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+ Montverde senior wins chamber award Montverde Academy senior Ciara “Pepper” Hopkins, also the school’s head prefect, received the South Lake Chamber of Commerce’s Outstanding October Student of the Month Award. Hopkins received her award at a South Lake Chamber of Commerce breakfast, held Oct. 17, at the Clermont City Center. Wesley Reed, of Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. presented the award. The distinction recognizes the most outstanding student nominated from each high school in South Lake County.
SPORTS Legacy seniors reflect on beginnings of football program. PAGE 1B
public safety by Michael Eng | Executive Editor
Winter Garden, Ocoee enter 911-call partnership Beginning in July 2015, emergency calls in Ocoee will be handled by the call center in Winter Garden. WINTER GARDEN — City commissioners approved the authorization of an five-year inter-local agreement that will change the way Ocoee handles its police-dispatching services. Beginning in July 2015, Ocoee calls will be handled
by Winter Garden’s dispatching facilities. Currently, Ocoee calls are managed by Apopka. Winter Garden Police Chief George Brennan said the change would provide for better service for both municipalities. Brennan said the existing dispatching center
would be reconfigured to accommodate the larger staff. The additional employees also will allow the center to operate in three shifts. Winter Garden already handles dispatching calls for Oakland. Under this agreement, calls from three West Orange
municipalities will be routed to the same location and, more importantly, use the same software. “Oakland, Winter Garden and Ocoee will all be on the same software system and (be able to) exchange information easily,” Brennan said. “Right now, if we start something, and we’re heading into
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GIDDY UP!
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, so be sure to move your clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday night. This means the evenings will start getting darker earlier — until the second Sunday in March, when daylight saving time resumes.
+ Volunteers needed for Relay for Life
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WO This week’s winner is
Mary Beth Asma. See the photo on PAGE 7B.
by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer
George Lopez
Robert Smith, Windermere’s town manager, was elected treasurer of the chapter.
NFL alumni form chapter The Central Floridabased chapter will include hundreds of former players between the Tampa and Orlando areas.
+ Turn your clocks back
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Winter Garden is seeking volunteers in the West Orange area for a variety of volunteer needs. Help is needed to organize and recruit fundraising teams; garner community support; coordinate logistics; seek refreshments and prizes; plan entertainment; and lend a hand to ensure the success of the 2015 event. If you would like to join the Relay For Life of Winter Garden as a volunteer or team participant, call the American Cancer Society, (407) 581-2520, or visit RelayForLife.org/ WinterGardenFL.
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Michael Eng
Violette Zengotita, 5, saddled up for the bouncy horse race Oct. 17, at Westbrooke Elementary School’s annual Fall Carnival. The carnival is the school’s largest fundraiser of the year. For more photos, see page 10A.
WINDERMERE — About 20 former NFL players from as far as St. Petersburg, with retirement dates ranging from before the first Super Bowl to this July, met to establish the Central Florida Chapter of the NFL Alumni Association Oct. 23, at Windermere Town Hall. After a catered meal with fine wine, Mike Attardi, the meeting host and a developmental-squad kicker for the Los Angeles Raiders in 1991 and 1992, explained the ideas behind the formation of this chapter. “We’re going to connect and join with the alumni in Tam-
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INVESTIGATION by Steven Ryzewski | Sports Editor
see the world by Amy Quesinberry Rhode | Community Editor
Foundation Academy coach suspended after post-game fight
The event will feature films, entertainment, art, food and more.
An altercation ensued following the Oct. 24 game between Foundation and Trinity Prep. WINTER GARDEN — The Foundation Academy Lions rallied to a 24-20 win over the Trinity Prep Saints Oct. 24 in a come-from-behind victory capped by a defensive stand in the game’s waning moments. But, as thrilling as the onfield actions were, it was what happened after the game clock read triple zeroes that has everyone talking.
City of Winter Garden introduces Culture Fest WINTER GARDEN — West Orange residents will have a chance to celebrate cultures from around the world at the inaugural two-day Winter Garden Culture Fest, held jointly by the city of Winter Garden and Florida Film Academy. This family-friendly festival — set for 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2 — will provide opportunities to learn about other cultures
A physical altercation between players from both schools followed the end of the game. The fight was broken up by coaches, administrators and off-duty law enforcement officers from both the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Despite conflicting reports
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The festival includes artwork that celebrates different cultures.
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INDEX Business.................................6B Calendar.................................2A
Crossword...............................7B History....................................5A
Obituaries.............................17A Schools................................14A
Sports.....................................1B Weather..................................7B
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COMMUNITYCALENDAR THURSDAY, OCT. 30
Halloween Spooktacular — 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Children ages 3 to 12 are invited to wear their best costume to the library for ghoulish games, creepy crafts and spooky stories. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Relay For Life Kick-Off — 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, at Tanner Hall, 29 W. Garden Ave., Winter Garden. Relay For Life of Winter Garden, Ocoee, Oakland and Windermere will unite to launch Relay For Life 2015. (407) 3765543.
FRIDAY, OCT. 31 Windermere Farmers Market — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, in Windermere Town Square, 614 Main St. The market features fresh produce, bread, a wide variety of plants, homemade pasta, local honey, gourmet cheese and much more. (407) 625-3818.
SATURDAY, NOV. 1 Eighth Annual Veterans and Families of Veterans Appreciation — 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 1, at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, 55 Center St., Winter Garden. Veterans and their families will be recognized during the program. Charlie Mae Wilder, (407) 529-5214; Zera Rodgers, (407) 347-5811; or Joseph Singletary, (407) 219-8913. Ethics Symposium — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, in the Gleason Room at Health Central Hospital, 10000 W. Colonial Drive, Ocoee. The Third Annual Health Central Ethics Symposium provides nurses the opportunity to obtain Continuing Education Units. Breakfast and lunch is provided. To RSVP, email scott.fleming@healthcentral.org. Founders’ Day Poker Run — 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Clarke Grub and Pub, 1113 S. Clarke Road, Ocoee. The Ocoee Police
Department, in conjunction with the Ocoee Founders’ Day Festival, will host the annual Founders’ Day Festival Poker Run, featuring motorcycles, classic cars and hot rods. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. The cost for the first hand is $10. Additional hands are $5. For more, visit ocoeefoundersfestival.org/schedule/poker-run.
Give Back to Our Communities Outing — noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 1, at West Side Park, 525 Hull Ave., Oakland. Anointed Ground Church, in Oakland, is sponsoring the event. Giveaways will include clothing, shoes and food, and there will be games. The park was recently updated with new playground equipment. Teen Driving School — 8 a.m. to noon or 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, and Sunday, Nov. 2, at Manheim Orlando, 11801 W. Colonial Drive, Ocoee. The B.R.A.K.E.S. Teen Pro-Active Driving School offers free, advanced driver training for teens to improve skill and confidence behind the wheel. To register, visit PutOnTheBrakes.org. Winter Garden Culture Fest — 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, in downtown Winter Garden. Enjoy live music, food, shopping, street performers and more. Entry is free, along with free workshops, film screenings and kids’ activities. (407) 6548400. Winter Garden Farmers Market — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays at the downtown pavilion, 104 S. Lakeview Ave. Choose from a large selection of vendors with fresh fruits and vegetables, homemade items, flowers and more. Live music 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Yoga for Canine Companions — noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Winter Garden Yoga, 12 W. Plant St. On behalf of Team Kermit Canine Companions for Independence, the studio is holding a fundraiser class, available by donation only, to help
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train service dogs so they can help others in need. (407) 5799889.
TUESDAY, NOV. 4 Fall Mosaics for Adults — 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, now through Nov. 18, at The Art Room, 709 Main St., Windermere. Learn how to create a unique mosaic pumpkin craft, just in time for Thanksgiving. The cost is $200. All supplies are included. (407) 909-1869.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5 Living Letters: Encountering Colossians — 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, at First United Methodist Church, 125 N. Lakeview Ave., Winter Garden. Experience a free, one-man show of the book of Colossians, written and performed by Broadway actor Stephen Trafton. (407) 656-1135.
THURSDAY, NOV. 6 Disneynature’s “Bears” Film — 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Children ages 6 to 12 are invited to enjoy the movie and a craft. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Ladies’ Night Out — 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at Church of the Messiah Parish Hall, 241 N. Main St., Winter Garden. Enjoy food, wine, shopping, a silent auction, door prizes, fun and fellowship. Proceeds will go to the Building Fund. Lead and Feed — noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at Bistro CloClo, 7600 Dr. Phillips Blvd, Suite 22, Orlando. The West Orange Chamber of Commerce will hold the last Lead and Feed of the year and welcomes participants to indulge in great company and French food at a new Dr. Phillips restaurant. The cost is $15 if paid in advance; $20 at the door. To register, call (407) 656-1304. “Our Town” Art Exhibit — opening reception 5:30 to 8:30
BEST BET HalloweenFest — 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, in downtown Winter Garden. Enjoy a night of haunted happenings along Plant Street, including trick or treating, bounce houses, live entertainment and local crafts and food. For more information, call (407) 656-4155. p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at the SoBo Gallery, 127 S. Boyd St., Winter Garden. The exhibit will be available through Sunday, Nov. 30. Featuring small town life, the “Our Town” exhibit will display an artful Winter Garden and other surrounding areas. For more information, call (407) 347-7996.
FRIDAY, NOV. 7 Founders’ Day Festival — 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, and 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Bill Breeze Park, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee. The City of Ocoee’s 21st Annual Founders’ Day Festival will host some of country music’s biggest names. Chris Young will headline Saturday’s concerts, and Kellie Pickler will headline on Friday. Families also can enjoy carnival rides, fireworks, food vendors, a family fishing tournament, a classic car show and the Chickfil-A 5K and Kids Fun Run. Tickets for preferred seating are available. For more information, visit ocoeefoundersfestival.org. Preventing Identity Theft — 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. Learn how
to avoid identity theft, lottery scams, tax fraud and sweepstake scams during this workshop. Other discussion topics include how to report identity theft and the resources available if victimized. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Rumble in the Jungle — 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Take part in a jungle adventure with songs, stories and more. For children ages 3 to 5. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Veterans Job Fair — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at the University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd, Orlando. UCF will host the Central Florida Veterans Job Fair to help local veterans and their families find work. For more information, call (904) 5090599.
SATURDAY, NOV. 8 Corn Harvest Festival — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at the downtown Winter Garden pavilion, 104 S. Lakeview Ave. The weekly farmers market will transform into an old-fashioned
corn harvest festival. Families can enjoy hay rides, pumpkin decorating, freshly roasted corn and more, along with exploring vendor booths at the market. (407) 656-4111. Pickleball Tournament — 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at Veterans Memorial Park, 420 S. Park Ave., Winter Garden. The city of Winter Garden and Pickleball Specialties will co-host their first age-level specific pickleball tournament, combining tennis, badminton, ping pong and racquetball. All ages are welcome. To register, visit pickleballspecialties.com or usapa.org. Shape Up 4 Seniors — 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Join Shape Up 4 Seniors, LLC for an interactive health program and take part in a demonstration of Zumba Gold, a modified lower-intensity fitness class. Learn about local resources and activities available to seniors. For more information, visit shapeup4seniors.com. St. Luke’s Holiday Bazaar — 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 4851 S. ApopkaVineland Road, Orlando. The United Methodist Women invite families to browse specialty boutiques for holiday gifts and meet Santa Claus. A special area will be available for children to shop for their families. For more information, call (407) 923-8409. Tai Chi and Ki Breathing — 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. No prior experience is needed. For ages 10 and up. Registration is required. For more information, call (407) 835-7323. Tribute to Our Heroes — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Dr. P. Phillips YMCA, 7000 Dr. Phillips Blvd., Orlando. Retired Lt. Gen. Jay Montgomery Garner will be the keynote speaker. (407) 351-9417.
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precaution by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer
Health Central preps for Ebola Doctors and nurses at the Ocoee hospital have been trained in advanced protocol to treat Ebola patients. OCOEE — Although only five cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the United States, the staff at Health Central Hospital in Ocoee has taken precautions beyond the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We have a team throughout the hospital that would feel ready if an Ebola patient came to our hospital,” said Dr. Bart Rodier, Health Central’s chief quality officer. “We’ve been preparing since August, educating all of our employees on Ebola virus, and we have been assembling the equipment needed to protect our employees, and we have been practicing with the equipment so that we can use it in the proper manner.” Mike Hassell, safety officer and emergency manager at Health Central, said staff had worked to ensure safety. “We’ll make sure the patient is in a safe environment and that the hospital is safe for the rest of our patients and staff,”
Hassell said. “We want to make sure everyone is comfortable and confident in doing so.” The first step is identifying potential Ebola carriers early, with the disease atop employees’ minds, Rodier said. “If a patient calls us, we ask, ‘Have you traveled to West Africa recently or contacted anyone with Ebola recently?’ and ‘Have you a fever and some other signs, such as muscle ache and vomiting?’” Rodier said. “If the answers are positive, we tell them to stay there, so we can limit exposure and get to them. ... We have modeled exactly how we want to keep this patient isolated from everyone.” Such isolation would involve specially designed negative-pressure rooms equipped like regular hospital rooms, Hassell said. Negative pressure means air only enters the room. The air is run through a filter and then properly discharged outside after it has been scrubbed. This practically
eradicates chances of contacting Ebola outside that room. As for inside the room, the CDC has mandated complete coverage with zero skin exposure among medical personnel. “That means a Tivex suit, which is like a coverall that has built-in booties and a hood, coming in different sizes for all workers,” Rodier said. “We wear a special respirator mask to protect us from breathing droplets in. We wear a face shield and tape all of it, so there is no exposure to the skin at all. We wear double gloves and double booties. It is important to put on and take off the equipment correctly.” The gloves are the same type surgeons use, with the second pair a half-size larger than the first. The only way to penetrate both sets would be to stick oneself with a needle. The disposal process involves several steps, including bleaching all equipment, linens and anything else in the room, Hassell said. Those
materials are then bagged two or three times, with each bag bleached, he said. “The whole container goes in a 55-gallon UN-regulated drum that would be shipped out or incinerated on site,” Hassell said. “Everything in the room would also be treated, including a UV light we use to exterminate any possible germ in the room before patients use it again. That’s a regular part of our cleaning protocol.” Health Central has a licensed carrier to move the drums to an incinerator five blocks away, in a government-regulated process, Rodier said. Rodier has led education on the Ebola’s history, as well. “Ebola virus was discovered in 1976,” he said. “There have been outbreaks in various areas since. It is easy to kill with a leech. It is spread between people by direct contact, such as exposure to a sick person’s sweat, blood or stool. After a person contacts the virus, they develop symptoms between two and 21 days. The person exposed is not contagious until they start having fevers.”
STAR POWER by Amy Quesinberry Rhode | Community Editor
Mike Hassell, safety officer and emergency manager, was tasked with preparing the hospital for Ebola patients.
Dr. Bart Rothier, chief quality officer at Health Central, has helped lead hospital staff in Ebola preparations.
Most U.S. cases of Ebola originated in West Africa, and among those who have had the virus in the U.S., most are out of the hospital and Ebola free. “The one death we had in the U.S. was from Liberia, coming here with more advanced symptoms,” Hassell said. “It’s the one death we know of ever by Ebola in the U.S. We have the benefit of much more advanced medical practice. We make sure we monitor everyone people with exposure come across.” All other infectious diseases combine for 75,000 American deaths — just one of them from Ebola. More than half of these deaths were from the flu
last year, with numbers rising because citizens are avoiding vaccinations of all sorts. “The flu kills in the U.S. an average of 30,000 people a year,” Rodier said. “That’s why it’s so important to have the flu vaccine. That is a very real threat, and there are several flu viruses all around us. We’re all at risk for developing the flu every winter.” Whether Ebola, the flu or otherwise, the steps to prevent sickness and disease outbreaks are fundamental, Hassell said. “Get vaccinated, wash hands frequently, and don’t contact sick people,” he said. Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@ wotimes.com.
farewell by Amy Quesinberry Rhode | Community Editor
Longtime health care advocate leaving David Sylvester started his Central Florida career in 1997 as vice president for long-term care at Health Central Park.
Photos by Amy Quesinberry Rhode
Announcing to the nation that “We Just Shake It Off” are Ashley Benson, left, Lexi Flanigan, Sydney Mays, Shay Henderson and Janel Hernandez. The local teens will be in New York City this week for a Taylor Swift concert after winning a national video contest.
SHAKING IT OFF
“Good Morning America” invaded downtown Winter Garden Oct. 26, as five girls learned they won nationwide contest to meet Taylor Swift. WINTER GARDEN — Five local teens videotaped a choreographed dance routine at downtown Winter Garden’s splash pad last week and entered the video in Good Morning America’s “Shake It Off” Contest. The prize? A chance to meet singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and have VIP seating for her New York City performance this week. The video made by the girls — 13-year-olds Sydney Mays, Janel Hernandez and Shay Henderson, and 15-year-olds Lexi Flanigan and Ashley Benson — competed with about 800 other videos, and officials selected theirs as a finalist. On Monday morning, the girls assembled at the splash pad with “Good Morning America” cameras and producers and a sea of sideline participants, from Ocoee and West Orange high school cheerleaders and Ocoee marching band members to fans of GMA and Swift. When the cameras rolled at 8:45 a.m., the teens, and all of America, found out during the live broadcast that they actually won the contest. The girls screamed and danced and waved their giant cardboard VIP tickets, and the crowd cheered with them. Swift was on Monday’s show live from New York and congratulated the local dancers, who are all students at Shooting Stars School of Performing Arts in Clermont. The pop star told the grinning girls: “I love you so much.
“Good Morning America” producers Margaret Pergler, left, and Amanda Keegan were in Winter Garden on Monday for the big announcement. I’m so emotional watching your video. You put so much thought into it, and you put so much spirit into it, and I’m so excited to meet you guys.” She also wished Janel an onair happy birthday. Contestants were asked to send in a 30-second dancing or acting video that explained why they were inspired by Swift’s new No. 1 song, “Shake
It Off.” More than 800 entries were submitted. When asked why the song inspired them, Sydney said: “Taylor is just such an inspiring person. And her song just basically says, ‘Shake off all the negativity that comes with life and just be yourself, and if you’re happy with who you are, then everyone else should be, too.’”
Each video had to include a 200-word essay, and Sydney included those words; but she also said she was inspired by her friend, Lexi, who keeps a positive outlook on life despite living with Type 1 Diabetes. In the video they submitted, the girls are cruising in a convertible and stop at the splash pad in downtown Winter Garden. They jump out and start dancing in unison as water shoots up around them. The GMA producers said they loved the video and where it was shot and wanted to broadcast from that same location. On Wednesday, the dancers flew to New York City and were set to appear on Thursday’s “Good Morning America” to meet Swift and enjoy her concert as special guests. Sydney and Shay live in Winter Garden, Lexi is from Ocoee, Janel is a Windermere resident, and Ashley lives in Clermont. Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.
OCOEE — Friday will be David Sylvester’s last day as executive director of the West Orange Healthcare District. He and his wife, Lynne, are moving from Winter Garden to the Sarasota area, where he has accepted a position as president and CEO of Pines of Sarasota, a 25-acre non-profit, post-acute care campus. He will begin the new job in mid-November. “I am very excited for this next chapter,” Sylvester said in a recent Facebook post announcing his move. He wants to get back to health care operations, he said. “I love working with a large team,” he said. “I love providing safe and high-quality care for elders. And I’ve done it since I’ve been in my early 20s.” The Pines of Sarasota, founded by the Kiwanians in 1948, has a skilled-nursing facility like Health Central Park and includes assisted-living units, dementia care and an educational institute that organizes educational videos on elderly care. It also operates two upscale thrift shops that reportedly have the best antiques in the area, he said. “I will have to trade my Rotary pin for a Kiwanis pin,” the longtime Winter Garden Rotarian and former Rotary president quipped. Sylvester served one year as executive director but has a long affiliation with healthcare in West Orange County. He started his Central Florida career in 1997 as vice president for long-term care at Health Central Park. Around 2003, he became senior vice president at Health Central and also served as president of the Health Central Foundation in 2008. In 2011, he went to work for Orlando Health prior to its acquisition of Health Central Hospital. He spent two years there before taking the position of the healthcare district’s executive director. He started his career in health in 1986 as a certified nursing assistant in Maine before becoming a respiratory therapist and ambulance driver. He served as a nursing home administrator in Jacksonville before moving in 1997 to West Orange. In his role as executive director of the West Orange Healthcare District, Sylvester said he led the group “in charge of the grants-making
David Sylvester process for non-profit healthcare-related initiatives and existing initiatives.” In 2012, Orlando Health purchased Health Central Hospital and Health Central Park, and the healthcare district was the recipient of those dollars, he said. One of the district’s biggest accomplishments under his direction, he said, was giving Health Central $25 million to build an emergency room and $14 million toward the $19 million bed tower project. The district now is conducting a search for a new executive director, and the trustees will hire the replacement. On the board are Timothy Keating (chairman), John Murphy Jr. (vice chairman), Maryke Lee (secretary) and Steven Stanford (treasurer). Trustees are Kurt Ardaman, Ward Britt, Dr. Denise Carter, Shannon Gravitte, Keisha Francis, Mark Griffith, Gerald Jowers, Carolyn Sawyer, Don Shaw, Rod Talbot, Rosemary Wilsen and Roniece Weaver. Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.
ABOUT THE DISTRICT
The West Orange Healthcare District is an independent board of 16 citizens appointed by the governor to serve the health and wellness needs of the area’s communities through the funding of innovative programs and the expansion of services. The Florida Legislature first established this independent special healthcare district in 1949. The district stretches from Kirkman Road in the east to the Lake County line in the west and from the city of Apopka in the north to the Osceola County line to the south.
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+ Chamber endorses millage increase Dear Editor: At the October West Orange Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meeting, the board voted to support the continuation of the Orange County Public Schools current one-mill ad-valorem millage. These funds will continue to be utilized for essential operating expenses in order to preserve academic programs, retain highly qualified teachers and protect arts, athletics and student activities. Four years ago, Orange County voters approved the original increase. With the increase, OCPS was able to retain the equivalent of 170 highly qualified teachers, continue arts programs at all schools, athletic-assistance programs and student activities, such as the after-school tutorial program and student field trips. This financial support assisted OCPS in maintaining its momentum of success. A great example of this momentum is Orange County Public School’s recent acceptance of the coveted Broad Prize for urban education. OCPS earned this prestigious award for closing achievement gaps and raising student performance across all demographics. This one-mill ad-valorem millage is different from the half-penny sales tax renewal voters passed in August. The half-penny sales tax is used for capital improvements such as renovations to or replacement of existing schools and procurement of classroom technology. The one-mill ad-valorem millage goes solely toward operational expenses — staff and programs within the school. The backbone of success is a well-rounded education, not only because of the
great opportunities it provides our young people, but also because “A” and “B” schools increase our community and personal property values. The WOCC understands that excellent schools are an economic driver, and its board wants OCPS to maintain their momentum of success. Whether you vote by absentee ballot, early voting or in person on Nov. 4, the WOCC urges you to vote “yes” for the continued funding of the one-mill ad valorem millage. Krista Compton Carter West Orange Chamber of Commerce
+ Webster represents young Floridians Dear Editor: Politicians on both sides of the aisle talk about outreach to the young Floridians in my generation, asking us to be involved with their campaigns, to understand the issues of the day, and, most importantly, to get out the vote for themselves and their party. But in what ways have they served us? My congressman, U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster, is a perfect example of how to sincerely serve the interests of young Floridians instead of giving us lip service. During his time in Washington, he voluntarily rolled back his salary to 2008 levels, returned $1.25 million from his congressional office budget to the Treasury to pay down the debt, and cosponsored more than 150 bipartisan pieces of legislation. My point is this: Our congressman has done a great job pursuing meaningful solutions for my generation, while embodying the philosophy of principled “servant leadership” instead of looking
to accumulate power in government. Young Floridians don’t need talking heads. We need examples and leaders to follow. Thank you, U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster, for being an example and pursuing real world solutions to the problems that face my generation and the problems that affect all of us. Brian T. Empric vice chairman, Florida Federation of Young Republicans president, Orange County Young Republicans
+ Windermere needs stricter tree ordinances Dear Editor: Our beloved trees that give Windermere its ambience are in danger of falling away — one tree at a time! These trees also help to absorb storm water runoff for the Butler Chain of Lakes. Windermere Tree Board planted about 200 trees last year, but, unfortunately, 1,000 trees were bulldozed. Why? It’s too easy and cheap for developers to cut rather than plan around historic trees in their path. Did you know that to replace a 48-inch circumference, majestic, 300-year-old live oak would cost more than $10,000, but a developer has to pay only $1,800 to the town for the code violation of cutting a historic tree? When you have a developer planning millions of dollars of development, what’s $1,800 to them? It’s the cost of doing business! Our Town Council had an opportunity to write stricter codes for tree removal, but the Development Review Board gutted the Tree Board’s recommendations. Hence a paltry $1,800 to make their bulldozers have an easier day. Talk to council members — let them know your feelings. Once a tree falls, it will be a long time until we can sit in the shade under that tree. Janet Sgamma member, Windermere Tree Board
TRAVELIN’ TIMES
GUATEMALA CITY. When Cecelia Pruett, of Winter Garden, took a mission trip to a small village outside of Guatemala City, she made sure she packed her West Orange Times. All Travelin’ Times photos are entered into our photo contest. One Editors’ Choice winner and one Readers’ Choice winner will receive a $250 gift card. The contest is open through Dec. 31, 2014. Entering is easy! Just snap a photo of you with the paper at your destination of choice and email it to Community Editor Amy Quesinberry Rhode, aqrhode@wotimes.com. You also can mail or drop off the photo: The West Orange Times, 720 S. Dillard St., Winter Garden 34787. Emailed photos should be at least 200 dpi. Include the names of everyone in the photo, where it was taken and a phone number where the editor can reach you. Call the newspaper office at (407) 656-2121 with questions.
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Second-grade teacher impressive in recent visit I am a staggering 5 feet, 3 little desks were arranged 1/4 inches tall. In my world, in deliberate collaboraI tower over no one. In fact, tive grouping. This was a I am quite used to looking classroom that certainly up at both my students and fostered learning — but my athletes, and this doesn’t beyond that, I could tell faze me. Perhaps it’s the it also nurtured creativity, feisty Italian blood of my passion and a sincere love foremothers or the inherent for innovative instruction. intensity of my Napoleon Of course, this distinctive complex, but I can’t realenthusiasm was emphaly see myself teaching or sized even more by the belt Marty wore. It resembled a coaching at any other level. professional-grade tool belt No, it seems high school and held an assortment of was my destiny all along. convenient supplies any OK, fine: I also cried the teacher would be thrilled to last time I went to an elehave on hand — or waist: mentary school, so I really Post-it notes, scissors, pens, haven’t had much desire to markers, paperclips, rubber go back to one. That’s right, the year was 1999, and I was bands, eraser, timer, keys, stapler, tape, school ID and in high school myself. My much more. For the mom, a phenomebuckle, he designed nal educator, taught a special logo creatphysical education ed on a 3D printer. I at an elementary loved it. school for students After a few minutes, with severe emoI accompanied him tional and behavdown a set of stairs ioral disabilities, to pick up his class and, in the spring of from their Wednesmy freshman year, I volunteered to assist KRISTEN day-morning special, her with field day. I IANNUZZI PE. Teachers signaled arrived eager to help for their classes, and her students partician obedient line of pate in an array of challeng- little bodies formed in front ing obstacles — hula hoops, of them. This military-style potato sacks, egg-spoon precision made me smile races — the excitement was as I thought about passing palpable. periods at my school: 3,800 It was only a matter of students (the majority taller minutes, however, before than me) piling into hallone of her delightful 8-year- ways for a brief six minutes olds had me in tears after of freedom before making spouting off a colorful array their way to their next of well-articulated insults in class. Texting, socializing, my direction. scrambling to finish assignOf course, my mom ments as they struggled to handled the situation with open their lockers, or blockthe grace of a seasoned pro, ing doorways after being disciplining the young man distracted by any number before ensuring her tough of things. Worlds apart, and daughter — the high-school yet I felt a deep sense of wrestler — was OK. Needappreciation for both. less to say, I haven’t felt After marching back to any sense of urgency to the classroom, the students pay homage to the primary fell into a well-structured routine. When an individual grades since. did a particularly good job of Nevertheless, a 15-year following class expectations, hiatus was long enough. he or she was rewarded with It was time for me to face “classroom money.” Marty my fears and return to a was positive, upbeat and world that was now entirely foreign to me. And so, when enthusiastic, and all these I arrived at Little River Elequalities were replicated by mentary School around 9:15 his attentive students. a.m. a couple Wednesdays The whole scene made ago, I was a bit apprehenme smile, and I began to sive. When I walked into the reflect on my own time in front office, though, I was second grade. It has been more than 20 years, but greeted by a sweet woman if I close my eyes, I can who quickly made me feel at ease. It is amazing how still see it happening. The much a friendly smile and a almost-magical way my positive attitude can impact teacher’s face would change others, and I realized I felt from a pale white to the much more relaxed as I deepest shade of red you navigated my way through have ever seen. How the the bright hallways and up a green vein would protrude set of stairs. violently from her forehead I made it to Room 215 — pulsating with each highjust as two students were pitched syllable that left her taut mouth. How she almost arriving late to school. I looked like a candied apple waited behind them as they knocked on the door. Their ready to combust, and how backpacks seemed enorlittle droplets of angry spit mous against their tiny would lunge from her lips frames, and I quickly like enraged daggers. Not realized I was towering over quite what I was witnessing them — and not the other now. way around. The students I realized my experience looked up at me with conwould have been much fused amusement just as different had I been with Martin Rohleder answered a teacher with the same the door. They were directed youthful exuberance and to their specials, and I was sincere care for quality ininvited into Mr. Rohleder’s struction I saw in Marty. second-grade classroom After homework was on the second floor of the checked, students rushed newly remodeled school. to a colorful carpet and The room was a wonsat on the floor, ready to review. When Mr. Rohleder derful collision of Indiana asked a question, 18 hands Jones- and Star Wars-inshot into the air and waved spired centers. The walls wildly — yet another differwere covered with all sorts of visual pleasantries. The ence between our worlds. I
wondered when kids transitioned from eager urgency to answer questions to an unsure apprehension. After the review, I was excited to see a language-arts lesson and marveled at the similarities in our instruction. I, too, was teaching evidence-based responses. Of course, Marty’s students were attempting to ascertain what made the gray kangaroo hop, while mine were trying to explain the cultural relevance of race versus ethnicity utilizing Richard Rodriguez’s essay, “Blaxicans.” But seeing this skill at its foundation was both stimulating and profound. This was Marty’s first experience with the second-grade curriculum, and I was impressed how he taught it with so much ease. He had mentioned starting his career teaching first grade. Mrs. Tubb, my own first-grade teacher, liked writing my name on the board so much that you would assume she was my biggest fan. Apparently, I just talked too much. Discipline in Marty’s classroom was different. When his students needed correction, it was done quickly and efficiently. More importantly, if his students were wrong, he did not belittle them but instead redirected them — instilling a positive confidence I missed. Although two decades have passed, I still remember vividly the time I turned my Indian picture into Mrs. Tubb. By that point, we had spent several days learning about Native Americans, and, among other things, Mrs. Tubb taught us Indians were formerly referred to as Redskins. But, when I proudly handed her my picture, she screamed at me in front of the whole class. She made me feel ignorant and disrespectful. I had no idea what I did wrong and wouldn’t understand until years later. So, instead, I just stared at the floor as she violently chastised me and my classmates gawked and snickered. She was upset because I colored my Indians with a bright red crayon. I didn’t understand why she was so mad; she told us they were Redskins. As a secondary teacher now, I make it a point to try to empower my students. It’s not just because they are older and need it. It’s because we are all human and have the opportunity to positively influence one another. I am proud to say Martin Rohleder reminded me about why I am so excited to spend the year writing about our district’s unsung heroes. When I arrived to his school, I was exhausted from the daily grind and drained from an increasingly hectic schedule. But, after only a few minutes, I found myself smiling as I sat quietly at a back table. I was truly happy. West Orange High School language-arts teacher Kristen Iannuzzi is the 2015 Orange County Teacher of the Year. During this school year, she is sharing stories about the employees who work for Orange County Public Schools.
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Several thousand Orange County residents turned out for a Democratic rally in Eola Park and heard pleas from Gov. Spessard Holland and Sen. Claude Pepper for the re-election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A business deal was closed here last week, when Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Zollman became the new owners of the Edgewater Hotel.
Dianne Tiddy was crowned Lakeview’s 1974-75 Homecoming queen, winning out over tough competition: Jeanne Pitchford, Debbie Woodsby, Lisa Godfrey and the Duppenthaler twins — Dale and Diane.
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Many years ago, the city of Ocoee staged an annual Halloween festival. A parade began on Taylor Street and processed across the railroad tracks, east onto McKey Street and then south on Bluford Avenue to
the Ocoee School’s football field. Classes 1 through 12 presented games and treats at carnival booths, and merrymakers could ride around the school building on the fire truck. The photograph features
revelers at a 1960s parade, no doubt hoping to win a prize for best costume. If you can identify these costumed locals, call the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation at (407) 6563244.
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The film “Bahamas: Womanish Ways, Freedom, Human Rights & Democracy” — being shown at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and noon Sunday — has a local connection. Oakland Town Commissioner Joseph McMullen’s great-grandmother was Mary Ingraham, one of five women who founded the Women’s Suffrage Movement in 1948 to fight for the right to vote for all Bahamian women. The documentary is dedicated to the heroic struggle of Kate Moss and Mary Prince, two enslaved women who fought for their freedom in the 1820s in the Bahamas, and to the women of the movement who continued with the advocacy for freedom and social justice. Ingraham’s daughter, Eliza Ingraham, lives in Central Florida. McMullen said he remembers visiting the family house in the Bahamas when his great-grandmother was alive; the home is still standing, he said, and it is being turned into a museum for the suffrage movement.
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THE DETAILS • FILM FESTIVAL, sponsored by Garden Theatre — Meet filmmakers and enjoy free international films: “Ringtone” (Australia), “2501 Migrants” (Mexico), “The Suffrage Movement in The Bahamas: Womanish Ways, Freedom, Human Rights & Democracy” (Bahamas) and “Under 23 — a Celebration of Young Filmmakers” (U.S.). • PERFORMING ARTS MAIN STAGE, sponsored by Florida Film Academy — at Lakeview Avenue and Plant Street. Shows are: Rosie O’Grady’s Highlanders Pipes and Drums, Watters School of Irish Dancing, Windermere Prep Wren 5 Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Band, USA Dance’s Ballroom Blast!, Metropolitan Area Youth Symphony, Creative Soles Dance, Florida Opera Theatre Youth Company, A MAGI World Belly Dance of Orlando, Tifinie Presents Day of the Dead body art, Read Set Dance: Bollywood, Bridgewater Middle School Encore Orchestra, Layla Brisbois, Flamenco del Sol, Traditional Martial Arts Center and Ellipsis. • PLANT STREET PERFORMANCES — at three zones. Shows are: Crooked Road, Winter Garden Karate, the Talako Indian Dancers, So
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about what specifically transpired, what is agreed upon in statements released by both schools is that players from Foundation Academy tore down one of Trinity Prep’s banners that was hanging on the restroom building on the Saints’ side of the field. That action angered the Trinity Prep players, who confronted the Foundation players. Both schools characterize the altercation as short-lived, and no serious injuries were reported. But statements from both schools disagree regarding the other’s degree of involvement and severity in the incident. They also disagree on whether adults breaking up the altercation overstepped their boundaries. During the breakup of the incident, a coach from Foundation allegedly struck an athlete for Trinity Prep. That coach has been suspended pending the outcome of both an internal investigation and an investigation by law-enforcement officials, Foundation stated in its release. That coach has been described by Foundation Academy Director of Operation David Buckles as an assistant and not a teacher at the school. Buckles noted the accused coach was not head coach Brad Lord. An Orange County Sheriff’s Office public information officer said Monday the department had been contacted and was investigating the allegations relating to the coach but that the matter would take a few days to sort out. Buckles noted that most of the allegations were subjective in nature and he did not expect formal charges to be forthcoming against
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his coach. Buckles stated Monday he believes the accused coach likely was breaking up the altercation along with other staff members and that a motion to separate players may have been misconstrued as a punch. There was also an allegation that a player from the Lions had been struck by a coach from Trinity Prep, but it does not appear that claim has been validated. “I find it hard to believe that a coach on either side would deliberately punch a kid,” Buckles said. The release from Trinity Prep stated that it had reported the incident to the Florida High School Athletic Association and that it was being fully cooperative with both the FHSAA and law enforcement investigating the matter. Foundation’s statement echoed that it, too, was cooperating fully with Trinity Prep, the FHSAA and law enforcement. The Trinity Prep statement does not directly address the allegations that one of its players was struck by a Foundation coach but rather notes the school was “deeply troubled by this event.” Foundation’s statement concludes with an apology. “We sincerely regret any disrespect exhibited toward Trinity Prep by any of our players or coaches,” it read. “Foundation Academy is a Christ-centered school, which emphasizes and requires the highest level of good sportsmanship among its coaches, student-athletes, student body, faculty and staff. The unfortunate incident which ensued Friday night will be used as a learning opportunity for our Foundation family.” Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@wotimes.com.
911 / PAGE 1A Ocoee, we have to call Apopka and have Apopka relay it to the Ocoee unit. (With the change), our dispatch will be in the same room and just talk to the person on the other side of the room. It’s faster to get to a common channel that way.” Under the agreement, Ocoee will pay Winter Garden $500,000 for services in the first fiscal year. The money will be used to purchase soft-
IN OTHER NEWS • City commissioners approved a developers agreement for phase two of Waterside on John’s Lake. The residential development is located west of County Road 545 on Marsh Road and will include about 2,140 homes and 115,000 square feet of commercial uses. • The commission approved the annexation of about .24 acres at 1030 Vineland Road into the city. It also changed the parcel’s land-use designation from Orange County R-2 Low Medium Residential to city R-NC ResidentialNeighborhood Commercial. • The City Commission approved the condemnation of the property located at 865 Klondike St., Winter Garden, Florida. • Commissioners approved the condemnation of the property located at 249 Center St., Winter Garden. • The commission heard the first reading of an ordinance to rezone about .32 acres at 203 S. Main St., Winter Garden, from R-2 Residential District to R-NC Residential-Neighborhood Commercial District.
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City commissioners also approved the future land-use designation and rezoning of the Iota Sessions residential development. Iota Sessions is located on about 68 acres east of Avalon Road on the north and south side of SunRidge Boulevard. The project calls for 106 single-family homes on lots no smaller than 65 feet wide and 120 feet deep. Gross density would be 2.6 units per acre. Contact Michael Eng at meng@wotimes.com.
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Join the West Orange Times’ Reading Reindeer program Raymond Moe, the project manager, welcomed all to the foundation pour.
The first pour consisted of orange cement, in honor of West Orange.
Florida Hospital pours foundation
Orange cement honoring West Orange highlights the construction progress. WINTER GARDEN — Florida Hospital officials, Winter Garden commissioners and community leaders gathered at 10 a.m. Oct. 23 to pour an orange-cement foundation for Florida Hospital Winter Garden. The cement was dyed orange to honor the heritage of West Orange County. The hospital staff will have a mission of supporting the health needs of the growing West Orange community when the building opens, scheduled for late next year. “This is a tremendous, exciting time and project for the
West Orange community,” said Raymond Moe, project manager of the Florida Hospital Winter Garden site. The facility will feature a state-of-the-art emergency department, a sports medicine and rehabilitation program, an outpatient surgery center, a multi-specialty physician clinic, a clinical decision unit, an outpatient lab and various imaging services, said Amanda Maggard, administrator of Florida Hospital Winter Garden and assistant vice president of West Orange development. “We’re so excited to lay the
Amanda Maggard, administrator for Florida Hospital Winter Garden, offered details on the future hospital’s services. groundwork today to be able to provide comprehensive care to Winter Garden for many years to come,” Maggard said. The 97,415-square-foot, three-story hospital is under construction adjacent from the Chick-fil-A at Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves. Construction crews will use more than 850 truckloads of concrete to create Florida Hospital Winter Garden, Maggard said. Completion of all of the concrete work will take about 49,000 man-hours. In this project, 1,518,000 pounds of reinforcing steel will be used, about 95% of which will be derived from recycled steel. Florida Hospital Winter Garden is the ninth Florida Hospital in Central Florida and is scheduled to open in winter 2015. Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@ wotimes.com.
For the 17th year, the West Orange Times is looking for community support for its annual Reading Reindeer literacy drive. From now through Dec. 12, the newspaper is asking its readers along with local clubs, civic groups, churches, businesses and others to donate new books that will be distributed to needy children in the West Orange area as Christmas gifts. Any new book suitable for a child from infancy to age 12 is appropriate. Throughout the year, the community ov e r w h e l m ingly embraced this e n d e a vo r, making Reading Reindeer a West Orange County holiday tradition. At the close of last year’s book drive, nearly 50,000 books had been distributed in the program’s 16year history. This year’s book distribution list includes children served by the West Orange Christian Service Center; Migrant Early Education Program of Orange County Public Schools; holiday toy programs in Ocoee and Winter Garden; Play and Learn Day School in Winter Garden; Resurrection Catholic Church; St. Jude Catholic Church; Head Start and pre-K at Maxey Elementary School; Docs for Tots at Health Central; Boys and Girls Club in Winter Garden; Winter Garden Children’s Health Center; West Orange Neighborhood Center for Families; Matthew’s Hope; Maxey Center; and Edgewood Children’s Ranch. Cash donations to pur-
chase books also are accepted. Checks payable to Reading Reindeer should be sent to the West Orange Times, 720 S. Dillard St., Winter Garden, Florida 34787. A clip-off donation form is printed on page 5A of this week’s issue. Please place the form inside your book donation and include your name and city of residence so the Times can publish a list of donors at the end of the drive. Through a long-standing partnership with the Adult Literacy League in Orlando, each book also includes a family literacy brochure explaining to parents the importance of reading to children — even infants. The league trains volunteer tutors to teach reading and basic literacy skills. It provides weekly classes and free, one-on-one tutoring to more than 3,000 students. It is located at 345 W. Michigan St., Suite 100, Orlando 32806. For more information or to become a volunteer tutor, call (407) 422-1540. This year, a new partner, Just 1 Book, is joining the Reading Reindeer team. It is a non-profit founded by high school student Sarah Dewitz, of Orlando. Through its resource connections, Just 1 Book will assist Reading Reindeer in providing age-appropriate books to the agencies and children it serves in West Orange County. Reading Reindeer is also soliciting community volunteers to help with sorting and
DONATION BOXES Book donation boxes are available at 12 locations this year: • West Orange Times office, 720 S. Dillard St. Winter Garden • West Orange Chamber of Commerce, 12184 W. Colonial Drive, Winter Garden • Windermere Library, 530 Main St., Windermere • West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee • Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St., Winter Garden • Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando • Axum Coffee, 146 W. Plant St., Winter Garden • Gentle Touch Medical Aesthetics & Wellness Spa, 2723 Maguire Road, Ocoee • V Hair Studio, 2747 Old Winter Garden Road, Ocoee • Tasting Room at Chef’s Table, 99 Plant St., Winter Garden • The Waxing Room, 16 E. Joiner St., Winter Garden • Divas Salon and Spa, 15501 Stoneybrook West Parkway, Winter Garden • Planet Smoothie, 3025 Daniels Road, Winter Garden labeling books, including students in need of community-service hours. For more information or to volunteer, call Kathy Aber, (407) 929-2676.
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NFL / PAGE 1A pa — that’s why we’re calling it the Central Florida Chapter, not Orlando,” Attardi said. In addition to this discussion of the group’s purpose, alumni voted more than a dozen people to the chapter’s executive board and board of directors. Windermere Police Chief Dave Ogden became a member of the board of directors, and Robert Smith, the town manager, became the chapter’s treasurer. Both said they were interested in the association because of the charitable opportunities to help people in need. Clifton Smith, who made the Pro Bowl as a rookie kick and punt returner with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2008, shared that desire to improve communities. “The things I did in Tampa Bay out in the community outweigh what I did on the field,” said Clifton Smith, who scored two long return touchdowns and was among the top five in yards per kick and punt returns in 2008. “That’s what I live for. I won the Buccaneers’ Man of the Year Award and was up for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, a (league wide) finalist. I’m here to make sure everybody who doesn’t have has.” Smith played his last NFL game in 2010 and moved to the Canadian Football League, like many other players on hand, including Seneca McMillan, a cornerback for the 2002 Green Bay Packers who helped Attardi organize the meeting. “A lot of us felt like, after football, we were left for dead,” said McMillan, who be-
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came the chapter’s vice president. “It’s one of few careers where your salary goes from (its peak) to (bottom) quickly. If we can attach ourselves to this (NFL logo) again, find a way to use our voices and shake the right hands, we can move mountains.” Two of those mountains are the NFLAA and NFL Players Association, said Attardi, who became president of the chapter. “We’re bridging the gap between NFL Alumni and NFL Players Association,” he said. “We want to join together and work out how we can survive. We need to throw away the politics. We need to reach out to the active players more and get them involved.” Because the players association is a union, it cannot do certain charitable tasks the alumni can as an organization classified as a charity since 1977, 10 years after its genesis, Attardi said. “The NFL and NFLPA like to do it with bigger charities,” he said. “You have your United Way, which has been a charity the NFL owners picked. They’ve been doing that for many years. A lot of players have a problem with only 10 cents of a dollar going towards helping anyone, and a lot of it goes to salaries and paying off bills. I understand there’s a lot of costs in doing charity work, but 10 cents on the dollar? I think we can do a lot better.” Attardi said he wanted to stress the association’s motto since 1967: “Caring for Kids and Caring for Our Own.”
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“There are families here that really need our help. That’s what I want our organization to do.” Gary Knafelc, a tight end who won NFL Championships with Vince Lombardi’s Packers in the 1950s and 1960s, shared his experience with charitable events benefiting families in his time as vice president of the alumni’s Green Bay chapter. “All of the chapters of the United States have the Super Bowl of Golf,” Knafelc said. “Every team that qualifies gets four days, all expenses paid, including golf and gifts. You get a ring like a Super Bowl ring if you win. You get to play with alumni from all over the country. The money generated from that comes back 150%, and the friends you make are lifelong.” Knafelc said for the last 35 years, charity golf outings had generated at least $150,000 per year, with every available golfing slot occupied. “It’s all because of this (NFL) logo,” he said. “We have only lost two vendors in 35 years, only because their presidents died. Our vendors have all increased their profits 20% every year. The people have to know where the money is going. Ours is all documented for all the charities we go to.” Other charitable events the Green Bay chapter has hosted include a skeet shoot involving 550 people, a fishing event and auctions, Knafelc said. Attardi said the Central Florida chapter would participate in the Super Bowl of Golf, look for opportunities to connect with children and try to arrange deals with local businesses in the form of alumni discounts for charitable appearances at their locations. An example of such an exchange would be an event at a local steakhouse in January, Attardi said.
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Walter Briggs, a New York Jets quarterback in 1987, mentioned his wife’s bout with ALS among problems with which the alumni could help each other. Mike Attardi, a developmental kicker signed by the Los Angeles Raiders in 1991, welcomed Windermere Police Chief Dave Ogden to the chapter’s board of directors.
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Attardi also went through a long list of resources for former NFL players. Attending alumni received information on many contacts for any issues they might encounter, such as financial, domestic, marital, psychological, healthcare, fitness and nutritional, including a hotline any former player can call anytime for help or advice on anything. Attardi said it would be important for each former NFL player to be aware of the opportunities and services available to him, especially in times of need. Many of the services apply even to players who never practiced with a
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Gary Knafelc, a tight end for Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers, shared wisdom from his years as vice president of the alumni’s Green Bay chapter.
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Seneca McMillan, a 2002 Packers cornerback who organized the meeting with Attardi, talked about the focus of the chapter.
team, as long as they signed an NFL contract. “The NFL started the Transitional Assistance Program,” Attardi said. “It’s to enlighten the current and ex players to get them to understand what their benefits are, to explain the new NFL trust, and to help guys with the transition to life after football.” Some retired players succeeded tremendously outside football, such as Lee Paige, who played three games with the Buccaneers as a defensive back in 1987 before becoming a DEA agent for decades. Allen Trammel, a Windermere resident, played for the Houston Oilers as a returner for three games in 1966 before suffering a career-ending knee injury. But more recent retirees sought advice on how to transition to a different career or finish their education. “I have a degree in early education and a passion for young kids, showing them
the way,” said James Lee, who played on the Buccaneers’ offensive line for 19 games between 2008 and 2011 and won a Grey Cup with the Saskatchewan Roughriders last year before retiring this July. “We can share the stories we’ve went through to help somebody in some kind of way. But I’m also looking for jobs.” Attardi said former players could use resources available exclusively to them to help them complete their education and find work. Walter Briggs, a quarterback for the 1987 New York Jets, firmly expressed his desire for help with his wife’s ALS. As part of the resources available to alumni, Briggs could receive thousands of dollars each year to aid his wife and an ALS charity he created in her honor. For more, visit NFLalumni. org. Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@ wotimes.com.
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Mojo the hedgehog peeked out from his blanket at the festival’s petting zoo. Mojo is part of the Piglet N Pals mobile petting zoo, owned by Marsha Roach.
Krista Carter, left, and Betty Wade assisted in the festival’s silent-auction tent.
Ken “Hawkwood” Wood set up an 1830 Seminole hunting camp. He travels around the state to attend re-enactments.
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Families enjoyed a day full of fun and games at the 17th annual Oakland Heritage Festival Oct. 25, at Speer Park, Oakland. The festival featured the 5K Heritage Run, children’s activities, a silent auction, historical and cultural displays, narrated tours of historic Oakland, guided tours on Lake Apopka, hayrides, music, a children’s art show and much more. The Oakland Avenue Charter School also hosted a plethora of carnival-style games for children. To learn more about the Oakland Nature Preserve and the town of Oakland, visit oaklandnaturepreserve.org
Collinz Cook, 6, of Clermont, smiles from behind a LEGO figure. Oakland Presbyterian Church hosts a LEGO camp for children. Right: Parents of students at Oakland Avenue Charter School were eager to take photos of their children during their performance.
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Several West Orange County schools featured artwork at the festival’s Student Art Show.
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First-grade teacher Wendy Roque braved the cold water during her stint in the dunk tank.
Elizabeth Sharpe, 5, couldn’t get enough of this inflatable slide.
Ryan Gramaglia concentrated hard on the rock-climbing wall.
Alani Gonzalez, 6, loved spinning around on this carnival ride.
Westbrooke Elementary parties at Fall Carnival Paige Brower, 10, was a fierce competitor in the Wrecking Ball challenge.
Westbrooke Elementary School students and families enjoyed a beautiful evening of family fun Oct. 17 at the school’s annual Fall Carnival. The carnival featured games, rides, inflatable bounce houses, food and much more. Students even had an opportunity to purchase strips of duct tape to tape Principal Michelle Couret to the wall.
Samantha Wheeler, 6, enjoyed the carnival with her dad, Rick.
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Are we seeing double, or are those two Captains Americas?
Mayor Gary Bruhn beckoned more children to join a group photo. Left: The big debate is finally settled: Cheddar popcorn is Wolverine’s favorite snack.
Superheroes spotted at Windermere bash
On the relay team are Patrick Hanzlick, left, Trenton Maddux, Shelby Forester and Calvin Sanders. Not pictured: Larry “Wayne” Buckner.
A record of more than 250 children gathered at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, for the Windermere Halloween Hayride and Costume Parade at Town Hall. Mayor Gary Bruhn hosted the event, which began with a short parade of the hundreds of children and parents in costumes from Power Rangers to princesses. Inside Town Hall, children received snacks, such as cookies, popcorn and pretzels, to munch on, while Bruhn read Halloween-themed stories. After the stories, families participated in tractor-driven hayrides and went trick-ortreating around local shops.
Sanders medals in swimming Calvin Sanders, 10, brought home three medals from the Special Olympics Florida State Aquatic Championships. WINTER GARDEN — Calvin Sanders is an Olympic swim champion, and he doesn’t mind showing off his gold medals. In fact, he’s quite proud of them. Calvin, 10, and his father, Brian Sanders, of Winter Garden, traveled to Vero Beach earlier this month so Calvin could compete in the Special Olympics Florida State Aquatic Championships. He dominated the competition and brought home three medals: two first-place golds in the 50-meter freestyle and 50-meter backstroke events and a second-place silver in the 200-meter relay. The relay team that won the silver included Calvin, Patrick Hanzlick, Trenton Maddux, Shelby Forester and Larry “Wayne” Buckner. Karol Young, art teacher at West Orange High School, is the team’s coach. To get to the state level, Calvin first had to swim in county
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and Central Florida meets. In June’s county games, he garnered three blue ribbons in his signature events. Two months later, he won big in the area games, qualifying him for the state championship on Oct. 4,
at the North County Aquatics Center in Sebastian. At the state games, he competed in three swimming events and two running events. Calvin, who has Down syndrome, has participated in the Special Olympics since last year, when he started running track. In February, he won two blue ribbons for 25- and 50-meter runs. The next month, at the area games, he again scored big with two blue ribbons for 25and 50-meter runs. Sports are nothing new to Calvin. He is a former player of the Pop Warner football program’s Challenger League but had to choose between football and swimming. He did, however, play a recent Saturday football game against Winter Garden’s fire and police departments, and his father, a battalion chief with the Winter Garden Fire Rescue Department, said Calvin had a blast.
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CLASSNOTES + WOHS thespians choose one-act play The West Orange High School thespians have chosen the Bernard Pomerance play, “The Elephant Man,” for their one-act play entry in the Florida Theatre Conference and the District V thespian competition. The play is based on the real-life story of John Merrick, who lived in England in the late-19th century. He was horribly disfigured from birth and, as a young adult, lived as a sideshow freak until he was discovered by a prominent London surgeon. The original production
opened on Broadway in the late 1970s. Next month, the show will once again take to the Broadway stage in a new revival starring Bradley Cooper. The West Orange production will star senior Isaiah Rothstein in the title role, with Zachary Croft in the supporting role of Dr. Treves and Alexandra Crosby in the role of Mrs. Kendall. The local performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, in the auditorium at West Orange High School, 1625 S. Beulah Road, Winter Garden. All tickets are $10. Reservations are not needed for this production.
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Above: Nintendo celebrities Luigi (Adrian Garcia) and Mario (Nelson Garcia) joined their older brother Janeison Garcia at SunRidge Elementary’s Family Bingo Night Oct. 21. Right: Assistant principals Pamela Crabb and Nicole Jefferson welcomed Windy Ridge School’s new mascot, Hawkeye.
Dillard said. “Our experts discussed key strategies for completing high school and applying to a technical school, college or university of their choice.” Local experts included Cedric Brown, senior assistant director for undergraduate admissions for UCF; Corrine Dukes, career counselor for Ocoee High School; Ken Lundy, Devry University’s partnership representative; and Rusha Williams, SEC mentoring and educational consultant. The presenters covered a wide variety of topics, such as the benefits of choosing advanced placement and dual-enrollment classes, SAT/ ACT testing tips, under-applied for scholarships, financial aid strategies and the career paths associated with technical schools. For more information, contact Mary Alice Fish, mary. fish@popsinc.org.
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The students and staff at Spring Lake Elementary extend a big “thank you” to the Rotary Club of Ocoee for its donation of dictionaries to the entire third grade. Principal Dr. Nancy Pender, along with several students, showed gratitude to club members Steve Marbais, Paul Roy and Lou Forges.
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+ Southwest team wins competition Southwest Middle School’s WSLN-TV news team won high honors at the 2014 Jim Harbin Student Media Festival. The team took second in the state in the competition’s News Show category.
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+ Bloom & Grow Garden Club The Bloom & Grow Garden Club welcomed Winter Garden Merchants Association President Wendy Byrd to speak at its recent meeting. Byrd discussed with the club all the events downtown Winter Garden has to offer. She shared details regarding the Winter Garden MusicFest that took place earlier this month, HalloweenFest to take place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Culture Fest to take place across Saturday, Nov. 1 and Sunday, Nov. 2, and the Corn Harvest Festival to take place Saturday, Nov. 8, in conjunction with the Winter Garden Farmer’s Market. Byrd also spoke about the new parking garage that will be located on Tremaine Street in downtown Winter Garden.
network with other business owners in the area. Chamber leaders will pass around the “roaming mic” to give everyone in attendance the chance to introduce their name and speak about their businesses. The group also will hear from Reem Al Hashmi, a financial representative with Western & Southern Life. The cost is $15 if paid in advance or $20 at the door. Lunch, a drink, dessert, tax and a tip are included. To register, visit wochamber. com/calendar/event_details/ lead_and_feed_networking_ lunch9. For more information, email kcarney@wochamber. com.
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+ West Orange Rep. Women’s Club The West Orange Republican Women’s Club luncheon will take place at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Windermere Country Club, 2710 Butler Bay Drive N. The club will welcome Sue Trombino, of Women Impacting the Nation, as the guest speaker. Membership in WORW is not required to attend the luncheon. The price is $18 per person, and the deadline to register is 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31. To make reservations, email WORW.federated@gmail.com or call Carolyn Sparks at (407) 248-9559.
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+ W.O. Women’s Golf Association The West Orange Women’s Golf Association hosted a Rally For The Cure golf tournament and luncheon at the West Orange Country Club last week to help support the fight against breast cancer. The association was happy to welcome 52 women golfers from West Orange Country Club, Keene’s Point, Windermere and Bay Hill to the event. In addition to donating prizes to first-place winners, West Orange Country Club golf professional Patrick Jones waived golf and cart fees for all players. All entry fees were instead donated to the Susan G. Komen for the
+ American Legion, Hugh T. Gregory Post 63 The American Legion, Hugh T. Gregory Post 63, in conjunction with the Florida Blood Centers, will conduct a blood drive from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in front of the post, 271 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Each pint of blood donated is equivalent to three lives saved. Successful donors will receive free movie ticket vouchers. The post also will be open to guests. Soda, coffee, tea, water, fruits and pastries will be available. For more information, call (321) 662-5883.
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+ W.O. Chamber of Commerce The West Orange Chamber of Commerce will hold its last Lead and Feed meeting of the year from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at Bistro CloClo, 7600 Dr. Phillips Blvd., Suite 22, Orlando. Participants will have the opportunity to indulge in friendly company and French food at this new Dr. Phillips restaurant. The Lead and Feed luncheon allows attendees to market their business and
Members of the Winter Garden Elks Ladies Auxiliary gathered in pink to support the fight against breast cancer at its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser.
+ Winter Garden Elks Ladies Auxiliary The Winter Garden Elks Ladies Auxiliary recently held its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser at the Elks Lodge. All who attended the event wore pink to show support for the cause. The women enjoyed raffle drawings and prizes, food and entertainment while raising substantial donations for the American Cancer Society. The club thanks everyone for the generous contributions and support.
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+ W.O. Seniors The West Orange Seniors have the opportunity to participate in numerous upcoming events at the Thomas Ison Center, 1701 Adair St., Ocoee. A free tai chi class is available at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, and a showing of the film “Hocus Pocus” takes place at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the center. Lunch will be served at noon.
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Cure foundation. The ladies also enjoyed a luncheon prepared by Head Chef Michele Farmer. The garden centerpieces were donated by Matthew Hodge of County Line Ornamentals. Breakfast treats were donated by Lora Lee Thomas. Peggy Bohart was responsible for all the planning and organizing to create this successful Rally For The Cure, with the assistance of Brendon Chase and Stu O’Malley in running the golf events.
Girl Scout Troop 567 cadets Grace Ray, Michele Rybski, Shelby Quillinan and Alex Reyes recently enjoyed fencing lessons at the Winter Garden Fencing Academy.
The Orange County Retired Educators Association will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at College Park United Methodist Church, 644 W. Princeton St., Orlando. Anne Gardepe will present a program on “Road Scholar Travel.” Anyone who has worked in education is invited to attend. For more information, visit ocrea-fl.org or call (407) 677-
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WINTER GARDEN — The children of Winter Garden’s First Baptist Church recently honored the Winter Garden and local Orange County firefighters for their service by presenting six banners of encouragement and 16 dozen doughnuts from Donut King. There also will be a special time of recognition for all who have served or are serving as firefighters during the worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at the church, 125 E. Plant St. For more information, call the church office, (407)6562352.
offering will be taken at the end if you wish to show your appreciation. For more, call (407) 6561135.
+ Church to host annual ladies night WINTER GARDEN — The Church of The Messiah will host its seventh annual Ladies Night of Fun & Fellowship from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov., 6, at the church, 241 N. Main St., Winter Garden. Ladies can come enjoy food, wine and shopping, silent auction and door prizes. Admission is free. For more, call (407) 6563218.
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WINTER GARDEN — Broadway actor Stephen Trafton will perform the Biblical scripture of Colossians in the character of Paul at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, at First United Methodist Church, 125 N. Lakeview Trafton Ave., Winter Garden. Trafton is able to make the scripture come alive in an interesting and exciting way through his performances. After the performance, he will take any questions from the audience and will then follow by singing a short concert of Broadway and Christian songs with his wife, Julie. The show is free to all. A love
ORLANDO — The Orlando Concert Band will present a concert to benefit Catholic Charities of Central Florida at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, 8300 Vineland Ave., Orlando Directed by Jon Territo, the band will present music by various composers, including John
Philip Sousa, James Curnow and portions of the famous “Organ Symphony” by French composer Camille Saint-Saens. The band, Central Florida’s premier wind and percussion ensemble, was founded in 1989 and plays a variety of the traditional, sacred, popular and patriotic music one would expect to hear on weekends at a small-town bandstand in rural America. No tickets are required. A freewill offering will be taken. For more, visit cflcc.org/ events/orlandoconcertband.
Jeffrey Scott Jernigan, 53, of Ocoee, passed away Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Jeff was born Jan. 24, 1961, in Orlando, to Donald and Jane (Braswell) Jernigan. Jeff was a lifetime resident of Orlando and graduated from Evans High School in 1979. He was a member of West Orlando Baptist Church and loved fishing and NASCAR. Survivors include his wife of 30 years, Marci; son, Devin Jernigan (Michelle); daughter, Payton Jernigan; father, Don Jernigan; brother, Paul Jernigan (Ann). Jeff was preceded in death by his mother, Jane; and brother, Doug. Funeral services for Jeff were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, in the West Orlando Baptist Church. Visitation began at 1:30 p.m. Interment followed
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the service in Lake Hill Cemetery, Orlo Vista. For those wishing, monetary contributions may be made to the West Orlando Baptist Church, Food Program, 1006 E. Crown Point Road, Ocoee, Florida 34761. Online condolences may be shared by visiting bankspagetheus.com. Arrangements are entrusted to Banks/Page-Theus Funerals and Cremations, Wildwood. CHARLES ADORNETTO, 91, died Oct. 24. Woodlawn Funeral Home, Gotha. ROSELY BETTY ALLEN, 84, Winter Garden, died Oct. 25. Loomis Family Funeral Home, Apopka. BETTIE A. DODD, 83, died Oct. 25. Woodlawn Funeral Home, Gotha. SONDRA GOTTFRIED, 77, died Oct. 24. Woodlawn Funeral Home, Gotha.
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SIDELINES + Area programs thrive at districts Local swimming and diving programs from within the coverage area of the West Orange Times & Observer dominated the competition at district meets this past week. At the Class 4A District 2 Meet, Dr. Phillips’ boys placed first and its girls placed second. Olympia’s girls placed first and the Titans’ boys team placed third. At the Class 4A District 3 Meet, the West Orange girls placed first and the Warriors’ boys team placed second. All of those teams will clash at the Class 4A Region 1 Meet at 9 a.m. Friday. The regional meet, which will be hosted by Olympia, will take place at the YMCA Aquatic and Family Center off of International Drive in Orlando.
+ CFYFL, FYFCL playoffs to begin The 2014 Playoffs for the Central Florida Youth Football League begin this Saturday, Nov. 1, with the Ocoee Cardinals’ Bobbleheads squad taking on the Altamonte Patriots at 8:15 a.m. at Lake Brantley High School, and the Cardinals’ fifthgrade squad taking on the South Lake Cowboys at 12:45 p.m., again at LBHS. Ocoee’s fourth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade teams all received byes for the first round of the playoffs and will compete in the conference playoffs Nov. 8. The Florida Youth Football and Cheer League also has set its brackets for its playoffs. The West Orange Bobcats’ 6U Flag Football team is the top seed in its tournament and will take on the East Orlando Junior Predators. The Bobcats’ 8U Tackle team is the No. 3 seed and will take on the East Orange Thunder. The 10U team is also the No. 3 seed and will take on the Volusia Titans. West Orange’s 12U team is the No. 2 seed and will face the Seminole Sharks. Finally, the Bobcats’ 14U team is the No. 4 seed and will take on the Lake Mary Ducks.
+ SunRidge team crowned champs The SunRidge Middle School boys soccer team emerged as winners of the Orange County Middle School Championships. SunRidge overcame Maitland Middle School in an overtime battle for the championship, with a final score of 2-1 (3-2 penalty kicks). The team is coached by SunRidge Middle School PE instructor Alexander Miranda. Players for the team include Reeves Oakman, William Held, Nathan Rank, Zach Everidge, Jake Baldauf, Gabriel Garcia, Gustavo Garcia, Noah Schwartz, Cole Miller, Avery McIntyre, Chase Harry, Max Mathers, Amin Ferreira, Daniel Tregansin, Jack Beadle, Caleb Smith, Elias Tazi, Noah Lewis, Zach Stewart, Jake Parsons, Edgar Gonzalez, Jake Patterson, Preston Viers, Brandon Otero and William Hutchinson.
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West Orange defeats DP in playoff win The Warriors edged the Panthers, 3-1, to give the program its first-ever playoff win. WINTER GARDEN — The West Orange Warriors made history Tuesday night. West Orange held off a spirited rally from Dr. Phillips in the regional quarterfinals of the Class 8A State Tournament for a 3-1 win (25-15, 21-25, 25-19, 26-24). The victory was the first playoff win in program history for the Warriors. Senior Jen Cook rose up for the final kill that sealed the win, and the talented outside hitter said afterward that the biggest thing for West Orange (22-6) was keeping its typical loose demeanor — even after the Panthers (14-14) forced a deuce to decide the fourth set.
“Honestly, we’re just joking around and laughing,” Cook said. “We can’t get too serious, because, when we get serious, we get down. … We just have fun.” It may have been all fun and excitement for the Warriors, but for fourth-year coach Ross Usie, the game may have shortened his life by a few years. “Well, high blood pressure runs in my family, so I’m pretty sure I got tested tonight,” Usie joked. Freshman Makala Heidelberg led West Orange on the night with 15 kills, 16 digs, six aces and a block, while senior Jayden Davila-McClary added
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In the past week, the West Orange Warriors have won their first district title since 1977 and registered the program’s first-ever win in the state playoffs.
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SCRATCH Legacy Charter’s six seniors, five of whom have been with the program since its inception in 2012, reflect on how far the Eagles have come. OCOEE — There were times, during his pursuit of starting a football program at Legacy Charter, that Athletic Director Jarrett Wiggers wavered in his decision. As the coach for the Eagles’ football program for all three years of its existence, along with lead assistant Mike Yoakum, Wiggers admits now that
there were points where the project was in danger of a fizzling out. Fortunately, there was a group of boys at the school who wouldn’t drop it. That was roughly four years ago, and some of those boys — players such as Dillan Hudson and Colton Liddell — are seniors, who will be playing their
second-to-last games as high school football players Oct. 31, when the Eagles (5-3) travel to take on Southwest Florida Christian (4-3). “The more that I heard from the boys, we had a couple kids that are coming up through Pop Warner systems and stuff like that, and they’re just dying for this,” Wiggers said. “Some
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The seniors for this year’s Legacy Eagles — Dillan Hudson, left, Colton Liddell, Connor Knecht, Brandon Vees, Michael Toomer and Justin Carmean — have played an instrumental role in the program’s growth and success. of (the seniors now), that was that core group of boys that were always in my office saying, ‘Hey, what about football?’ To look at them and let them know, ‘It’s just going to be too difficult’ — that was not a viable answer for them.” So, the charter school nestled right along the border of Ocoee and Winter Garden started a program and took to the practice field in the spring of 2012 for the first time. For Liddell, the quarterback for the Eagles since he was a sophomore, it was just in the nick of time. “I had many talks with my parents about transferring
over to West Orange or Ocoee just to go play football,” Liddell, who played both Pop Warner Football and in the Central Florida Youth Football League, said. “When Mr. Wiggers announced we were going to have a football program, that was a big moment for me. I wanted to stay there, because I’d been there all my life.”
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Liddell’s excitement was shared and, in the spring of 2012, Legacy held a spring season but did not compete in a spring game.
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SWIMMING by Steven Ryzewski | Sports Editor
Dr. Phillips’ Emily Kliewer defines student-athlete The senior standout has a 4.94 GPA and is looking to medal in the 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard IM events at the state championships. Dave Jester
Dr. Phillips senior Emily Kliewer, a state champion from her role on the Panthers’ 200-yard relay team in 2012, is looking to return to the podium both as an individual and the anchor on the 200- and 400-yard relay teams.
ORLANDO — For all her individual accomplishments, and there are a lot of them, what excites Emily Kliewer the most about the FHSAA Swimming & Diving Championships Nov. 7 is how her relay
teams have done and could do. And, with a little context, that makes sense. Kliewer became a state champion as a sophomore, when her 200-yard relay team
shattered a school record dating back to 1998, with an All-American time of 1:36.62. As a senior, she is now the anchor on the Panthers’ 200-
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West Orange boys focused on living within the moment at state Strong leadership and an emphasis on playing one shot at a time have helped Warriors return to state tournament under a first-year coach.
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Alexis Liddell blocks a shot for the Legacy Eagles during the Class 2A District 4 Championship match against Foundation Academy.
Legacy volleyball team embraces state tournament berth The Eagles accomplished their preseason goal of advancing to the regional playoffs by finishing as runner-up in Class 2A District 4 in just their first year of participating in district competition. OCOEE — The Legacy The girls were rewarded Charter girls volleyball team for their hard work by a didn’t win the Class 2A Dismemorable atmosphere trict 4 Championship Oct. for the game against the 23, but if you walked Lions — the gym into the Eagles’ gym was packed with in the moments fans from both sides following the game’s and members of the conclusion, it sure Legacy football team might have seemed cheered behind one as though they did — of the benches, with there were smiles and a few even donning hugs to go around. body paint and ditchIn fact, if you had ing their shirts. STEVEN watched the district The enthusiastic championship match RYZEWSKI crowd, despite the between Legacy and game’s lopsided Foundation Academy, a clean score, was impressive, and sweep (25-13, 25-8, 25-6) for Foundation coach Danny the Lions, you might have Eleutiza went over to Eagles had to repeatedly look up Athletic Director Jarrett at the scoreboard to remind Wiggers to make sure and yourself that Foundation was tell him so — and to ask if winning and had been in he could borrow Legacy’s control from start to finish. “seventh man”-cheering No, the Eagles didn’t really section for his own playoff come close against the Lions home games. — the state runner-ups in “It brought some tears, Class 2A in both 2012 and because it’s been a long time 2013 — but that was OK. since I’ve seen excitement Two nights earlier, Legacy with a group of girls like punched a ticket to this that,” Kimpel said. “That week’s state tournament by ‘seventh man’ was just fanedging Deltona Trinity in a tastic. The biggest thing is, five-set thriller, 3-2 (18-25, it’s about the kids. It’s been 25-19, 25-19, 19-25, 15-12). real fun.” The achievement came So, no, the Legacy girls in the program’s first year of volleyball team didn’t win its district play in the FHSAA, district championship and making this a definite case likely won’t advance very where they are just happy to far in the regional tournabe there. ment — especially with a “Our goal at the beginning likely rematch with the Lions was to go on and become looming in the regional semirunner-up,” first-year coach finals should the Eagles have Larry Kimpel said. “I think scored an upset on Tuesday. they got a taste (in the win Both of those things are over Trinity) of what it is to OK. win in the district. Legacy had a goal — make “This all is bonus now — the state playoffs — and it we’ve got our goal.” accomplished that. A young Under Kimpel’s direcprogram of enthusiastic tion, this year’s Eagles have and eager athletes has set worked hard to achieve a .500 a foundation for the small record (13-13 before Tuescharter school’s programs day’s regional quarterfinal in the years to come, and match) and win more games that’s pretty exciting in and than they had in either of the of itself. program’s first two years of Everything else from here existence. is just icing on the cake.
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WINTER GARDEN — Sitting in his office on the campus of West Orange High School, first-year coach Scott Baker doesn’t seem overly concerned with any expectations that might be attributed to his program. Neither, he said, are the five golfers who will represent the Warriors at the FHSAA Golf Finals Nov. 4 to 5, in Tavares. Sure, West Orange has been to the state finals in each of the past three seasons, and, with four experienced seniors anchoring its lineup, figures to be a contender for the top spot after placing sixth in the state in 2013 and 2012. But, the way Baker sees it — and the way he has encouraged his team to see it — winning the state championship isn’t within their control. But, their next shot — that’s a different story. “We play the shot that is in front of us, and we play it the way that that shot needs to be played,” Baker said of the Warriors’ philosophy. “There are no expectations about winning a state championship — it’s only about that shot and we compartmentalize all the time. “So, we don’t even worry about those expectations because those have nothing to do with (the moment) and they’re out of our control,” he said. This mentality has been especially effective for a group of very talented, veteran golfers. West Orange’s boys team, which won the regional tournament by 11 strokes, doesn’t practice as all the players have busy schedules and work with private trainers. Rather, Baker has focused mostly on helping his athletes with their mental approach to pair with the talent they already have. It has been particularly effective with a player such as Kyler Tate, committed to play collegiately at the University of Florida. “The biggest thing to try and
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Lake County will host the 2014 FHSAA Golf Finals, with the respective girls classifications having played this past week on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the respective boys classifications playing this coming Tuesday and Wednesday (Nov. 4 to 5). The following is a rundown of which teams and individuals qualified for state and, for the boys, where they will be competing next week. Results from the girls tournaments were unavailable at the time of publication but can be found online at wotimes. com.
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Trevor Grant, a junior for the Warriors, sizes up a putt at MetroWest Golf Club earlier this season. teach them, and Kyler has really come a long way on this, is that a good score is in the future — you have no control over what happens on hole 18 when you’re on hole one,” Baker said. “(Tate’s) decision-making has just been phenomenal — and I’m talking about off the course, also.” Tate, along with seniors William Wrigley, R.J. Whitener and Jeff Victor, and junior Trevor Grant, have displayed maturity and leadership during a season that certainly could have been rockier given the coaching change in the offseason. The Warriors have also received leadership from a golfer who won’t be playing in Tavares. Senior Harrison Chane missed a portion of the season because of an injury and was unable to qualify for the postseason because of it. Nevertheless, the senior is a captain for Baker’s program and an important part of what West Orange
hopes to accomplish. “(Chane’s) leadership, knowing that he wasn’t even going to go to the districts, regionals or state finals, has been phenomenal,” Baker said. “Somebody is always a leader. It just changes and all depends on the day.” For a team full of talented golfers that has had high expectations all season, the Warriors have been able to keep perspective and — for the seniors who are playing their final season as prep competitors — enjoy the ride, too. “One of the parents happened to email the principal and the athletic director about how much the kids enjoy each other this year and how much fun they have on the course,” Baker said. “The fun comes from living in the moment and taking advantage of what’s in front of you at the time.” Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@wotimes.com.
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for more from a captain.” You couldn’t ask much more of a student-athlete, either, for that matter. Kliewer, who just last week placed first in the 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard IM and 400-yard relay at the district meet, isn’t only dominating in the pool. The senior is the reigning Scholar-Athlete of the Year at Dr. Phillips from the 2013-14 school year and holds a 4.94 GPA while managing six Advanced Placement courses. Nickson, whose practice schedule for the Panthers includes two practices a week at 5 a.m. before class and practice every day in the afternoon, said Kliewer is a model citizen for her other athletes. “They have to learn how to multitask; they have to learn how to manage their time,” Nickson said. “Emily is one of those ones who has no issues doing it. She just sets a great example and she sets the bar very high for all of the younger kids to look at.” Kliewer’s success in the pool and in the classroom hasn’t gone unnoticed. She has verbally committed to swim for the Universi-
Emily Kliewer was Dr. Phillips’ Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2013-14.
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is fun and all, but when you swim on the relay team, it’s so great.” For coach Natalie Nickson, in her first year as the program’s head coach after several seasons as an assistant, having a senior leader who places such an emphasis on the team has been quite the blessing. “The girls follow her — they will follow her to the end of the world,” Nickson said of Kliewer’s leadership. “You can’t ask
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BOYS CLASS 3A Location: Deer Island Golf and Lake Club (Tavares) Area programs: West Orange (Kyler Tate, R.J. Whitener, Wiliam Wrigley, Trevor Grant, Jeff Victor), Dr. Phillips (Zack Justice, Jake Huizenga, Lucas Parrott, Ryan Goonen, Ben Swets) GIRLS CLASS 3A Area programs: Dr. Phillips (Jennifer Jung, Cristine Lee, Carlye Moore, Sophie Benetti, Emma Hallson), West Orange (Lina Brooks, Aly Moya, Keona Evans, Michelle Bagsic, Bianca Aldir) BOYS CLASS 1A Mission Inn Resort and Club (Howey-in-the-Hills) Area program: Windermere Prep (Manola Girona, Sully Zagerman, Terrence Zhang, Bryce Burke, Eric Berggren) GIRLS CLASS 1A Area individual competitor: Gaby Coello (Windermere Prep)
ty of Idaho, where she plans to study engineering, and will make it official when she signs a National Letter of Intent Nov. 12. Although she isn’t looking too far ahead, what with one last chance at an individual trip to the podium at states just a week away, the talented senior does say she is very excited about her future at the college level under Vandals coach Mark Sowa. “All of my relatives live in the Northwest, so I’d get to see my family, and (Idaho) has good academics,” Kliewer said of her college choice. Swimming competitively since she was 5 years old, Kliewer said she has come a long way since her days as a nervous freshman at the state meet and credits seniors who have gone before her, such as Allie Magrino, Cindy Cheng and Angela Algee — teammates on that gold medal relay team from 2012. “I think I’ve come a long way — I remember being a freshman, and it (the state meet) was so scary, and I didn’t know what to do,” said recalled. Magrino, who graduated from DP in 2014, is already on the team at Idaho and will provide a familiar face for her fellow Panther when Kliewer arrives on campus. In the meantime, Kliewer — who placed fourth in the state in 2013 in the 100-yard butterfly and is a nine-time regional champion — has her sights on new heights for her final performance as a prep swimmer. “Her work ethic is second to none — she is an unbelievably hard worker,” Nickson said. “So, I would love to see her on the podium this year, and I really think she has a great shot in both the 200 IM and 100 fly. She’s put in the work, and she loves to race.” Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@wotimes.com.
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SSAC PLAYOFFS by Steven Ryzewski | Sports Editor
WEEK 10 PREVIEW Editor’s note: All games on Friday, Oct. 31, unless otherwise noted. EVANS (1-7, 0-2 DISTRICT) AT WEST ORANGE (8-0, 2-0 DISTRICT), 7:30 P.M.; THURSDAY SCOUTING REPORT: Moved up to Oct. 30, this contest has no impact beyond pride for these two teams. West Orange already has locked up the district, with a tiebreaker over whoever wins the Apopka-Olympia showdown for runner-up, and, at 0-2 in district play, the Trojans will not be participating in this year’s playoffs. Warriors coach Bob Head, though, wants a perfect district record and a perfect regular season. West Orange will be playing its eighth and final home game in the regular season for this one — meaning the next time the Warriors take the field at Raymond Screws Stadium, it will be in the Class 8A State Playoffs. EXTRA POINT: West Orange posted a 50-14 win in 2013. DR. PHILLIPS (8-0, 3-0 DISTRICT) AT FREEDOM (4-4, 2-1 DISTRICT), 7:30 P.M. SCOUTING REPORT: The Class 8A District 5 race could get super interesting — we’re talking tiebreaker-interesting — if the Patriots are able to upset the Panthers, and the Boone Braves defeat Colonial Oct. 31. That would leave Class 8A District 5 with three teams at 3-1 in district play, with overlapping victories over one another (earlier in the season, Dr. Phillips defeated Boone, and Boone defeated Freedom). The stronger likelihood, though, is that the top-ranked Class 8A team in the state takes another step toward an undefeated regular season and beats up on the Patriots, who give up about as many points as they score. Meanwhile, Dr. Phillips has allowed just 66 points in eight games this fall, meaning scoring on the Panthers will prove a tall task in this big time matchup. EXTRA POINT: Dr. Phillips cruised in 2013, 42-14.
OCOEE (1-7, 1-4 DISTRICT) AT EAST RIDGE (0-8, 0-5 DISTRICT), 7:30 P.M. SCOUTING REPORT: It’s Knights versus Knights in this final district matchup for these respective programs, and, for Ocoee, this Halloween contest will represent its best chance of getting to two wins this fall. With West Orange looming in Week 11, Ocoee will want to take advantage of this game against a program that has been reeling since a shakeup in the coaching staff two seasons back. East Ridge has scored just 26 points this season — a good sign for an Ocoee defense that has shown potential. EXTRA POINT: Ocoee handled East Ridge with relative ease a season ago, 44-7. OLYMPIA (1-6, 1-1 DISTRICT) AT APOPKA (5-4, 1-1 DISTRICT), 7:30 P.M. SCOUTING REPORT: Not much about this matchup favors the Titans, but all bets are off in a win-and-you’rein district contest for the runner-up playoff spot. If you throw out the wins and losses, though, you’re still left with the questions of whether Olympia can score enough points to keep this one interesting — the Titans have scored just 109 points all season and registered more than 20 points just once. EXTRA POINT: The Blue Darters cruised to a 45-17 win in 2013, but the Titans won in 2012. LEGACY CHARTER (5-3) AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN (4-3), 4 P.M. SCOUTING REPORT: SWFC is formidable on offense, averaging 29.4 points per game, but has been less so on defense, allowing 23.9. Legacy’s defense will need to focus on containing the Kings’ rushing attack of Terrance De Avila, averaging 8 yards per carry and 113.6 yards per game on the ground, and Tristian Upton — averaging 10.1 yards per carry and 93.9 yards per contest. EXTRA POINT: The contest marks the first-ever meeting between these two programs.
WEEK 10 GAME OF THE WEEK AGAPE CHRISTIAN (0-8, 0-1 DISTRICT) AT FOUNDATION ACADEMY (4-4, 0-1 DISTRICT), 7 P.M.
CFCA, Windermere Prep begin road through Florida Bowl Series Area programs are set up on opposite sides of bracket, creating the possibility of an all-West Orange County final Nov. 15. Unlike most postseason setups, when the Central Florida Christian Academy Eagles (7-1) and Windermere Prep Lakers (7-0) take the field Oct. 31, for their respective first round games of the Sunshine State Athletic Conference’s Florida Bowl Series, they both know where their postseason journeys will end. Both the Lakers’ and the Eagles’ seasons will culminate Nov. 15 at The Master’s Academy, in Oviedo. What time the respective programs end up playing that day, however, will make all the difference — the eightteam postseason tournament will conclude with a seventh-place game at 11 a.m., a fifth-place game at 1:30 p.m., a third-place game at 4 p.m. and the 2014 Florida Bowl will decide this season’s champion at 7 p.m. So, although no one’s season will end on Friday, their hopes of hoisting the SSAC Championship Trophy very well could, with losers entering a consolation bracket for the Nov. 7 schedule.
HOW WE GOT HERE
The road for both programs to this point has involved a lot of games that haven’t been very close. CFCA, which looked shaky in a 24-8 defeat by Santa Fe Christian in its Kickoff Classic preseason contest, started the season with blowout victories over Ocala Christian (44-3), Merritt Island Christian (58-0) and International Community School (44-6) before falling to eventual division champion Orlando Christian Prep, 30-6. Since then, though, the Eagles have returned to form and defeated Faith Christian (48-6), Legacy Charter (44-6), The Master’s Academy (50-0) and All Saints (44-8). Paramount in all of CFCA’s wins has been its tough, hardnosed defense. The Eagles are allowing just 4.1 points per contest in their seven wins. Windermere Prep spent a good portion of the offseason in the weight room and, since the first time the Lakers took
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The CFCA Eagles, at 7-1 and in the midst of the best season in school history, hope to start the SSAC Playoffs off with a win against Mount Dora Bible on Friday. the field this fall, it has shown. Windermere Prep has arguably been the superior team in terms of speed and size in each one of its contests. The Lakers opened the season a week later than expected, after bad weather washed out the home-opener scheduled against Mount Dora Bible. Since then, Windermere Prep has defeated Keswick Christian (55-14), Seffner Christian (46-20), The First Academy-Leesburg (70-44), St. Stephen’s Episcopal (4912), Lake Mary Prep (63-0), Santa Fe Catholic (43-7) and Bishop McLaughlin (52-14). While defense has been the story for CFCA, it has been the Lakers’ offense, averaging 54 points per game, that has seen them through their best season to date.
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The Eagles will take to the road Friday with an undefeated program awaiting them. Mount Dora Bible (7-0) has won every game it has played by double-digits. The Bulldogs will test CFCA’s defense in particular, as they have averaged 41.6 points per game. Eagles freshman quarterback Gehrig Chambless has been instrumental in the team’s success on the other side of the ball, having rushed for 782 yards already this season, and will need to continue his strong play for CFCA to be successful in this one.
The Community School of Naples’ only loss this season came on Oct. 17 in a 29-14 defeat to eventual-division champion Berean Christian School. Otherwise, the Seahawks (71) have been dominant, with all of their victories coming by at least two possessions. CSN’s average of 38.1 points per game could certainly test the Lakers’ defense, which has hasn’t been quite as infallible as the team’s offense. Windermere Prep has made a habit of taking early leads against some of its better opponents, so look for the Lakers to try and set the tone early on their first couple of possessions.
With CFCA and Windermere Prep lining up on separate sides of this season’s Florida Bowl Series Playoff bracket, there exists the possibility for an all-West Orange County championship. For that to happen, both team would obviously need to win their games this week and then again on Nov. 7. Should the Eagles prove successful against Mount Dora Bible, they would face the winner of the game between Orlando Christian Prep (8-0) and The First Academy-Leesburg (6-2). The higher-seeded team would host. Should the Lakers defeat
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The Foundation Academy Lions will host the Agape Christian Saints on Friday with the runner-up spot in Class 2A District 4 — and a state playoff berth — on the line.
Lions host Saints in battle for district runner-up honors On Nov. 14, the winner of this game will hit the road for a state playoff game against the district champion of Class 2A District 3, while the loser of this contest will play its final snap on Nov. 7. That’s a roundabout way of saying Friday night’s Halloween showdown is a pretty big deal. The Foundation Academy Lions are fresh off an impressive win over Trinity Prep — a win that has been overshadowed in the days since by what happened afterward. Following the Lions’ 24-20 win over the Saints, an altercation ensued, during which it is alleged that a Foundation Academy assistant coach struck a Trinity Prep player. Investigations are being conducted by law enforcement and by the school, internally, but in
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the meantime, coach Brad Lord and his players have an all-or-nothing game for which to prepare. “We’re totally looking forward toward playing Agape,” Lord said on Monday when asked about his team’s focus with offthe-field issues swirling. “We know that if we win, then we are in the state playoffs.” The Lions should be in good shape if they can keep the Saints’ lackluster offense, averaging just 5.2 points per game, about where it’s been all season. In Agape’s last five games it has scored just 12 points. A win for the Lions would go a ways toward avenging a 22-14 loss to the Saints in 2013 — and, more importantly, keep them on the field beyond the first week of November.
SANTA FE CATHOLIC 37, LEGACY CHARTER 32 A touchdown pass from Colton Liddell to Dillan Hudson with five minutes left in the game, along with the ensuing two-point conversion, gave the visiting Legacy Charter Eagles a 3231 lead — but it would not hold. A touchdown run by Santa Fe Catholic roughly a minute later would put the Hawks up for good in the 37-32 thriller. Legacy had trailed by as many as 16 points early in the second half before putting together a valiant comeback effort. Liddell tossed four touchdown passes on the night, three of which went to Connor Knecht. FOUNDATION ACADEMY 24, TRINITY PREP 20 The Foundation Academy Lions scored a big road win Oct. 24 — a win that could give the Lions some significant momentum just a week away from the biggest game of the season. Foundation (4-4) rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat Trinity Prep, a Class 3A program, 24-20. Quarterback Jacob Murphy rushed for a two-yard score with roughly eight minutes to play to give the Lions a 21-20 lead, and placekicker Colby Adamson helped seal the deal with a
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Ocoee defensive coordinator Jerry Middleton coaches up his defense during a timeout. The Knights had trouble slowing the Wekiva Mustangs in a 36-0 loss on Oct. 23. 25-yard field goal with two minutes left. CFCA 44, ALL SAINTS 8 Although they got off to a slow start, including allowing an early safety, the CFCA Eagles improved to 7-1 to conclude the Sunshine State Athletic Conference regular season with a 44-8 victory over visiting All Saints. The win helped to celebrate the school’s Homecoming festivities. The Eagles led 20-2 at halftime and never looked back. DR. PHILLIPS 34, EVANS 15 Senior quarterback Rudy Norwood passed for 236 yards and a career-high four touchdowns Oct. 23, to lead Dr. Phillips to a 34-15 victory over visiting Evans, DP’s 31st consecutive regular sea-
son win, to stay undefeated at 8-0. Senior wide receiver Mike Macon hauled in five receptions for a season-high 127 yards and a touchdown, and junior Jaquarius Bargnare caught two touchdown passes. WEKIVA 36, OCOEE 0 Competing in the same Class 7A district continues to bring an added dimension to the Ocoee-Wekiva varsity football rivalry. The Knights and Mustangs met for the eighth time overall Oct. 23 — the second since the programs became Class 7A District 4 members — and it was Wekiva that kept its state-playoff hopes alive with a 36-0 road victory. The Mustangs relied on the big play in handing
GOING OUT WITH A BANG The Sunshine State Athletic Conference continues to grow its presence, expanding to 27 programs before this season, and has planned an all-day extravaganza to conclude its 2014 season. Here is the schedule for the events planned on Nov. 15 at The Master’s Academy, which will culminate with the 2014 Florida Bowl. 11 A.M.: Seventh-place Game 1:30 P.M.: Fifth-place Game 3 P.M.: SSAC AllConference Team Award 3:30 P.M.: SSAC Coach of the Year Award 4 P.M.: Third-place Game 6 P.M.: SSAC Scholarships Awarded 7 P.M.: The Florida Bowl 9 P.M.: Trophy Presentations (Florida Bowl Champions/Runnerup/MVP) CSN, they would move on to face the winner of Friday’s game between Berean Chrisitan (7-0) and Seffner Christian (4-3). Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@wotimes.com.
Ocoee (1-7, 1-4) its fourth consecutive defeat since coming off a bye week. Wekiva, which now holds a 5-3 series edge dating back to 2007, led 20-0 at halftime, thanks to three offensive touchdowns covering 60 or more yards. Darrion Williams caught a wide receiver screen from quarterback Trey McGee and ran 74 yards to the end zone on Wekiva’s second play from scrimmage, giving the Mustangs a 6-0 lead with 9:16 remaining in the first quarter. Jarvis Scott’s 60-yard touchdown run represented a one-play drive midway through the second quarter, and a Dante Thomas interception set up Scott’s 72-yard TD run with 2:48 left before halftime. Wekiva received the second-half kickoff and drove 55 yards before missing a 32-yard field goal. However, Williams returned a punt deep into Ocoee territory that set up McGee’s 18-yard touchdown pass to James Zackery for a 26-0 advantage. Jaylon Fair’s fumble recovery with 4:30 remaining in the third quarter led to a 42-yard field goal, and Wekiva (6-2, 4-1) capped the scoring on McGee’s 16-yard touchdown pass to Williams with 11:34 left. — Chris Mayer OTHER SCORES: Windermere Prep 52, Bishop McLaughlin 14 Byes — West Orange (8-0), Olympia (1-6)
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Rematches between Bulldogs, SERGIO SANTIAGO Panthers highlight weekend Since arriving at Olympia High nearly three years ago from Puerto Rico, senior Sergio Santiago has been a valuable addition to the Titans’ cross-country program. Most recently, Santiago set a personal record at the West Metro Conference championship meet Oct. 23. Santiago’s time of 16:32.73 led Olympia and helped the Titans claim the championship.
How did you feel out there at the Metro meet? I felt great, and I was a leader on my team that day. I felt really, really awesome that day. What’s it like to set a personal record at this stage in your career, knowing that you’re still improving? That is awesome, because I know that the training is making a difference. I’ve been practicing hard every week and my times have been going down every week. Could this be the year that Olympia’s boys team advances out of the “Region of Death?” This is definitely the year that we could make it. We have an awesome team. … I think we are now seeded fifth in the region, and I think we can
do even better that day. Has coming up short of advancing to state the past few years motivated you? Yeah, it has motivated me a lot, because I know we can do it, but it hasn’t (happened) the last few years. How do you focus yourself, mentally, when training for cross country? I just block out (everything). … I start slow and then get even better every mile and finish strong. Is there another distance or event that you enjoy doing? In track, I love to run the mile, too. When did you start running cross country competitively? It was my second semester of eighth grade that I started. What’s the biggest difference between life here in Central Florida and life in Puerto Rico? The language. What’s your favorite subject in the classroom? Math — I like algebra and equations, solving them. What would you like to do for a living one day? I want to be a personal trainer and study exercise physiology. What’s your favorite TV show? I don’t really watch television, but I like to watch the NBA. Since you like basketball, which team is your favorite? Cleveland Cavaliers — I love LeBron James. What has been your best memory from your time running cross country at Olympia? Getting to win the Metros and Districts. Moving forward, I think we can do it at states this year. What’s it like being a leader for the program this fall? I like it. It’s great that I can be a leader on this team and make an example, so that the next generation can do great.
Jr. Midgets and Unlimited teams from Ocoee and Dr. Phillips will square off in this weekend’s Mid-Florida Pop Warner Championships in rematches of regularseason contests. The Ocoee Bulldogs and Dr. Phillips Panthers Pop Warner organizations will be well-represented at the Mid-Florida Pop Warner Championships this weekend at Lyman High School in Longwood. The games will take place on Saturday, Nov. 1, and Sunday, Nov. 2, and Ocoee will have a team in four separate contests while Dr. Phillips will have two teams represented — both of which will take on the Bulldogs.
VOLLEYBALL / 1B in 24 assists, 21 digs and seven kills. Dr. Phillips, which saw its season come to a close Tuesday, was led by senior outside hitter and Rollins commit Rachel Sawyer, who recorded 13 kills, 13 digs and four aces. For the Warriors’ seniors, who, along with Usie, have been instrumental in the pro-
LEGACY / 1B The excitement of players such as Liddell and Hudson wavered early, though, as they arrived for the first week of practice to discover more than half of their teammates had never even played football before. “I’m not going to lie, I was a little bit discouraged at first,” Liddell said. Things improved, though, and eventually, Hudson and Liddell were helping those teammates get up to speed — teammates such as current senior Justin Carmean. “I’d never played football in my entire life until I came here — I just decided (to do it),” Carmean said. “It was difficult at first … (Dillan Hudson) helped me throughout the whole season.”
THE FIRST SEASON
For many of the players who were on the team when it took the field for the first time in the fall of 2012 — a road game against Life Academy in Kissimmee — they remember every second of it. For Hudson, the leader of the Eagles’ defense this fall, there was a heightened air of uncertainty, he recalled, as they readied to hit someone besides themselves for the first time. “We didn’t know anything about the team … our coaches, they didn’t know what to expect, and neither did the players,” Hudson said. “Everyone was kind of nervous, and then,
SCHEDULE SATURDAY, NOV. 1 Pee Wee Championship — Apopka vs. Ocoee Weigh-in: 7:30 a.m., Kickoff: 8:30 a.m. Unlimited Championship — Dr. Phillips vs. Ocoee Weigh-in: 1:30 p.m., Kickoff: 2:30 p.m. SUNDAY, NOV. 2 Jr. Pee Wee Championship — Apopka vs. Ocoee Weigh-in: 7:30 a.m., Kickoff: 8:30 a.m.
Ocoee Jr. Midgets quarterback Jeffley Clairzimon and the Bulldogs will face the Dr. Phillips Panthers for the second time this season in the MidFlorida Pop Warner Championship on Sunday.
gram’s renaissance the past few years, being members of the first West Orange volleyball team to score a playoff victory was years in the making. “We’ve just been working so hard over the years trying to build this program,” Cook said. “We play like a completely different team (than) from my freshman year.” The Warriors will hit the
road for the regional semifinals on Tuesday, Nov. 4, to take on the winner of the regional quarterfinal match between Boone and Apopka. The winner of Tuesday’s match will advance to the Class 8A regional final on Saturday, Nov. 8. West Orange won’t celebrate long — the road in the state playoffs only gets tougher — but there is always
Jr. Midget Championship — Dr. Phillips vs. Ocoee Weigh-in: 1:30 p.m., Kickoff: 2:30 p.m.
something to be said for being the first. “I’m excited,” Usie said. “That was some of the motivation that I had (for the team). I said, ‘Ladies, we can go the furthest any West Orange volleyball team has ever gone in West Orange history.’ And that, alone in itself, is incredible.” Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@wotimes.com.
of his coach. “What makes him a good coach is that everyone on the team feels like they can go to him.” The Eagles stepped their game up in the spring of this year, with Wiggers looking to capitalize on the football smarts of some of his veteran players — especially Hudson and Liddell, who had become de facto player-coaches on the field. A program that had started running the simplest of I-Formation sets in its first two years introduced a spread attack this past spring. “It’s phenomenal — the first year we were predominately a running team, and this year, we’re pretty much 50-50 run and pass,” Liddell said. “It just shows how much we’ve actually grown from the first year until now.” It’s a sentiment Wiggers shares and credits to his senior class. Legacy essentially implemented the new offense in roughly eight days during the spring. “We put in a whole new offensive scheme in the spring,” Wiggers said. “We used it against Mount Dora Bible in our spring game — and we had to play a week early.”
ing eliminated from playofff contention. “Pretty much after losing to CFCA, the playoff picture for us was pretty much out of the question,” Wiggers said. “And (for the seniors) to still go out there and be excited for our practices, to not lose momentum, was a huge victory for us.” This year’s six seniors — Liddell, Hudson, Carmean, Knecht, Michael Toomer and Brandon Vees — have taken pride in being part of something bigger than themselves, mainly establishing a football culture at the school. It’s what led Toomer, a basketball player by trade, to decide to come out for his final season at Legacy after not having played before. “Everyone left last year, and I felt like, ‘Might as well go for it, just to say I played,’” said Toomer, who, at 6-foot-3, has been a valuable addition to the team at wide receiver and free safety. “I’m really happy I made that decision.” The final season for the program’s seniors has been full of memories, from the Eagles’ winning record to the time Vees, who has autism, ran the ball for a touchdown. Although the play was called back, the moment still left quite an imSENIOR SWAG This season has marked a pression on the young man. “I felt like great, and after dramatic turnaround for the Eagles after last season’s disap- I had gone to the sideline, I thanked God for this touchpointing finish. EVOLUTION OF A PROGRAM Legacy is 5-3 heading into down,” Vees said. The program will miss the The excitement maintained, Friday’s game, one of two and the Eagles finished 7-4 “seeded games” for Sunshine seniors once they are gone, that first fall. State Athletic Conference Wiggers acknowledges, espeeeves their leadership. Ther second season for Leg- programs Licensed that did not qualify cially Acupuncturist Massage Therapist In the acy was rockier, with the team for the playoffs. Being in the meantime, though, there are haS still Beentwo eFFeCtiVe games treatinG: to be played finishing 3-8, but the presence same Gentle divisionChiropraCtiC with high-powBack Pain • Headaches Pain • Neck Painwhich and momentum upon of Wiggers — an optimist’s op- ered Orlando Christian Prep • Shoulder For•aNumbness group of young timist — helped keep the team (8-0) and• Arthritis CFCA (7-1) kept the • Painful Jointsto•build. Stiffness 1080 S. D illarDretain St. Winter GarDen, Fl positive and enough Eagles out of the playoffs, but men who have been building • Arm/Leg Pain • Bursitis • Hip Pain • Cold Hands/Feet Most insurance accepted • Lic.entering # MM1720, MA32524 players to feel good what has impressed Wiggers a program for three years, it’s a 2014. the most about this year’s team task right up their alley. Contact Steven Ryzewski at “It seems like he always has a and its senior leadership is how solution for stuff,” Hudson said they have responded since be- sryzewski@wotimes.com. after we scored our first touchdown, it was kind of like everything went from there.” Legacy followed up that first game, a loss, with five consecutive wins. While many of the programs were in similar situations to the Eagles — new or undermanned in their own way — there were some victories early in that first season that stuck with the eager group of athletes. “I remember us playing a team called Bronson, and it was their Homecoming night, and we had seen them coming up and we were like, ‘Man, these guys are huge!’” senior Connor Knecht said. “We were actually down in the first half but came back and won. … I think that was where it really started off where we were like, ‘Wow, we can play with these guys.’” That first season saw mostly road games, with destinations ranging from Kissimmee to Jacksonville to St. Augustine. The idea, as Wiggers saw it, was to keep his team competitive in its earliest days — no matter how far the drive. “We were just road warriors, because we were trying to find teams I felt we could compete with,” Wiggers said. “Because I knew if we went out there and lost by 60 every week, it would be hard to maintain the excitement of the program.”
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LAKE APOPKA NATURAL GAS WINS MARKETING AWARD Holmes received the award from LANGD GM/CEO Samuel Davis Jr. at the Operating and Marketing Conference, held Sept. 17, at the Omni Orlando at Champions Gate. Holmes competed with top marketing representatives from Florida.
The Florida Natural Gas Association Sales Section selected Lake Apopka Natural Gas District Marketing Specialist Everett Holmes as recipient of the Fred Pryor Marketing Person of the Year Award for 2014.
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The winner of this week’s I Love West Orange Photo Contest is Mary Beth Asma, of Winter Garden, who submitted this photo of a night bloomer in the early-morning hours in her mother’s backyard.
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