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The WOHS marching band is back in business. SEE 3.
DAVIS RECEIVES APPOINTMENT Samuel Davis Jr., general manager and CEO of Lake Apopka Natural Gas District, has been named chairman of the board of the American Public Gas Association. He will serve a one-year term. As chairman, Davis will spearhead the board’s ongoing initiatives to share education about America’s public gas systems and communicate new developments in the marketplace that could affect the communities and consumers they serve. Davis served two years on the APGA Board of Directors and offered several years of board and committee service. APGA is a national, not-for-profit association representing more than 700 publicly owned natural gas distribution systems in 37 states.
Bostic appears in adult court A grand jury indicted Winter Garden teen Vamari Bostic, 14, on a manslaughter charge.
Kids who care
A group of children in Winter Garden created the Kind Kids Foundation to make a difference in the community through volunteer service. PAGE 4. Danielle Hendrix
Five girls — Sasha Haggins, Hannah Symons, Lauren Grauer, Lindsay Gato and Leah Symons — compose the Kind Kids Foundation’s officer core.
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A 14-year-old boy is being charged as an adult in the killing of a 25-year-old in Winter Garden. Vamari Bostic was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday, July 30, after being accused of murdering James Anthony Bacon July 4. The 14-year-old — who was 13 at the time of the incident — faces charges of manslaughter, grand theft of a firearm and SEE TEEN PAGE 4
Contract rejected Orange County teachers voted to send their union back to the bargaining table with the district. DANIELLE HENDRIX ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Fencers showcased their swordsmanship at a Winter Garden Fencing Academy camp. PAGE 17.
For the first time in Orange County history, teachers have voted down a proposed teacher-compensation contract. Following the rejection — by about a four-to-one margin — the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association will begin renego-
tiations with Orange County Public Schools. The package agreed upon in June by the CTA and the district included salary increases but also an increase in family healthinsurance costs — which many teachers argued would mean less take-home pay than last year. SEE TEACHERS PAGE 4
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WEST ORANGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN FEDERATED MEETING 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at the West Orange Country Club, 3300 West Orange Country Club Drive, Winter Garden. Guest Nick Adams will speak on political correctness “transforming the American Dream into a socialist nightmare.” Donations can be made to the Edgewood Children’s Ranch in the form of back-to-school items. Buffet lunch is $20. RSVP at rebeccatmellen@gmail.com or (407) 230-5968.
SATURDAY, AUG. 10
AAGHS: AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Members
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of the Central Florida Chapter of Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society will share information on black history, heritage and genealogy. (407) 835-7323. AFTERNOON DELIGHT PIG ROAST 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Winter Garden Elks Lodge, 700 Ninth St. Play games such as cornhole and “What’s in Your Pocket?” Participate in a 50/50 raffle. For $8, enjoy a pulledpork sandwich, corn, macaroni salad and baked beans. Proceeds go toward the Elks building fund. (407) 656-2165. BACK-TO-SCHOOL CELEBRATION 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Get a head start on the year and prepare your mind to learn with stories, activities, crafts and lots of fun. (407) 835-7323. CUISINE CORNER JUNIOR: SNACKS 2 GO! Noon Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Learn how to mix up
delicious snacks for those summer road trips and long days by the water. (407) 835-7323. DIY BACK TO SCHOOL 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Make your gear the coolest in school with fun and useful crafts. (407) 835-7323. FAMILY RECREATION DAY 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at Ocoee City Hall, 150 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee. Enjoy a day of free food, a live DJ, a free family swim and games for all ages. For information, call Ocoee Recreation Department at (407) 905-3180.
MONDAY, AUG. 12
CENTRAL FLORIDA RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12, at the Central Florida Railroad Museum, 101 S. Boyd St., Winter Garden. The program is “Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway,” by Ken Murdock. Free. (407) 656-0559.
TUESDAY, AUG. 13
VACCINATIONS: AN IMPORTANT DECISION 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Shots may hurt a little, but the diseases they can prevent can be life threatening. Orlando Health uncovers the myths that surround essential vaccines that are important for adults and children. (407) 835-7323.
THURSDAY, AUG. 15
COFFEE WITH THE TOWN MANAGER 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at the Oakland Meeting Hall, 221 N. Arrington St. The town of Oakland is hosting a coffee time with Town Manager Steve Koontz so residents can learn more about town services and programs, ask questions and share their thoughts and ideas. Groups, churches or businesses interested in hosting a Coffee with the Town Manager event can contact Elise Hui at (407) 656-1117, Ext. 2110, ehui@oaklandfl.gov. GENEALOGY MYTHS AND LEGENDS: FACT, FICTION OR BOTH? 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at the West Oaks Library,
1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Family stories that are handed down from generation to generation are a wonderful thing, but beware. Explore common family legends and the nuggets of truth behind them. (407) 835-7323.
SATURDAY, AUG. 17
BOOK CLUB FOR ART LOVERS 4 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at the SoBo Gallery, 127 S. Boyd St., Winter Garden. Adrienne Lee will lead a discussion of the novel “A Piece of the World,” by Christina Baker Kline. Cost is $10 for Winter Garden Art Association members, $15 for others. Wgart.org or (407) 3477996. BLACK COW JUMPS AT WGHF 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, 21 E. Plant St. Theatrical philosopher Banks Helfrich experiments with reality and performance. The show is free and includes wine, cheese and crackers, but tickets are necessary for entrance at eventbrite. com/e/black-cow-jumps-intothe-winter-garden-heritagefoundation-tickets. For information, email bankshelfrich@ gmail.com.
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Fuel cap lands in backyard A woman was almost hit by a circular, metal disc while standing on her lanai. TIM FREED MANAGING EDITOR
The Warrior Marching Band performed its premiere show inside the gym because of Friday evening rains.
Performance ready Photos courtesy of Thomas Lightbody/TK Photography
Sean Muller, left, Joslyn Hui, Dawson Beach and Payton Moore hung out after the premiere show.
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lose to 200 members of West Orange High School’s Warrior Marching Band spent several weeks of their summer learning their drill sets, practicing their music and perfecting their routine for the 2019-20 halftime show. On Friday, Aug. 2, the band performed its premiere show before a crowd in the gymnasium. The show is called “From the New World” featuring Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) and Björk (“New World”). The first game is Aug. 23 at home vs. Olympia. The band directors are Kenneth Boyd, Robert Krahn and Garth Steger. — AMY QUESINBERRY
Natalie Gordon is the first junior in nearly a decade to be a drum major.
Band Director Kenneth Boyd introduced the band during the premiere show. Patrick and Kristy Lightbody took a selfie.
A Winter Garden woman is thankful to be alive after a near-death experience — when a fuel cap from an aircraft fell from the sky and landed just a foot away from her. Dara Hackett, who lives in Belle Meade, was outside on the lanai Thursday afternoon with her dog and her friend, Evie Anderson, when a metal circular fuel cap fell through the screen enclosure above her, landed on the coping of the pool and splashed into the water. “I had my back to the pool, and then all of the sudden, we heard this loud noise — it sounded louder than a gunshot — a ting or a clank, and then a splash and the water splashed on us,” Hackett said. “We turned around, looked in the pool and we saw this round object and an O-ring gasket, and we’re like ‘Oh my God, where did that come from?’” After fishing the cap from the water, Hackett realized the object, which measures about 6 to 7 inches across, had fallen from an aircraft after looking up a serial number and noticing an odor of fuel. The Hackett family called the Winter Garden Police Department to file a report. “One of the officers, when looking at the cap, came to the conclusion by the color that it possibly could be military,” Hackett said. The following day, the family received a visit from Federal Aviation Administration officials. Hackett was told the plane could have been about 10 miles in the air and that the fuel cap likely traveled at about 300 mph. “I was standing about a foot away from where it hit,” Hackett said. “It was a very close call, I would say. … It could have killed any one of us. I’m feeling very lucky.” According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the incident is currently under investigation — Hackett said she was told it could take up to a month before officials find out what happened. “It’s very scary that something like this could come flying out of the sky at any given point in time anywhere,” she said. “I was very lucky, and the next person might not be so lucky.” In the meantime, Hackett is just thankful to be alive. She plans to keep the fuel cap. “(The FAA) asked me if I wanted it and I told them, ‘Of course, it’s my souvenir,’” Hackett said. “I’m going to put it in a little shadowbox and put it in my wall unit. When I look at it, I’ll count my blessings.”
The fuel cap that fell through Dara Hackett’s screen enclosure might have come from a military aircraft, according to the FAA.
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Kids on a mission DANIELLE HENDRIX ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Most children spend their summer vacations attending camps, having cannonball contests in the pool or playing video games. But for those involved in the Kind Kids Foundation, this summer was an opportunity to serve the community and brighten other children’s days. The Winter Garden-based foundation was started by Lauren Grauer, a rising fifth-grader at Whispering Oak Elementary, and a group of her friends who wanted to make a difference in the community. “(My mom and I) thought it would be a really good idea just to start a club, because really it’s not that easy for kids nowadays to volunteer and contribute to our planet,” Lauren said. “But with Kind Kids it makes it easy to do so, and kids can come and make a difference in the world.” HEART TO SERVE
Lauren, her friends and their parents got to work forming the KKF earlier this year. It’s a servicelearning organization of children and families who care about creating a kinder world by helping people, animals and the planet. Children are given opportunities to spread kindness through service — and they also get to have a say in what those opportunities should be. “We started sending messages and emails to all of my friends, and
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they all thought it was a great idea,” Lauren said. “We got together the next day and had a big play date and talked about Kind Kids.” The first steps included creating a logo and a mission, as well as electing officers. Lauren serves as the president and founder of KKF. Hannah Symons is the vice president of finance, Lindsay Gato is the vice president of public relations, Leah Symons is the vice president of communications and marketing, and Sasha Haggins is the vice president of operations. “The purpose of Kind Kids is to provide kids and their families opportunities to spread kindness and volunteer,” Lindsay said. “We want to create a better world from all of this.” Lindsay added that every child in KKF has a say in what the organization does. When creating the logo, each member drew out his or her ideas on a piece of paper. They ended up combining multiple ideas to create the logo, which consists of children holding hands — along with pets on each end of the line — across the top of the Earth. Members also meet to talk about ideas for more volunteer opportunities to get involved with and brainstorm ways to serve the community. They try to look for things that children of all ages can participate in — including the younger members. “It’s really cool we have a lot of different ages in Kind Kids,” Lauren said. “A lot of (these events) are really any age. (The little kids)
KIND KIDS FOUNDATION The Kind Kids Foundation offers children and families the chance to serve others and make the world a better place for people, pets and the planet. Children are given opportunities to spread kindness and compassion through volunteer service. For more information, visit KKF’s Facebook page at facebook. com/KindKidsFoundation or on Instagram at @kind_kids_ foundation. To get involved, email kindkidsfoundation@ gmail.com.
can also help with the lemonade stands and car washes. They’re still helping Kind Kids.” “It makes some of the younger kids feel cool that they’re in a group, because some of the younger kids can’t really do stuff like this because they have age limits,” Lindsay added. KKF’s first volunteer project took place at the end of May as part of supporting Red Nose Day, a movement to end childhood hunger. KKF members dropped off grocery bags to neighbors to be filled with canned and boxed foods for children and then delivered the bags to Matthew’s Hope. The children also have participated in beach cleanups, volunteered at The Sheridan at Windermere and Give Kids The World Village and participated in The Compassion Experience. NEXT STEPS
At KKF’s last meeting, more than 20 children gathered to pack backpacks filled with school supplies for students at SunRidge Elementary. They also collected new
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clothing to donate to the Jordan family, whose Windermere home burned down in a fire less than a month ago. The children put their heads together to come up with their next charitable event — running in and cheering on other runners at the Orlando Color Run. The color run benefits the American Childhood Cancer Organization, and the KKF members are running in honor of Lauren’s 3-year-old cousin, Connor Hall. Connor was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of 4 months and was not supposed to survive past age 3. However, he made a miraculous recovery, and the KKF children are supporting children’s cancer research so other children with cancer will have better chances of survival and quality of life. Lauren said KKF members want to participate in at least 12 events each year, along with ongoing volunteer opportunities. “We’re hoping for this foundation to get really big,” she said. “There are a lot of kids and animals that really need help and are suffering. When you see movies based off true stories and you see news reports, it’s hard to think that there (are) other animals and people that need our help.” Her mom, Wendy Grauer, expressed how proud she is of the children for coming together to contribute to the community and help those who need it most. “Life is so busy and we’re so focused on achieving (our own goals) that it’s important to step back and realize we’re blessed to have what we do, and it’s important to help others and give back to our community,” Wendy said.
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The CTA mailed ballots to teachers in mid-July, and the final verdict came in Monday, July 29. Out of 4,860 ballots received, 1,017 were in favor of the proposed contract and 3,843 were against it. According to district documents, some of the proposed contract’s hallmarks included a salary offer representing a 4% increase to payroll; a $500 costof-living increase to all teachers’ base salaries; salary increases of up to $2,025 for teachers rated effective or highly effective; beginning salary increase to $40,500; and a $500 one-time, lump-sum bonus. But many teachers expressed frustration with these numbers, saying there should be a greater focus on teacher pay and education funding. “I feel and hear from a lot of colleagues that we just want to be paid and treated like professional educators,” said Sharon Roznowski, a teacher at Keene’s Crossing Elementary. “We all have a college education, and a lot of us have advanced degrees. What I’m hearing from my colleagues is they want a true raise. They don’t want piled-on bonuses, and they don’t want the raises in the form of bonuses.” District 4 School Board Member Pam Gould said she understands the concern is there is not enough money in the base student allocation for the district to keep up with the cost of living. Additionally, the pay-forperformance format the state is driving school districts to imple-
ment doesn’t account for bringing teachers to market, she said. “It’s no secret that there’s a rise in health insurance costs,” Gould said. “No matter how hard we’ve tried to push those down, they continually go up. The rising cost of health care has made it difficult for people to feel like they’re earning more if they have health issues in the family. There’s not enough dollars to cover both those additional expenses and give raises, and that’s the incongruent part of this.” Gould said the district also has not been getting the inflation dollars that property values have seen, because the local effort keeps getting reduced. The tentative 2019-20 OCPS budget includes a 7.109 millage rate, which is down from the 7.299 rate in the 2018-19 budget. In fact, the 2019-20 millage rate includes a 3.861 required local effort — down from 4.051 in 2018-19. Now, the CTA will request the district return to the table as soon as possible, according to the CTA. “We know that being a teacher in Florida is extremely difficult,” wrote Wendy Doromal, president of the CTA, in a statement. “Florida ranks 46th in the nation in teacher pay. Florida ranks in the bottom 10 in the nation in funding for public schools. “Students deserve a certified, qualified teacher in every classroom, not a permanent substitute,” Doromal wrote. “Low salaries, poor benefits and unacceptable working conditions are driving teachers from the profession and reducing the number of education students in our colleges. We must do better.”
Doromal added that health care costs continue to rise nationwide, and the CTA has made repeated requests for changes in the reserves policy — both in meetings with school board members and at the bargaining table. She said the CTA will continue to request changes to the reserve policy to use some of it to cover insurance cost increases. “Although the district has repeatedly rejected these options, CTA will work with our state union to investigate all possible paths to a better and fairer salary proposal,” she wrote. Gould said the situation for all parties involved is a doubleedged sword. On one end, she said, this down vote highlights the challenges teachers are seeing and brings focus to the crisis. “Statewide, we’re going to see more and more of this,” Gould said. “The reality is I’m not sure how much more the bargaining team can accommodate the needs of the teachers, because the funding’s not there. In one way, it is a way for the public to begin to understand that this is just unfair to our staff. We don’t have another way to get a revenue source. “I’m hoping that this no vote raises awareness in Tallahassee to the plight of our teachers,” Gould said.” For now, Gould and the CTA are encouraging teachers to be vocal and visible and to continue to advocate for better teacher pay, benefits and working conditions. A few teacher-centric groups have been popping up on Facebook to keep Orange teachers informed, share ideas and encourage further action.
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burglary of a conveyance. “Today, a case was presented to a grand jury and a young teenager was indicted,” State Attorney Aramis Ayala said in a statement July 30. “This has been an extremely difficult process, but it’s one that was not taken lightly.” The Winter Garden Police Department responded to reports of a shooting at about 2 a.m. July 4 at the intersection of West Crown Point Road and Edgeway Drive. Bacon’s body was found shortly after. According to Capt. Scott Allen, of the WGPD, Bostic and Bacon crossed paths and got into an argument, during which Bostic shot Bacon and fled. Ayala noted in her statement that “the juvenile justice system and its corresponding laws are both inadequate and dysfunctional,” and that there’s a difficult balance between protecting children from the criminal justice process and making sure communities are safe and free of gun violence. “It is my hope that the legislature has a very clear plan on how to make juvenile justice reform a top priority in the upcoming legislative session, because without it, this community’s safety, as well as the pursuit of justice, are both compromised, and Florida deserves better,” Ayala said. Bostic appeared in adult court Thursday, Aug. 1, and a hearing is set for Monday, Aug. 12, according to the Orange County Clerk of Courts website.
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Buying Brazilian Brazil Food Mart Ocoee offers imported groceries and also acts as a restaurant. IF YOU GO BRAZIL FOOD MART OCOEE 10872 W. Colonial Drive Phone: 407-554-3866 Website: maisbrazilfoodmart.com Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays; 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays
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A Brazilian grocer has set up shop in Ocoee. Brazil Food Mart Ocoee, located at 10872 W. Colonial Drive, opened its doors July 20. The family-owned and -operated market offers a wide selection of grocery products from Brazil and also operates as a bakery, butcher shop and restaurant. Kendra Tran co-owns the market with her husband, Rodrigo Rondelli. It’s the third Brazil Food Mart they’ve opened. They opened their first market in MetroWest and the second one in Tampa. Tran said it has taken a year for them to open up their latest location and added that they decided to open their specialty grocery store in Ocoee to be closer to Brazilian expats and fans of Brazilian cuisine in the area. “I know that there’s a huge demographic of Brazilians in Winter Garden, Ocoee, Windermere (and) Clermont,” Tran said. “Not only that, we have a lot of non-Brazilians who are … connoisseurs of Brazilian food and Brazilian products. Everyone is
Rodrigo Rondelli co-owns Brazil Food Mart Ocoee with his wife, Kendra Tran.
all into cooking these days.” In addition to the imported products, Tran said customers can select from a variety of fresh meat at the butcher shop and also take home some fresh-baked goods. “We offer a traditional butcher shop,” Tran said. “We specialize in the Brazilian, house-special type of cut, which is called picanha. We also serve sirloin; we have poultry (and other) products. … For our bakery goods, everything is made fresh here.” Customers who go in hungry can pick up light bites like empanadas or coxinha — a popular Brazilian snack made of chopped or shredded chicken that’s covered in dough, molded into a ball or in the shape resembling a teardrop, battered and deep fried. For those craving more than a snack,
the market also serves breakfast and offers a lunch buffet from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eventually, the market also will start offering happy hour. The buffet offers different hot and cold sides, as well as churrasco, which is a variety of grilled meat. Customers can either pay for their food from the buffet by weight or choose from two different all-you-can eat options. “Nothing is premade and nothing is frozen, so we try to keep it fresh,” Tran said. “Because we are a grocery store, you’re going to come in for fine dining/fullservice. … We do this intentionally to keep the cost down.” Prior to opening up the new market, Tran said many of her customers used to drive from Ocoee, Winter Garden and Windermere to the Brazil Food Mart in
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MetroWest. She often was asked to set up shop further west. “They have been asking us, ‘You need to open over here; you need to open over there,’” Tran said. “They (would) drive 30 minutes all the way to MetroWest just to get what they need to get.” Aside from the food, Tran takes pride in the level of customer service they offer at their markets as they treat all of their customers like family. “My customers like that momand-pop feel,” she said. “You go into the store and everyone says, ‘Good morning, good afternoon, how are you?’ … (Customers) always talk to the butcher. My butcher always offers them a little cup of coffee while they talk. A lot of Brazilian (expats) do not have families here, and we are their family.”
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Founder’s challenge: Be the Largest Heart
RAISING THE FUNDS
Peter Cook supports nonprofits through Largest Heart after the deaths of his brother and best friend. AMY QUESINBERRY COMMUNITY EDITOR
Peter Cook looked up to his younger brother, Andrew, calling him his hero and his role model and admiring his gift of touching lives. When Andrew drowned while on vacation in 2017 at the age of 39, Peter Cook knew he had to carry out his brother’s legacy of helping people in need. “He lived such a selfless life, … he lived such a life of service,” Cook said. “He was a teacher, showing love, teaching compassion, giving hope.” Cook, a Winter Garden resident, was inspired by his brother to start a nonprofit called Largest Heart. It focuses on three questions: Does it inspire? Does it show them love? Does it provide them with knowledge and empowerment for a better future? He has launched Largest Heart, which aims to help identify the country’s most pressing needs and the nonprofits doing the best work in that field. Largest Heart then provides funds to those organizations, which will, in turn, share their knowledge with the nonprofit community. Largest Heart is based on the notion that the wisdom of the
crowd prevails, that the collective wisdom shapes society and that people coming together can make a difference in the lives of others. “Together we’re better,” Cook said. “Together our light shines. … It’s like the idea of the logo. It’s a million hearts put together to make one big heart.” The founder is fond of two quotes: Mahatma Gandhi’s “Be the change you wish to see in the world” and rapper Tupac’s “Let’s change the way we eat, let’s change the way we live, and let’s change the way we treat each other; you see the old way wasn’t working so it’s on us to do what we gotta do to survive.” IT’S OK TO NOT BE OK
The biggest topics headlining the news today, Cook said, include addiction, suicide and cancer. “Those are the … things that no matter who you talk to, they’ve been affected by it in some way,” he said. “We talk about cancer all the time. We don’t talk about addiction, we don’t talk about suicide. It’s astounding that (suicide) isn’t talked about unless it’s a star, like … Kate Spade or Anthony Bourdain. We’re losing people at record pace, and it’s getting worse.” People need to start talking about these issues, their issues, and to seek help, he said.
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Peter Cook, left, said of his brother, Andrew: “My brother was my hero, my role model.”
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“I believe there are several reasons we don’t talk about it,” Cook said. “1. It’s uncomfortable. 2. People don’t know what to say. If your kid overdoses, or if your kid goes to treatment … same thing with mental illness. It’s OK to not be OK. … We don’t talk about how many kids in high school and middle school are suffering from a mental illness. It’s OK to not be OK.” He promotes an Apple and Google Play app called notOK. It was created by two teenage siblings and allows users a way to quickly send a text message to up to five pre-selected contacts to let them know they aren’t OK and need to talk. Cook’s website, LargestHeart. org, offers a list of resources for getting help with issues such as or associated with mental health, substance abuse, suicide and LGBTQ.
Cook plans to hold quarterly community events, the first of which is a 5K run/walk in Winter Garden in September. He also wants to hold a comedy night. He came up with another way of raising funds when he came down with the flu after traveling in an airplane. He created Plane it Safe, a health and wellness company, which has launched the TSAcompliant travel safety kit called Refreshed Traveler. All proceeds benefit Largest Heart. In addition to helping fund nonprofits, the money raised will be used as scholarships to send qualified students to mental health counseling. Cook has hired Jill Haire to partner with the Largest Heart Foundation as an addiction and mental health expert. MAKING AN IMPACT
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A second death — Cook’s childhood best friend, Patrick McGarry, who died of brain cancer in 2011 at the age of 36 — had an effect on him, as well. “It was incredible having two such admirable men of character to aspire to live like, men who believed if you made a difference in this moment you could change the world,” Cook said. “I carry them wherever I go. “Andrew taught me to always carry blessings because you never know whose life you’re going to touch and the boomerang effect it might just have on your own,” Cook said. “The last time I saw him, he gave me the shirt off his back. I said, ‘Man, I like your shirt.’ He gave it to me. Who gets a last moment like that?”
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Rotary donations top $45,000 With a ‘service before self’ attitude, the Winter Garden Rotary Club donated $45,500 to local nonprofits, its largest amount yet. NEWS EDITOR
As its fiscal year comes to a close, the Rotary Club of Winter Garden has been handing out some big checks. In July, the local Rotary Club donated $45,500 to local community organizations in an effort to support its neighbors. In the last fiscal year — running annually from July 1 to June 30 — the club raised $45,500, which was distributed to more than 22 nonprofits locally and internationally in gifts ranging from $1,000 to $7,500, according to the club’s secretary, Pam Bozkurt. The recipient of the largest amount — $7,500 — is the West Orange Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships to graduates of West Orange High School. The fund has been providing scholarships to students in need annually since 1925. Other local recipients of the fund include the Garden Theatre, Matthew’s Hope, Oakland Nature Preserve, Women Build at the West Orange Habitat for Humanity, and West Orange Boys and Girls Club. Rotary Club of Winter Garden President Ralph DiSciullo said 95% of the money collected in Rotary goes back to local organizations. “Nowadays, you see a lot of
these national charities that are great … and we donate sometimes to them also, but we also need to look a the local charities that are doing work in your community,” DiSciullo said. “And you see a direct reaction to the money that we’ve raised for them whether it be the Medical Bank or the Garden Theatre so they can do events for students.” There are 60 members of the Winter Garden Rotary Club, one of the oldest in the area at 97 years. It is one of more than 40 in Central Florida. Throughout the year, members volunteer their time and money hosting fundraisers, conducting need-based drives and donating their own earnings to various causes in the community. Donation recipients are chosen by the Rotary Club board. Board members assess each organization and needs in the community. Some are groups such as the Winter Garden Heritage Fund, which the club donates to every year. Others result from speakers who attend meetings to share their cause, according to Bozkurt. “Sometimes, we have a speaker who comes and just blows us out of the water,” Bozkurt said. “For example, we had the Girl Scouts of Citrus come this year, and we were just very impressed with what they’re doing for the young women in the community.” Another way the club raises
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money is through what it calls “happy dollars.” At meetings, each member donates $1, $2, $5 or however much they want to give and talks about something that made them happy that week. This year, some of that money was contributed to the Lift Disability Network, providing two scholarships for deserving children involved in the program to attend a Building Pathways camp. This year, through “happy dollars” and other initiatives, the club raised more than $8,000 to be invested back into the community, according to Bozkurt. DiSciullo said the club does not have a monetary goal for the next
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Artistic architecture Winter Garden painter Norma Johns recently earned the People’s Choice Award and a Merit Award for one of her paintings. ERIC GUTIERREZ STAFF WRITER
Norma Johns has been drawing and painting for as long as she can remember. She always was painting and drawing whenever she could as a child, and at age 11, she honed
her artistic talents by joining an art class for adults, which is where she began working with oil paints. She later went to college to study architecture, but she never put her paintbrush down. “I used to sit on the staircase and just draw and draw and paint and paint,” Johns said. “One of
my uncles had a studio. He was also an artist. … I wanted badly to take classes with him, but I was 5, and he was giving classes to adults — oil-painting classes. So he allowed me to be there, but just for charcoal (drawing), and I loved it.” Johns is just one of the artists who has had one of her paintings on display in the SoBo Art Gallery’s Sixth Annual Top Choice Art Exhibition that ran from June to July. She even earned the People’s Choice Award, along with a
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Garden Theatre welcomes new artistic director Award-winning theater director Joe Walsh began his new role with the Garden Theatre in June. ERIC GUTIERREZ STAFF WRITER
When Joseph C. Walsh saw the Garden Theatre was in search of a new artistic director a few months ago, he saw it as a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity. “It’s very rare to find an opportunity like this: To find a theater that’s really in transition and in a period of tremendous growth,” Walsh said. “When this job came about, I thought, ‘Well, I have to go for it. I have to try.’” Walsh, 40, has taken the reins as the Garden Theatre’s new artistic director. He comes to the theater from the Arlington Children’s Theatre in Massachusetts, where he also served as artistic director. He assumed the role in mid-June. “Our national search generated an overwhelming amount of interests from coast to coast,” Garden Theatre Executive Director Nao Tsurumaki said. “Joe Walsh unequivocally stood out as a director, an educator and a creative leader. As international and expansive as his experience may seem, he intimately understands how a theater can and must create an impact in its community through its mission. We’re excited to welcome him as our new artistic director and continue to push the Garden into exciting new directions.” Walsh is an award-winning theater director who spent much of his career based in London.
Joe Walsh comes to the Garden Theatre from Massachusetts, but spent much of his theater career based in London.
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He has a BFA in theater production and stage management from Emerson College in Boston and holds a master’s degree in directing from Goldsmiths College, University of London. “I feel that part of what’s so wonderful about being in theater and working in this profession is that we are able to create art (that) focuses on the world as it ought to be and not as it is,” Walsh said. “We can do theater that entertains but also educates and tells our audiences something and says something about
the world we live in. That has always been something that’s very important to me (and was instilled) at a very young age.” Although Walsh always loved theater, he didn’t have much time for it before he went to college, because one of his other passions kept him away. Earlier in his life, Walsh was a professional figure skater, and his stage was an iceskating rink. He was so skilled on the ice that he was hired as a performer in “Disney On Ice” for two years, and in that time, he shared the rink with Michelle
Kwan for a special production of Disney’s “Mulan” that was filmed for television. “The skating that I loved was always really theatrical,” he said. “It was a great couple of years working with Feld Entertainment and being able to do both (theater and ice skating). The style of doing shows that were so large and the idea of telling (a) story through movement is something that I’ve taken with me as a director.” After a stint with “Disney On Ice,” Walsh decided to go to col-
lege to pursue a degree in theater. He received his bachelor’s degree before moving to London to pursue his master’s and ultimately begin his professional career in theater. He then spent the next 15 years directing shows around Europe, but he was based in London most of the time. His credits include “When Harry Met Sally” in London’s West End Theatre, the London premiere of “Zanna, Don’t!” and many other productions from abroad and from within the United States. Throughout all his previous productions, he enjoyed supporting those he’s worked with and bringing out the best in them, he said. “I try to make everyone that I work with be the best they can be and believe in themselves during the process of working together,” Walsh said. “There’s such a great sense of pride in helping an actor achieve something — and then be able to sit in the audience and watch it.” Walsh is more than happy to be taking on the role as the Garden Theatre’s new artistic director. He said his goals for the first year in his new position are simple: sustain the level of quality the Garden Theatre has built in recent years; listen to the community in what it wants for the Garden; and figure out how to elevate the theater to a higher level.
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The home at 10010 Colt Lane, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Aug. 2, for $1.2 million. Built in 2019, it has five bedrooms, six-and-one-half baths and 5,174 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $231.93. OAKLAND
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The home at 502 Orionvista Way, Oakland, 34787, sold Aug. 1, for $435,000. Built in 2004, it has six bedrooms, five baths and 4,191 square feet. The price per square foot is $103.79.
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The home at 1463 Sourwood Drive, Ocoee, 34761, sold July 31, for $296,000. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,849 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $160.09.
29, for $290,000. Built in 1996, it has four bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 2,306 square feet. The price per square foot is $125.76. The home at 489 Bridge Creek Blvd., Ocoee, 34761, sold July 31, for $291,374. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,551 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $187.86. FORESTBROOKE
The home at 3497 Starboard Drive, Ocoee, 34761, sold July 31, for $375,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three-andone-half baths and 3,616 square feet. The price per square foot is $103.71.
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The home at 2005 Nancy Ann Terrace, Ocoee, 34761, sold July 31, for $197,000. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,066 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $184.80.
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The home at 906 Ursula St., Ocoee, 34761, sold July 31, for $163,000. Built in 1961, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,051 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $163,000. PLANTATION GROVE WEST
The home at 11011 Groveshire Court, Ocoee, 34761, sold July 30, for $379,000. Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,138 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $177.27. SEE REAL ESTATE PAGE 12
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The home at 5038 Timber Ridge Trail, Ocoee, 34761, sold July 29, for $235,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,698 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $138.40.
The home at 1808 Sherbourne St., Winter Garden, 34787, sold Aug. 1, for $240,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,345 square fee of living area t. The price per square foot is $178.44.
VILLAGES/WESMERE
The home at 1990 Fishtail Fern Way, Ocoee, 34761, sold July 31, for $284,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,870 square feet. The price per square foot is $151.87.
STONEYBROOK WEST
The home at 13133 Fox Glove St., Winter Garden, 34787, sold Aug. 1, for $525,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 4,056 square feet. The price per square foot is $129.44.
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The home at 2670 Cardassi Drive, Ocoee, 34761, sold July 31, for $424,000. Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,710 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $114.29. The townhouse at 524 Fortanini Circle, Ocoee, 34761, sold Aug. 1, for $202,500. Built in 2009, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,471 square feet. The price per square foot is $137.66.
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The home at 1938 Pantheon Drive, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Aug. 2, for $425,000. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,274 square feet. The price per square foot is $129.81. CANOPY OAKS
The home at 12927 Canopy Woods Way, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 31, for $942,211. Built in 2019, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths and 4,671 square feet. The price per square foot is $201.72. COOPER & SEWELL
The home at 245 N. Highland Ave., Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 29, for $327,000. Built in 1923, it has four bedrooms, one-and-one-half baths and 1,432 square feet. The price per square foot is $228.35.
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The home at 2670 Cardassi Drive, Ocoee, 34761, sold July 31, for $424,000. The house features a double-sized lanai with a built-in grill for entertaining guests.
COUNTRY LAKES
The home at 14230 Lake Tilden Blvd., Winter Garden, 34787, sold Aug. 2, for $835,000. Built in 1999, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,295 square feet. The price per square foot is $253.41. EMERALD RIDGE
The home at 1807 Morning Sky Drive, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 31, for $275,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,960 square feet. The price per square foot is $140.31. HAMILTON GARDENS
The home at 6037 Blue Lily Way, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 29, for $260,545. Built in 2019, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,582 square feet. The price per square foot is $164.69. HERITAGE AT PLANT STREET
The home at 725 Orange Belt Loop, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 31, for $405,000. Built in 2019, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,857 square feet. The price per square foot is $218.09. OAKS AT BRANDY LAKE
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The home at 627 Groves End Lane, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 30, for $290,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,865 square feet. The price per square foot is $155.50. RESERVE/CARRIAGE POINTE
The home at 15491 Sandfield Loop, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 29, for $540,000. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,876 square feet. The price per square foot is $139.32. STANTON ESTATES
The home at 168 Stanton Estates Circle, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Aug. 1, for $845,880. Built in 2018, it has five bedrooms, five baths and 5,097 square feet. The price per square foot is $165.96.
The home at 1425 Selbydon Way, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 29, for $485,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 3,058 square feet. The price per square foot is $158.60. The home at 2067 Sailborough Court, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Aug. 2, for $425,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,645 square feet. The price per square foot is $160.68. The home at 2638 Shirehall Lane, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 29, for $360,000. Built in 2003, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,779 square feet. The price per square foot is $95.26. The home at 2622 Oakington St., Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 30, for $270,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,575 square feet. The price per square foot is $171.43. The townhouse at 1150 Priory Circle, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 30, for $245,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,625 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $150.77. STOREY GROVE
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The condo at 1570 Scarlet Oak Loop, Unit C, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 31, for $210,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 1,699 square feet. The price per square foot is $123.60. VERDE PARK
The home at 16003 Ollivett St., Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 29, for $468,000. Built in 2014, it has seven bedrooms, four baths and 4,700 square feet. The price per square foot is $99.57. WALKERS GROVE
The townhouse at 753 Walkers Grove Lane, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 30, for $305,000. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 1,895 square feet. The price per square foot is $160.95. WATERSIDE ON JOHNS LAKE
The home at 16906 Tradewind Point, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 30, for $414,083. Built in 2018, it has five bedrooms, five baths and 3,761 square feet. The price per square foot is $110.10. WESTLAKE MANOR
The home at 314 Apopka St., Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 31, for $300,000. Built in 1956, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,215 square feet. The price per square foot is $246.91. WINTER OAKS
The home at 913 Butter Oaks Court, Winter Garden, 34787, sold July 31, for $350,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,087 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $167.70.
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Clarence Richard Brown (C. Richard), age 83, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at home with his family. The first baby born on Jan. 1, 1936, in Daytona Beach, Richard was the seventh of eight children. He grew up in a family of little means, so he quickly learned the value of entrepreneurship and hard work. Graduating from Mainland High School, he attended the University of Florida, leaving after two years to become an electrician’s apprentice. He married the love of his life, Sarah Chaffin, in 1961. He and Sarah had two daughters, Kimberly and Courtney. Richard worked at Cape Kennedy during the height of the space program preparing Launch Pads 39A and 39B for Apollo missions. In the early 1970s, Richard started working for a new theme park called Walt Disney World, leading a team of
sett; and brother, Beau Charles Whitsett (Dorothy); son, Bryan Hazelett (Melissa); daughter, Rachael Wall (Chris); aunt,
Connie Weatherby; two sisters-in-law, Betsy D. Fusco and Sherrall D. Applegate (Gordon); loving grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Life for Angie will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at The Lodge at Woodlake, located at 3595 New Jersey Road, Lakeland, FL 33803. In lieu of flowers, a donation to your charity of choice would be greatly appreciated.
ANGELA “ANGIE” WHITSETT DANN DIED WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2019.
Angela “Angie” Whitsett Dann, 54, of St. Petersburg, Florida, peacefully soared her way into heaven on July 10, 2019. She was born in Orlando, Florida, on Aug. 8, 1965. Angie is survived by her loving husband, Patrick Dann; father, Charles Whitsett; mother, Suzanne Schell Whit-
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Richard enjoyed regaling any group with stories of his many adventures in life. He had a great sense of humor and never let any setback get him down. Throughout his life, he helped many friends just getting started in business, which gave him great joy. Above all, he will be remembered for his unconditional love for his family, providing a source of strength and positivity throughout their lives. In addition to his parents, John Edgar and Ruby Jean Brown, Richard was predeceased by his seven brothers and sisters. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Sarah; his daughters, Kimberly (Steve) Swann, of Atlantic Beach, Florida, and Courtney Brown, of New York City; along with many great friends from his years in Daytona Beach, Windermere and DeBary. The Brown family would like to thank the staff at Anthem Lakes and Community Hospice for their great care. The family plans to celebrate his life in a private memorial.
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AUG. 3, 1978 Grocery stores always have been famous for their dishware and accessory giveaways, and the Food World in Winter Garden was no exception. A 1978 advertisement in The Winter Garden Times notified shoppers of the latest freebie program, where customers could collect their cash-register receipts and exchange them for free Presto, Rival and Oster kitchen appliances. Shoppers could choose from a Hot Dogger or five-speed hand mixer for $300 in register tapes; Presto Burger or can opener for $400; WeeBakerie oven, two-slice toaster, ice crusher or crock pot for $500; Fry Baby deep fryer for $600; and WeeFry skillet or 10-speed blender for $700.
80 years ago
Mr. and Mrs. M.G. Parramore purchased the lot at the southeast corner of Main Street and Sixth Avenue in Windermere and are erecting a general store and service station. The building also will include living quarters.
50 years ago
Windermere’s new post office soon will be ready. The building will be attractive and in keeping with the design of business places in the town.
45 years ago
Site preparation and developmental work have been completed on the beautiful one-acre estates being offered in Kelso on Lake Butler. Pauline and Cecil Dees retired and sold their grocery store in Oakland after 28 years. New owner is William Boatman, who has leased the store to Edyth Smallbone. An overflow crowd gathered at the Winter Garden Inn to honor longtime community leader Carolyn Anderson upon her retirement after 42 years as an educator and, most recently, as a leader in the HeadStart program in Oakland.
35 years ago
Representing the Windy Acres 4-H Club of Clarcona, Scott West, 13, of Ocoee won first place in the State 4-H Horse Show.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES Members of the Winter Garden Citrus Growers Association “Bull Frog” bowling team are shown attending a spring 1966 tournament in New Orleans: Jeannette Griffith, left, Margaret “Smitty” Clarke, Hazel Marden, Aldean “Dean” Denmark and Katie Adams. The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation is attempting to find out how the team fared. If you can help, call (407) 656-3244.
The mission of the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation is to preserve the heritage and architecture of Winter Garden while creating new cultural experiences. The Foundation also preserves the material culture of West Orange County, using it to educate the area’s youth on the community’s rich history.
30 years ago
Kyle Peterson of Windermere won a bronze medal in the trick water-skiing event at the Olympic Sports Festival in Oklahoma. He was the 1988 American
Water Skiing Association’s Junior Trick Champion.
10 years ago
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Maia Slowinski — an Ocoee High student and member of Winter Garden Fencing Academy — captured hardware at the 2019 European Maccabi Games in Budapest, Hungary, last week as she won the silver medal in the individual women’s foil event for Team USA. Maia and Team USA also earned gold medals in the women’s team foil event as well.
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Foundation Academy shortstop Braden Holcomb had a strong showing during a game at Perfect Game’s 2019 14U National Showcase in Fort Myers, Florida, Saturday, Aug. 3, as he smashed a ball over the left-field fence for a home run.
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Last week, the West Orange High varsity cheer team brought home first place for its small varsity rally routine at the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) camp at the University of Central Florida.
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The new highschool volleyball season is quickly approaching as local teams start in the coming weeks. West Orange starts its season on Tuesday, Aug. 20, against Edgewater, while Ocoee will battle Apopka on Monday, Aug. 26. Foundation Academy will take on All Saints Academy on Tuesday, Aug. 20; CFCA battles International Community on Thursday, Aug. 29; and Legacy High will face Victory Christian Academy on Monday, Aug. 19.
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West Orange High alum Kole Enright had a good outing at the plate in the Hickory Crawdads’ 11-1 win over Asheville on Sunday, July 28, as he would go 2-for-3 with two RBI, one walk and one run scored. Through 45 games this season for the Texas Rangers’ Class A affiliate, Enright has picked up a hitting line of .227 (AVG)/.315 (OBP)/.422 (SLG), with 20 RBI and six homers.
After tearing his labrum and missing his first year of collegiate baseball, Ocoee’s Garett Reason-Kerkhoff has come back stronger than ever.
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As Garett Reason-Kerkhoff posed for a photo after the West Boca Snappers’ 5-2 win in the South Florida Collegiate Baseball League title game, he knew how far he had come. Winning a championship was nice, but for Reason-Kerkhoff and his journey, it was a cherry on top.
He knew going into the collegiate summer season that there were more important things than just winning. “We won it the year before, so we wanted to go in and defend our title,” said Reason-Kerkhoff, an Ocoee resident. “But they also really cared for our development and wanted us to succeed once we SEE GARETT PAGE 16
New SouthWest Aquatics facility taking shape The indoor pool will offer additional space for the organization’s swimming programs, and a new training spot for the STARS swim team. TROY HERRING SPORTS EDITOR
If you’ve driven by the corner of Windermere and Warrior roads in Winter Garden, you may have noticed the construction going on. Standing atop the dirt sits the large, metal skeleton of what will be SouthWest Aquatics’ next big pool. The new facility — which will hold the 25-yard long, eight-
lane-wide pool — has been in the works for the last two years. Construction started back in February, owner Joy McGinty said. It’s a welcomed addition to SouthWest Aquatics. For the older members of the STARS swim team, it gives them a place to really shine. “Our swim team — the kids that started when they were really little — have progressed to where SEE SWIM PAGE 16
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When did you first get into golf? I was about 11 when I first started, and I got into it because of my brother — he’s a pretty good player and he got recruited by some pretty good colleges. What were those early days like? It’s hard — I think — at first. You just have to have fun with it and if you like it, you like it — and if you don’t, you don’t. I was never forced to play, which was good. What’s been your favorite thing about playing golf? I like it because it is an individual sport — I don’t have to rely on anyone else, I can just do it all myself. But at the same time that’s what makes it hard, because you’re the only one responsible. So if you go out there and you’re unprepared, it’s going to show, but that’s what I like about it. Has there been a highlight of your time in golf? Not really, but for the most part it’s playing out here with a bunch of the guys — it’s really fun and really enjoyable. What’s the best advice you’ve been given when it comes to playing this sport? Just have fun and stay patient. If you put in the work eventually you’ll see results, but you have to have patience.
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I would say my short game — so chipping and putting — are my strength by far. I spent a lot of time working on that when I first started playing, which I think has helped me tremendously. And my ball striking, off-the-tee game is still developing, but I think that is something that will come as I grow and get bigger and stronger. I’m glad I’ve gotten my short game good, because if that is always there, if I hit it well, then I’m going to score it well. Do you have a favorite course that you like to play? I haven’t played a ton of courses yet … but I just played Bay Hill, so that’s pretty cool — I had a tournament out there. It was a three-day tournament and I shot a 75, 73, 73 — so five over total, which got me into the top 15. The course was really cool and it was a good test. Do you remember your first tournament? It was actually out here at West Orange. I think I was 12, I think, and I won it. There wasn’t a ton of people in it, but I shot midto-low 70s both rounds — I picked it up pretty quick.
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do go back to school.” The summer leagues throughout Florida are made for collegiate baseball players looking to hone their craft during the offseason, and it’s the developmental aspect that drew Reason-Kerkhoff’s attention in the first place. Reason-Kerkhoff was looking for a way — any way — to get over a mental block on defense that had plagued him since late 2017 in what would be one of the biggest challenges of his baseball career. Going into his freshman year at Christian Brothers University in Memphis back in 2017, Reason-Kerkhoff was already anxious about playing collegiate baseball. Then, the injury happened. Two weeks into practice, Reason-Kerkhoff was out on the field throwing a few long tosses when he heard and felt a “pop” in his shoulder. After a few MRIs failed to show anything, an MRA finally showed what had happened. That sound — which no athlete wants to hear — was that of his labrum tearing. “At this point I’m struggling to pick up my arm and move it certain ways — it was hurting a lot,” Reason-Kerkhoff said. “So what I ended up doing — and the game plan that I decided to do with my parents — was we were going to get the surgery and I’ll sit out this year and still have my four years of eligibility, instead of trying to play through this injury and make things worse in the long run.” Reason-Kerkhoff got the surgery on Jan. 18, 2018, and what followed was six to eight months of rehab that forced him off the field and onto the bench for the CBU Buccaneers. The first five months of his rehab was nonstop physical therapy to get his arm back to strength, but for Reason-Kerk-
hoff it took a full year to get back to his old self. Luckily there was somewhat of a silver lining for ReasonKerkhoff, in that he wasn’t alone as he watched from the bench during the 2018 season — one of his teammates, Kyle Hindman, had also torn his labrum, and that time together formed a friendship neither had expected. “He ended up having the same surgery, so him and I were kind of like bench buddies,” ReasonKerkhoff said. “We were both in our slings the majority of the spring season — just kind of chilling around with each other. It was nice to have somebody else to experience what I was experiencing.” Making a new friend was great, but sitting there on the bench — as a then-redshirt freshman — and watching everything unfold around you is a tough thing. All you want to do is get out there and do what you’ve trained your whole life to do, ReasonKerkhoff said. “I definitely had a lot of ups and downs, and a lot of mental stuff going on with that, because it just kind of hurts to see your team out there,” ReasonKerkhoff said. “Even though I couldn’t practice or anything, I still had to get up and lift at 5:30 in the morning and go be a part of the team, which I loved, but I also wanted to be out there with the guys being one of them — fielding, doing everything that I can to be a part of the team. “So it just kind of hurt not being able to go out there and do what I wanted to do, because I reached the goal of playing college baseball, but then I was set back right away,” he said. “That was tough on me.” After a full year of working through the physical rehab, Reason-Kerkhoff was finally back in shape and was looking to make his mark. Needless to say, he did it with a bang. In the 2019 spring season, Reason-Kerkhoff started 43
games at second base, while at the plate he’d bat for an average of .282 (42-for-149) with 14 RBI. Reason-Kerkhoff had finally arrived. “When I finally got to play this past year, it was everything that I dreamed of,” Reason-Kerkhoff said. “Of course there were the hiccups and the errors and the strikeouts, but (with) baseball you fail 70% of the time and you’re considered a good hitter.” While things in general were still going pretty good, there remained a residual from the injury. Physically Reason-Kerkhoff was fine, but there was a sort of mental block that stayed with him while he was out on the field playing defense. Dealing with an injury is just as much a mental obstacle as much as it is physical, Reason-Kerkhoff said. Going into the summer baseball season, Reason-Kerkhoff realized what he had (to do) get over this nagging roadblock, and he did just that. “I worked with one of the guys, Derek Cartaya — he goes to FIU — and he kind of just talked me through some stuff,” ReasonKerkhoff said. “Working with him and just feeling relaxed and going back to the basics of just enjoying baseball —and that’s what I truly did this summer — I really did enjoy myself.” With the summer season now over for Reason-Kerkhoff, he’ll look to keep up that pace as he gets ready to head back to school for his junior year (which will be his redshirt sophomore year on the field). And with all signs of his mental block gone, Reason-Kerkhoff is more ready than ever to get back to the game he loves. “I’m thrilled — I’m ready to move in right now,” ReasonKerkhoff said. “I’m ready to go up there and be with my teammates right now, and just hang out with them and go hit.”
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they’re national swimmers now,” McGinty said. “And big kids swim in cool water — they need 78 to 80 degree water, because they swim long distances and they swim fast. “With the one pool we have, if we keep that at 80 degrees — it’s too cold for our younger swim team kids that are 6, 7 and 8 years old,” she said. “They need 85 degree water for their best workouts — they’re not swimming nearly as much yardage and they’re doing a lot of technique work, so it needs (to be) a little bit warmer.” At the moment SouthWest Aquatics has its 25-yard, 10-lane competition pool that many swimmers use, while the 30-by50 pool inside is heated to 90 degrees and is used for the organization’s youngest swimmers. Along with the brand-new pool for older swimmers, the new facility also will hold offices for coaches, locker rooms and the building itself will have seven overhead garage doors that will open up and let a breeze come through. The indoor pool the organization currently has is
similar in that it has 10 sliding glass doors to open the space up a bit. But along with the opportunities offered by a pool, there’s also something else that the facility will offer — more space. With Florida being prone to daily thunderstorms in the summer, oftentimes swimmers who are practicing in the outside pool are forced into the smaller space inside. It can be a bit of a nightmare, McGinty said. “It gets packed,” McGinty said. “It’s absolutely critical to have some place to go. We’ve dealt with it, because everybody moves into a different room inside the building that we have, but it gets loud in there and the office will be very happy to have the team go to a different area when it rains. “When you get them in there and they’re watching videos, and they’re seeing the people that they really admire swimming, they’re yelling and it gets crazy,” she said. “We love our kids, and we love their noise, but it can make it hard to answer phones.” For McGinty — who has been teaching swimming since 1992 — this latest addition to
the organization she founded in 2000 behind Gotha Middle School is just a fuller realization of her lifelong dream of helping kids learn to swim. It’s also why she founded the nonprofit The Gift of Swimming in 2003, which offers swimming lessons to underprivileged, mentally or physically challenged or otherwise disadvantaged children. “It’s just so incredible,” McGinty said. “These are kids that would never, ever be able to afford swim lessons and it’s just so fun. Their teachers love it, and Head Start has already done studies, and the classrooms that we have done score higher in many of their testings.” Through SouthWest Aquatics and The Gift of Swimming, McGinty has been able to do a lot with the sport she has loved for all these years. It gives her the chance to truly give back to the community of Winter Garden. “We want to offer a facility that allows each child to be the best that they can be — that they can excel to the level that they want to excel,” McGinty said. “For us, it’s just important that every child learns how to swim.”
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