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¶ Faith and fairness
As a proud member of United Women in Faith, a women’s organization dedicated to advocating for the well-being of women, children and youth, I am writing to express my deep concerns regarding the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back civil rights protections, increase the criminalization of communities of color, and undo progress on climate justice. Congress must use its oversight power to stop executive overreach and undo the harm. I strongly oppose the Laken Riley Act and the efforts to erode diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that are vital for building an inclusive community.
Additionally, the freezing of vital funding under the Inflation Reduction Act risks undoing much-needed strides in advancing a sustainable, renewable energy economy. Faith-based organizations, including churches and nonprofits, that have previously benefited from federal support to install solar panels and energy-saving systems are now facing uncertainty and financial strain due to delayed contracts. These actions threaten both our environment and the economic stability of many vital community-serving organizations.
As a person of faith, I firmly believe that every individual, regardless of their background, is made in the image of God and deserves dignity, care and respect! I urge both the White House and Congress to stop presidential overreach, uphold human rights and the dignity for all of God’s creation and work toward the common good of all people, regardless of their background or political views.
Finally, local and state governments have an important role to play in standing up for their residents — including undocumented individuals — by refusing to collude with ICE/DHS in any efforts toward mass deportation and ensuring that justice and human dignity are upheld at all levels.
We must act now to secure a future that reflects the values of compassion, fairness and shared responsibility.
— Linda White, Davenport
¶ A solution in search of a problem
Our democracy works best when every eligible voter, regardless of background, can make their voice heard. But the extreme Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act threatens that right by imposing unnecessary and burdensome proof-of-citizenship requirements, making it significantly harder for millions of Americans to register and vote. Voting is the foundation of our democracy.
This bill would force every voter to present proof of citizenship, primarily through a passport or an original birth certificate, documents many Americans don’t readily have, every time they register or update their registration — in person. That means ourselves, our loved ones and our neighbors could face insurmountable barriers: As it’s written now, the bill creates particular problems for military service members, tribal citizens, married women, naturalized citizens, rural voters and seniors.
The SAVE Act is a solution in search of a problem. It’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections, and election officials already verify voter eligibility using secure state and federal data. This bill does nothing to improve election security; it only makes voting harder for law-abiding citizens.
Congress should reject this dangerous bill and focus on ensuring that all eligible Americans have fair and equal access to the ballot box. Instead of erecting new barriers, we should be working to make voting more accessible for all eligible Americans.
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HOME TRUTHS
Children and senior citizens make up more than 40 percent of Central Florida’s homeless population
BY MCKENNA SCHUELER
New data pulled from a recent count of homeless people throughout the Central Florida region shows that more than 40 percent of those found living without stable housing are children under 18 and older adults, 55 and up.
According to the Homeless Services Network, a local nonprofit that facilitated the annual count, volunteers found 2,781 people this past January in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties living in shelters, transitional housing, in their cars or on the streets — just a slight increase from the year prior.
“We are grateful that this is the smallest percent increase in several years,” said Martha Are, CEO of the Homeless Services Network, in a statement. Still, at a press conference Friday, she admitted that she doesn’t believe the count captures the full scope of homelessness in the region, in part due to fear stoked by a new state law that prohibits sleeping overnight on public property.
“We know that some people just didn’t want to be surveyed this year,” said Are.
Their annual count — part of a nationwide point-in-time count facilitated over the course of just a single day — doesn’t include people who refuse to acknowledge whether they are homeless, nor people who refuse to answer questions.
“People are intentionally hiding in more obscure places, deeper in the woods, other places that are just harder to find,” she said.
Within the first month that the new state law took effect this past January, two dozen unhoused people in Orlando alone were arrested and booked by Orlando Police Department officers into the local jail. Most were found sleeping under the I-4 overpass, the streets of downtown Orlando, or in Parramore just to the west. Five of those arrested in January were older than 60.
“Unfortunately, 24 percent of the people identified in this year’s point-in-time count are 55 and older,” said Are. “Heartbreakingly, more than half are sleeping outside at a time in their lives when they’re more likely to have serious health problems — including chronic heart disease, diabetes and respiratory conditions — made worse by their lack of housing.”
Rent hikes seen in Central Florida and elsewhere in recent years have exceeded many older adults’ retirement and Social Security income — even when that’s reliably coming
in — according to Are. “It is not an exaggeration to say that homelessness is literally killing some of our seniors.”
Eviction filings in Orange County more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, according to the University of Florida’s Shimberg Center for Housing Studies. Nearly 30 percent of renters in Orange County have reported spending 40 percent or more of their monthly income on housing costs alone.
Orange County leaders sought to cap rent hikes during their peak in 2022, as a temporary stopgap, placing a measure on the ballot for locals to weigh in on. Voters in the county approved of the idea, but a lawsuit by real estate and landlord groups held up the rent stabilization measure in court. A state law approved in 2023, banning rent control statewide, stopped it from ever going into effect.
Christine Cleveland, a senior administrator for Orange County Public Schools, said the face of homelessness in Orange County, driven in part by an unaffordable housing market and affordable housing shortage, has changed.
It’s not always the “stereotypical image of a panhandler” on the street, she said. “It’s the mother with a bachelor’s degree, a full-time salaried manager who, after the loss of her husband and skyrocketing rental costs, is now living in a cramped hotel room with her children,” said Cleveland.
“It’s also the brother and sister abandoned by their parents, with the 18-year-old sister working tirelessly to keep some type of roof over their heads, even if inadequate, sacrificing her own future to provide for her siblings.”
with other families, temporarily living with a friend or family member, or living in a hotel. Housing advocates say there’s a shortage of roughly 1,000 shelter beds in the region, and efforts to establish a new shelter have been stalled by resident pushback.
“A normal child gets picked up by their parents,” said Cleveland. “They go home, they get to do their homework, they have a snack, they get to watch a little TV, relax. These students don’t have that.”
With the limited federal funding they receive, and through the generosity of private donors, district staff do what they can to coordinate resources and assistance for students in unstable housing situations, she said.
Orange County Public Schools offers free lunch and transportation for students, while private donations allow them to provide additional items, such as gift cards, clothing, or the ability to attend events like a school music or sports competition. “If we fail to support them, the consequences of that will impact us all,” she said.
Research has found that unstable housing can negatively affect school attendance and truancy.
More than 8,000 OCPS students identified as homeless this month — the highest number of any school district in the state.
According to preliminary data, as of April 2 the Orange County school district had more than 8,000 students identified as homeless — the highest number of any district in the state.
Nearly 600 were living without any form of shelter — living in a car or on the streets — while the rest reported being doubled up
and fund caseworker positions.
It’s also helped fund projects like youth drop-in centers, where homeless youth and young adults can access computers, phone chargers, laundry machines, in addition to counseling, food, and access to a shower. One of these drop-in centers, operated by the Christian-based nonprofit SALT Outreach, opens in one of Orlando’s most impoverished neighborhoods this week.
“In the past, we saw the Veterans Administration really invest funding into our ability to work with veterans and put them into housing,” said Are. “Now we have this youth funding that’s letting us target youth, and so what we see from this is, when we have these housing-focused resources, we see a difference.”
For about a decade now, both the city of Orlando and Orange County have committed themselves to a housing-first approach to addressing homelessness — acknowledging that a person first needs a stable place to live and their basic needs met, before they can successfully focus on things like getting a job, or getting sober if they struggle with addiction. That approach, supported by President Donald Trump during his first term in office, has in recent years come under fire by conservative think tanks that view it as ineffective.
Overcrowded living situations can make it difficult for kids to learn and do their homework.
But the latest data on homelessness in Central Florida didn’t reveal only bad news. According to Are, with the Homeless Services Network, homelessness among young adults (specifically, 18 to 24) dropped 29 percent this year.
She attributes this, at least in part, to her nonprofit’s “Brighter Days” initiative launched last year, funded through $8.4 million in grant money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and another $1 million allocated by the Florida Legislature. The initiative, in collaboration with other community partners, has helped provide rent subsidies, open up employment and educational opportunities,
According to the news explainer site Vox, Trump has since changed his tune on the approach, nominating Scott Turner, a former Texas lawmaker who voted against initiatives to aid poor tenants, as HUD Secretary. Turner has since outlined “massive funding cuts” to the agency, according to CBS News, with the Trump administration instead leaning into forced mental health and substance use treatment for the homeless as a primary intervention, rather than housing support.
“Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, we are no longer in a business-as-usual posture and the DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency] task force will play a critical role in helping to identify and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse and ultimately better serve the American people,” Turner said in a recent statement.
Brian Postlewait, chief operating officer of the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida, told Orlando Weekly that while their grant reimbursements from the federal government were initially frozen — as part of a national federal grant freeze ordered by the Trump administration in February, later blocked in the courts — they’ve since received reimbursements for their awarded grants, including for their Brighter Days initiative serving youth. However, Are admitted,“There’s still a lot of unknowns.”
“At this point in time, you know, no spigot has been turned off,” she confirmed. “We’re still waiting to see what happens over the next several months.”
mschueler@orlandoweekly.com
GROVES STAND FRESH
Florida Groves Festival is positively blazing
BY SHELTON HULL
For a fourth straight year, the Central Florida Fairgrounds plays host to the Florida Groves Festival this weekend. It’s one of a series of events promoted across the state that help weave together the colorful and disparate threads of Florida’s expanding cannabis scene. Much of this activity, business and personal, takes place here in Central Florida, which has been positively epicentric to the medical marijuana movement in the Sunshine State since it originated, over 30 years ago.
Florida Groves is just one in a succession of festivals promoted over the past decade-plus by Cody Edwards and Patrick Gay, childhood friends born just one day apart. That one day apart is one of the very few days since that they’ve ever spent separate, or not in close communication. They’ve
been running 710 Dab Day-branded events across the state since about 2013, but Florida Groves is the jewel in their tandem crown.
“It’s all self-financed,” says Edwards on the phone from Jacksonville. “I got done playing football after freshman year. It was cool, it got me into school, but I wanted to do more creative things. I was always a ‘cannabisseur’, and at that time, 2014, the whole medical marijuana scene was starting to blossom.”
Dab Day was born where Edwards was born, in Miami. Bolstered by a staff that started with family and friends, but has now grown to include dozens of paid employees and volunteers (the perks are dank, as you can imagine), they run events all around Florida, including Tampa and Jacksonville.
After the passage of Amendment 2 in Florida on the November 2016 ballot, business statewide started hot from its first days of implementation the following year. The market was already primed from a failed ballot initiative process in 2014 and an extended debate over low-THC variants that began while Rick Scott was still governor. Politically inclined readers may note that changes in the ballot initiative process were driven, in large part, by a desire on the part of some lawmakers to slow the momentum of legalization. It seemed inevitable until the last election, where a lot of good ideas just hit the wall, along with some of the people responsible.
While the failure of Amendment 3 (a bid to legalize recreational marijuana) on last year’s ballot surely cost Florida billions of dollars, the market as-is remains surprisingly vibrant. According to the most recent update from the Office of Medical Marijuana Use, we currently have 905,556 medical marijuana card holders in Florida. With processing fees at $75 per year, that’s almost $68 million in free money for the state right there.
Getting the card requires a prescription from a licensed doctor, which may range from $100 to $300, depending on who they are and who you are. We have approximately 2,391 doctors statewide licensed to prescribe the stuff, 80 of
whom are listed in Orlando. So, taking $200 as the average, that’s another $181 million in fees for the doctors — an average of $76,000 per doctor, per year.
“Depending on how you feel about the economy, where we’ve been, where we’re going, a lot of people in the industry, at the end of last year, were hopeful that we’d see an uptick coming into this year,” Edwards says. “It just doesn’t feel like that’s quite here yet, but that didn’t scare us. We’ve been out here grindin’ since day one, so we weren’t turned off at all, and we come at everything head-on.”
“Dab Day and Florida Groves are technically separate entities,” adds Edwards, “but from
Attendees were high on music and art at last year’s Florida Groves Festival | Photo by Matt Keller Lehman
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the beginning, and to this day, we used all of our resources and connections to leverage Florida Groves.”
Despite its symbiotic relationship with the cannabis scene, the Florida Groves Festival is about much more than marijuana. It is, first and foremost, a music festival, and a damned good one at that.
Pop deconstructionist Oliver Tree is this year’s the main event, headlining a bill on Sunday that includes Fortunate Youth, The Floozies, The Hip Abduction, Zen Selekta, Tasty Vibrations, Impulse Live, Gemini Trix and Project Pluto. Saturday sees Big Gigantic closing out a lineup that includes Shwayze, Boogie T, Little Stranger, Evalution, Jarv, Jason Leech, Know Good and Big Wig. Notable locals like the Supervillains and Dizzlephunk are satisfyingly sprinkled in among the out-of-towners.
There are so many festivals going on across the state in the spring and summer months, pretty much every weekend, and there’s tons of money to be made when it’s done right. But it’s a highly saturated, highly competitive market, and it falls upon the promoters to meticulously plot out not just the logistics of their events, but the staff, the vendors, the volunteers and sundry diversions. No matter how good the music is at any festival, folks can get bored quickly without an abundance of ancillary fare. Florida Groves brings in world-class skateboarding,
glass-blowers and (ahem) pickleball to keep the heads happy.
Sponsors include several key players in “cannabiz,” including AVR, Blazy Susan, Curaleaf and King Budz, as well as more mainstream companies like Sweetwater Brewing, Michelob Ultra and Raising Cane’s. According to organizers, the festival is around 90 percent sold out at the time of writing, so if you didn’t get a ticket your (metaphorical) buzz may be killed.
Florida Groves is bigger and better than ever this year, which is great for them. But past is merely prologue in the festival biz, and the focus is always forward.
“I wouldn’t say it’s gotten easier,” Edwards says, “just because we’ve tried to scale up every year, and we’ve learned a lot along the way. Year one, I would say we were probably at about 1,200 attendees; that was a one-day, one-stage event, very small footprint. This year, we’re hoping to see 6,000 to 8,000 unique attendees across two days and three stages. The footprint is massive, and the sponsor activations are on another level, compared to previous years. It’s looking really good!”
Even though Florida is weirder and more contentious than usual this year, there’s still good news here and there, and the growth of Florida Groves suggests real momentum developing for the Florida-grown festival industry and for the cannabis market. The two have grown increasingly intertwined, and that’s good for all of us. music@orlandoweekly.com
Vibin’ at Florida Groves | Photo by Matt Keller Lehman
HOUSE OF CARDS
The death of Amendment 3 means MMJ may be the only way to get legal weed in the Sunshine State for the foreseeable future
BY SETH KUBERSKY
Last November’s narrow defeat of Amendment 3 dashed cannabis fans’ hopes of Florida establishing a market for recreational adult personal use, and the Legislature’s efforts to inhibit further ballot initiatives and restrict hemp-derived intoxicants like Delta-9 means that a medical marijuana card may be your only way to get legal weed in the Sunshine State for the foreseeable future.
That fact has fueled a recent re-ignition of interest in Florida’s MMJ program, and Leafwell clinic (leafwell.com) has partnered with Insa (insa.com) and other area dispensaries to fan those flames with a series of in-person events, offering free evaluations for medical cards (not counting the $75 state fee) for both lapsed patients and canna-curious newcomers.
I attended their first-ever pop-up clinic in Orlando at the Celeste Hotel near UCF — which is hosting another on Wednesday, April 9, from 3-8 p.m. — and conducted the following Q&A
with Insa CEO/co-founder Pete Gallagher and Leafwell event partnership manager Corey Lyons, while nearly 400 attendees were getting approved for their gratis ganja recommendations (valid for four months and 20 days, natch).
How did you enter the cannabis industry?
Gallagher: Prior to this, I was in the investment management business. My childhood friend Pat Gottschlicht, we grew up together; he went a different path in life, much more entrepreneurial. We kept in touch over the years [and] at some point, we just got the idea it’d be fun to start a company together. I really didn’t know much about cannabis, and didn’t really even know it was an industry. In 2013 I’d read an article in the New York Times about the legalization of cannabis in Colorado, and we met a gentleman when we were on vacation together traveling [who] was from Denver. … It turned out he owned a number of
Gallagher: I’m not a Florida resident, but I’m a patient in Massachusetts and a recreational consumer. I’m partial to flower, and I really like our edibles. Our chocolates are fantastic, and we’ve just come out with some new 1:1:1: [THC:CBD:CBN] sleep gummies, which are fantastic.
How has the response been to Leafwell’s free cannabis card clinics?
Lyons: We had over 400 people registered for this pop-up, and what we saw today was really exciting. A lot of people brought their friends, they brought their family, they brought additional people to get in. We were able to fit most of our patients into the blocks that we had — if not, we scheduled them for an open block that we had later in the day, but everybody that came to us was seen by a doctor today or was waiting to be seen.
What is the demographic of Orlando’s cannabis patients?
Lyons: The state of Florida’s demographic skews usually above 50-55, but I think that’s just really our state population. We’ve seen a large amount of young patients coming in from a college demographic. For us, we looked at our demographics for this event, and it skewed more than 50 percent under 50. So we’re seeing a much younger [demographic], and then there was a large block of people 18 to 30.
I think with Amendment 3 not passing, more people are looking for legal ways to be a consumer, and it’s very beneficial to the younger demographic.
dispensaries in Colorado and a grow, and I spent the balance of the vacation just quizzing him about cannabis more out of a personal curiosity.
He was the one that informed us that it had just been legalized in Massachusetts, [and] that’s what started the journey in this industry, with Pat and I. We founded the company officially in 2013; we started in Massachusetts, then expanded into Pennsylvania, then Florida, Connecticut and Ohio. Our footprint in Florida right now is about 10 stores in the North Central Florida region.
What defines the Insa brand?
Gallagher: We really just try to distinguish ourselves on quality. And it’s really a craft product that we try to create. We put a lot of care and invest a lot into the products. It’s a state of the art facility, indoor grow. We invest a lot in the processes to ensure that it’s the highest quality coming out of there.
The packaging looks like a tuna fish can. We chose that because we think it best preserves the quality of the cannabis, and it really preserves the aroma, so when you peel back that can it really just hits you. It’s important to infuse it with about 90 percent nitrogen, and that’ll preserve the quality of the cannabis and the terpenes for about two years. There’s a lot of care and investment that we put into the entire process to make sure that we deliver the highest quality products to patients and consumers.
What’s your favorite Insa product?
How is Insa moving past the failure of Amendment 3?
Gallagher: We were an investor in Safe & Smart Florida, a much smaller investor than Trulieve, but obviously we felt it was important to support the initiative. Unfortunately, it didn’t pass, but we have a robust medical market here, and hopefully there’s another opportunity to legalize it in the future.
Sixty percent is a tall hurdle [and] there’s a lot of misperceptions around cannabis, even still. I think it requires a lot of education. I think we’ve learned a lot as an industry, and if there’s another opportunity, hopefully we can educate people on why it’s important, and the value of adult-use cannabis.
What’s your position on legalizing homegrown cannabis?
Gallagher: I personally don’t have a problem with home grows, for hobbyists and whatnot that want to try it. It’s a natural curiosity, and I support that. In Massachusetts and other recreational markets, the home grow exists and co-exists with the adult use market.
I think the new ballot language that came up is now allowing a home grow, so if that was the big sticking point for voters, hopefully if it gets that opportunity on the ballot in the future, it will pass. … Any initiative to legalize cannabis in Florida, we support.
skubersky@orlandoweekly.com
Pete Gallagher’s Insa dispensary partners with Leafwell clinics to help patients get their medical marijuana cards | courtesy photo
FEATURING:
SEA CHANGE
Talay presents a distinct menu of Thai cuisine, one focused primarily on seafood
BY FAIYAZ KARA
Riding the much-deserved success of Isan Zaap and its invigorating brand of Northeast Thai cuisine, chef-owner Fin Patsawee went all in with her latest venture, a comely North Quarter charmer that wouldn’t look out of place in an episode of White Lotus It’s called Talay, and the place certainly appears to be catching on with the city’s food-obsessed know-it-alls. There hasn’t been this much buzz in the North Quarter since Natsu received a Michelin star four months after welcoming guests into their omakase room. Which is roughly about how long Talay (it means “sea” in Thai) has been open.
As its name suggests, the restaurant is partial to the bounties of the deep — “I want to showcase the flavors of Thailand through seafood,” says Patsawee, and that she most certainly does. The sea scents the air, and the restaurant’s coastal decor underscores Patsawee’s nose for design. My own proboscis pointed to a heady green curry served with roti ($12), and our mouths were collectively grateful.
Then we immediately veered toward one of the most seafood-heavy items on the menu — hor mok talay ($32), with its red curry custard coating calamari, shrimp, fish and a trio of mussels all served inside a coconut shell. Makrut lime, ginger and Thai basil added zest,
while a slick of coconut milk proved palliating in hue only. The curried custard caked onto the seafood threw some of my dining companions — “Not sure about this mouthfeel,” I heard one say. Admittedly, the dish threw me as well; then it grew on me. If anything, it’s photogenic as hell, unlike the Thai-style omelet ($26), which is a bit simple on looks and flavor.
The fattened eggy round is cooked with fish sauce and topped with a few morsels of lump crab. I didn’t quite understand this being one of Talay’s “signature” offerings. By comparison, the sweet corn salad ($15), tossed in a bracing lime dressing with peanuts, tomato and Thai chilies with grilled shrimp ($5 extra), seemed more deserving of that status.
After enjoying a wonderful wok-fired Thai fried rice with shrimp ($20), and slurping a half dozen Blue Point oysters ($18), we noticed our server never came back. Oyster shells and empty plates weren’t cleared, nor were empty cocktail glasses. By the way, pass on the cloying mango sticky rice cocktail ($18) and sample a proper-stiff Oh My Lychee ($17) or banana bourbon barrel ($17) instead. It seems they were really short-staffed, and on a Saturday night no less. I really wanted some mango sticky rice ($15) — the dessert, not the cocktail — but it was clear the smart play was to roll on out.
But not before we peeked inside Noir Bar, a moody speakeasy connected to the restaurant by a door near the entrance. A hologram projecting waves washing over the floor leads the way to the bar and is just one of the many small details that went into Talay’s design — “right down to the silverware,” Patsawee says.
On a return visit, the place was still shortstaffed. I simultaneously felt bad for, and in awe of, Nam — the bartender who mixed drinks, greeted guests, cleared tables, engaged with patrons and did it all with a smile on her face. I smiled too after she put down a flame-licked jumbo river prawn ($27) served with an addicting green sauce made from cilantro, garlic and lime. Just as grin-inducing were the panang scallops ($29) — not so much for the springy pucks, but for the glorious curry, which drank like soup. When that longed-for plate of mango sticky rice ($15) did arrive, the wait, alas, wasn’t worth it, unripe mango and gummy rice being the culprits. Nam, spotting the dessert’s deficiencies, was kind enough to comp the capper. She’s a flawed beauty, Talay is, one you can’t help but be mesmerized by and drawn to. And, yes, there’s plenty of worth to be found here, but as is so often the case with seafood, it just comes in waves.
fkara@orlandoweekly.com
OPENINGS & CLOSINGS:
Grappolo Cucina Italiana will open in the space previously occupied by Farm & Haus at 526 S. Park Ave. in Winter Park later this month. Touted as (cough) “London’s favorite Italian restaurant,” Grappolo is promising “fresh pasta made daily from scratch” and, presumably, a good wine list (grappolo means “bunch” in Italian). The owners run a seemingly well-received restaurant in Surrey (not London) called La Meridiana … Look for Moa Kai Hawaiian Diner to move into the old Mongolorian space at 2217 E. Colonial Drive in Mills 50 this June. The full-service restaurant by Hoi Nguyen (Poke Hana, Chi-Kin) will also offer cocktails, and will serve everything from saimin noodle soups to Spam musubi to loco moco … Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks, the Atlanta-based sandwich chain offering a variety of Philly-style handhelds, has opened at Oviedo on the Park at 441 E. Mitchell Hammock Road. Another location in SoDo will open later this year in the old Bao’s Castle space at 45 W. Crystal Lake St. in the Target plaza … Ô Bon Chocolatier, from the folks behind Light on the Sugar, will open this spring inside East End Market, taking the space previously occupied by Mochi Dochi and Olde Hearth Bread Co. Expect hand-crafted artisanal sweets and bonbons … Black Phin Coffee Bar, specializing in Vietnamese phin-drip coffee using robusta beans, has opened inside the old Lombardi’s Seafood building at 1152 Harmon Ave. in Winter Park … Also in Winter Park (though not the 32789), Somo T, offering everything from phin-brewed coffee to milk and fruit teas and bánh mìs, has opened at 6760 Aloma Ave. in Winter Park … Over in Kissimmee, Xing Fu Tang, a Taiwanese multinational boba chain, has opened at 2673 W. Osceola Parkway at The Loop in Kissimmee. Here, patrons can watch boba pearls being made in front of them.
NEWS & EVENTS:
Buttermilk Bakery will host cookbook author Zaynab Issa Wednesday, April 16, to sign copies of her book, Third Culture Cooking. The Winter Park bakery and the author are also collaborating on a special pastry box that will include four sweet and savory creations, as well as a copy of the book, all for $65. Visit zaynabissa. com or buttermilk-bakery.com for more … Congrats go out to Jason & Sue Chin of Good Salt Restaurant Group (Seito Sushi, The Osprey, Reyes Mezcaleria, The Monroe) for being named James Beard Award finalists for Outstanding Restaurateur, and to Ômo by Jônt for being named a finalist for Best New Restaurant. Winners will be announced June 16 in Chicago.
Hor mok talay served in a coconut shell showcases the flavors of Thailand through seafood | Photo by Matt Keller Lehman
FFF OPENING NIGHT FILM: STOLEN KINGDOM
6 p.m. Friday, April 11
Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland
Also screening at 7 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11
Regal Winter Park Village Theater A and B, 510 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park floridafilmfestival.com
$25-$125
PILLAGE, PLUNDER, RIFLE AND LOOT
FFF opening night film Stolen Kingdom plumbs the weird psychology of theme park explorers — are they unsung preservationists or disrespectful criminals?
BY CAMERON MEIER
At this year’s Florida Film Festival, the Sunshine State will be well-represented thanks to an expanded Florida Showcase block (four features) and many local-focused shorts. But it’s the Opening night film, documentary Stolen Kingdom , that will likely turn the most heads.
“We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot,” sing the animatronics in Disney World’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride. But, being robots, they can’t really commit those crimes. Instead, it’s some human park visitors, even some Disney cast members, who are the true criminals.
“Urban exploration” — often-illegal expeditions undertaken by trespassers who sneak into abandoned properties and retired attractions, sometimes stealing souvenirs — is the subject of the debut film by director Joshua Bailey.
“This film feels like a culmination of my entire life up until this point,” Bailey says. “I grew up in
Tampa with a deep fascination in theme parks.
While being interested in Disney, I was also a skateboarder and went to hardcore shows, so I came across a few of the subjects in the film that felt like an intersection of those interests, and that led me to the world of underground Disney fans.”
Stolen Kingdom is an entertaining, comical, disturbing and downright tragic look at what was once supposed to be a cultural utopia. But because of neglect and disinterest from Disney itself, plus felonious behavior by the very people who should respect the Mouse, that dream world in many instances has turned post-apocalyptic.
“A few years after I moved to Orlando at 18 for college and to work at the parks, there was an uptick in Disney urban exploring, so I started to entrench myself in that world,” Bailey says. “I decided to make a film on the subject, and
then two months later the Buzzy animatronic went missing.”
The doc is bookended by the story of Buzzy, the animatronic star of Cranium Command, an extinct show at EPCOT’s old Wonders of Life pavilion. First someone stole Buzzy’s clothes. Then someone stole Buzzy himself.
But that’s just one part of the movie, which, in a manner reminiscent of revered documentarian Errol Morris’ work, spends most of its time addressing the odd psychology of themepark explorers. The movie lacks some of Morris’ finesse and can be a tough watch for those who love, or used to love, Disney. But with its local lean, it’s a good fit for the Florida Film Festival. Bailey scores remarkably candid interviews with both savory and unsavory characters. Some love Disney and view their gonzo adventures (and their video documentation) as an important part of preserving Disney World’s heritage, while others see just cheap thrills or dollar signs.
“I kind of realized very quickly that there was a whole community of people that went and explored abandoned places,” says one explorer.
“So I figured, well, you know, if other people can make a living out of this, then maybe I can make a living out of it too.”
The worst of the bunch is Patrick Spikes, who was convicted of stealing and selling Buzzy’s clothes. Spikes is unrepentant, going so far as to brand himself a Disney legend. Hey, even the aforementioned pirates were “loved by their mommies and dads” — Spikes is seemingly loved only by himself.
Among all Stolen Kingdom ’s interviewees, Orlando Weekly’s own Seth Kubersky is most profound: “Disney is very fond of saying theme parks are not a museum. If you say a theme
park is not a museum, you’re also implying that themed attractions are not art. And for me and a lot of other people who are theme-park fans, we feel like it is an art form, and these are things that should be preserved.”
This lack of artistic respect has led not just to the crimes Bailey documents in his film but offenses perpetuated by Disney itself, such as the demolition of cherished attractions and, in perhaps the company’s greatest “Penn Station” moment, the destruction of Tom Sawyer Island, the park within a park that was the Magic Kingdom’s aesthetic heart.
“You can design and create and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it takes people to make the dream a reality,” Walt Disney said.
The world has let Walt down.
Bailey says, “I hope people that have no exposure to this world watch this film and see a different side of the Disney parks. I think a lot of people will and already have viewed it as a partly comedic documentary, but I genuinely hope they take away something more profound. … Disney has become something that’s ingrained in American pop culture, and whether it’s paying $20,000 for a piece of Disney World or jumping out of a dying attraction to desperately preserve it, these people feel like they have ownership over this thing.
“And that’s the ‘stolen kingdom’ for me. Things were quite literally stolen in the film, but this figurative ‘kingdom’ of Disney culture has been stolen away from them and is a part of us all at this point.”
For more information about this year’s film festival, check out or overview on page 36. For schedule and ticket options, visit floridafilmfestival.com. feedback@orlandoweekly.com
King Buzzy: The misadventures of the ‘Cranium Command’ animatronic bookend Disney doc ‘Stolen Kingdom’ | courtesy image, via Florida Film Festival
JIM FEST
Because tributes typically honor the departed, they’re usually lost on the one who matters most to the occasion. They’re a day late and a holler short. That’s why I’ve long been a big proponent of living tributes, a point driven painfully home by the fresh loss of Orlando culture mover Dave Plotkin (RIP, dear Dave).
Well, there will be one such event this weekend for one of the most important extant figures in Orlando music history. To honor our own rock photographer Jim Leatherman, local punk producer and scene-maker Joshua “Danger” Dobbs has organized Jim Fest (7 p.m. Friday, April 11, Will’s Pub, $20). By “our,” of course, I mean not just Orlando Weekly but the Orlando music scene at large, which has been directly enriched by Leatherman’s defining work.
“Josh Dobbs kind of tricked me,” says Leatherman.“Late evening one night he sent me
— I’m not dead yet! I don’t feel I am worthy of such praise.”
Such a sweet, unassuming and quintessentially Leatherman response. But I (and the Orlando music community) disagree with him.
Regarding the inspiration for Jim Fest, Dobbs says,“I was just thinking about how Jim has literally put every band he’s ever photographed into rock star status with his pics, no matter what kind of following or reputation they have. Whatever the hell he’s doing with a camera, it’s otherworldly! So this is a way for all of us to come together to celebrate him. And coincidentally, this year also marks 40 years of him taking concert pics!”
The Jim Fest lineup is an all-star Orlando continuum that spans generations and includes garage-rock idols The Tremolords, melody punks The New Lows, new shoegaze royalty Saucers Over Washington, feminist hardcore squad Stiletto and live indie-rock jukebox New Eagles.
“You truly won’t meet a kinder soul than Jim Leatherman,” says New Eagles drummer Michael Lothrop. “I’ve known Jim since the Murmur Records days and his unwavering support of Orlando’s music scene has continued to be an inspiration to all who know him.”
Stiletto bassist Tia Milan says, “I think everyone knows it really isn’t a show if Leatherman isn’t there!”
As someone who’s covered local music for a long time, I know how crucial photographers like Leatherman are in a special and personal way. As hot shit as I think my words are, I know nothing captures the scene or a moment like the looks from a good photographer. There is only one Jim Leatherman.
Leatherman isn’t simply a straightforward documentarian. He’s an artist, a master whose work has signature, attitude and terroir. Put another photographer in the same pit and I’d be able to pick out Leatherman’s snaps. Highcontrast, best in black and white, oily and gritty at the same time, it’s street poetry. Yeah, pure punk rock.
‘Celebrating me? Dude, it’s so odd. I’m not dead yet! I don’t feel I am worthy of such praise.’ Our own Jim Leatherman doth protest too much
an out-of-the-blue text with one question: ‘Hey Jim, who are your favorite current local bands?’
I didn’t think anything of it and responded with a list of 10 to 12 of the current local bands I dig.
Fast forward a few weeks, he messages me a flyer for the show ‘celebrating me’? … Dude, it’s so odd
Leatherman’s one of those photographers who’s more legendary than many of the artists he shoots, but you wouldn’t know it from the way he works. He’s a true-blue music fan who treats his subjects — from living gods to buzz bands to underground locals — with equal gravity and reverence. Although he’s shot canonical indie bands like Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine and countless others in their subterranean prime, Leatherman still has an evergreen drive to capture young risers in his native scene with the same ardor. To this day, no one can match Leatherman’s hunger and hustle.
As they say,“Pics or it didn’t happen.” Without Leatherman, there would still be a music scene here in Orlando. But there would be so much less history and legacy. That’ll be the difference between fleeting and forever. So gather ye rosebuds while ye may, and let’s give some of those due flowers to a man whose work proves we were here. Viva, Jim Leatherman! baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com
Our Jim | Photo by (yes) Jim Leatherman
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9
Micky Dolenz
And then there was one. Micky Dolenz is the last surviving member of the Monkees, those irresistible 1960s stars of stage and screen unfairly derided as a “Prefab Four.” With the benefit of time, we can now see that the Monkees somehow had their cake — hits like “Last Train to Clarksville” and “Daydream Believer,” a wildly popular TV show still in reruns, sellout tours — and ate it too — experimental film Head made with Jack Nicholson, giving Jimi Hendrix a big U.S. break, wrenching creative control from studio bosses and going psychedelic with album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd Dolenz played percussion and sang in the quartet and Wednesday he’ll be taking center stage to play the Monkees’ hits (there are many) and tell some stories in between. Hopefully he throws in a song or two from recent EP Dolenz Sings R.E.M. 8 p.m., The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave., plazaliveorlando.org, $49-$190. — Matthew Moyer
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9
Masta Killa
Orlando beware! Killa Bees swarm the area this week as Brooklyn-born rapper Masta Killa takes the stage at the Abbey. Masta Killa is one of the founding members of famed old-school hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, alongside rap luminaries like Method Man, RZA and Ol’ Dirty Bastard (RIP). Known affectionately as the Wu-Tang’s ninth member, he has been ever-present on the group’s albums and multitude of solo projects since the Clan’s start. He is joined by supporting acts Mike Mark, a Florida-based reggae rapper, Orlando hip-hop artist Jalliqq Amir and South Florida’s Kevin Nova. The Wu-Tang Clan farewell tour may have forsaken us for Tampa, but this will be just as essential. 7 p.m., The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive, abbeyorlando.com, $25 — Juno Le
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THURSDAY, APRIL 10
Shannon and the Clams
With a new album that marries themes of heartbreak and grief with reinvented indie doo-wop melodies, garage-rockers Shannon and the Clams deliver sounds that feel vintage but are so clearly made for the weirdos of today. The quartet, led by Shannon Shaw, released their seventh studio album The Moon Is in the Wrong Place earlier this year. It explores both loss and nostalgic celebration of life — born out of Shaw’s sudden loss of her fiancé weeks before their wedding — while expanding on the group’s singular take on early underground garage rock. Show support comes from Being Dead. 7 p.m., The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave., foundation-presents.com, $23. — Chloe Greenberg
FRIDAY, APRIL 11
Florida Film Festival
The Florida Film Festival will screen 187 movies (50 features and 137 shorts), starting this week at Enzian Theater and Regal Winter Park Village. Highlights of the 34th annual event include the Oscar-accredited shorts programs, the “spotlight” films (higher-profile features that already have distribution), five film-focused forums and appearances by actresses Mia Farrow (who will screen her 1968 horror masterpiece Rosemary’s Baby on April 18) and Christina Ricci (who will screen her 1995 coming-of-age dramedy Now and Then on April 13). Both will participate in Q&A sessions. Forty nations are represented among the films, 164 movies are receiving some sort of premiere (world, national, Southeast or Florida), and more than 100 filmmakers plan to attend. The flicks were picked from a record 2,923 submissions from a record 119 countries. The festival will again have a strong environmental and socio-political focus, but it will also embrace anarchy by celebrating the 25th anniversary of its love-it-orhate-it Midnights Shorts program. The numbers
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CONCERTS/EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9
Cryogeyser 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $18.
Dougie Flesh and the Slashers, Between the Backwoods, Nick Shrubsole 9:30 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.
An Evening With Branford Marsalis 7 & 9 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $70; 407-358-6603.
Micky Dolenz: Monkees Songs & Stories 8 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $40-$138; 407-228-1220.
Music for All UCF: Orlando Band Invitational 8 am-4:30 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $10-$25; 407-823-1500.
Magic Sword: April 17, The Abbey
Kool Keith: April 18, Will’s Pub
Magnolia Park: April 18, The Beacham
Genitorturers: April 19, Conduit
Justin Hayward: April 19, Plaza Live
Poison the Well: April 19, The Beacham
STRFKR: April 22, The Beacham
Mayday Parade: April 24, House of Blues
Fantasia: April 25, Addition Financial Arena
Mary J. Blige: April 25, Kia Center
Napalm Death & The Melvins: April 25, The Beacham
Tall Juan: May 4, Will’s Pub
Lea Michele: May 8, Hard Rock Live
Pegasus String Quartet: Transfigured Night 7 pm; Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; 15-$25; 407-823-1500.
Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Bands: Premieres and Collaborations 7:30 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $25-$35; 407-823-1500.
Masta Killa 7 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $25; 321-635-0320.
THURSDAY, APRIL 10
The Birth of the Cool 7 & 9 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $24.50; 407-358-6603.
Choir Invitational 7 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the
Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $10- $25; 407-823-1500.
Timucua Jazz Jam 7 pm; Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $5-$10; 407-279-0902.
Magnolia Park: April 18, The Beacham
L.A. Guns: May 11, Mount Dorta Music Hall
The Damned: May 12, House of Blues
Feyleux, Earth Fault: May 15, Will’s Pub
Welcome to Rockville: May 15-18, Daytona International Speedway
Future Islands: May 20, The Beacham
FRIDAY, APRIL 11
Guardians of the Jukebox 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; 407-673-2712.
JIMFEST! (A Celebration of Orlando Legend Jim Leatherman) featuring Stiletto, The New Lows, The Tremolords, The New Eagles and Saucers Over Washington 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $20; 407-898-5070.
John Hart Trio & Jake Hart 7:30 pm; Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $30; 407-279-0902.
Nashville Night in Orlando 4 & 8 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $67.50; 407-358-6603.
Nettspend 7 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $32: 407-648-8363.
Shakira: June 4, Camping World Stadium
Modest Mouse: June 9, House of Blues
Post Malone: June 10, Camping World Stadium
Stray Kids: June 14, Camping World Stadium
Curse Mackey, Sine: June 27, Will’s Pub
Maxwell: Aug. 9, Kia Center
The Weeknd: Aug. 24, Camping World Stadium
Tate McRae: Sept. 13, Kia Center
Eliza & The Delusionals: May 23, The Social
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: May 28, Plaza Live
Luke Bryan: May 29, Kia Center
Yandel: June 1, Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center
Turnover: June 3, House of Blues
The Aristocrats 7 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $30; 407-704-6261.
Shordie Shordie 8 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $48-$116; 407-228-1220.
UCF Choirs’ Mozart’s Requiem: A Journey Through Mortality and Hope 7:30 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $25-$35; 407-823-1500.
SATURDAY, APRIL 12
Florida Groves Music and Arts Festival Noon; Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W. Colonial Drive; $59-$220; 407-295-3247.
Month of Jazz: Manny Echazabal Quartet with Tal Cohen 7:30 pm; Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $30; 407-279-0902.
Musiva Rocks! A Sonic Journey 8 pm; Bynx Orlando, 420 E. Church St.; $25; 407-440-3030.
Nashville Night in Orlando 8 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $67.50; 407-358-6603.
Poppy
7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $39.50-$85.50; 407-934-2583.
A Symphony of Voices: UCF Choir Concert 7:30 pm; Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $10-$25; 407-823-1500.
Sleep Token: Sept. 17, Kia Center
Andrea Bocelli: Oct. 9, Kia Center
Jonas Brothers: Oct. 26, Kia Center
Lainey Wilson: Nov. 8, Kia Center
Warped Tour: Nov. 15-16, Camping World Stadium
Symphony Storytime with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra: Hansel & Gretel 10 & 11:30 am; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $10; 407-770-0071.
The Dollyrots, Petty Thefts, The Drop Deads 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $17.
SUNDAY, APRIL 13
Bethune-Cookman University
Annual Spring Concert 3 pm; Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center, 698 International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach; free; 386-481-2000.
Florida Groves Music and Arts Festival Noon; Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W. Colonial Drive; $105-$220; 407-295-3247.
Hotline Ongaku featuring djJo, Super Monster Party, and O_Super. 6 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park;$15-$25; 407-673-2712.
Kill Devil Hill, Beyond Silence, Wolfsplitter 7 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $20; 407-322-7475.
Mac McAnally 8 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $36.50$121.50; 407-351-5483.
Month of Jazz: Charlie Morris Blues Band 7:30 pm; Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $30; 407-279-0902.
Nicole Henry 5 & 7:30 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $13.50; 407-358-6603.
Sean Chambers and The Savoy Brown Rhythm Section. 5-10 am; The Alley, 114 S. Park Ave., Sanford; $20; 407-328-4848.
Symphony Storytime with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra: Hansel & Gretel 11 am & 12:30 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $10; 407-770-0071.
MONDAY, APRIL 14
8Turn 7:30 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $39-$121; 407-228-1220.
Echoes of Joy: Songs of Strength and Remembrance 7:30 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $37; 407-358-6603.
Kaleigh Baker 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.
TUESDAY, APRIL 15
Indie 900 Jam
9:30 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.
Iron & Wine 7:30 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the
Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $45; 407-358-6603.
Lucía 7 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $24.50; 407-358-6603.
Pesach Unity Concert 8 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $55; 844-513-2014.
EVENTS
34th Florida Film Festival More than 170 independent films from 41 countries, screening at three theaters through April 20; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $13-$1,500; 407-629-1088; floridafilmfestival.com.
Bookbinding: Japanese Stitching
Open to all skill levels. Learn about Japanese stitching for bookbinding through instructor demonstration and hands-on practice. Leave with your own handmade sketchbook or journal. $20 material fees due to instructor cash on day of workshop. 11 am Saturday; Art and History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland; $80; 407539-2181; artandhistory.org.
Brews Around the Zoo Calling all craft beer lovers to sip and stroll around the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens during this adults-only annual beer tasting event. Features more than 35 craft beers to sample, wine and seltzers, live music and more. 4 pm Saturday; Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens, 3755 W. Seminole Blvd., Sanford; $50-$150; 407-323-4450.
Kathleen Madigan 8 pm Friday; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $42-$65; 407-351-5483; entertainment.hardrock.com.
Love Your Mother Earth Day Festival Visit the taproom to learn from environmental nonprofit organizations, peruse 40 Earth-friendly vendors and enjoy live music. 11 am Saturday; Deviant Wolfe Brewing, 121 W. First St., Sanford; free; 407878-4367; sanfordearthday.com.
McRae Art Studios Spring Open House A unique opportunity to browse 22 studios, visit with artists and purchase original art works including paintings, photographs, mixed media, sculpture and pottery. 6 pm Saturday; McRae Art Studios, 1000 Arlington St.; free; 407-6015152; mcraeartstudios.art.
Miss Glamorous 2025 Cash prize pageant hosted by Sassy Devine. 6 pm Sunday; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $65-$85; 407-2281220; plazaliveorlando.org.
Orlando Collected Preview Night
This exhibition tells the story of Orlando on its 150th anniversary through 150 objects largely curated by the community. 7-9 pm Friday; Orange County Regional History Center, 65 E. Central Blvd.; $10; 407836-8500; thehistorycenter.org.
Orlando Kite Festival Bring your family and friends to enjoy a vibrant sky filled with colorful kites while taking part in exciting activities for all ages. 10 am Saturday; OCPS Academic Center of Excellence, 701 W. Livingston St.; free; 407-9005262; trapbabyandme.com.
Record Store Day
Day One for exclusive, limited edition record releases. Check your local, independent record stores for their involvement. Saturday; free; recordstoreday.com.
Sip Into Spring: Sanford Wine Walk
This exciting event invites you and your squad to soak up the evening sun and enjoy libations at every corner. At each spot, tantalize your taste buds with samples of two exquisite wines guaranteed to elevate your sip into spring experience. 6 pm Friday; Theater West End, 115 W. First St., Sanford; $20-$30; 407548-6285; theaterwestend.com.
A Spring Soirée On this special night, award-winning chefs craft a sumptuous multi-course meal sourced straight from our Culinary Garden. Each dish celebrates the beauty of local, freshly-harvested ingredients, perfectly paired with fine wines to delight your palate. 6 pm Monday; Edible Education Experience, 26 E. King St.; $250-$300.
UCF Celebrates the Arts Yearround on the UCF campus, students are immersed in the technology, theory, design, performance, and practical application required for them to be the next generation of creative leaders. Every April, they converge at Dr. Phillips Center for a two-week cultural extravaganza, allowing our community to enjoy performances, exhibitions, presentations, and interactive experiences. Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; 407-3586603; cah.ucf.edu.
Choccy Chip (A565058) is a 2-year-old boy who was abandoned by his owner. He was extremely fearful and avoidant when he first arrived. He was good with other dogs, but did not really seem to want to be close to people. He didn’t like walking on the leash, didn’t like barriers, and definitely did not like anyone looking into his kennel when they walked by. Choccy would charge angrily, bark loudly and shake uncontrollably.
But that was almost two months ago, and Choccy has come an incredibly long way. While he’s still a bit unsure about people and still has some barrier reactivity, we’ve been working hard to help him overcome his fears. It’s clear that underneath it all, he’s a sweet boy who just wants to feel safe again. Where he once avoided staff, he seeks out attention shyly. Where he used to lunge angrily, now he sits and waits patiently for his turn in the play yards. Choccy is handsome, intelligent, and is really trying to be a people dog. His heart is healing, and he just needs the chance to love again. He needs patience, and for someone to believe in him — someone he can trust, who will never abandon him.
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ALL ABOARD STORAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections: 83.801 - 83.809. All units areassumed to contain general household goods unless otherwise indicated. Viewing of photos will be available on www.lockerfox.com, up to 5 days prior to each scheduled sale. The owners or their agents reserve the right to bid on any unit and also to refuse any bid. All items or units may not be available on the day of sale. The Public Sale will take place via www.lockerfox.com on: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 at 1:30 p.m., or thereafter, at: SANFORD DEPOT 2728 W 25th St, Sanford, FL 32771 407-305-3388 1554
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Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 2631 E Semoran Blvd. Apopka, FL 32703 (407) 408-7437 on April 18th, 2025
12:00PM Desiree Fullwood-Household Items. Ryder Mcmaster- Shelving & tool box. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
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Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: April 18th, 2025 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 831 N. Park Avenue Apopka, FL 32712 (407) 450-0345 Gary Fowler - Boxes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: April 22nd, 2025 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 610 Rinehart Rd. Lake Mary, FL 32746 (407) 637-1360 William Suter:Furniture, Appliances,Boxes,Totes-Zorilee Gascot:Boxes-Tom Williams:boxes,misc-Robert Dowling:Bed and Household goods-Charney Payne:Household goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:
April 18th, 2025 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage 11920 W Colonial Dr Ste 10, Ocoee FL 34761, 407-794-6970. Tina Jordan - Nelson - furniture. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: April 18th, 2025 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage 1101 Marshall farms rd., Ocoee FL 34761, 407-516-7221 Jayda Roach- Household Items. Dandry Rodriguez- Equipment & Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in orer to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Extra Space Storage 6035 Sand Lake Vista Drive, Orlando, FL 32819 April 18th 2025, 12PM Cathy Ann Miller- Boxes, Furniture and Bags. Parrish Dozier- Personal Effects and Furnitures. Yamilet De Los Angeles Marin RodriguezPersonal Items and Luggage Nathanael Hernandez- Boxes, and Personal Effects. Natalie Barrera- Personal Effects. Nilesh Patil- Boxes, Totes and Ladder. and Lashawn Merritt- Boxes, totes and ladder. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: May 1st, 2025, at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:00PM Extra Space Storage, 11971 Lake Underhill Rd Orlando, FL 32825 4075167913: Javier Quintero tools, paint, totes, shelving. Michael Berube home goods The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 11071 University Blvd Orlando, FL 32817, 3213204055: Jennifer Czeczotka, Shelves, Dishware, personal effects, electronics, furniture, sports and outdoors, boxes, mirrors, grill, TV, cleaning products, Lifecare center of orlando Joseph Jicha, Appliances, cabinets, documents, boxes, office equipment, fan. Lifecare center
of orlando Joseph Jicha Boxes, Holiday decor, totes. Lynn Montgomery, Totes, clothing, boxes, furniture., dresser, luggage, chest. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 12280 East Colonial Drive, Orlando FL 32826, 3212867324: Nathan Paul: Pallet, Fridge, Cart, Dressers, Luggage, Dishes and Kitchenware. Joan Virella: Tubs, household goods, luggage, kitchenware. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 14916 Old Cheney Hwy, Orlando FL 32826, 4079179151: Bryan Napier: bicycle, steering wheel, car doors, radio flyer wagon, dresser, toll boxes, windshields, car seats, tires The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 3364 W State Rd 426 Oviedo, FL 32765, 4079304293: Kayla Brooks: Boxes, Outdoor Equipment, Electronics, Luggage, totes. Teresa Nolin: Household Goods, Electronics, Boxes, Wall Art, Clothing, Furniture, Mattress. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 1010 Lockwood Blvd Oviedo, FL 32765, 4079304370: Keisean Brinson: mini fridge, microwave, boxes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 6068 Wooden Pine Drive. Orlando, Florida 32829 407.974.5165: Saba Cleaners LLC: Boxes, mannequins, clothing racks, totes, packing and shipping materials, baby seat, beauty supplies, office supplies, 2 dell monitors. Keshaina Wilson: Boxes, business supplies. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:30PM Extra Space Storage, 10959 Lake Underhill Rd Orlando FL 32825, 4075020120: Javier Medina Medina ,Lamps, Mattress, boxes, furniture, tools and supplies, ladder, air compressor, treadmill The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:15AM Extra Space Storage, 1305 Crawford Ave. St. Cloud FL 34769, 4075040833: Daniel Hall: Luggage, Christmas decor, Totes: Shakyra De Jesus: Collectibles, Shoes, Boxes: Briana Atkins: Luggage, Baby car seats Toys The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 12915 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32832 407.501.5799: Rosa T. Lopez: Cabinets & shelves, lamps, personal items, furniture, fake plants. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:30pm Extra Space Storage, 15551 Golden Isle Blvd, Orlando FL 32828 4077101020: Drew-Ann Charles: sectional, patio furniture, bookshelves, dryer; Rafael Diaz: Dresser, car jack, rims, mirror, ladders; Orlando Illumination/ Conner Curtis: Christmas decor, shelving, ladders The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:15PM Extra Space Storage, 11261 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando FL 32832, 4072807355: Alaina Cosby- bikes, tools, boxes; Alaina Cosby- tvs, clothing, boxes; Alena Speed- furniture, boxes, mattress The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:45 PM Extra Space Storage, 9847 Curry Ford Rd Orlando, FL 32825, 4074959612: Elena Grafton-bedroom house, household goods, clothes, boxes; Tamika Raphael- one bedroom apt, couch sectional, boxes clothes, highchairs. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself
or its affiliates, Life Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 2650 W.25th St. Sanford, Fl 32771, 407-324-9985 on April 22nd, 2025 at 12:00pm Joseph Deaton : household goods, Joseph Deaton: household goods, Rafael Rivera:household goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION CASE NO: P23-DP-0115 IN THE INTEREST OF: K.D. DOB: 6/14/2023, a minor child. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, TO: Jasmine Daugherty,, address unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the following child for adoption: K.D. born on 6/14/2023. You are hereby commanded to appear on May 12, 2025, at 1:30 PM before the Honorable John Galluzzo at the Seminole County Juvenile Justice Center, 190 Eslinger Way, Courtroom 2 Sanford, FL 32773, for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THIS CHILD (OR CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD OR CHILDREN NAMED IN THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Court Administration, 301 North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida 32771, telephone number (407) 665-4227 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS, my hand as Clerk of said Court and the Seal thereof, this 26th day of March, 2025. [Grant Maloy] CLERK OF COURT AND COMPTROLLER By: /s/ Deputy Clerk
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 7 CASE NO.: DP21-460 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN: D.W.D. DOB: 8/26/2019
A.D. DOB: 1/31/2021 NOTICE OF ACTION
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO: Derek Dison, father, Address Unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the following children for adoption: D.W.D., born on August 26th, 2019, and A.D. born on January 31st, 2021. You are hereby commanded to appear on April 28th, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. before the Honorable Wayne C. Wooten, Judge of the Circuit Court, in Court Room 6 of the Thomas S. Kirk Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 E. Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THIS CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD OR CHILDREN NAMED IN THIS NOTICE. WITNESS my hand as Clerk of said Court and the Seal thereof, this 17th day of March, 2025. This summons has been issued at the request of George Lytle, Esquire Florida Bar Number: 985465 george.lytle@myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, By: /s/ Clerk (seal)
IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA IN THE INTEREST OF: T. A. , SEX M, AGE 9, DOB 11/2015, CASE #2401974 CHILD UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, KIANA PERKINS (mother); MICHAL ANDREWS (father); ANY UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER, AND ANYONE ELSE CLAIMING A PARENTAL INTEREST IN THE ABOVE CHILD You are notified that a Petition for a Finding of Dependency with Custody Placed with the Maternal Grandmother was filed against you in said court on 03/06/25, an Order for Service by Publication was entered on 03/06/25. YOU ARE COMMANDED AND REQUIRED TO BE AND APPEAR before Houston County Juvenile Court, held at Houston County Juvenile Court, Warner Robins, Georgia on 05/28/25 at 8:30 o’clock a.m., for a hearing following service by publication. Serve an answer on Petitioner’s Attorney, James E. Patterson, P. O. Box 1006, Forsyth, Georgia 31029. You may obtain a copy of the petition by contacting Houston County Juvenile Court Clerk. WITNESS the Honorable Judges of this court, this 7th day of March, 2025. /s/ CHRISTINA HARPER, DEPUTY CLERK, HOUSTON CO. JUVENILE COURT
Life Storage/Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on April 18th, 2025 at the location indicated: Store 8439: 1420 N Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL, 32804 407.312.8736 @12:00 PM: Terko Dewitt-appliances,clothes,boxes;Stephanie Duclos-boxes,toys,furniture; Gary Quarles-appliances,clothes,electronics,furniture,boxes;Tiffany
Belizaire-clothes,shoes,furniture The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Life Storage/ Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Life Storage/Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 25 E Lester Rd Apopka, FL 32712 (407) 551-5590 on April 18th, 2025 at 12:00PM Nakisha Cecile Thomas-tumblers, boxes, t shirts, lazor printer. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Life Storage/ Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Life Storage/Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 2650 N Powers Dr. Orlando, FL 32818 (407) 982-1032 on April 18th, 2025 at 1:00PM Carnethia Jones- Household Items, Joseph Wilson-Household Items, Wilbert Pierre-Mattresses, Renand Myrtil-Clothing, Michael Stine-Household Goods, Andrew Daniels-Collectables. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Life Storage/ Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8:00am and RUNS CONTINOUSLY. Auction will be held online: www.storagetreasures.com
U-Haul Ctr 14651 Gatorland Dr. Orlando Fl. 32837 04/17/2025: 228 Samuel Diaz, 640 Brenda Fleming, 211 Brian Orrego-Patino, 324 Michael Martolano, 962 Jessica Santiago, 279 Alejandro Arroyave Tigreros, 385 Kasa Panzu, 770 Keila Ramirez, 1083 Wilber Zelaya, 1142 Andreia Lauria, 710
Michelle Bullard, 2519 Jose Berdecia, 1609 Madison Jarman, 1511 George Shuler, 2608 Kenny Herisse, 2091 Justin Rodriguez, 2049 Gracekelly Matson, 1040 Deboris Brinkley, 2614 Manglio Medina Nino, 1303 Manuel Nunez Valentin, 1034 Alexsis Belfon, 3227-28 Jose Santiago, 2327 Chris Burns, 3226 Christian Maldonado, 1304 Paul Busby. U-Haul Ctr. 2629 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee
Fl. 34744 04/17/2025: 1276 Gabriela Lorenzo Torres, 1306 Jonathan Cruz, 2161 Diego Hernandez, 1216 Francisco Bastar, 2426 Richardson Rodriguez, 3401 Auja’Nay Sherwood, 2026 Akasha Jackson, 3000
Robert Wilson, 2432 D’Andre Colon- Fajardo, 2109 Kenny Holloway, 2184-86 Marisa Salcerio, 2160 Jonteria Haugabook, 1212 Latoya Lewis, 1159 Tonya Holmes, 1346 Samantha Ramos-Rosa. U-Haul Ctr 7800 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando Fl. 32822 04/17/2025: 2166 Jamaica Grimes, 2290 Katiuska Flores, 3025 Jesus Mosquera Lopez, 1287 Jamaica Grimes, 3223 Jennifer Fernandez, 2298 Cynthua Hentz, 1176 Carlton Buckley, 3195 Oriana Alfaro, 3325 Marc Franco, 3336 Sonia Ocasio, 1129 Keith Dixon, 1170 John King, 3340 Cynthia Hentz, 1192 Erick Loor, 3415 Jacob Mathis. U-Haul Ctr. 4001 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando Fl. 32803 04/17/2025: G110 Connor Tinglum, D203 Willie Smith. U-Haul Ctr. 3500 S. Orange ave. Orlando Fl. 32806 04/17/2025: 1302 Mario Jordan, 1079 Ariel Brown, 1433 Sirreese Jones, 2012 Alfredo Sainz, 1075 Matheus Silva Do Nascimiento. U-Haul Ctr. 508 N. Goldenrod Rd. Orlando Fl. 32807 04/17/2025: 304 Taquanna Banner, 643 Benjamin Norwood, 340 Isaac Torres Arce, 1417 Diansky Rouzard. U-Haul Ctr. 11815 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando Fl. 32826 04/17/2025: 1119 Kamari Osborne, 1516 Shaterica Vaughn. U-Haul Ctr. 3830 S. Goldenrod Rd. Orlando Fl. 32822 04/17/2025: 2064 Jose Lozada, 2158 Leduan Mendez Reyes, 1049 Aschly Mejia Valdez.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on April 18th, 2025 at the location indicated: Store 1334: 5603 Metrowest Blvd Orlando, FL 32811, 407.516.7751 @ 12:00 PM: Delcia Rameau-Household items, Jennileigh Oleary-Household items, Lashaura Dupree-Household items, Lois Suarez-Household items, Eric Grace-Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Spce Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space
Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on April 18th, 2025 at the location indicated: Store 7590: 7360 Sandlake Rd Orlando, FL 32819, 407.634.4449 @ 11:45 AM: Dharmesh Patel- Personal items, misc items; Stephanie Bigio- boxes; Kether Trice- Household Items; David Erazo- Christmas tree, winter clothing. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed
below on April 18th, 2025 at the location indicated. Store 1317: 5592 L B McLeod Rd Orlando, FL 32811, 407.720.2832 @ 2:00 PM: Diego Arrieta-Tool box with mechanical tools; Robert Ferrer-Household Goods; Angel Ortiz-Bins, electronics, clothing; Omar Rodriguez-Bed, couches, tv, tables; Jon Galetta-furniture; Yvonne Brittingham-supplies; anderson marquesTools; Mimi Lopez-bed, dresser. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases ust be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space
Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on April 18th, 2025 @12:00pm at the location indicated: Store 6736 4815 w Colonial Dr. Orlando, FL 32808. Richard Trachuk-boxes, art, furniture; Hectomene Clervil-clothes, boxes, furniture; Schneider Fils Aime-clothing; Deshay Byrd-tires, bags; Tyrone Robinson-luggage; Anthony Lugg-luggage; Malek Jones-furniture, clothes; Maria Del Carmen Rodriguez-bags; Donel Vazquez-beds, clothes, boxes; Quantavia Jackson-boxes, mattresses. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on April 18th, 2025 at 12:00pm at the location indicated: Store 8138: 1001 Lee rd, Orlando, FL 32810 407.489.3742: Ashley Ferrell-Household items, Yahweh Ben Yahweh-Household items, Nathaniel Armand-Household items, haydn felix-Household items, Ashley Felix-Household items, Arlene Neyra-Household items, Shakeana Clarke-Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
32819, (407) 545-5699 Time: 02:30 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com 0026 - GENUIN GOLF & DRESS OF AMERICA GENUIN, ROGER; 0038 - Higginbotham, Paula; 0101 - Boulware, Shaquanna; 0151 - Hickey, William; 0206 - James, Darius; 0233 - bryant, timothy; 0268 - Fairy Light Events LLC Oliver-Cox, Stephanie; 0275 - Knapp, Julia; 0288 - Hernandez, George; 0393 - Lifetime of Florida Foti, Andrew; 0446 - Lewis, Michael; 2030Lyons, Michael; 2078 - Hall, Jennifer; 2081 - Castillo, Adrian; 2125 - Plush essentials llc Drake, Ryan; 2134 - Bonney, Arthi; 2138 - young, Tamara; 2140 - Reed, Kimani; 2145 - Trotter, Melvin Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. By PS Retail Sales, LLC, 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080.
NOTICE OF SALE
ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under The Florida Self Storage Facility Act. Bidding takes place on lockerfox.com and concludes Wednesday the 25th day of April, 2025 at 10:00 AM with payment at the facility. Store Space Millenia, 4912 S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando, FL, 32839. Roberto Gomez ; Anthony Montalvo ; Gregory Hampton ; Lennorris Murphy ; Ana L Sanchez Cynthia Holmes ; Monica Thomas ; Tiffany Lewis ; Maribel vasquez ; Travis Davis ; Tara Holmes ; Alice Griffin ; Latresia Brown ; Jasmine Downer ; Shay Dav ; Tameka Davis; Elton McGowan ; Eric Gillette ; Amanda Griffin ; Waylan Peters ; Nadine Mercier ; janet gil ; Wislande Ovilma ; Jennifer Borrero ; Brooke Ansley ; Jermaine Green ; Meonjanea Morris ; Rayshundra Johnson Tanner ; Store Space Sanford - Storage, 3980 E. Lake Mary Blvd., Sanford, FL, 32773. Jaime Diaz ; Maria Negron ; Tamiqua Williams ; edward debose ; Pricila Pacheco ; Terry Manley ; Shameika Johnson ; Latrice Bilal ; Diane Merthie ; Gabrielle Rodriguez ; Annika Noel ; Kristin Frazier Elaysha Campbell ; Isialix Padin.
