank and try to sink Oakland Avenue Charter School Principal Pam Wolfcale, Town Commissioner Mike Satterfield, Police Lt. John Peek and resident Mike Mullen; and take a ride on a Liberty Express children’s train (adults can ride, too). There is a $1 cost for the train and dunk tank (for three balls). Painting projects are also available for children. They can paint a pot and learn how to create art with plastic bottles with OACS art teacher Tracey O’Connor. Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.
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West Orange chamber taps top students Clockwise from left:
WEST ORANGE — Hundreds of students, parents and community leaders attended the West Orange Chamber of Commerce Education Awards to honor students for their accomplishments in and out of the classroom. The event was held May 4 at Olympia High School. “The purpose of these awards is to promote academic excellence by providing recognition for today’s outstanding youth, opportunities for our future leaders and inspiration for young students who aspire to achieve the same academic success as (the) honorees,” Chamber President Stina D’Uva said. “The most valuable investment we can make in today’s students is education.”
Chamber SOAR: West Orange County students received the Chamber’s S.O.A.R. Award. Chamber Scholarship: Holding their certificates, high school seniors Samantha Day, Masaru Sakata and Kelsey Butcher are congratulated by Krista Carter, left, WOCC vice president; Jessica Batchelor of the Petro Family Foundation; and Debbie Clements, WOCC chairman.
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Chamber WOPTE: Debbie Clements, left, Chamber chairman, and GeeGee Bailey, right, with Bright Future Electric, the program’s sponsor, recognize tomorrow’s leaders through the West Orange Program for Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs.
Polidoro (Keene’s Crossing), Carl Pierre (Lake Gem), Taylor Duncan (Lake Whitney), Daniela Aguilar (William S. Maxey), Angela Dorvil (MetroWest), Elle Martinez (Montessori of Winter Garden Charter), Aleem Rasheed (Oak Hill), Brandon Imes (Ocoee), My’Khia Key (Orlo Vista), Abhiram Akella (Palm Lake), Irmanie Pompilus (Pine Hills, Widjina Jean Gilles (Pinewood), Victoria Castellanos (Sand Lake), Ingrid Lucas (Spring Lake), Sarah Redditt (SunRidge), Riley Bax (Sunset Park), Talia Austin (Thornebrooke), Jordan Monson (Tildenville), Jimishia Desir (Westbrooke), Nathan Tibert (West Oaks), Makayla Blunt (Whispering Oak) and Nicole Clarisey (Windermere). • Middle School: Isabella DiMeo (Bridgewater), Daniel Velazquez (Edgewood Ranch Academy), Riley Desin (Foundation Academy South Cam-
pus), Carlos Rodriguez (Gotha), Branden Young (Lakeview), Jeremiah Adams (Meadowbrook), Emily Lewis (Ocoee), Kei’era Key (Robinswood), Natajah Williams (Southwest), William Ortiz (SunRidge) and Madeline Henson (Windy Ridge School). • High School: Stringara Glorieux (Dr. Phillips), Jessica Brown (Evans), Hannah Finn (Florida Virtual School), Madison Strong (Foundation Academy South Campus), Tianqi Jimmy Wei (Montverde Academy), Ashley Shaw (Ocoee), Michael Greenwald (Olympia), Olivia Griffith (West Orange) and Bradley Woolgar (Westside Tech). The awards event was sponsored by Orlando Health, Mathnasium, The Tutoring Center and Trophies Unlimited. Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.
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The Danniel J. Petro/West Orange Chamber Scholarship Program awards eligible students financial assistance to attend Westside Tech, Valencia College or the University of Central Florida. One dollar of every ticket sold at various chamber functions goes to the scholarship fund. The $2,500 scholarship is awarded through the Petro Family Foundation, and the $1,000 prize comes from the chamber’s scholarships program. This year’s recipients are Samantha Day, of Olympia High School ($2,500); Kelsey Butcher, of Foundation Academy ($1,000); and Masaru Sakata, of West Orange High ($1,000). Day plans to major in biology at UCF, Butcher will attend Valencia and major in health sciences, and Sakata will attend UCF and major in chemistry with a minor in informational technology. “Receiving the scholarship is important to me because I can worry a little less about my financial situation throughout my first year of college and, instead, focus on my studies and becoming adjusted to a new lifestyle,” Day, of Orlando, said. Butler, a Windermere resident, wants to be an occupational therapy assistant and work in a nursing home. “I have developed great appreciation and respect for the elderly and the impact that
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they have made,” she said. “Having the honor to assist in their care would by my way of giving back. “This scholarship is important to me because it symbolizes my accomplishments I have achieved over the years,” Butler said. “The scholarship, for me, is not the end but just the beginning.” Sakata, of Winter Garden, will study to be a pharmacist. “Receiving this scholarship is important for me because it eases my transition to college economically,” he said. “Also, knowing that this scholarship is courtesy from my own community makes receiving this scholarship extra special.” Debbie Clements, chairwoman of the West Orange Chamber Board of Directors, served as mistress of ceremonies of the education awards banquet. “The most valuable invest-
ment we can make in today’s students is education,” she said.
West Orange High; and DaeshaMaree Brown and Veronica Vaval, of Evans High.
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The vision of the West Orange Program for Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs, sponsored by Bright Future Electric, is to raise the awareness of youth regarding West Orange County’s business community and what it offers. The six-month program also gives high school juniors a chance to become more informed regarding career opportunities. Graduates of this program include: Raul Meza, Austin Snyder, Lauren Wade and Maria Yang, of Dr. Phillips High School; Ashley Shaw and Samantha Threadgill, of Ocoee High; Alayshia Green, Seth Grether and Ivette Rustand, of Olympia High; Justin Boisvert, Arielle Lewkowitz, Tiffany Magoutas and Jaimie Steck, of
The S.O.A.R. (Students of Achievement and Renown) Award is one of merit, and students in fifth, eighth and 11th grades are recognized for their initiative, good citizenship, commitment and personal growth in the classroom. This year’s recipients received a medallion. The 2015 S.O.A.R. honorees are: • Elementary School: Amal Salem (Bay Meadows), Gavin Richardson (Citrus), Aubrielle Robinson (Clarcona), Sanjay Tewari (Dillard Street), Jackson Hoffman (Dr. Phillips), Hannah Nixon (Foundation Academy North Campus), Lauryn Ulysse (Frangus), Niche Henry (Hiawassee), Cecilia Fulmer (Hope Charter), Zachary
Mediation, serves as disciplinarian for National Honor Society, serves on the Inter Club Council Board and is a member of the debate team and Interact Club. In addition, he has volunteered at Health Central and SunRidge Elementary this year, all while maintaining a 4.0 unweighted GPA. After graduation this year he will attend American University in Washington D.C.
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+ WOHS senior wins volunteer award West Orange High School senior Andrew Rogan was honored as an Outstanding Youth Volunteer at an Orange County Public Schools event held recently at SeaWorld. Rogan is president of Peer
Karen Castle’s second-grade class at Ocoee Elementary recently received a Primary Classroom Libraries Grant sponsored by License4Learning. With this funding, Castle was able to purchase several sets of non-fiction books for use in her classroom. Janay Jackson and Kyle Tulloch already are enjoying some of the new reading material.
some of which can take from several months up to several years to learn. The children also had the opportunity to become trainers-in-training. Through Skype, they were able to direct Shamu to spin and wave. “I liked it because the whales copied us and I learned a lot of new things!” said student Zoe Arguello. Jackson Suarez added: “My favorite part was training Shamu.”
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Kindergartners at Holy Family Catholic School were able to speak with the folks at SeaWorld through the miracle of modern technology. Students got to Skype with Shamu’s trainer, Joe Sanchez, to learn about the killer whale and other sea animals. They also were able to ask some questions. The students learned SeaWorld has seven killer whales, each weighing up to 15,000 pounds. Trainers use positive reinforcement to teach their whales tricks,
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Mothers, children get ‘oolong’ at Windermere library tea party West Orange mothers enjoyed a peaceful afternoon with their children May 7 at the Windermere Branch Library’s Mother’s Day Tea. The event featured an exquisite spread of tea and snacks, and families enjoyed creating a small craft and snapping some crazy family photos with a plethora of props and disguises. Tiffany Debnath, center, had a blast with her daughters, Sage and Sophia.
The children sang a song about manners for their mothers.
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Lisa and Sebastian Tewari read the special message on the laminated sheet.
Students at ASP VPK at Oakland helped to celebrate Mother’s Day April 8 in school. They hosted their mothers for the Second Annual Mother’s Day Tutu & Tie Tea Party. Mothers received gifts from their children, such as laminated handprint mats with a special message in the center, paper crowns and front-page “Mother’s Day Press” pages to spread the news of why their mothers are amazing. Comestibles included strawberries, grapes, cheese and mini muffins, with pink lemonade poured from teapots. For the full gallery, visit wotimes.com.
Sunny and Ellise Ahn spent quality time together.
Clockwise from above: Kathleen and Peyton Watts Breanna Wilke loved dressing up in the crazy costumes. Cassidy Wilke worked hard on her Mother’s Day craft.
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Sedona Vega made this laminated handprint mat for her mother, Karen. Left: Erika Anthony and her son Grayson particularly liked the strawberries.
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THURSDAY, MAY 14 Garden Theatre presents “Peter Pan” — 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, May 1 to 31, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. You know the story, but you’ve never experienced it in this way. Be whisked away with Peter Pan, Wendy, Michael and John in the timeless Broadway musical that now combines live action with digital immersive theatre. Thanks to the magical talents of the Garden Theatre’s digital partners, you can follow James M. Barrie’s characters out the nursery window on a trail of pixie dust to Neverland. This is unique, revolutionary theater in Winter Garden’s intimate, 299-seat venue. Let go of what you’ve previously known and come fly with us. Tickets are $29 ($25 students/seniors) and $12 for ages 12 and under on Saturday matinees. For more information, visit gardentheatre.org.
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FRIDAY, MAY 15 Between the Brushes — Adult class will be from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, May 15, and the children’s class will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 16, at The Art Room, 709 Main St., Windermere. Cost is $35 for either session. Reservations required, (407) 909-1869.
SATURDAY, MAY 16 Chef’s Gala — 6:45 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at Walt Disney World Resort’s Epcot World Showplace, 200 Epcot Center Drive, Orlando. Recognized as the region’s premier food and wine pairing event, Heart of Florida United Way’s Chef’s Gala features exquisite cuisine from more than 20 of Central Florida’s top chefs, along with thoughtfully paired fine wines, live music and a silent auction. Ninety five cents of every dollar raised through this event goes directly to programs in education, income, health and basic needs. The cost is $275 for individual tickets and $500 for couples’ tickets. For tickets or more information, visit ChefsGala.org. Mixed Media with Christine Peloquin — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17, at the 127 SoBo Art Center, 127 S. Boyd St., Winter Garden. Cost is $155 for Winter Garden Art Association members and $175 for non-members. For more information, call (407) 3477996 or visit wgart.org.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 Asian Spring Rolls — 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, at the West Oaks Branch Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Local chef and author Ha Roda will share tips on making the perfect spring roll. Guests who take part in this interactive program will make their own healthy, fresh spring roll. This event is presented in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Space is limited. To register, visit ocls. info or call (407) 835-7323.
SHUTTER BUGS Florida Film Academy celebrates four of its most talented youth photographers with “A Touch of Color,” a new exhibition at Winter Garden City Hall.
Lakeview Middle School student Joey Conn paces from corner to corner of the lobby at Winter Garden City Hall. His smile stretches wide across his face, while a Nikon DSLR dangles from his neck. Three of his buddies — 15-year-old Ocoee High student Ankhkhuab Hamlett, 15-year-old Center Academy student Jade Morrison and 13-year-old Lakeview Middle student Brittain Rainville — also are walking through the lobby. Their smiles are also bright, perhaps with just a dash of nervousness. It only takes a few minutes before the four zero in on one of the wall sconces. One pulls out a camera phone and zooms in for a few images of the light fixture from the inside. Although tens of thousands have walked this room, it’s surely a vantage point that few have seen. And that’s precisely why
these four were selected for the Florida Film Academy’s newest exhibition, “A Touch of Color.” The youth photography exhibit celebrates the images Joey, Ankhkhuab, Jade and Brittain have created as photography students at the academy. Led by teacher Kay Hill, the young photogs found all of their featured images in and around downtown Winter Garden. All of the images are wildly creative and, like the City Hall sconce, depict scenes of beauty often missed by the general public. Ankhkhuab says his favorite submission is one titled, “Pink Grass.” The frame captures perfectly the sun peering through a patch of colorful blades; the blue of the Florida sky peeks from behind. “It’s also the first one I sold,” Ankhkhuab says, smiling. “I took about two or three
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pictures to get this one.” Ankhkhuab has been shooting for about two years at the academy. “Before, I wanted to be a video-game programmer, but I found out you had to be good at math, and I’m not so great at that,” he says. “Then, when I thought about my future career, I really want to do something that I enjoy, and I have a passion for this.” Ankhkhuab says his artistic eye is drawn primarily to colors, and he hopes to shoot for a magazine such as National Geographic and one day open his own studio. Similarly, Jade wants to pursue photography as a career. “When I look for things (to photograph), I am drawn to the way some things connect with me,” she says. “Sometimes, I think about things if I were that object, and I try to add some personality to it.” The freshman at Center Academy hopes to pursue portrait and model photography. Brittain has only been shooting for about one year, but with a graphic designer for a mother, her artistic eye
may be innate. “We did a theme of urban nature (in photography class) — plants on manmade things — and I really liked that,” she says. Her favorite piece in the exhibit is also one of its most abstract. Titled “Electricity,” the image is a mesmerizing blur of oranges, whites, blues and reds. “This was at the downtown gas station,” she says. “I moved the lens back and forth as cars were driving by, and it looked really cool.” Like many professional photographers, Joey knows to look at the complete frame when he makes his images. “I try to find a good background, then I’ll find something to add some color,” he says. “Also, positioning of the camera is important.” Joey says he also likes to shoot images of tiny objects. His favorite piece in the exhibit is one he snapped of a small orange set atop a blue surface. A Touch of Color will be open to the public for six weeks. Contact Michael Eng at meng@wotimes.com.
STYLE POINTS The four featured photographers in “A Touch of Color” share some of their insights. 1. Joey Conn: “I try to find a good background, then I’ll find something to add some color.” 2. Ankhkhuab Hamlett: “I like anything that catches my eye. Most of the time, it’s color, but sometimes, it’s shapes. I love realistic photography.” 3. Jade Morrison: “When I look for things (to photograph), I am drawn to the way some things connect with me. Sometimes, I think about things if I were that object, and I try to add some personality to it.” 4. Brittain Rainville: “I love artsy pictures. I love going around to difference places and shooting.”
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Dr. Phillips dance company blends classical dance, modern illusion 2nd Sight Dance Company will perform its first show, ‘Shadows and Light,’ May 15 to 24 in Orlando. DR. PHILLIPS — About 10 years ago, Glynn Owens was working at an area mall kiosk during the holiday season, wearing some special lights used to brighten the season and add cheer. He and his co-workers were using a particular effect with these lights, until all of the customers had left for closing time and Owens and his colleagues had begun packing up. “I was a dance student at Valencia State College and was going through steps, just to make sure I was remembering them,” Owens said. “I forgot I had these lights on me and started dancing. The lights turned on and it suddenly hit me: I thought, ‘What if we tried something completely different? Instead of a traditional magic show where one magician does all of the tricks and then you have assistants who do maybe a few combinations and move some props, how cool would it be to move the concept from a shroud of mystery around one person and we made the company do the effects?’ It was just really a new take on a paradigm that is traditional of one person doing the effects.” In the next two weeks, that idea will come to life on stage, as Owens’ 2nd Sight Dance Company, headquartered in Dr. Phillips, makes its performance debut at the Orlando Fringe Festival. Owens, who teaches at Orlando Ballet School, is the founder and artistic director of the company, a concept 10 years in the making that finally emerged from the idea phase toward physical fruition in December while Owens was
IF YOU GO “SHADOWS AND LIGHT,” 2ND SIGHT DANCE COMPANY WHEN: 7:45 to 8:35 p.m. May 15; 1:15 to 2:05 p.m. May 17; 5:30 to 6:20 p.m. May 21; 3 to 3:50 p.m. May 24 WHERE: Yellow Venue, Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E. Rollins St., Orlando TICKETS: $10 (plus surcharge) INFO: orlandofringe.ticketleap.com/shadows-andlight/ teaching, he said. “I was teaching an adult class at Orlando Ballet School, and I told some of the students an idea for a dance company unique to being centered on classical dance, and that could also showcase some other things I enjoy in life, which is magic and illusion,” he said. “I’ve been thinking about pieces in the past, and I have incorporated those elements.” Then Kimberly Moy, now the marketing manager for 2nd Sight Dance Company, recommended the company do something for the Orlando Fringe Festival. “I had considered it but finally said, ‘You know what? I’m going to do it,’” Owens said. “I submitted my application and have been getting at it ever since.” This has led to a performance called “Shadows and Light” that this company will perform on four occasions, already rated one of the top five
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The 2nd Sight Dance Company in Dr. Phillips will debut its dance and magic show at the Orlando Fringe Festival. new shows to see at the festival. “Shadows and Light” will involve an original act combining contemporary ballet with elements of surprise for something different from a normal magic show or dance recital, Owens said. “You’ll also see effects that aren’t necessarily hard to see how they’re done, but the point isn’t to fool or trick people but show how an effect can give a deeper meaning to an audience,” he said. “For example, there are pieces with dancers wrapped in a straight jacket or aluminum, and they do the act blindfolded. There is a segment with a volunteer from the audience for an escape with a girl in a tango outfit as a lighthearted piece. You’re going to see pieces that
are really serious and impactful to pieces that are lighthearted and fun.” This show will thus be a fitting first foray for 2nd Sight Dance Company, which has a mission to offer fresh perspectives on classical dance and challenge and inspire audiences through dance, magic and illusion, Owens said. To Owens, Dr. Phillips is an ideal location to fulfill this mission, because the Orlando Ballet School is close and many members of his cast have been working at theme parks, so talent is often a stone’s throw away. The rest of the cast is composed of past dancers looking to get back into that art. The cast is excited to have fun, especially when it comes
to involving the audience in the fun and a few secrets Owens cannot reveal, like any good magician. “When they go to a dance concert, people often just sit and watch, but we get people involved in it instead of just watching the show,” he said. “We only have four shows, so it’s going to be important that people get their tickets to come see it.” Owens recommends arriving early to get a good seat and because of a policy against late admittance. “Shadows and Light” lasts 50 minutes and is recommended for ages 7 and older, with a $9 Fringe Button required for all patrons older than 13. Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@ wotimes.com.
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+ Rotary Club of Windermere The Rotary Club of Windermere announced the induction of four new members to the club. Fellow Rotarians officially welcomed Julian Mackenzie, Will Darby, Dave Nelson and Tiago Ferreira. Darby and Nelson are co-owners of Willy T’s Crab Shack, a food truck that makes crab cakes. Darby and Nelson provided their services at the Rotary Club of Windermere’s Spring Fest last month. Mackenzie is currently in real estate but also has worked in the medical supply industry and as a business broker. Ferreira is a real-estate professional at W.R.A. Real Estate Solutions and a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Each of these four new members have jumped feet-first into service rolls within the club.
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sponsored by Health Central Hospital, take place at 8 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Every Tuesday, line-dancing classes are available at 10 a.m., with a minimum $2 donation, and free belly-dancing exercises are offered at 1 p.m. The seniors play Liverpool rummy from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The group also enjoys playing Mexican train dominoes, social activities, coffee and more beginning at 9 a.m. each Wednesday at the center. Guests are invited to join at no cost. Crafts take place from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays, and chorus practice takes place at 10 a.m. Fridays. For more information about the West Orange Seniors and upcoming events, call (407) 592-4498 or visit westorangeseniors.yolasite.com.
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+ Robinswood Garden Club Robinswood Garden Club members, spouses and guest Orma Mitchell met at Perkins, in Ocoee, last week for the group’s end of club year celebration. Robinswood Garden Club President Wilma Lentz offered ideas for the upcoming year, scheduled to begin Monday, Sept. 8, at the Pine Hills Community Center, 6408 Jennings Road, Orlando. Victoria Loney passed around the sign-up sheet for members to volunteer to deliver a program or serve refreshments. The group wished a happy birthday to Doris Tindall and Betsy Talpalar, both born on May 23. The club also celebrated Dee Stack and Wilma Lentz’s birthdays, born on July 26 and 28, respectively. A gift certificate was given to President Lentz by Tindall from the Club. Goodie bags were presented to all by Sara Nicholson. Also in attendance were Bill Lentz, Dan Loney, Dan Nicholson, Carolyn and Don Kennedy, Mary Dusek, Cookie Coykendall and Sharon Zink.
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WINTER GARDEN — More than 200 friends, family members and well-wishers attended the Central Florida Council of Boy Scouts’ May 8 gala to celebrate the 2015 Golden Eagle recipients: Bill Criswell and Barbara Roper. Kathy Stark and Charlie Roper co-chaired the event at the Garden Theatre, in Winter Garden. The theme was “The Man I Wish to Be.” After giving the history of scouting, Stark and Roper asked audience members to stand if they had ever been involved in the program; among those rising were nine Eagle scouts. Two past Golden Eagle honorees were also in attendance: Ward Britt and Walter Toole. There are an estimated 2,000 scouts in West Orange County. Scouting is important because participants “pick up life skills while having fun,” Charlie Roper said. Cub Scout Max Gidley spoke to the crowd, sharing his experiences with scouting. He is a Webelo with Pack 125 in Celebration. Pledge forms were handed out to attendees, and at the end of the night, it was announced that $37,140 had been raised. Receptions before and after the ceremony gave folks a chance to greet the Golden Eagle recipients and congratulate them on being recognized for their service to West Orange County.
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“(Scouting) gives young men the opportunity to become great men,” Barbara Roper said after being escorted to the stage to receive her award. She has been involved in West Orange County since she moved to the area in 1950 after marrying her husband, Bert. She taught at Lakeview High and Tildenville School and then turned to volunteering when she stopped teaching to raise their four children, Becky, Edward, Preston and Charlie. Roper founded the Adult Literacy League in Orlando; started the West Orange YMCA in 1967; joined the board of WMFE, the newly established public broadcasting station in Orlando and then served as the first woman to chair the board in 1970 and 1971; was elected to the board of the Public Broadcasting Service; and served as the first chairwoman
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Barbara Roper, of Winter Garden, and Bill Criswell, of Windermere, are the 2015 recipients of the Golden Eagle awards, presented by the Central Florida Council of Boy Scouts of America. of the Central Florida YMCA Board. The Roper YMCA in Winter Garden bears her family’s name. Currently, she is involved with the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation.
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“Anything that people can do to promote scouting, our country needs this very, very much,” Criswell said upon accepting his award. The main principle that has guided his life has been to try to live by the Ten Commandments. As a young boy, he enjoyed being outdoors, playing basketball and building things. After high school, he joined the Navy, serving with the Sea Bees during World War II. Following the war, he moved to Orlando and married Helen Ann, his wife of 46 years. They have one daughter, Holly, who lives in Orlando. Criswell has lived in the Windermere area for 52 years. After retiring as vice president of H.C. Buchanan Concrete, he turned his passion to service with the Windermere Rotary Club, the Central Florida Builders Exchange and
PAST RECIPIENTS West Orange County citizens who have received the Golden Eagle award are Jack Quesinberry (2000), George Bailey (2001), Sen. Daniel Webster (2002), Bert Roper (2003), Jerry Chicone (2004), Ward Britt (2005), Jerry Van Dyke (2006), Dr. John Cappleman (2007), Dr. Albert Gleason (2008), Danniel Petro (2009), Derek Blakeslee (2010), Richard Irwin (2011), Walter Toole (2012), Tim Keating (2013) and Sue Crabtree (2014). West Orange Habitat for Humanity. In 2007, he founded Home At Last, which builds homes for combat-wounded veterans. The seventh one is being constructed currently in Oakland. “Being a small part of a veteran returning home is an honor, privilege and rewarding experience you won’t ever forget.” Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.
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The Florida Department of Transportation has authorized the construction of the Roper Growers Cooperative Heliport. It will be located on the east side of Plant Street near Dillard Street in Winter Garden. Color bearers at a mother-daughter tea sponsored by Girl Scout Troop 729 were Cindy Littler, Pam Hannon, Lynn Freeman, Scottie Smith and Barbara Belflower.
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A celebration of Mother’s Day was held at Windermere Union Church with Ella Bennin, a 93-year resident of our area, as special guest. She was born in Germany 95 years ago, and her family settled in Gotha when she was 2 years old. Mrs. Bennin was a member of the pioneer Regener family and the mother of Marie Bennin Mize and Henrietta Bennin Lewter.
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Howard Bochiardy, of Windermere, has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects for his notable contribution to the profession.
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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.
May 11. H.M. Bowness led the parade in a 1925 car, and Patrick Branch rode his high-wheeler bicycle. There
was a dedication of the new gazebo at which Glen Gettings sang his original song, “Ocoee.”
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OBITUARIES man and Marsha Mooty. Funeral services were held May 7 at Glad Tidings, 2009 N. Fullers Cross Road, Ocoee.
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Nelson Ross Owens Summerall Sr., 63, died April 28, 2015. He was born Oct. 13, 1951, in Fort Myers, Florida. Nelson loved to fish, write poetry and paint. Nelson was preceded in death by his loving parents, Albe and Opal Summerall; and sister, Marlene. He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Joyce Summerall; Samson and Al; children Nelson (P.A.), Nelson Jr., Angela Summerall Barker, Joanna, Kimmie, Sabrina, Joseph and Christopher, of Orlando; two brothers, Dan (Cindy) Summerall and Fred Summerall; one sister, Marzie Smith, of Winter Garden; 25 grandchilGREGORIO BONILLA, 92, of Winter Garden, died May 3, 2015. Woodlawn Funeral Home, Gotha. ALEXIS R. MOORE, 69, of Winter Garden, died April
GONE AWAY An angel whispered take my hand and come with me, your work here is done. I went away to a place where there’s no tears nor sorrow, only laughter and smiles, there will always be a Tomorrow. As I love amongst the clouds, I’ll look down and smile upon you, while the angels sing a heavenly song. I am not alone, all who went before are here they awaited my return. I know you’ll grieve and wish I was still here I am here in the memories you hold dear. Remember how much I love you and know I took your love with me I did not wish for you to cry nor feel sad. My pain is gone, and I am Free! Soon you’ll come to me until then God will be with you Just as He’s with me. 26, 2015. Woodlawn Funeral Home, Gotha. JEFFREY “JEFFRO” SMITH, 49, of Ocoee, died April 28, 2015. Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home, Winter Garden.
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West Orlando Baptist Church plans 32,000-square-foot expansion OCOEE — West Orlando Baptist Church has run out of space for its Sunday school offerings, and Pastor Kenric Barnett is relying on an upcoming expansion project to give the church the much-needed space for additional classrooms. The church is on East Crown Point Road halfway between Fullers Cross Road and Plant Street, in Ocoee; the expansion is in Winter Garden. Barnett said the city of Winter Garden has approved preliminary plans for a new 750-seat sanctuary and more Sunday school space and offices, all of which total about 32,000 square feet. “We’re lacking in the Sunday school classes right now, and it’s hurting our growth because they’re all full,” Barnett said. The addition of eight rooms will be dedicated to adult classes. The existing education
building will be strictly a children’s facility with more security, including check-in and checkout points, he said. The church includes a pre-
school program for infants through grade K-4. Barnett said he is hoping to break ground on the project in late summer or early
fall; work is expected to take about 12 months. The $5 million project is being paid for through a church bond program. The church was started in Pine Hills in 1971 and moved to the Ocoee location in 2001. Barnett began serving as the church’s youth pastor in 1998 and became senior pastor in 2007. West Orlando Baptist has a membership of nearly 700 and provides programs to the community such as AWANA and an archery ministry for children, Vacation Bible School and other camps, a Bright Lights discipleship group for girls and activities for teens and senior citizens. The church offers Sunday school at 10 a.m., two morning worship services at 8:30 and 11 and an evening service at 6. Wednesday worship begins at 7 p.m. Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.
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Ocoee defensive back earns Division I offer Scholarship offer for rising junior Dorian Jones represents a momentumbuilder for the Knights as they prepare for their spring game on May 21.
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Stone Forsythe, who committed to the Florida Gators last week, was hard at work during spring practice for the Warriors.
WOHS lineman commits to Gators WINTER GARDEN — He fielded offers from Division I FBS programs like Kentucky and Duke and had strong interest from programs such as Florida State and Auburn. In the end, though, West Orange offensive lineman Stone Forsythe couldn’t resist the opportunity to become a Florida Gator. A rising senior, Forsythe verbally committed to the Gators May 7. “I’ve grown up a Gators fan — it’s always been a dream of mine to play in the Swamp,” Forsythe said at spring practice last week. The 6-foot-7, 320-pound lineman committed to Florida head coach Jim McElwain after receiving a scholarship offer from the Gators earlier in the week. He is the 10th commitment to the 2016 class for UF and the first offensive lineman in the bunch. After being a part of the Warriors’ run to a district championship and first playoff victory in 2014, Forsythe is happy to have his college commitment decision in the rearview so he and his teammates can focus on taking the program to new heights in 2015 — starting with West Orange’s spring game on May 29 at Gainesville. “Now that I’ve got that out of the way, I don’t have the weight (of the decision) on my shoulders, and I can just work, work, work,” Forsythe said. Forsythe’s commitment is one of several potential high-profile commitments for the program. Fellow rising seniors Woody Barrett and Eddie McDoom also are fielding interest from a who’s who of college programs. Barrett, a quarterback, has offers from programs including Alabama, Ohio State, Louisville and Notre Dame. McDoom, a wide receiver, has offers from the Gators, Ohio State, Miami, Clemson and more.
OCOEE — The Ocoee Knights are a little more than two weeks into spring practice, as well as the beginning of the Ben Bullock era for the program. Accordingly, there’s a new energy as the Knights prepare for their spring football game against University High School May 21, a home game beginning at 7 p.m.
“With the new coaching staff, everything is up-tempo, and everything is 100 miles per hour,” rising junior cornerback Dorian Jones said after practice May 7. “I see a lot of change in the guys; they’re working a lot harder.” It’s an exciting time for the program — and an even more exciting time for Jones personally.
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Ocoee rising junior Dorian Jones got his first Division I offer recently from Tulane University.
With six individual state championships and a scholarship at Brown University, Windermere Prep’s Franco Martins has set quite a standard for the Lakers’ athletics program.
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The talented defensive player reached a milestone in his prep career recently when he was offered a scholarship by Tulane, a Division I FBS program competing in the American Athletic Conference. “I set a goal for myself about a few months ago that I wanted to get my first Division I of-
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Franco Martins completed a decorated varsity running career on May 1 with individual state championships in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters at the FHSAA Track & Field Finals in Jacksonville.
WINDERMERE — Here’s the first thing you need to know about Franco Martins: In the world of varsity running in the state of Florida, the kid is a star. Sharrod Williams, who coaches the track and cross-country programs at Windermere Prep, readily admits that — in the context of cross-country and track — the first thing people associate with Windermere Prep is that it’s the school for which Martins runs. “He’s a superstar when we go to cross-country events — it’s crazy,” Williams said. “We went to the state meet (for cross country) this year … we’re running around the FSU course and people are like, ‘There’s Franco!’ A guy ran with him (during practice) for two laps
just so his sister could take a picture of him running with Franco — it’s that serious.” The second thing you need to know about Franco Martins is that, from his demeanor, you’d never know about his celebrity within the running community. “He’s the best kid — I mean, it’s so genuine with him,” Williams said, noting that his star athlete also may be the “goofiest kid” on the team. Martins’ unassuming nature is why it’s no surprise that, when a sixth-grader from Martins’ native Brazil enrolled at Windermere Prep, he readily took the youngster under his wing during cross-country season.
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DELAND — For the third time in four years, the Olympia Titans came up just short of reaching the FHSAA Final Four in Class 8A. Olympia (27-2) fell to the University (Orange City) Titans, 7-1, in the Class 8A Region 1 Championship on Tuesday night. The game was played at Melching Field at Conrad Park in DeLand because of a lack of lights at University’s home field. In what was billed as a battle of high-level pitchers, it was University ace Logan Allen who stole the show. Allen tossed a complete game for the host Titans, allowing just one run and two hits in seven innings of work. University, on the other hand, accumulated eight hits and roughed up Titans starter Michael Byrne for six runs before he was relieved by Alex Dorso in the bottom of the fifth inning. The contest had been scoreless through the first three-andone-half innings, but University broke through for three runs in the bottom of the fourth and then tacked on another four runs in the bottom of the fifth to create a lead it would not relinquish. The only run for the Titans came on a sacrifice grounder by Cameron Montgomery that brought in Drenis Ozuna, who had tripled. The defeat at the hands of University continues a frustrating stretch for a program that has had a remarkable amount of success in recent years. In 2012, the Titans fell to Spruce Creek in the regional final, and
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IN THE BOOKS With Olympia’s loss, the 2015 varsity baseball season came to an end in West Orange County. Here are the final records for West Orange’s seven programs: Olympia 27-2 Windermere Prep 20-4 Ocoee 18-9 West Orange 16-10 Dr. Phillips 15-13 CFCA 10-17 Foundation Academy 6-12
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Lack of track doesn’t slow EMILY HEADLEY Foundation sprinter, program Senior sprinter Kiande who will be heading off to play Phillips won the Class 1A State college football for the Hobart Championship in the 100 meStatesmen this fall in upstate ters on May 1, clocking in at New York, started the season a personal-best 10.77 running in the low 11s; seconds in the most before the day of the important race of his state meet, he hadn’t varsity career. run anything faster It was an impressive than a 10.95. accomplishment in a But perhaps the most few ways — beyond impressive thing about the obvious element of Kiande Phillips’ state being worthy of a state title is that he and his gold medal. teammates at FounSTEVEN It was the first state RYZEWSKI dation Academy don’t championship — have an actual track to in any sport — for practice on. Foundation Academy, thereEach morning during track by permanently imprinting season at the school in south Phillips’ name in the school’s Winter Garden, a staff memrecord books. ber or coach paints lines in Also impressive was Philthe grass around the Lions’ lips’ improvement under the practice football field. This is tutelage of head coach Dave where the middle- and highBohner, especially considerschool teams train. ing Bohner took the job a few Although it certainly is not days after the season already an insurmountable disadvanhad begun. The two-sport star, tage, it is nonetheless a factor
worthy of consideration in a sport in which victory and defeat are determined by mere 10ths of a second. It’s impressive, then — inspiring, even — that the lack of a track didn’t stop Foundation from taking a program-record six athletes to that same state meet on the campus of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. The up-and-coming direction of the track program is reflective of the school’s athletics department, in general. The football (made state playoffs in 2014), softball (won first district championship this spring) and volleyball programs all have experienced considerable success last season or in recent years; the volleyball team has most notably finished as state runner-up in Class 2A twice (2012 and 2013). Without being so presump-
tuous as to assign a timeframe or put words in the administration’s mouth, I have little doubt the program will one day have a track to practice on, likely circling the school’s existing practice football field nestled behind its gymnasium. It also wouldn’t surprise me if the football team, which currently plays home games at Walker Field in Winter Garden, one day plays its home games on campus. But for now, that’s not the case. For now, the program practices in the grass. In its own way, it’s kind of cool to see a program making the best of its situation. It’s worthy of kudos — not just to Phillips, but to Bohner, the administration and the other members of the team for fostering an environment where the lack of a track hasn’t become an excuse.
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Southeast Regional in Cary, North Carolina. “It’s crazy — at the start of my junior year, I never had these aspirations,” Martins said. “Being able to see myself progress, and not only compete with these guys (he had looked up to), but actually beat some of them, is insane.”
ships — is nearing an end. With an academic and athletic career awaiting him at an Ivy League school, Martins is excited to get on campus and meet his new teammates. And, although his teammates and coaches here in West Orange County are sad to see him go, it’s also an exciting time for Windermere Prep as, whatever future success Martins may have, he will be representing his soon-to-be alma mater and community. “Brown, their track team and cross-country team, are getting a steal,” Williams said. “School-wise, you’re getting somebody who is going to really come out and impact the campus. Their team is getting a steal because he’s just scratched the surface. “Those guys are running like 80, 90 miles a week; Franco’s only doing like 35, 40 miles a week just because we’re trying to keep him injury-free. … He’s going to get there, they’re going to increase his mileage, and he’s just going to be fantastic.” In a moment of reflection, Martins, while excited for what is ahead for him, is equally excited for what’s in store for the program he is leaving in the hands of underclassmen and youngsters such as Valle. “I hope that I’ve been able to influence Kaio, and I hope that he has the same mentality and wants to just build our program,” Martins said. “In the future, I want to come back to the school and for us to have a legacy of being runners — and I hope that I was some sort of catalyst to the beginning of that.” Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@wotimes.com.
“He’s kind of like my idol,” said Kaio Valle, who has been in the country since August. “Every time someone asks me, ‘Oh Kaio, who’s your favorite runner?’ I always say, ‘I want to be like Franco Martins.’ He was really cool to me and helped me a lot.” On May 1 in Jacksonville, Martins concluded his decorated prep career at the FHSAA Track & Field Finals by winning first place in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters. But for Martins, those weren’t the highlights of the meet. Martins, who will be competing for Brown University on an athletic scholarship in the fall, was far more excited about the bronze medal he won with the Lakers’ 4x400 meter relay team alongside Mathews Peres, Chris Granjean and Michael Stones. “I often find myself running alone here, around the area, all by myself,” Martins said, explaining why the medal in a race he doesn’t even ordinarily compete in meant so much. “It’s nice to go out there with a team and have all those parts working simultaneously, and when they all come together, it’s just a great feeling.”
A TENNIS STAR HE WAS NOT
Coming from Brazil, Martins, of course, took a liking to soccer. As a youth and into high school, he played the beautiful game, as well as tennis. Running was something Martins recalls doing for fun, participating in 5Ks with his father. It was on the soccer field, though, that Martins made
OLYMPIA / PAGE 1B in 2013, they were defeated by Lake Brantley at the same point. Both Spruce Creek and Lake Brantley went on to win the state championship in those years. The loss ends a 2015 campaign in which the Titans went undefeated in the regular season, finishing 25-0, while also topping the MaxPreps “Xcellent 25” national poll for a remarkable seven weeks as the best prep team in the country.
a couple of key realizations about his athletic gifts. He realized he wasn’t extraordinarily quick; as a defender, offensive players often beat him. He also came to realize, though, that he thrived in the second half, when the other players were tired and his endurance kicked in. Still, during his freshman and sophomore years at Windermere Prep, he placed running behind soccer and tennis — with the busy schedule taking its toll on his body. “Every time I got healthy, I got a different injury,” Martins said. Martins hardly trained for cross-country or track back then. It was eye-opening then, when during his sophomore year — the first year that the Lakers’ fledgling program competed in district and FHSAA competition — made it all the way to the state meet in cross country and placed 27th. “I was like, ‘I play tennis every day, and I can’t even win a tournament, and then I come out here, barely run, and I do well,’” Martins said. “That success is kind of something that triggered me to be like, ‘OK, next year I’m going to dedicate myself (to running).’” It proved to be a good choice. Martins’ junior year would become his breakout year, with the Lakers standout winning the first of two individual cross-country state titles and the first of four individual track championships. His success led to recognition, and this past fall he also reached the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland after running a blistering 14:59.2 at the
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All eyes were on Martins entering his senior year this past fall — those of the running community and, perhaps just as importantly, those of his teammates. As the star runner for Windermere Prep, the senior was also a role model for younger runners in the program, like Valle. “He’s a really good leader — he’s always helping people out when they don’t understand something,” Valle said. “I’ve noticed that usually he does more than what Coach asks him to do.” Looking back, Martins acknowledges that leading by example could be taxing at times but that it was also worth it. “It’s a lot of responsibility, because I know they watch how I act in practice and how I compete and how I prepare myself for meets,” Martins said. “(But) it’s great to see the success all these kids are having around me.” Sitting on the campus of Windermere Prep with the state meet behind him, Martins is relieved. With just a few exams left, one of the busiest stretches of his life — a combination of preparing for exams, graduation and the pursuit that led to his most recent state champion-
Olympia’s 2012 ball club also went undefeated in the regular season and was atop the same poll for six weeks. The program has never advanced past a regional final. The Titans did not lose a game until the district final of the Class 8A District 3 Tournament April 24. Olympia fell to Apopka, 8-4, in that game. Olympia was the last remaining baseball team from West Orange County and, excluding spring football, its loss ends the 2014-2015 school year of varsity sports for the coverage area.
As a senior at Olympia High heading to Clemson University on a scholarship for cross-country and track, Emily Headley is having quite the stretch to end her high-school career. She also played lacrosse for the Titans this spring and was a part of the team’s run to the state semifinals. In recent weeks, Headley also was named Olympia’s Female Athlete of the Year.
How grateful are you to the coaching staff at Clemson for giving the ‘OK’ to your playing lacrosse this spring? That was, I told my parents this every single day, actually the greatest thing of high school so far. And there’s been a lot of highlights in high school. Choosing to play lacrosse this season and having my coaches (at Clemson) support me 100% — and also my parents — was just one of the greatest things ever. I had so much fun. What are you doing currently, training-wise, for cross country? This morning I woke up at 5 a.m. and I went on a run and then I went to school at 6:30 a.m. I’m running before school every day, because it is way too hot after school. After school, I’m going to the gym and lifting and stuff. Looking back at your varsity sports career, what is your most significant accomplishment? Definitely one that I can’t overlook is, my freshman year, coming in second in the state (in cross-country). That was the highest state performance that I had. But I would say it’s not all about placing — I definitely would say it’s a tie between (placing second at state) and also (lacrosse reaching the state semifinals). I know fourth (in the state) isn’t as high as second, but something about the whole team atmosphere … was so awesome. You keep a busy schedule among sports, classes and extracurricular activities. Do you enjoy being busy like that? When lacrosse ended, the weekend of the state tournament, I kind of told myself, “You know what, I’m going to relax and chill for a little bit.” It was horrible; it was absolutely awful. I don’t like having time. I like having things to do at every single moment of my life. It’s my OCD, and also I just love being busy and having things to do. What was it about Clemson that set that school and program apart from the
other schools who were courting you? It had that “it” factor that no other school had. It’s kind of hard to explain. How important has the support of your mom and your dad been to your success? They’re crazy — they’re definitely the reason I’m here right now and why any of this is even possible. … My mom really keeps me on track and keeps me focused, and my dad is the one who always tells me that “the impossible is possible.” My mom is more academic, my dad is more athletic, and they both, together, form this perfect motivation to do all that I can do and be all that I can be. You’ve chosen to major in engineering at Clemson, but you also have an interest in film and broadcast journalism. Are you going to try and pursue either of those things, also? Clemson has not only one of the best engineering programs for a public school, but it also has a great sports reporting department. I obviously love sports and also reporting, so I definitely want to major in engineering and have a minor in either communications or sports reporting. Why do you think you’ve gravitated toward studying engineering? Math is one of the most enjoyable things in my life. When I run, I do derivatives in my head and divide out what percentage of the race or the workout I have left. I love doing math when I run. … It just seems like engineering would be good for me. What’s been the best senior-year moment so far? Going to our regional final lacrosse game the day before prom, winning that and being absolutely so excited. Then waking up the next morning, having (lacrosse) practice, going straight from practice to a four-hour calculus review, going straight from there to the nail salon and then straight to prom itself — those 30 hours were just absolutely great.
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OCOEE — A standout offensive lineman for the West Orange Warriors during his own varsity career, Kalvin Rymer has returned to West Orange County in the second stop of his coaching career. The 2012 graduate of West Orange High School is the new offensive coordinator and college recruitment coordinator for the Central Florida Christian Academy Eagles. Rymer is one of the hires made by new Eagles head coach John Davis, who took over the program in the offseason. After coaching at Orlando Christian Prep in East Orlando for two seasons after playing a season of college football at ASA College (a junior college program in Brooklyn), Rymer is happy to be back in West Orange County. “I felt like it was perfect timing,” Rymer said. “The enthusiasm for football (at CFCA) is amazing. The faculty there is incredible, the students. Each day we gain a kid or two that’s saying, ‘Hey coach, we want to play football.’” Ironically enough, coaching the offensive and defensive lines at OCP meant that Rymer has come to CFCA with some familiarity with the Eagles. The two teams played twice in 2014, with the Warriors taking both victories (one regular season, one in the Sunshine State Athletic Conference playoffs). Although it made for a slightly awkward introduction — OCP did, after all, derail CFCA’s championship aspira-
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tions — Rymer said studying film for those games has given him a head start in knowing the personnel he has available to him as the Eagles’ offensive coordinator. “It kind of gives me the advantage of having a certain type of knowledge of what guys can do what,” Rymer said. Davis and his staff, including Rymer, come to CFCA at an interesting time. The program also something he can use as a motivational tool as he looks to inspire a program that has struggled in recent years. “It’s stuff that the kids can see, and, momentum-wise, it’s just progress … the process and everything we’re trying to do is starting to show something,” Bullock said. “(Jones is) a great kid. Him getting an offer, that can be something where, ‘Hey, it’s not just Dorian’s offer — it’s Ocoee’s offer.’” Bullock said it will continue to take time to get his new roster up to speed with the program’s new tempo and direction, but the first two weeks have been encouraging. “We have a lot of potential,” Bullock said. “We’ve got guys that are starting at a certain level, and we can get them to another level. You can always get them better; there’s always a ton of room for growth.”
is riding high after an 8-4 season that saw it place fourth in the 24-team SSAC. For his part, as a young coach, Rymer acknowledges he still has plenty to learn. Having worked with a veteran staff at OCP, the former West Orange Warrior believes he has a solid foundation. “I learned a lot,” Rymer said. “Each day I just learned from the offensive coordinator … just bits and pieces and learning how to conduct yourself as a coach and learning new philosophies.” And although being named as a coordinator so early in his career could be daunting for an up-and-coming coach, Rymer said his new boss made sure he knew he had his back. “The first thing (Davis) told me is, ‘You’re not going to be in this alone,’” Rymer said.
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Foundation quarterback Jacob Murphy has been a leader for the Lions during spring practice. ference-makers this season. Not only does the team have to make up for the athleticism it lost but also the leadership its key senior players contributed. “Some of those guys were really good leaders, but we’re trying to step up in that category,” Murphy said. “We had some good athletes, but athletes can only get you so far.” Echoing this thought, Colby Adamson has seen attitudes throughout the team go through a positive change coming out of the offseason. “Some of the kids that used to give attitude on the field — I don’t see it anymore,” Adamson, the placekicker for the Lions, said. According to Lord, Adamson can kick anywhere he wants on the field. Averaging more than 40 yards each punt and with 24 touchbacks last year, Lord describes him as athletic and tough.
What is giving Foundation Academy its edge this spring is the difference in its unity. The Lions spent their winter in the weight room getting stronger on and off the field, building a bond in the process. “I’ve never seen this team come as a brotherhood before — I’ve been here for five or six years, four years playing football, and I’ve never seen a varsity team come together like this brotherhood,” Adamson said. “I don’t care if we don’t win games. I like that we see a brotherhood, and we’ll always be brothers.” Also seeing this change is Sydal Barton, rising junior and defensive tackle. “I feel like this is the best spring practice that we’ve started out to because we’ve all bonded together as a team; we’re all one unit,” he said. For their spring matchup, the Lions will face Seffner Christian Academy May 22.
As for Jones, the offer from Tulane is an exciting development — and the first of many, he hopes. “I hope I can get many more (offers) and explore my options,” Jones said. “But I’m also very happy with the offer I got.” Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@wotimes.com.
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fer going into my junior year, and now, that dream has come true,” Jones said. The offer for the rising junior is a good barometer of his potential, something to which new Ocoee assistant coach Terrance Larmond can attest. Larmond, in previous coaching stops at South Lake and Mount Dora, has a track record of developing high-level defensive backs. “(Jones is) an extremely hard worker; he’s self-motivated — that’s the biggest thing about him,” Larmond said. “That’s a trait that’s been in all my other guys that have been All-Americans … (Jones) displays that same type of work ethic and hunger.” For Bullock, the offer is more than just a sign that he has a talented defensive back — it’s
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Kalvin Rymer, who graduated from West Orange in 2012, works with members of the CFCA football team at practice on May 7.
WINTER GARDEN — The Foundation Academy Lions are preparing for their spring game against Seffner Christian with an eye on a high-intensity, competitive season in the fall. Jacob Murphy, a rising senior and the Lions’ second-year quarterback, has been key in helping the Lions step up during their spring practices. “We’ve got a game plan, and we’re following it, and we’re not really taking a whole lot of nonsense,” Murphy said. That level of focus has been apparent to head coach Brad Lord, who likes what he has seen so far from his program. “It’s actually the best spring we’ve had,” Lord said. “We have a lot of returning starters, a lot of returning all-district players.” According to Lord, the spring is all about evaluation. Winning their spring game in May is not his goal, necessarily — the veteran coach simply wants to practice and see where his team stands as it prepares for the fall. The Lions will kick off the fall season with their first game being against the West Orange Warriors, a steep challenge for a Class 2A program. “Our boys are up for the challenge and ready for it,” Lord said. “Bob Head is a good friend of mine, so we’ll have a little fun battle of Winter Garden going here.” Although some of their key players last season were graduating seniors, Lord said the Lions have some of the best running backs in the state. He believes Gabriel Walker, Konrie Brown and Jaquane Patterson will be dif-
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The town house at 8339 Via Bella Notte, Orlando, sold April 24, for $351,000 (short sale). Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,060 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $170.39.
BRISTOL PARK
The home at 9366 Wickham Way, Orlando, sold April 29, for $386,850. Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,887 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $134.
EMERALD FOREST
The home at 10422 Autumn Glen Court, Orlando, sold April 28, for $385,000. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,792 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $137.89.
SAND LAKE COVE
The home at 7820 Glen Crest Way, Orlando, sold April 30, for $282,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,130 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $132.39.
VIZCAYA HEIGHTS
The condo at 8718 The Esplanade, No. 13, Orlando, sold April 29, for $375,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,503 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $149.82.
GOTHA BRAEMAR
The home at 2023 Lake Fischer Cove Lane, No. 46, Gotha, sold April 27, for $900,000. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, six baths and 6,791 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $132.53. The home at 2000 Lake Fischer Cove Lane, No. 44, Gotha, sold April 24, for $700,000. Built in 2014, it has seven bedrooms, five-and-one-half baths and 5,641 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $124.09.
METROWEST FOUNTAINS AT METROWEST
The condo at 5953 Westgate Drive, No. 1811, Orlando, sold April 24, for $89,900. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,257 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $71.52.
MANDALAY AT STONEBRIDGE COMMONS
The condo at 6253 Miramonte Drive, No. 102, Orlando, sold April 28, for $225,500 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 2,010 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $112.19.
PROMENADE
The condo at 6336 Buford St., No. 306, Orlando, sold April 30, for $245,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,775 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $138.03.
SERENATA
The condo at 6109 MetroWest Blvd., No. 105, Orlando, sold April 27, for $126,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,678 square feet. The price per square foot is $75.09.
WESTCHESTER AT METROWEST
The home at 6460 Piccadilly Lane, Orlando, sold April 30, for $195,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,545 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $126.21. The home at 6548 Piccadilly Lane, Orlando, sold April 30, for $178,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,511 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $117.80.
OCOEE COVENTRY AT OCOEE
The home at 2552 Dovetail Drive, Ocoee, sold April 24, for $183,000. Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,058 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $88.92.
FOREST TRAILS
The home at 2249 Laurel Blossom Circle, Ocoee, sold April 27, for $170,634 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,574 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $66.29.
HIDDEN OAKS
The home at 408 S. Cumberland Ave., Ocoee, sold April 30, for $135,000 (REO/bank
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LAKEVIEW
The home at 506 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee, sold April 24, for $219,900 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,428 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $90.57. The home at 709 Lakeview Drive, Ocoee, sold April 29, for $103,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,310 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $78.63.
MEADOW RIDGE
The home at 471 Douglas Edward Drive, Ocoee, sold April 30, for $330,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,176 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $151.65.
OCOEE HILLS
The home at 1200 Center St., Ocoee, sold April 27, for $140,000. Built in 1973, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,209 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $115.80.
PLANTATION GROVE WEST
The home at 11021 Orangeshire Court, Ocoee, sold April 28, for $304,000. Built in 1993, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,547 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $119.36.
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The home at 918 Grovesmere Loop, Ocoee, sold April 28, for $256,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,860 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $137.63.
RESERVE AT MEADOW LAKE
The town house at 1266 Glenleigh Drive, Ocoee, sold April 27, for $157,000. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,689 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $92.95.
SAWMILL
The home at 5119 Wood Ridge Court, Ocoee, sold April 30, for $186,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,734 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $107.27. The home at 6803 Lumberjack Lane, Ocoee, sold April 24, for $147,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,655 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $88.82.
SILVER BEND
The home at 2218 Alclobe Circle, Ocoee, sold April 24, for $205,000. Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,772 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $115.69. The home at 441 Little Spring Hill Drive, Ocoee, sold April 29, for $119,000 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, one bath and 1,561 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $76.23.
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The town house at 1653 Fallmonte Court, Ocoee, sold April 30, for $129,900 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 1,345 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $96.58. The town house at 1959 Brancaster Circle, Ocoee, sold April 27, for $120,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,124 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $106.76.
WESMERE
The home at 12 Heather Green Court, Ocoee, sold April 24, for $240,000. Built in 1992, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,642 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $146.16.
WESTYN BAY
The home at 327 Westyn Bay Blvd., Ocoee, sold April 30, for $309,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths and 2,600 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $118.85.
WILLOWS ON THE LAKE
The home at 1871 Marsh Wren Court, Ocoee, sold April 27, for $275,000 (short sale). Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,735 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $73.63. The home at 1682 Sparrow Song Lane, Ocoee, sold April 24, for $265,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 3,109 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $85.24.
WEST ORANGE CRESCENT HILL
The home at 333 N. Hart Blvd., Orlando, sold April 24, for $74,900. Built in 1959, it has three bedrooms, one bath, a pool and 1,248 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $60.02.
GOLDEN OAK
The home at 10241 Cottrell Way, Golden Oak, sold April 30, for $3.08 million. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, five baths, two half-baths, a pool and 5,101 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $603.80.
GRANDE PINES
The home at 11851 Sheltering Pine Drive, Orlando, sold April 27, for $396,000. Built in 2008, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,428 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $115.52.
HARBOR HEIGHTS
The duplex at 7103 Harbor Heights Drive, Orlando, sold April 28, for $103,000. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,216 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $84.70.
HARBOR POINT
The home at 7139 Keel Court, Orlando, sold April 24, for $154,000. Built in 1983, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,280 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $120.31.
ORLO VISTA TERRACE
The home at 23 N. Nowell St., Orlando, sold April 30, for $70,000. Built in 1943, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,008 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $69.44. The home at 521 S. Hart Blvd., Orlando, sold April 27, for $50,500. Built in 1963, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 750 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $67.33.
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The home at 2741 Cullens Court, Ocoee, sold April 30, for $204,900. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,730 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $118.44.
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WINTER HILL
The home at 300 Snowshoe Court, Orlando, sold April 29, for $215,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 2,111 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $101.85.
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GLENMUIR
The home at 11060 Ledgement Lane, Windermere, sold April 29, for $420,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 2,788 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $150.65. The home at 10903 Ledgement Lane, Windermere, sold April 27, for $340,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,024 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $112.43.
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bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths, a pool and 5,236 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $296.03. The home at 6821 Valhalla Way, Windermere, sold April 29, for $1.48 million. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, five-and-one-half baths, a pool and 5,830 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $253.86.
The home at 1530 Lindzlu St., Winter Garden, sold April 24, for $270,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,657 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $101.62.
COURTLEA OAKS
The home at 425 Courtlea Oaks Blvd., Winter Garden, sold April 28, for $375,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths, a pool and 2,986 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $125.59.
THE LAKES
The home at 17503 Black Rail St., Windermere, sold April 30, for $620,695. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 4,501 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $137.90. The home at 6360 Swanson St., No. 63, Windermere, sold April 30, for $615,000. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths and 4,912 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $125.20. The home at 6361 Swanson St., Windermere, sold April 28, for $522,500. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths and 3,290 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $158.81.
The home at 9259 Tibet Pointe Circle, Windermere, sold April 30, for $2 million. Built in 2007, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths, a pool and 5,752 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $347.71. The home at 9709 Carillon Park Drive, Windermere, sold April 24, for $1.55 million. Built in 2010, it has four
The home at 10358 Down Lakeview Circle, Windermere, sold April 30, for $780,000. Built in 1988, it has six bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,937 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $157.99.
LAKESIDE AT LAKES OF WINDERMERE
The condo at 11446 Jasper Kay, No. 105, Windermere, sold April 28, for $162,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,332 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $121.62.
ORCHARD
The town house at 326 Winter Nellis Circle, Winter Garden, sold April 29, for $167,450. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,565 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $107.
RESERVE AT BELMERE
The home at 1358 Glenheather Drive, Windermere, sold April 30, for $382,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,717 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $140.60.
RESERVE AT LAKE BUTLER SOUND
The home at 11102 Bridge House Road, Windermere, sold April 24, for $2.55 million. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, five-and-one-half baths and 7,500 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $340.
SUMMERPORT
The town house at 5310 Segari Way, Windermere, sold April 24, for $197,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and
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CROWN POINT SPRINGS
The home at 1635 Spring Ridge Circle, Winter Garden, sold April 27, for $200,700. Built in 1994, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,498 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $133.98.
The home at 1037 Pawley Way, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $515,000. This Oakland Park home features four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 2,980 square feet of living area. 1,461 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $134.84.
TOWN OF WINDERMERE
The home at 316 Butler St., Windermere, sold April 30, for $865,000. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three baths, two half-baths, a pool and 4,632 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $186.74.
WINDERMERE DOWNS
The home at 1962 Maple Leaf Drive, Windermere, sold April 30, for $499,000. Built in 1984, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,064 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $162.86.
WINDERMERE TRAILS
The home at 8638 Crescendo Ave., Windermere, sold April 30, for $477,177. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,450 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $138.31. The home at 11905 Otterbrooke Trail, Windermere, sold April 24, for $433,000. Built in 2103, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 2,650 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $163.40.
The home at 8620 Crescendo Ave., Windermere, sold April 24, for $324,936. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,084 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $155.92.
WINDSOR HILL
The home at 2721 Park Royal Drive, Windermere, sold April 30, for $534,500. Built in 2001, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,256 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $164.16.
WINTER GARDEN ALEXANDER RIDGE
The home at 2040 Solar Drive, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $365,000. Built in 2015, it has six bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,773 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $96.74. The home at 2073 Nerva Road, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $363,000. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,711 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $97.82.
AVALON RESERVE
The home at 1017 Vinsetta Circle, Winter Garden, sold April 29, for $292,500. Built in
2014, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,511 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $116.49.
BRONSON’S LANDING
The home at 2125 Rickover Place, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $334,900. Built in 2007, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 2,660 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $125.90.
CAMBRIDGE CROSSING
The home at 1132 English Garden Lane, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $485,000. Built in 2000, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,754 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $129.20.
CARRIAGE POINTE
The home at 1861 Burdock Drive, Winter Garden, sold April 24, for $245,000. Built in 2009, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,610 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $152.17. The home at 1934 Jean Marie Drive, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $285,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,452 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $116.23.
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The town house at 166 Deepcove Road, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $145,500. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 1,293 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $112.53.
INDEPENDENCE/ SIGNATURE LAKES
The home at 14447 Whittridge Drive, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $297,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 2,793 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $106.34. The home at 7175 Wild Strawberry Run, Winter Garden, sold April 24, for $280,500 (short sale). Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,676 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $76.31. The home at 6520 Old Carriage Road, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $275,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,698 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $101.93. The town house at 14779 Bridgewater Crossings Blvd., Winter Garden, sold April 24,
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on Hideaway Circle, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $325,000. Built in 2011, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 2,849 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $114.08.
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LAKE COVE POINTE
The home at 414 Tierra Verde Lane, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $280,500. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,491 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $112.61.
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The home at 425 Courtlea Oaks Blvd., Winter Garden sold April 28, for $375,000. It features four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths, a pool and 2,986 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $125.59. square foot is $121.60. The town house at 7033 Cultivation Way, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $173,000. Built in 2010, it has two bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,152 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $150.17. The town house at 7022 Broomshedge Trail, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $172,000. Built in 2012, it has two bedrooms, two-and-one-
half baths and 1,094 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $157.22. The town house at 7058 Broomshedge Trail, Winter Garden, sold April 28, for $170,000. Built in 2012, it has two bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 1,271 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $133.75.
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The home at 790 Lake Brim Drive, Winter Garden, sold April 29, for $526,549. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,074 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $171.29. The home at 1037 Pawley Way, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $515,000. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 2,980 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $172.82. The town house at 1417 Eastover Loop, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $250,000. Built in 2008, it has
two bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 1,931 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $129.47.
ORCHARD HILLS
The home at 14333 Magnolia Ridge Loop, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $428,210. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 4,057 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $105.55.
PARK AVENUE ESTATES
The home at 342 Windford Court, Winter Garden, sold April 29, for $78,750 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,194 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $65.95.
PLEASANT PARK
The home at 520 Seminole St., Winter Garden, sold April 28, for $200,000. Built in 1955, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,754 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $114.03. The home at 510 S. Lakeview Drive, Winter Garden, sold April 29, for $138,000. Built in 1955, it has two bedrooms, one-and-one-half baths and 1,137 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $121.37.
STONEYBROOK WEST
The home at 1857 Black Lake Blvd., Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $570,000 (short sale). Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, fourand-one-half baths, a pool and 4,613 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $123.56. The home at 1808 Black Lake Blvd., Winter Garden, sold April 24, for $390,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,529 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $110.51.
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The home at 1660 Victoria Way, Winter Garden, sold April 24, for $290,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,221 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $130.57.
VALENCIA SHORES
The home at 704 Tangerine Court, Winter Garden, sold April 29, for $247,900. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,966 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $126.09.
VILLAGE GROVE
The town house at 443 Sand Lime Road, Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $69,000 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,488 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $46.37. The town house at 1209 S. Park Ave., Winter Garden, sold April 29, for $63,500 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,328 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $47.82.
WATERLEIGH
The home at 8733 Bayview Crossing, Winter Garden, sold April 27, for $335,771. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,350 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $142.88.
WESTCHESTER PLACE
The home at 751 Pamela Ave., Winter Garden, sold April 24, for $145,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,394 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $104.02.
WINTER GARDEN
The home at 455 W. Plant St., Winter Garden, sold April 29, for $150,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1959, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 955 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $157.07. The home at 342 E. Smith St., Winter Garden, sold April 24, for $37,500 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1954, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 616 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $60.88.
WINTER GARDEN SHORES
The home at 372 N. Main St., Winter Garden, sold April 30, for $206,100. Built in 1965, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,050 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $100.54.
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Anyone who has ever sold or bought a home or property understands the importance of working with a talented local Realtor. Whether you’re new to the area or a longtime resident, I want to give you the name of a wonderful Real Estate Broker who is one of this area’s finest – Yazmin Malgoza. She is an MBA and owner of Malgoza Group Real Estate (phone 407-721-4222 or 1-855-9296461). Yazmin Malgoza is a highly skilled and successful Real Estate Broker who has more than 25 years experience in residential and commercial Real Estate here in Central Florida. Using Yazmin is one of the smartest things you can do because she brings a clear, decisive insider’s perspective of the local residential and commercial market and the prices homes and commercial properties are bringing and why. In addition, Yazmin has the education and real world experience to bring buyers and sellers together. Simply put, she gets the job done. If you have a residential or commercial
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Yazmin Malgoza MBA is one of the most experienced and trusted Real Estate Brokers serving the Central Florida community. property that you want to sell, you’ll definitely want to talk to Yazmin at Malgoza Group Real Estate before you list it. When it comes to providing you with personalized service, Yazmin is a pro’s pro. She is someone who delivers on this promise. And the more you see how she handles the details of your entire sale; the more you’ll appreciate having her on your side. And from a buyer’s perspective – if you are looking to buy a home, land
or commercial property here in Central Florida, I urge you to call Yazmin Malgoza. There’s not a harder working or more experienced Real Estate Broker around. Call Yazmin Malgoza at Malgoza Group Real Estate (407-721-4222 or toll free 1-855-929-6461). Malgoza Group Real Estate is located at 5401 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 310 in Orlando. Online, see www.malgozagroup.com. Se Habla Espanol.
Many Longtime West Orange Residents Use “Custom” Newcomers to West Orange County immediately begin to look for reputable companies in the area. For those of you who recently moved to this lovely area, I want pass along the name of someone who provides outstanding service – Custom Shoe Repair & Dry Cleaners at 1575 Maguire Road in Ocoee (in the plaza right in front of West Orange 5), phone 407-877-8889. Custom Shoe Repair & Dry Cleaners is owned and run by Ken West along with his wife Cindy. Established in 1991, Ken operates one of the very best dry cleaners in the area. This is a place where you’re greeted warmly and treated like family. Ken does superb dry cleaning, and is able to clean delicate special items that require greater care and handling. But better still, he provides a higher level of care and personal service that is impressive. If you’ve been looking for a good place to take your dry cleaning, look no further. Ken also does alterations with fittings by appointment.
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Since 1991, Custom Shoe Repair & Dry Cleaners has been providing superior dry cleaning and custom shoe services. In addition to dry cleaning, Ken at Custom Shoe Repair & Dry Cleaners has worked as a shoe repair specialist for over 40 years. He does it all – everything from repairing lady’s heels and men’s soles, custom shoe work of all types to custom prescriptive fitting of shoes. Ken is nationally recognized as one of the country’s top orthopedic shoe technicians. He
specializes in doing shoe modifications including shoes for diabetics, limb discrepancies and more. In addition, he sells Apex shoes for men and women, which are made with extra depth for custom made orthopedics. Custom Shoe Repair & Dry Cleaners is a five star family owned company. Ken does a stellar job.
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Conscientious pet owners are aware that what they feed their dog or cat will greatly impact their pet’s health and life over time. For many pet owners, finding a convenient local place that sells superior quality pet food is the first hurdle. Many people simply don’t know where to go or understand their options. We are lucky because here in Winter Garden we have one of the best local owned pet food stores in Florida – Gracie’s of Winter Garden. At Gracie’s, they specialize in selling natural and holistic food for your pet. They stock more than 17 Gracie’s of Winter Garden sells natural and holistic food for your leading brands not readily found in any pet that’s healthier. They stock a huge selection. local grocery or pet store chain as well as hundreds of varieties to choose from. You often are not aware that most pets need quent buyer program and also provides a also need to know that a big part of what valuable supplements in their diet and delivery service. They will deliver to your makes Gracie’s great is the fact they take Gracie’s stocks an impressive selection doorstep. the time to educate customers as to their not found anywhere else. Gracie’s of Winter Garden is conveniently options. They can show you which foods Gracie’s of Winter Garden attracts pet located at 220 S. Dillard St. in Winter Garyou should buy and why. This exper- owners from all over. Plus, they also sell den, phone 407-654-6169. Their website tise extends to supplements and treats raw pet food, nutritious treats and toys. is www.graciesofwintergarden.com. where Gracie’s also excels. Pet owners Gracie’s offers regular customers a fre-
“Pounds Mower” Serves Professionals And Homeowners For those of you looking for a good place in the area that specializes in lawn mower sales and service, I encourage you to visit Pounds Mower & Supply at 421 Oakland Ave. in Oakland (407-656-1352). Pounds Mower & Supply has historic roots in the local community. In 1926, Hoyle Pounds opened a Ford dealership in downtown Winter Garden where they sold Model-T Fords and repaired tractors. Hoyle then patented the first rubber tractor tires in the U.S., and later designed a lawn mower deck for his fishing buddy, Neil Smith, the creator of the Snapper lawn mower. Today, there’s not a finer lawn mower sales and service center in Central Florida. Pounds Mower & Supply is an authorized dealer for the most rugged and dependable lines of mowers made. This includes Hustler, Snapper Pro, Ferris and Big Dog. All four brands are proudly made in America. Also, Pounds Mower is an elite dealer for Stihl, a top manufacturer of superior quality trimmers, edgers, blowers and more. Many professional landscape companies in West Orange County use Pounds Mower & Supply, and they also serve the needs
Pounds Mower & Supply sells the finest engineered lawn mowers and has one of the area’s largest service centers. of area homeowners as well. Pounds sells better quality equipment built to last, and no one has lower prices. They can save you significant money. Plus, Pounds Mower has a huge service facility where they service and repair all brands of mowers and equipment. Their technicians are all manufactured certified. In addition, they
stock a huge parts inventory and can order whatever you need. Pounds Mower & Supply attracts folks from all over Central Florida. They go the extra mile for their customers and will help you in any way they can. They do a great job.
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Learn Gymnastics And Have Fun At “Gymnastics USA” If you have a child who is interested in gymnastics, one of the best places you can take them is to Gymnastics USA. Here’s why. Gymnastics USA offers a training environment unlike any other, offering children (and adults) the best of both competitive and recreational gymnastics. For those kids who want to participate in competitive gymnastics, Gymnastics USA provides the right professional training they need. And for those who simply want to do gymnastics for recreational fitness and fun, Gymnastics USA caters to those individuals as well. Here’s some things you may not know. Most other gyms that train young athletes for gymnastics competition use a lot of negative reinforcement as a way to motivate the kids. You’ll find none of that at Gymnastics USA, where they maintain a 100% positive environment. Also, most gyms that provide a place for recreational gymnastics don’t take the time to teach proper technique. Your child simply ends up doing a padded track with endless somersaults and tumbling. Gymnastics USA offers far better recreational programs for all ages that emphasize learning proper techniques while
Gymnastics USA offers the best of both recreational and competitive gymnastics training. Everyone is invited to take part. also having fun and increasing fitness. From little tots to adults of all ages, Gymnastics USA offers programs for everyone. They also teach acrobatics and aerial silks. A wide range of after school programs is available as well as camps, open gyms, parent’s night out and much more. In addition, Gymnastics USA
is a great place to have your next birthday party. You supply the guests and they supply the fun and all the rest. All parties include food, drinks, goodie bags and decorations. Gymnastics USA is located at 13175 W. Colonial Blvd. in Winter Garden, phone 407-6148361. Online, see www.gymnasticsusa.us.