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Turn for the worse
A late turn in its path pushed Hurricane Irma closer to West Orange County Sept. 10 and 11. The damage was widespread and extensive, but the storm also brought out the best in people. BY THE OBSERVER STAFF
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rmed with two chainsaws, a pole saw and, of course, one machete, five Independence residents made sure their fellow neighbors were able to get in and out of their neighborhood just hours after Hurricane Irma tore through the community. After seeing downed trees blocking three of the community’s main thoroughfares, Christopher Lyon, Shannon Denham, Jane and Paul Reynolds and Alejandro Diaz armed themselves with the necessary tools to clear the paths. “(It was) tough work, but these people just showed up, and we took care of it,” Lyon said. “It was an awesome display of what this community is all about.” Residents in other communities throughout Horizon West displayed similar neighborly behavior — assisting one another with clean-up efforts to scrape away the evidence of perhaps the area’s longest, most-sleepless night. SEE PAGE 4
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KARAOKE CLASH AFTER HOURS 5:45 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at Universal CityWalk, 6000 Universal Blvd., Orlando. The West Orange Chamber of commerce is presenting its annual Karaoke Clash at its next Business After Hours, and local government officials will be vying for the win. Tickets are $26 for Chamber members, $41 for others, and include valet parking, food, drinks and live entertainment. One dollar from each ticket will go to the West Orange Foundation. Tickets available at wochamber.com.
WEST ORANGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN FEDERATED 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at the West Orange Country Club, 3300 West Orange Country Club Drive, Winter Garden. Buffet served at noon, followed by a guest speaker. For information, worw. federated@gmail.com.
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CRUZ N CAR SHOW 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, in downtown Winter Garden. Check out the dozens of classic cars that will line West Plant Street. Radio station WJBJ’s Cruisin’ with the Classics will broadcast from the car show.
WINDERMERE GARDEN CLUB 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at Windermere Town Hall, 520 Main St. “The Plant Doctor,” Tom MacCubbin, a horticulturist, author, radio host and for-
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winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and other awards whose biographies and histories bring past events to life. Ages 18 or older can attend. The club meets monthly. (407) 835-7323.
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FLORIDA HOSPITAL WINTER GARDEN RUMMAGE SALE 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Jessie Brock Community Center, 310 N. Dillard St., Winter Garden. The staff of Florida Hospital Winter Garden is holding the sale, with proceeds to benefit the American Heart Association’s 2017 Heart Walk. (407) 614-0500.
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THE MOOGICIAN 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. The Moogician will butter his way into our hearts as he performs one cheesy trick after the other and milks it for everything he can, all the while educating with fun facts and trivia that are udderly entertaining and absolutely bovine. Ages 6 to 12. Seating is limited. Registration recommended at (407) 835-7323.
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Say (low-fat) cheese! Healthy West Orange is hosting a social-media campaign Friday, Sept. 15, called Healthy Selfie Day. BRITTANY GAINES STAFF WRITER WEST ORANGE Get your selfie smiles ready, because Healthy Selfie Day is coming to West Orange. Hosted by Healthy West Orange, the social-media event is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 15, and participating is easy. Just take a selfie and post it on social media with the tag #HealthyWestOrange.
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Amelia Wells, 2, was the inspiration behind the name of Millie Moo’s.
Windermere mom creates playspace for parents, kids Kelly Wells will open Millie Moo’s, an activity center for parents and their children, next month. BRITTANY GAINES STAFF WRITER WEST ORANGE For years, Kelly Wells never felt comfortable taking her special-needs son anywhere in public. She worried about him and how he would handle strange places with many people around. The only place she felt comfortable taking him was Target because the trip would always end at Starbucks to get his favorite treat. The stress of her situation forced her to turn to social media, asking other moms if they felt the same, and she discovered she wasn’t alone. “I was trying to find the solution I needed, and I realized a lot of other people were in the same boat,” said Wells, who lives in Windermere. To solve the problem, Wells decided to open her own version of an indoor playground for moms looking for a safe place to take their children. “It’s not really a playground,” she said. “It’s more of an indoor activity center.” The facility, at 4085 LB McLeod
MILLIE MOO’S INDOOR ACTIVITY CENTER 4085 LB McLeod Road, Orlando PHONE: (407) 373-4553 WEBSITE: MillieMoosOrlando.com WHAT’S IN A NAME? To name her new business, Wells turned to social media. She had decided to name the center after one of her children but couldn’t decide which to use. The decision was almost unanimous — the center should be called Millie Moos, after Wells’ daughter Amelia, whose nickname is Millie.
Road, Orlando, is currently under construction, and Wells said she hopes to open the activity center in early October. “I wanted to create a place for someone who is stressing out, and they can come take a break and be understood,” Wells said. “They can come find someone to connect with and not feel alone in this crazy game called momhood. It’ll be a catch-all for moms with under school-aged kids.” Although the activity center will be full of a variety of toys for children, Wells said she is also
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 15 INSTRUCTIONS: To participate, take a selfie and post it to social media, such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, with the tag #HealthyWestOrange. Participants will be entered to win a YMCA annual membership. Anyone who posts a selfie by Thursday, Sept. 14, will be entered once, and anyone who posts on Friday, Sept. 15, will be entered twice.
creating a schedule for classes for both parents and the kids. She plans on offering nutrition classes, fitness classes, dance classes, crafting classes and cake-decorating classes. Some classes will be for moms only, while others will include both the parent and child, she said. Wells said she also hopes to create dad-centric groups and classes as well. “It’s about supporting everybody,” she said. “It’s not just about the kids. It’s not just about the moms.” She chose the location on LB McLeod Road because she wanted the activity center to be accessible to moms in all parts of the greater Orlando area, not just in West Orange. “This location is not too far for any one person to get to,” she said. Although Wells hit a couple snags in the construction process, play structures are materializing in the space, and murals have been painted on the walls. A snack counter will offer healthy snacks and baked goods from a local bakery. Even though Millie Moo’s isn’t open yet, Wells said the support from the community and fellow moms has been positive, and everyone is excited for the soonto-be-announced grand opening. “It just made sense to have something like this,” Wells said.
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“The idea is to have a call to action — to have everybody engaging in the community,” said Tracy Swanson, executive director of West Orange Healthcare District, one of the founding organizations of Healthy West Orange. The idea for Healthy Selfie Day came after the organization went through a website revitalization. “We redid our website and made it more interactive,” Swanson said. “So we wanted to create an opportunity for everybody to engage. (Healthy Selfie Day) is a fun way for the community to become aware of the Healthy West Orange movement and to join.” Healthy West Orange was launched nearly two years ago with the goal of promoting a healthier lifestyle for West Orange residents. “We want everyone in the community to have the same goal — to be the healthiest community in the nation,” Swanson said. Healthy West Orange provides participants with a variety of tools — from recipes to tips to stay active — to help them live a healthier lifestyle. Already, there is talk of making Healthy Selfie Day an annual event, and anyone who participates on Friday will be entered to win a YMCA annual membership for the entire family. Hundreds of Healthy Selfie Day buttons have been handed out to spread the word about the event. Even the Healthy West Orange mascot, Westly, has been spotted at several locations around West Orange and featured in several #HealthySelfie photos on social media. For those who want to get in an extra entry for the YMCA membership, post a selfie anytime before Friday, Sept. 15, and don’t forget to add the tag #HealthyWestOrange. “If people post from now until the 14th, they get one entry,” Swanson said about the YMCA contest. “If they post on Healthy Selfie Day, they get two entries.” Participants have until midnight on Healthy Selfie Day to post their selfie. Winners will be chosen on Saturday, Sept. 16.
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In the days leading up to Hurricane Irma’s Florida arrival Sept. 10 and 11, West Orange residents were preparing — but not panicking. Meteorologists projected the storm first to come up Florida’s East Coast and later revised that to the state’s West Coast. However, it wasn’t until hours before Irma’s Central Florida arrival just after midnight that the prediction changed yet again — with the eye coming closer to eastern Lake County and West Orange. The storm’s path placed its mostdamaging northeast-quadrant winds near Winter Garden, Oakland, Ocoee, Windermere and Horizon West. “Based on our preliminary assessments coming in this morning, the damage from this storm appears to be far greater than what we experienced with Hurricane Charley in 2004,” Mayor Teresa Jacobs said in a press conference Monday morning. The storm — a Category 2 hurricane with up to 100-mph wind gusts when it ripped through Central Florida — knocked out power for nearly 400,000 residents in Orange County (and as many as 15 million statewide). Duke Energy had reported that out of its nearly 370,000 customers in Orange County, 208,000 had lost power during the storm, with nearly 67,000 of those outages being reported in West Orange. Orlando Utilities Commission Vice President of Marketing Roseanne Harrington predicted the outage will be “the largest utility restoration and rebuild project in the history
The town of Windermere suffered significant damage, including downed trees and power lines.
of the United States.” The town of Windermere suffered significant tree damage as well as downed power lines. “We estimate over 100 trees fell, and we had three complete road closures, including Main Street, Lake Butler Boulevard and Park Avenue,” Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn said. “The problem is the tree company can’t get the trees out of there because they’re all wrapped up in power lines, so we’ve got to wait for Duke to deenergize them to remove the trees, but I’m hoping we’ll have that done soon.” Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson said his city experienced similar damage.
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Orange County Fire Rescue and the National Guard rescued 149 people from 550 homes in the Orlo Vista community. The flooding came fast and furious in that neighborhood, with some of the homes taking on water by 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10. As rains continued to drench Central Florida overnight, more than 149 residents in the Orlo Vista area of Pine Hills reported extensive flooding to homes in excess of several feet. According to the agency’s Twitter account, an estimated 550 homes were affected by the flooding near the intersection
of South Kirkman Road and Old Winter Garden Road. Overnight and throughout Monday morning, both Orange County Fire Rescue and the Florida National Guard were called in to rescue the residents of that area. Orange County Fire Chief Otto Drozd III said the agency would make sure everyone in the area would be evacuated to nearby shelters. “We’re prepared to go out and be the resource for the community to start bringing some normalcy back to their lives,” he said. — BRITTANY GAINES
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“It’s mostly just a lot of trees down, got tree damage to some houses,” he said. “(City staff) is driving around doing an assessment of all the damage right now to see what the problems are, but you got to be careful driving around here and watch for power lines. The power’s out all over. My
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Winter Garden Mayor John Rees did not return messages by press time Tuesday. The county also opened 21 shelters, including locations at West Orange and Ocoee high schools and Gotha and Lakeview middle schools. According to Orange County Public Information Officer Doreen Overstreet, about 4,300 residents and 200 pets took refuge in the shelters countywide. Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs placed a countywide curfew from 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, to 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11. Orange County Public Schools has been closed since Friday, Sept. 8. As of press time Tuesday, 66 district schools still had no power. Orange County reported that 911 dispatch centers received 1,381 calls between midnight and 5:45 a.m. on Monday morning.
At Daniel’s Cheesesteak, it all started with ice. The restaurant had its ice machine cranking for days prior to Irma, resulting in dozens of extra bags of ice ready to go. “We saw the need for essentials; unfortunately, we couldn’t provide water, but we (had) plenty (of) ice, bread and canned goods,” said Frankie Liz, vice president of sales and marketing for Daniel’s Cheesesteak. People were lined up around the building and placing orders over the phone. “We didn’t realize that it was just us and Wawa open that day, which caused a line wrapped around the store of folks getting ice, bread, rice or canned goods, along with dairy,” he said. While Liz ran the register, Lotto and hot and warm foods, his wife, Adriana, took orders. His parents, Harold and Mercedes, and brother Brian cooked in the kitchen. “It was a very accomplished feeling at the end knowing we contributed to help the community by either giving them great comfort food or last-minute cold cuts, ice, dairy or essentials needed for the storm,” he said. “We would do it all over again if we could.” — DANIELLE HENDRIX
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Ryan Henderson got to enjoy the Donuts with Dad event with both of his kids — fourth-grader Isaac and second-grader Gracyn.
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During its first budget hearing Sept. 6, Windermere Town Council members adopted the tentative millage rate and proposed budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. The proposed millage rate, as passed in the preliminary hearing, is 3.25, which has stayed the same since 2015 and was reduced from 3.78 in 2014. And the tentative budget, so called because it is determined by estimated future revenue and expenditures, is currently balanced at $5.4 million, or $5,440,864, to be exact. The three top expenditures for the town in this year’s budget are reserved for the police department ($1.97 million), Parks and Recreation Department ($1.32 million) and Public Works Department ($1.27 million). Despite the plan to keep the millage rate at 3.25, the rate is considered a tax increase because if the town had adopted the rollback rate of 1.90, it still would have received the same amount in property tax revenue as last year due to an increase in property value. “If we do not adopt the rollback rate — which means that you’re trying to receive the exact same amount of ad valorem taxes that you received the year prior – then it’s considered a tax increase,” Windermere Town Manager Robert Smith said. “Because our property values increased
between four to five percent, we could have rolled back our millage rate to match the 1.90 we received in ad valorem revenue last year, but the council chose to keep it at 3.25 because, as everybody knows, costs go up.” With a millage rate set at 3.25, a homeowner who owns a house valued at $300,000 could expect to pay $975 on their property tax bill to the town of Windermere, which does not include additional taxes levied by Orange County Government or Orange County Public Schools. “We’re maintaining the level of service and quality of life without increasing their millage rate,” Smith said. “Because we did a lot of projects this past year, we’re pretty much just saving for more projects in upcoming years because of that charter constraint that we have. You know, so we’re just putting money away in the piggy bank so that we can afford those projects later on. There (aren’t) many projects that we can do next year, but hopefully, we’ll be able to fund some projects in fiscal year 2018-2019.” Currently, there is only one project listed for funding this year — the sidewalk between Main and Sixth streets that would extend to Lake Street. The council is scheduled to discuss the possible reallocation of funds for other proposed capital projects during the next meeting. The final budget hearing is set for 6 p.m., Sept. 25, at Windermere Town Hall.
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES n Police: $1,975,926 n Parks & Recreation: $1,316,908 n Public Works: $1,265,758 n Financial: $765,935 n Administrative: $319,111 n Committees: $200,991 n Development: $186,500 n Clerical: $117,822 n Legislative: $91,445 n Code Enforcement: $28,963 n Miscellaneous: $358,329 n Contingency/reserve: $78,933 n Total: $5,440,864 ESTIMATED REVENUES n Ad Valorem Tax: $2,006,829 n Sales Tax: $550,000 n Stormwater Assessment: $358,329 n Service Charges: $344,490 n Intergovernmental Revenue: $706,724 n Permits: $135,000 n Fines: $18,000 n Franchise Fees: $228,500 n Donations: $2,500 n Assessments: $627,151 n Committee Revenue: $197,591 n Other: $265,750 n Total: $5,440,864 2017 PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES n Windermere: 3.25 n Winter Garden: 4.25 n Ocoee: 6.50 n Oakland: 7.75 n Orlando: 6.65 n Eatonville: 7.29 n Winter Park: 4.60 n Maitland: 5.35 n Apopka: 3.78 n Bay Lake: 1.92 n Lake Buena Vista: 1.73 n Belle Isle: 4.40 n Edgewood: 5.20
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I love the ’80s The first fundraiser for Windermere High’s Wolverine Legacy Fund promises to be an evening full of neon, food and ’80s nostalgia. DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER HORIZON WEST Break out your sweatbands, leg warmers and neon wardrobe and get ready to go retro for the Windermere Wolverine community. The new high school’s first major fundraiser of the school year is just around the corner. Tentatively set for Saturday, Sept. 16, at West Orange Country Club — depending on the country club’s post-hurricane reopening — guests will don their ’80s best to support local students. The “Totally Awesome ’80s Dinner and Auction Night” will benefit Windermere High’s Wolverine Legacy Fund, which will promote academics, athletics and arts programs at the school. “The fundraiser is a night for the community to come out and support WHS’s Wolverine Legacy Fund,” said PTSO President Jane Dunkelberger. As the inaugural beneficiary
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OCPS committed $25,000 to join a lawsuit regarding a controversial law formerly known as House Bill 7069. GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR ORANGE COUNTY Orange County Public Schools has followed 10 other Florida school districts that plan to sue the state regarding a new education law signed by Gov. Rick Scott that took effect July 1. Several school districts opposed many of the law’s provisions, formerly known as House Bill 7069, even before Tallahassee lawmakers passed it with a vote count of 73-36 in the House and 20-18 in the Senate — only one vote shy of killing it. Following their long-held discontent, school boards across Florida have banded together to legally challenge the Florida Legislature over the controversial education-conforming law, including Orange, Miami-Dade, Broward, Polk, Palm Beach, Volusia, Bay, St. Lucie, Hamilton and Lee counties. During an Aug. 15 meeting, Orange County School Board members voted to commit $25,000 in non-taxpayer funds to the lawsuit, which targets five issues in the law as unconstitutional. The five issues pertain to schools of hope; charter school contracts; the designation of eligible charter school systems as a Local Education Authority; the sharing of discretionary capital millage with charters; and single subject rule. Diego “Woody” Rodriguez, who serves as the general counsel for OCPS and worked for the state Legislature as an analyst for three years, highlighted the grievances expressed by OCPS and like-minded school districts. OCPS board members allege the law erodes local control of the public school system and gives an advantage to charter schools via less-restrictive regulations and extra taxpayer funding that boosts charters’ ability to expand, he said. “We’re not in this for the sake of being right,” Rodriguez said. “We have genuine concerns about the
constitutionality of some of the provisions. And because of those concerns, we want them to fix it and if we’re satisfied in how they fix it, we’ll withdraw from the lawsuit. … We don’t want to be in the lawsuit any more than the other districts do, but we can’t sit around and watch this be law.” OCPS has sent a letter to the Speaker of the House Richard Corcoran and the Senate President Joe Negron informing them that if the Legislature addresses their concerns in a special session, OCPS will drop the lawsuit, Woody said. However, he anticipates the districts will head to court within the next 60 days. “I used to work in the Legislature as an analyst, and bills that were comprised at the last minute always had flaws and issues, and nine times out of 10, a large piece of legislation adopted at the last minute usually came back the following year with substantial revisions and rewrites,” Rodriguez said. “And I suspect that the lawmakers are not going to be receptive to change.” If the circuit judge rules against the school districts, Rodriguez believes the districts will file an appeal until it reaches the Florida Supreme Court — a process which could take months to years. But if a judge declares any of the provisions in the law unconstitutional, then the law will become null and void. However, there’s also the option of injunctive relief. “We could also find ourselves in a situation involving injunctive relief, in which the courts say the law will not be enforced until it’s interpreted by the courts,” he said. “But I don’t know if we’ll be seeking injunctive relief or if it would be granted — it’s a big if. But, ultimately, it will all likely be played out in the courts, and if we’re wrong, then we’re wrong. We’ll just live with the law how it is. But if we’re right, then the Legislature will have to go back to the drawing board.”
LEGAL CHALLENGES TO HB7069 n The bill combined about 50 different bills with provisions that were previously introduced but never went through the legislative committee process. n The bill was provided to the Legislature at 4:20 p.m. on the Friday before the session was scheduled to end. n Schools of Hope are not subject to school board policies, and school boards cannot remove their board members or administrators. n Not allowing school boards to negotiate additional terms or conditions for charter school contracts violates the Florida Constitution because it eliminates school boards’ ability to provide the oversight prescribed in the Constitution. n If charter schools can be designated as a local education authority, a “charter school system” could apply for and receive federal funds independently of and in direct competition with local school boards. n The mandatory sharing of ad valorem taxes with charter school organizations is inconsistent with the constitution, which does not allow school districts to use its taxing power to aid a corporation. Source: Orange County Public Schools
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Local ace takes mound on big stage Carson Montgomery, a sophomore pitcher/outfielder for the West Orange High baseball team, participated in the Perfect Game Select Baseball Festival Sept. 3. STEVEN RYZEWSKI SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR
hen the game had ended, Carson Montgomery’s phone was blowing up. Whether through Snapchat, Twitter or text, teammates and friends from West Orange High and elsewhere had all made sure to let the sophomore pitcher and outfielder for the Warriors know they had seen his national television debut in the Perfect Game Select Baseball Festival’s 14U
Game Sept. 3, which was broadcast by Fox Sports. “(My teammates) were all watching and cheering me on — I got a bunch of Snapchats from all of them,” Montgomery said. The game featured 40 of the top amateur players in the country age 14 and younger, split into East and West teams. The festivities took place out of Fort Myers’ JetBlue Ballpark, the Spring Training home of the Boston Red Sox. SEE STEPPING PAGE 12
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After starting his football career four years ago in Dubai, Zane Fullmer is now leading Windermere Prep’s middle-school football team as its quarterback. Page 12.
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West Orange sophomore Carson Montgomery got the chance to pitch on national television Sept. 3.
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Windermere Prep’s volleyball team scored a huge 3-1 victory over rival Montverde Academy Sept. 5 (25-23, 25-19, 18-25, 25-18). Natalie Work had 18 kills to lead the Lakers (4-2), while Riley Nowicki added 20 digs, and Peyton Warp tallied 46 assists.
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The Windermere High boys golf team won a tri-meet with West Orange and Foundation Academy Sept. 7, shooting 171 as a team. Louis Giovacchini shot a 39 on the par-36 course, leading all individual golfers.
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The Windermere and Windermere Prep girls golf teams tied for first in a tri-meet Sept. 7, with each team shooting 167. Montverde placed second at 216. Windermere Prep’s Annie Kim and Windermere’s Sonia Mistry each shot an even-par 36 at Bella Collina.
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Alesandro Martinez leads the Dr. Phillips Panthers in the Haka before the team’s game at West Orange Sept. 7.
Since 2009, Dr. Phillips has performed the Haka before its games. The ritual is a family affair, passed down from Phillip Amone to cousin Lorenzo Martinez to brother Alesandro Martinez. STEVEN RYZEWSKI SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR
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amily. It’s one of the foremost values coach Rodney Wells impresses upon his football program at Dr. Phillips High School. Not only are the players on the team to be a family, but a player’s
actual family is also to be revered, and several families have left an imprint on the program. The Meeks brothers come to mind, as well as the Powell twins who are currently terrorizing opposing ballcarriers. And then there is the family that introduced the team to the Haka — a traditional Māori war dance sometimes used in sports as a way
to intimidate an opponent and pump up one’s own team. The dance came to the program in 2009 by Phillip Amone, who graduated from Dr. Phillips in 2012 and is currently a junior linebacker for BYU, after serving a two-year mission trip. Amone passed the tradition of SEE CREATING PAGE 12
The Haka is a type of ancient Māori war dance traditionally used on the battlefield, as well as when groups came together in peace. Actions include violent foot-stamping, tongue protrusions and rhythmic body slapping to accompany a loud chant. According to legend, the Haka was derived from the sun god Ra. Māori myths and legends are peppered with stories about the Haka. In sports, the ritual was made prominent by the All Blacks, the New Zealand National Rugby Union Team. Source: NewZealand.com
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leading the dance down to his cousin, Lorenzo Martinez, a standout offensive lineman for the Panthers from 2011 through 2014 who served a mission trip to Chile after graduation in 2015. Two other cousins came through the program, but Lorenzo passed the tradition — which now spans nine seasons — to his younger brother, Alesandro Martinez, currently a senior captain for Dr. Phillips (2-0). Alesandro has led the pregame ritual the past three seasons. “I have a great joy in leading (the dance),” Alesandro said. “It’s a thrill that I get before the game — it brings it back to my family and my roots.” Those roots go back to the Tonga Islands, near New Zealand, from where the Martinez’ grandparents emigrated (his family also includes Mexican ancestry, hence the last name). Although the Haka originated from a different Pacific island (Māori), the brothers’ father, Lench Martinez, said it was the easiest to teach the team. Lench is also the defensive line coach for the Panthers and has served on the staff the past seven years. Seeing an elite varsity program such as Dr. Phillips embrace his family’s tradition has been quite a thrill, he said.
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I like running, and I like to hit people. What is it like playing the quarterback position? You have to know all the plays and hope (the receivers) know them, too, and run the right route. And you have to get the handoffs right so they can try and score. What’s one thing you are plan to work on this season? Probably getting my elbow up a little more when I throw. When I get tired, it drops down a little, and I’m less accurate. How well do you think your team is playing? I feel like we’re doing great. The first game started a little slow, but we were able to come back and win. In the second game, the defense was really great and the blocking, too. The run game was super strong.
“It just talks about how the boys have made an impact on the team and how they’ve bought into the DP culture,” Lench said. “I always get goosebumps on the sideline, because it means so much more to me.” The family came to Florida from California and ultimately settled on the Dr. Phillips area because of a family tie. “We’re blessed to be a part of the program at DP — when we first moved out here, my wife had graduated from Dr. Phillips, so it was her desire for the kids to go to high school there,” Lench said. “That they had such a great program, and that the boys were athletic enough to play, is the cream of the crop.” The Martinez family connected instantly with the value system that Wells instituted. “Coach Wells preaches family — no matter what we do in life, it’s religion, family, education and then football,” Lench said. Playing on the offensive line at Dr. Phillips also has meant the Martinez brothers have been able to block for many of the program’s dynamic speedsters now playing on Saturdays in college. “It’s a real privilege — not many other programs have the athletes we have at DP,” Alesandro said. “It makes me want to do better.” That drive to do better hasn’t
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“This is the top event, for sure — it had the most prestige, we got the most stuff, there were the best kids there,” Montgomery said. “It’s cool to meet kids around the country.” Montgomery arrived Aug. 31 in Fort Myers, and the festivities began with a team dinner. The next day, players practiced before heading to a local children’s hospital, where they worked on arts and crafts with some of the patients. On Saturday, the invitees again practiced, but followed it with a scrimmage and home-run derby. Finally, on Sunday, game day arrived, and all 40 players signed autographs before taking the field at JetBlue Ballpark. “The game was fun, definitely, but I liked the home-run derby because I hit one over the ‘green monster,’” Montgomery said. In the actual game, Montgomery was part of a 5-1 victory for
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WEEK THREE REWIND Dr. Phillips 44, West Orange 24 A year after getting demolished 40-3, the Warriors found themselves leading the Panthers 17-16 at halftime, thanks to two touchdown passes from Brenden Cyr to Darrell Harding. Dr. Phillips (2-0) owned the third quarter, though, outscoring West Orange (1-2) 21-0 in a momentum shift that ultimately decided the game. Devodney Alford ran for a career-high 211 yards on 22 carries, scoring twice, for the Panthers, and BeSean McCray threw for a career-high 295 yards and three touchdowns. Dr. Phillips tallied a school-record 592 yards of offense. University (Orlando) 42, Windermere 2 The Wolverines fell hard once again — but not before scoring the first two points in program history by way of a safety. The Wolverines are 0-3. Edgewater 45, Olympia 36 The first loss of the season for the Titans (2-1) is a tough pill to swallow, because it comes to an Eagles team (2-1) that, although significantly improved this fall, went winless in 2016. Olympia did not go down without a fight, though — trailing 31-8 in the third quarter, the Titans outscored Edgewater 28-14 the rest of the way. Joe Milton threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third. The First Academy 33, Orlando Christian Prep 27 (double-OT) Taken to the brink, the Royals improved to 3-0 with this thrilling win, with Parker Mara scoring the deciding touchdown in the second overtime. The First Academy had
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