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Art imitates life

Nemours Children’s Hospital celebrates its fifth anniversary with an ‘Alice in Wonderland’-themed gala at Rosen Shingle Creek. PAGE 15A.

LOCAL MARKET RANKED NO. 1 During American Farmland Trust’s summer-long Farmers Market Celebration, the Winter Garden Farmers Market was rated No. 1 in the country. The city has become proactive in expanding farming in the community. The local farmers market placed in five categories: People’s Choice, Focus on Farmers, Healthy Food for All, Pillar of the Community and Champion for the Environment.

Magical milestones

Christine Moore

Four locals snared in Polk County sting

Moore, who represents District 7 on the School Board, hopes to succeed Bryan Nelson. AMY QUESINBERRY

Four of the 277 suspects arrested, including a possible human trafficking victim, are from the West Orange area.

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Christine Moore has spent nine years representing District 7 on the Orange County School Board. Now, she said she is ready to run for a seat on the Orange County Board of County Commissioners. She filed her candidacy Oct. 2 for the District 2 seat, which is open after Commissioner Bryan Nelson resigned to run for mayor of Apopka. Moore, of 2145 Palm Crest Drive, Apopka, said she feels now is a good time to leave the School Board because of its recent accolades.

ORANGE COUNTY

GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR

Undercover detectives from multiple lawenforcement agencies in Polk County arrested 277 people during an investigation targeting online prostitution and

POLK COUNTY

SEE POLK PAGE 8A

SEE MOORE PAGE 4A

SPORTS

SouthWest Aquatics swimmer survives Mexico earthquake.

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Christine Moore files for County Commission

ARTS & CULTURE

Winter Garden resident Dan Muken makes it his job to make others smile and laugh as he performs magic tricks for them during his daily bike rides on the West Orange Trail. SEE PAGE 4A

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Dan Muken with his bike and signature biking attire on the West Orange Trail in Winter Garden. Muken enrolled in the U.S. Navy nine days after graduating high school in 1963 and served for four years as a naval photographer.

Winter Garden artist creates custom art from old neckties.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 26

WEST ORANGE CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, at Sonata West, 420 Roper Road, Winter Garden. Join the West Orange Chamber of Commerce for an official grand opening and ribbon-cutting for Sonata West. Community guests and professionals are welcome to tour, participate in tastings at the High Notes Lounge and see the amenities in this state-of-theart community. For ticket information, call (407) 656-1304. WINDERMERE HIGH TRUCK OR TREAT NIGHT 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, in the courtyard of Windermere High School, 5523 Winter Garden Vineland Road. Join the WHS community for fun and safe trick-or-treating, with treats provided by school clubs and sports teams. Food trucks and music are part of the event, too. President@windermereptso. org.

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FREE DENTISTRY DAY 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at All Aspects Dental, 301 S. Tubb St., D-2, Oakland. Uninsured patients will be accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis and can choose one free cleaning, filling or extraction. Veterans and children preferred. (407) 654-9208 or FreeDentistryDay.org. JAZZ IN THE PARK 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, in the Oakland Town Center, 221 N. Arrington St. Hosted by HapCo Music Foundation. Enjoy a relaxing evening featuring live smooth jazz music. Food for sale from Melts on Main Street, Winter Garden. Free. (407) 6561117. WINDERMERE FAMILY FOOD TRUCK NIGHT 5 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, near Windermere Town Hall, 520 Main St. Hosted by the Town of Windermere Downtown Business Committee, the event

brings a variety of food trucks to the community. Attendees should take chairs or blankets, as well as an appetite. (407) 876-2563.

join A Cause 4 Paws Rescue at its third annual pet costume contest and parade. (407) 8103547.

SATURDAY, OCT. 28

THE BOO! BASH 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Wear your favorite Halloween costume and join in a ghoulish good time with creepy crafts, spooky stories and more. Ages 3 to 12. (407) 835-7323.

SPIRIT OF FLORIDA GOSPEL FEST Noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Apopka Amphitheater, 3710 Jason Dwelley Parkway, Apopka. Hosted by JoJo O’Neal and Glenn Allgood, the fest will include performances from Martha Munizzi, Teki Dericho, Oscar Negron, UCF Gospel Choir and Apopka Community Singers. The event also will feature food trucks, children’s activities, craft, business and health care vendors. SpiritOfFloridaGospelFest.com.

SUNDAY, OCT. 29

GOLF CART TRUNK-OR-TREAT 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, in the Winter Garden Masonic Lodge parking lot, 230 W. Bay St. Golf cart owners are being encouraged to dress up, decorate their carts and take candy to hand out. HOWL-O-WEEN PET PARTY 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with parade at 1 p.m., at Plant Street Market, 426 W. Plant St. Dress up your furry friend and

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GOOGLE APPS: BUILD A SURVEY WITH FORMS 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Collect the data you need with fun and customizable Google Forms, an easy-to-use tool for creating surveys, event invites, questionnaires and more. Learn how to create and share forms as well as review the data with custom charts and spreadsheets. Seating is limited. Registration recommended at (407) 835-7323. ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW EXPERIENCE 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Enjoy a night of interactive entertainment with hostess Miss P. Tart. Watch the 1975 film, play along with a game show, enter a costume contest with prizes and

take advantage of photo opps. Rated R (17 years and younger must be accompanied by an adult). Movie tickets are $12, prop bags are $5. No outside props allowed. (407) 877-4736. WINTER GARDEN HALLOWEENFEST 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, along Plant Street in downtown Winter Garden. Enjoy trick-ortreating with the downtown merchants, children’s activities, local craft and merchandise vendors, a hay maze and food. Presented by the city of Winter Garden. (407) 656-4111.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1

FALL COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR 5 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, at Olympia High School, 4301 S. Apopka-Vineland Road, Orlando. Get more information about potential colleges and careers at this free event. Hosted by EduMatics. For more, visit edumaticsprogram.com.

THURSDAY, NOV. 2

2017 WOCC GOLF CLASSIC 11:30 registration, 1 p.m. start Friday, Nov. 3, at Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge, 16301 Phil Ritson Way, Winter Garden. Individual rates are $120 to $160; foursome rates range from $420 to $490. (407) 656-1304.

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Christian bookstore opens in Ocoee AMY QUESINBERRY COMMUNITY EDITOR

The Wenrich family wears Purple4papa.

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Purple4Papa Winter Garden resident Diana Wenrich will be wearing purple when she runs the New York City Marathon. COMMUNITY EDITOR

iana Wenrich will be dressing in purple when she gets up before dawn Nov. 5 and makes her way to Staten Island, New York, to participate in the 47th New York City Marathon. In addition to her Project Purple race jersey, the Winter Garden resident also will don her purple motivate bracelet — all in honor of her stepfather, Tom Gulcynski. And when she runs past her family and friends who are there to encourage her to keep going in the 26.2-mile race, they all will be wearing purple, too. Wenrich said Gulcynski has been like a father to her and her sister since she was 10 years old. He instilled in them a strong work ethic, was a huge motivator and was always encouraging and supportive of them; yet he always respected their biological father and never overshadowed his role, she said. When Wenrich got married, both of her fathers walked her down the aisle. When Gulcynski retired five years ago, he and Wenrich’s mother, Eneida, moved to Florida to be closer to their grandchildren. It’s Wenrich’s turn now to show her support and encouragement as Gulcynski battles stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He received the diagnosis in

January. Surgery was not an option, because the cancer already had spread to his liver. Immediately, Wenrich started looking for a charity that supports this fight. “Being a runner, I knew I could make my miles count and found Project Purple,” she said. She was drawn to the caring CEO and staff, who take the time to learn about the runners and their loved ones. She said it feels like she has inherited a caring family. “As soon as I was accepted into the Project Purple NYC Marathon team, I started team #purple4papa and encouraged all of our friends and family to wear purple on Wednesdays to encourage him and send him into chemo with high spirits,” Wenrich said. Friends and family have stuck with it, and each week, her dad’s Facebook page is flooded with photos and messages. Her running group wears purple and dedicates “purple power miles” to him each Wednesday. And many of the staff members at SunRidge Elementary don purple on Wednesdays. “I am both humbled and grateful for the love and support that fills my dad’s heart week after week,” she said. Gulcynski’s only option currently is to continue chemotherapy as long as his body can handle it, she said. He is on a chemotherapy schedule of two weeks on the treatment and then one week off.

Tom Gulcynski loves spending time with his grandchildren.

Wenrich said he looks strong, has a good appetite, can take care of his fish tank and, most importantly, is able to spend time with his grandchildren. “My goal at the beginning was to show my dad how much love and support he has from friends and family, which would motivate him to keep fighting,” she said. “My dad has always encouraged me to complete everything I do with 100% effort. He worked for Ford Motor Company for 39 years and, even in retirement, continues to be very well-respected and admired by all of his colleagues. “At home, he encouraged my sister and (me) to excel at school and always be self sufficient,” she said. “My dad has instilled a work ethic in me that I have carried into adulthood.” Her training for the marathon started in July. “When the running gets hard, I tell myself, ‘It’s not cancer, it’s not chemo, this is a blessing,” Wenrich said. “I always wear my purple motivate band to remind me that every day is a gift.”

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HOW TO HELP Diana Wenrich is raising funds for Project Purple, an organization that contributes financial aid to pancreatic cancer patients and provides scholarships to children of pancreatic cancer patients, as well as to medical students committed to finding a cure. It also funds research for early detection and finding a cure. The Winter Garden runner has surpassed her $10,000 goal but continues to seek even more funds for the nonprofit. To make a donation visit her fundraising page: crowdrise. com/projectpurplenyc2017/fundraiser/ dianawenrich.

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Kevin Adams always has wanted to own a bookstore. When he was in college, he ran a small, in-home business, but he had never operated a brick-and-mortar store. In August, Adams finally realized his dream when he opened FIT Books, a Christian book and gift shop in Ocoee. When Adams learned all the Family Christian Stores, including three in Central Florida, were closing, he saw his chance to fill the void and open his own store. He prayed about it and then purchased some of the FCS inventory. He named his shop FIT Books, Freedom in Truth, after his favorite Bible verse — “John 8:32: “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” The store is set up in the old Family Christian storefront in the shopping center south of the West Oaks Mall. Merchandise at FIT Books includes hundreds of book titles, ranging from memoirs to selfhelp to children’s books. There are books on marriage and relationships, Bible studies, Christian living and commentaries, as well as Biblical dictionaries and encyclopedias. The store offers Bibles in different languages, including Spanish, French, Portuguese and Chinese. It also stocks a selection of about 500 other Spanish books. Twenty years ago, Adams was attending Bible college and seminary. He has had careers as a high school and college teacher and in pastoring and church planting, both in Missouri and Central Florida. Locally, he partners with Word on the Street Ministries and Matthew’s Hope. “If you sum me up in one word, that would be ‘equipping,’” he said. “That’s what I do, this is just another aspect of what I do — equipping the ministry.”

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Tricks on the trail GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR

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ith his wireless earphones, a dark shirt with bold lettering that spells NAVY and an inconspicuous black bag of magic tricks, Dan Muken sets off every morning to bike the West Orange Trail. The 72-year-old Vietnam veteran has biked 40 to 50 miles on the trail every day for the past year because, as he says in his own words, it’s 10% exercise and 90% fun. The fun comes in when he gets the opportunity to do the two things he loves best: perform magic tricks and make others smile. He’s been performing magic tricks since he was 5 after his mother bought him a book on how to do magic tricks with common household items. He did it as a hobby for a few years and used the old talent during toy demonstrations for his toy-selling business, World of Fun. Passers-by would ask him to do magic tricks for birthday parties. After a while, he eventually got in touch with a company that hired him as a freelance magician and provided him a steady supply of magic gigs. “It wasn’t something I planned,” he said. “I hadn’t planned on being a professional magician, but when people saw me they asked me to do it for birthday parties. So I said, ‘OK, I’ll do it.’ And they started paying me for it. I enjoyed that a lot. You make money, and you’re having a blast.” Working as a professional magician for the majority of his life made Muken quite the expert in all things magic. Recounting the details of those moments he’s made other people he met on the

Observer “If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

trail laugh in surprise with his performances leaves a glint of pride in his eyes. But even with more than 100 tricks up his sleeve, including classical card and disappearing coin tricks, his favorite trick is making the day of others who might be having a rough time. For it wasn’t too long ago that he, as well, went through a rough time.

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LOVE OF HIS LIFE

Despite his lifelong love for magic, his 45-year love for his wife, who died from ovarian cancer in July 2016 emotionally overwhelmed him and he lost all desire to do magic. Her name was Janice. And to this day, Muken still remembers the details of the day they met on a Saturday afternoon, May 22, 1971, as well as their first date to go watch a Broadway play in New York titled “Fiddler on the Roof.” Immediately following his wife’s passing, he fell into a deep depression. During that time, he recalled watching television ceaselessly, almost 24/7, he said. And it took him more than a year before he could even speak about her again. During that time, he took to expressing his grief in solace by writing love letters and poems for her. TRAIL TO THE TRAIL

It wasn’t until his son visited him one day and urged him to get out of the house and try going on bike rides on the West Orange Trail that Muken began what quickly became a daily routine he grew to love. So after his son fixed up a 17-year-old bike Muken had let sit unused in the garage for decades, Muken took his son’s advice. “I took it out to go on the trail by myself that night, and I did a roundtrip of five miles on the trail,” Muken said. “It was the first time I was ever on it, and I said to myself, ‘Wow — five miles. That’s a lot of miles! I’ll never do that again!’ I thought I could

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Dan Muken and his late wife, Janice Muken, were married for 45 years before she died from cancer in April 2016. “I met a lot of brave people during my service, but she was the bravest,” Muken said. “She never cried during it all, not once.”

“I feel like she’s not giving up on me. She’s making sure that I’m still going to enjoy my life. I really do believe that. Just like I would never let of her, she’s never going to let go of me. I might not see her, but I know she’s near.”

never break that record … but the next day I went out there and I did nine, and I thought, ‘Well that’s definitely going to be the most I’ll ever do.’ But then every day, I added a bit more. And I did it every day and never took a day off because I realized it was really helping mentally and physically. Before I knew it, I was riding almost 20 miles every day.” Now his average is about 40 to 50 miles a day, with 57 miles being his personal record high. The past 14 months of biking made him lose 72 pounds and helped him slowly heal from the loss of his wife, who he said always encouraged him to love and live life to the fullest. “I feel like she’s not giving up on me,” he said. “She’s making sure that I’m still going to enjoy my life. I really do believe that. Just like I would never let of her, she’s never going to let go of me. I might not see her, but I know she’s near.”

— Dan Muken

Moore seeks commission seat CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A

“While more improvement is still needed, I believe after the success of this current school board — winning the Broad Prize for Urban Education, Governor’s Sterling Awards for efficiency and customer service, over a 40-point increase in graduation rates, increased pass rates on AP exams, deployment of 100,000 digital devices to middle- and high -school students — it is time to leave on a high note,” she said. The candidate said she believes the county does an extraordinary job with the county’s infrastructure. “However, collaboration and mutual visioning with other local governments is necessary

in this highly competitive, global job market,” Moore said. “More attention could be paid to recruiting employers and new industries to Pine Hills and Ocoee. Emergency management could have been more collaborative with municipalities, faith-based and civic organizations. “Safe-walk initiatives could be coordinated in school zones where high numbers of students approach school walking or biking,” she said. “Public works functions, while highly responsive to constituent concerns, could be more equitably scheduled.” Moore is hoping to forge a better relationship between the School Board and County Commission. “In the past, there has been a school-siting ordinance that was

outdated; in fact it hadn’t been updated in 25 years,” Moore said. “This caused difficulty in highgrowth areas for opening new schools. The district voluntarily gave up building high schools in rural settlements in exchange for clarifying rules governing school sites opening ‘by right.’ “Safe walk and bike routes could be better planned and constructed if the two bodies were more collaborative,” she said. “Emergency management during hurricanes could be expanded with the county and school district working more purposefully together.” Moore was elected to the Orange County School Board in the fall of 2008 and served as vice chair from 2012-13. She has been

the chair of the board’s communication committee during her entire tenure on the board. During Moore’s nine years on the School Board, she rebuilt 15 schools, initiated a studentand parent-led school-grounds beautification program, created the annual Apopka Arts and Jazz Festival, authored a local history book and began Ocoee Blue Jay and Cardinal Days. Moore is a real-estate agent with Weichert Realtors — Hallmark Properties. She is a member of the Apopka and West Orange Chambers of Commerce, Museum of the Apopkans, Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Orange County History Center and Friends of the Wekiva. She belongs to and plays in the orchestra at Trinity Baptist Church. She has a cum laude music education degree from the University of Michigan. She lives with her two adult children and granddaughter in Apopka.

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1000 block of West Colonial Drive. At about 1:50 a.m., an officer performed a traffic stop on a vehicle driving with only one functioning tail light. Police dispatch advised the driver had a history of illegal narcotics violations and failures to appear. The officer asked the driver for consent to search the vehicle, but the driver denied the officer permission. A K-9 officer was called to the scene to perform an air sniff of the vehicle. The K-9 alerted to the vehicle and the officer conducted a search. The officer found a backpack with a grinder possessing a green leafy substance that tested positive for cannabis. The driver was arrested and charged with possession of cannabis and drug paraphernalia.

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West Colonial Drive. At about 10:45 a.m., an Oakland police officer was notified of a reckless driver by a Winter Garden police officer. The Oakland police officer located the vehicle, which had a large horizontal crack on the windshield and was following a red van at an unsafe distance. The officer performed a traffic stop on the reckless female driver, who displayed erratic behavior and nonstop fidgeting upon being questioned. The officer suspected the driver was under the influence of a narcotic and called for a K-9 officer to perform an open-air sniff. The female driver admitted there was marijuana in the center console and said it belonged to her son. A used syringe was also located in her purse. The

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District completes design of future Bridgewater relief school Orange County Public Schools showed parents the finished designs for Site 37-M-SW-4. GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR

HORIZON WEST The district shared

the completed designs for the $37.8 million school designated to relieve the overcrowded Bridgewater Middle School during a community meeting held Oct. 18. The new relief school, which starts construction January 2018, will open in August 2019. Labeled Site 37-M-SW-4, the future middle school will have a capacity of 1,213 students. School officials hope site 37 will alleviate the severe crowding at Bridgewater, which has 2,256 students enrolled as of October 2017 with a capacity of 1,040. According to the school’s site

plan, site 37 will be located on 25.56 acres south of Tattant Boulevard, directly east of Berkshire Place Townhomes and west of Winter Garden Vineland Road. At the meeting, school officials informed the roughly 15 parents in attendance that the school will have four buildings encompassing 172,000 square feet arranged around a central courtyard, as well as space for about 12 portables for potential future use. The building to the north of the courtyard will have the administration office where the main entry will be located, student labs and an art room. The building to the east will be a multipurpose building that will hold the cafeteria, music suite with three rooms dedicated for band, choir and orchestra, and a covered dining area. The building to the south will be a three-story classroom building for all the grades with 10-foot

wide corridors and an administrative suite on each floor, and the building to the west will have the gymnasium. The parking lot for parent dropoff and pick-up will have 174 parking spaces and be able to support a 232-car queue line. The school also will have two access points — one solely for buses and one for parents. Three bike racks will be included on the campus. Parents at the meeting directed questions to school officials involving bike trails and vehicular traffic, because there will be no direct access for parents via Winter Garden Vineland Road (County Road 535). Parents will need to turn onto Lakeside Village Lane. Jessma Lambert, the district’s facilities director, said the district will conduct a traffic study once the school opens to see if more new crosswalks, traffic signals or stop signs are warranted to man-

age traffic. The other issue parents brought up regarded bike paths for those students who instead ride to school. OCPS officials said the district will work toward a designated bike route. The district will be hosting a second presentation on the 100% design plans for parents who missed the Oct. 18 meeting. Another community meeting also will be held near the end of 2018 at the “40% construction update” meeting, where residents may voice concerns about construction traffic.

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t Harbor House of Central Florida’s Signature Purple Door Luncheon, four local community advocates were honored for their efforts in serving victims of and speaking up against domestic violence. The annual luncheon, held this year on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the Rosen Centre Hotel, honors these champions of courage. Among those honored were Apopka Police Chief Michael McKinley, Orlando Commissioner Patty Sheehan, Ted Maines and the Muslim Women’s Organization.

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Anniversary of hope Upon his return to the church, he and the congregation began to piece together a plan to bring the vision to life. Twenty years later, that vision — Shepherd’s Hope — continues to thrive and provide health care to uninsured or underinsured Central Floridians. “No one could have anticipated the true community impact,” said Marni Stahlman, president and CEO of Shepherd’s Hope. “Everyone involved back at that point at inception knew they were in a compassionate, heartfelt mission to try to create access to health care services for the uninsured. (Today) the need is still the same — the folks that need our services need them today as much as when we first started. It’s as pertinent and resilient as it was from the beginning.” Shepherd’s Hope first opened its doors in 1997 and runs on donated time and finances to provide necessary medical care to lowincome families. At its inception, the demand was so overwhelming that families would make long treks to be seen for free.

Today, the organization runs five medical clinics. It also just broke ground on what will be its first permanent, 10,000-squarefoot medical facility, to be located near Maxey Elementary in Winter Garden. “We had our first patient on Valentine’s Day (in) 1997,” Stahlman said, tracing back to Shepherd’s Hope’s first day in operation 20 years ago. “It was at the West Orange vocational tech center, and that’s one of the cool parts about the new building coming around, because it’s a block from where we saw our first patient.” MAKING THE DREAM WORK

When Shepherd’s Hope first opened, the concept of a free health care clinic in the state of Florida was virtually nonexistent, Stahlman said. Barnes received God’s calling while walking along the beach line, but the direction as to bringing it to fruition took a little more thought. “The community coming together in this elaborate array of partnerships among hospitals, individual providers, nurses, busi-

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nesses, schools, faith partners — everybody embraced this,” Stahlman said. “Today, there are 92 free clinics, including Shepherd’s Hope, across the state.” Those eligible for services have income at or below 200% of the poverty level, are uninsured and not eligible for governmentassisted health care programs, according to the organization’s website. Doctors, nurses and other volunteers donate their time to regularly staff each of the organization’s five health centers, which typically are open several evenings each week. Area hospitals partner with Shepherd’s Hope to provide routine laboratory and radiology services, and some health agencies provide specialty services for patients needing more advanced care. “Shepherd’s Hope leads Florida both in the number of patients we see annually and the number of clinics,” Stahlman said. “I think everyone (involved at inception) envisioned they would make an impact and the mission was designed to help anyone that needed access to health care, but

I truly believe they couldn’t have foreseen how extensive and far reaching and impactful that walk on the beach that day would be 20 years later.” ROARING ‘20S

This year’s theme for the Famous Faces Masquerade Ball — the organization’s largest annual fundraiser — is the Roaring ‘20s, in honor of its 20th year in operation. While the gala itself is in its 17th year, it serves this time as both a fundraiser and a celebration of Shepherd’s Hope’s two decades of service. Responsible for raising 30% of the organization’s operating budget, the masquerade is a significant event each year. Without it, Stahlman said, they wouldn’t be able to extend their mission as far as is needed. “It really is a very essential component of our operations every year,” she said. “There really is a purpose, and while they’re there enjoying the festivities, we never lose sight of the fact that the purpose of us gathering together is to raise the dollars to support the mission.”

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TIES TO THE ART WORLD

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Photos by Amy Quesinberry

Debra Vineyard has 13 pieces of her necktie artwork on display at the Winter Garden Library.

Winter Garden artist Debra Vineyard can take a handful of neckties and, with some creative snipping and gluing, turn them into pieces of art. AMY QUESINBERRY

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As executor of her friends’ estate, Debra Vineyard was tasked with taking care of their home and everything in it after their deaths about seven years ago. “They were both corporate suit people, and when they passed away, I had to go in and sell the house and all their belongings, and when I saw all their beautiful neckties, I lost it,” Vineyard said. “That really affected me. “When it came time to sell their ties, I couldn’t sell them,” she said. “I put them in a bag and took them home, and I stored them in my art closet.” Fast-forward to the day Vineyard was cleaning out her art closet. She came across the ties and decided to create an art piece in memory of her friends. She had a picture in her head and set out to depict it with the colorful ties, some scissors, a bottle of wood glue and a canvas. The result was a rainbow bridge of sorts for her two friends, Jay and Dennis, and their ascent into heaven, she said. “That was my way of overcoming the death of my friends,” Vineyard, of Winter Garden, said.

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Thirteen of Debra Vineyard’s original necktie artwork pieces are on display through November at the Winter Garden Branch Library, 805 E. Plant St., Winter Garden.

“They always had pushed me to be creative. They had always wanted me to use my creativity. ... They always pushed me, and I find it peculiar that their ties led me to almost a vocation for me.” FULL OF EMOTION

Vineyard has made necktie art pieces for herself and as commissioned projects. When someone requests a piece, she said, it is typically as a memorial to a loved one who has died. For a more personal touch, whenever possible, she uses one or more ties belonging to the deceased person or close relative. “It’s very emotional for me as an artist and for them as the recipient,” Vineyard said. She experienced a beautiful moment when she presented a piece to a man who wanted one dedicated to his deceased brother. “There were a lot of tears in this

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