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Advocates say Florida leads the nation in anti-LGBTQ legislation, city of Orlando will shelter homeless in retrofitted Greyhound buses, a woman drowned her dog at MCO, and other news you may have missed. Plus “This Modern World”
11 Tipping point
Restaurant lobbyists say new service charges appearing on customer checks are due to Florida’s minimum wage rise. Meanwhile, that money isn’t going directly to the servers
13 ‘Hell no!’
That’s what U.S. Postal Service workers in Central Florida have to say about threats of privatization from the Trump administration 15 The right to repair
Currently, restrictive guidelines set by private equity-owned manufacturers bar wheelchair users from accessing information that would expand their repair options
19 Superstar Local transgender pageant queen Olivia Lauren speaks on her experiences, accolades and how to support the trans community 21 Live Active Cultures
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25 Steppe-ing it up Chayhana brings the delights of Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia to Altamonte Springs
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¶ Women moving forward
March 2025 is Women’s History Month, dedicated to recognizing the incredible contributions of women who have shaped the history of Florida and our nation. This year’s theme, “Women: Moving Forward Together,” is a reminder that progress is inevitable when we support one another and work toward shared goals.
Florida is home to many historical women figures across various areas, such as civil rights leaders and cultural icons. Examples include Zora Neale Hurston, a celebrated author and anthropologist who captured the stories of Florida’s Black communities, or Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, the first female tribal chair of the Seminole Tribe of Florida who fought tirelessly for Indigenous rights. Their influence continues to inspire generations today.
Despite the progress made in women’s rights, some challenges, including workplace discrimination and wage gaps, still exist today. The Florida Commission on Human Relations enforces anti-discrimination in the areas of employment, housing, and public accommodations to ensure equal opportunities for all Floridians. For resources or to learn more about the Florida Commission on Human Relations, visit fchr.myflorida.com or call 850-488-7082.
As Sheryl Sandberg once said, “We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.”
This Women’s History Month, let’s honor those who paved the way, celebrate those breaking barriers today, and join forces to drive progress in every aspect of our society, moving forward together.
— Cheyanne Costilla, Executive Director Florida Commission on Human Relations
¶ Climate change isn’t distant
The Trump administration’s proposal to reconsider the EPA’s endangerment finding is reckless, anti-science, and a huge step backward for climate action. This decision isn’t just about politics — it puts our health, environment and future on the line.
The endangerment finding, established in 2009, is based on clear scientific evidence that greenhouse gases harm public health and the planet. It’s been the legal backbone for policies that reduce emissions from cars, power plants and industry. Without it, we lose a key tool for fighting climate change — and that’s exactly what polluters want.
The reality is, climate change isn’t some distant threat. It’s here. We’re seeing record-breaking heat, wildfires, floods and hurricanes that devastate communities. Our state is not immune from these catastrophes and the Trump Administration’s actions would reverse progress. Gutting this policy ignores science and common sense at a time when we need stronger action, not more rollbacks.
This also sends a terrible message to the rest of the world. While other countries are working toward clean energy solutions, the U.S. risks becoming a climate laggard instead of a leader.
We can’t let this happen. We need to push back against this dangerous move and demand real climate solutions. The health of our planet — and future generations — depends on it. The EPA should scrap its plan to undo this regulation and maintain the rules that are protecting all of us and the air and water we rely on.
Please stay strong in this anti-environment presidency.
— Scott Pitman, Orlando
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Advocates say Florida leads the nation in anti-LGBTQ legislation, city of Orlando will shelter homeless in retrofitted Greyhound buses, a woman drowned her dog at MCO, and other news you may have missed.
BY MCKENNA SCHUELER, MITCH PERRY/FLORIDA PHOENIX, AND THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
» Florida remains ‘ground zero’ for attacks on LGBTQ+ community, advocates and lawmakers say
The Florida Legislature has been not been a friendly environment for the LGBTQ community during the Ron DeSantis era, and last week some Democratic lawmakers and LGBTQ advocates said that same playbook has now been adopted by the Trump administration. “Florida has been ground zero in a national escalation of attacks against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and especially the transgender community,” declared Stratton Pollitzer, co-founder and deputy director of Equality Florida during a news conference the activist group held in the Capitol rotunda in Tallahassee. On Donald Trump’s first day back in office, the president made it clear what his policies were in this regard when he issued sweeping executive orders proclaiming that the U.S. government would recognize only two sexes, male and female, and that it was ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies. After a flood of anti-LGBTQ bills passed in the 2023 session, Equality Florida officials said that of nearly two dozen such bills that targeted the gay and trans community in the 2024 session, all but one failed to pass. “We see it as a hopeful sign that far fewer bills specifically targeting the LGBTQ community have been filed this year,” said Pollitzer. “Maybe, just maybe, more legislators are growing tired of the cruelty, the distractions and the endless culture wars pushed by these extremists. Maybe they’re ready to focus on the real challenges that Floridians are facing.”
» Orlando set to approve $3 million deal to shelter homeless people in retrofitted buses
After it was reported that Orlando police had arrested roughly two dozen people in January for having nowhere else but public property to sleep at night, the Orlando Sentinel broke the news that a new solution to get people off the streets was on its way: buses. The Christian Service Center, a social service nonprofit in Orlando that offers daytime services for homeless people, last week announced it’s set to ink a $3 million agreement with the city for a mobile emergency shelter concept called the “Dignity Bus Model.” Developed by Vero Beach-based nonprofit the Source, the project involves retrofitting passenger buses to include sleeping pods, storage compartments, restrooms, pet compartments and “comprehensive surveillance.” The Christian Service Center requested reimbursement from the city of $350,000 for two former Greyhound buses that can fit a minimum of 39 sleeping pods. Once retrofitted, the buses will be parked at the Christian Service Center, next to the Inter & Co soccer stadium in Parramore, at night. Operational costs for the project, including case management services, are estimated at about $1 million each year, totaling $3,092,446 over three years.
» United Airlines flight attendants rally at Orlando International Airport as union contract talks continue
As part of a national day of action at nearly 20 airports, flight attendants for United Airlines picketed outside Orlando International Airport last week to ramp up the pressure for United to hammer out a new contract with their union. Travelers, United Airlines pilots and Transportation Security Administration agents joined the picket line. “We’re not on strike, we’re not looking to strike — we just want our voices heard,” said Randy Hatfield, president of the Association of Flight AttendantsCWA Council 22, who has 30 years of flight attendant experience. United Airlines, one of the largest airlines in the world by revenue, secured “record” fourth-quarter profits last year, reporting $3.1 billion in profits in 2024 alone. Yet according to the union, United has failed to agree on certain proposals flight attendants have prioritized, including scheduling flexibility and pay during boarding, and has looked for concessions from the union on things like healthcare coverage. One of the biggest priorities for flight attendants this contract cycle is getting paid for boarding time. “When a flight attendant shows up to the aircraft and they get on board, until the plane door closes, our flight attendant is not being paid,” Hatfield explained. Flight attendants are currently being paid according to a wage scale last negotiated through their former contract in 2016.
» Florida bill would require elementary students to learn cursive
As digital learning continues to expand, a bill is ready to go to the full Florida House that would require public elementary-school students to learn cursive writing. The House Education and Employment Committee unanimously approved the bill (HB 921), which would require cursive
instruction in grades 2 through 5 and require students to demonstrate proficiency by the end of fifth grade. “Cursive writing plays a crucial role in everyday life,” bill sponsor Toby Overdorf, R-Palm City, told the committee. “Going to a bank, signing your name, putting your name on a voter ID card, and that individual signature that then has to be replicated over and over again to prove that you are you.” Overdorf said “most” private schools are already teaching cursive writing to proficiency. Sen. Erin Grall, R-Vero Beach, has filed a Senate version of the bill (SB 1394), which has not been heard in committees.
» Woman drowned dog in Orlando airport bathroom
A woman was arrested after police say she drowned her dog at Orlando International Airport in 2024 before boarding an international flight to Colombia. The dog, a 9-year-old white miniature schnauzer named Tywinn, was found dead in a bathroom on Dec. 16, 2024, according to Orlando Police Department. After an investigation, police arrested Alison Lawrence March 19 on a charge of aggravated animal cruelty, a third-degree felony. An employee noticed that a woman had been in a stall for an extended period of time, then returned about 20 minutes later to see the same woman in the bathroom, and inside a nearby trash can, Tywinn’s body, along with a vest, collar, pet travel bag and other accessories, including a dog tag with Lawrence’s contact information. An arrest affidavit says Lawrence “is believed to have taken extreme and tragic action by killing the dog” after she was denied boarding the dog because she lacked the proper paperwork. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, dogs traveling to Colombia from the U.S. are required to have a health certificate issued by a veterinarian and a rabies vaccine certificate.
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TIPPING POINT
Restaurant lobbyists say new service charges appearing on customer checks are due to Florida’s minimum wage rise. Meanwhile, that money isn’t going directly to the servers
BY MCKENNA SCHUELER
Achief lobbyist for Florida’s restaurant and tourism industries, during a recent legislative hearing, blamed service charges that restaurant customers are now seeing more often on their bills on recent increases to Florida’s minimum wage.
Under Florida’s Amendment 2, a ballot measure approved by 61 percent of voters in 2020, Florida’s minimum wage is set to hit $15 an hour for non-tipped workers by Sept. 30, 2026, and $11.98 an hour for workers who earn tips.
Today, the minimum wage is $13 an hour in Florida — a figure that falls far short of what experts estimate to be a “living wage” in the Sunshine State, what it takes to afford housing and food. Ahead of the 2020 election, Florida’s minimum wage was just $8.56 an hour.
Worker advocates have celebrated the pay increase, meant to help everyday working Floridians afford Florida’s higher cost of living. But some businesses have made controversial adjustments to their pay practices, including the addition of questionable service charges, in order to unload their own labor costs onto customers.
Samantha Padgett, a lobbyist for the politically influential Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, admitted to state representatives during a Florida House committee meeting that “many” of her group’s 10,000 members in the hospitality industry have switched to what’s known as a commission-style pay system, where new service charges now serve as the “basis of [servers’] pay.”
“Following the passage of Amendment 2 and the increase of the minimum wage, this hit the restaurant industry especially hard, and following that, many of our members in the restaurant industry have moved to a commission-based pay model,” Padgett told lawmakers, in response to a Republican legislator’s voiced complaints about service charges that have shown up on her own bills at restaurants.
The commission-based model, which recently became the subject of a protest by workers at Orlando’s Hampton Social, represents an effort by restaurant owners to pay “good,” “competitive” pay, Padgett claimed. What it also means, she explained in a rather mask-off moment, is that the new service charge that consumers are seeing on their
bill represents the “basis of their [workers’] income and their wages.”
“Some of our members have applied a service charge so that they can provide health benefits and additional income for their back-of-house staff that continue to work very hard to provide service to customers,” Padgett explained.
But the transparency of the practice, according to some, has been questionable in its rollout.
“Most customers might presume that service fees go to a server, but what’s really happening is that service fees are going to restaurants to meet overhead costs,” State Rep. Demi Busatta, R-Coral Cables, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel after the hearing. “This confusion is what’s frustrating to the customer and frustrating from an employee standpoint.”
The idea that higher wages will directly and unilaterally cause steeper prices for everyday consumers, in the absence of other factors, hasn’t been borne out through research. In Seattle, Washington, for instance, a city that led the country in enacting the very first $15 minimum wage ordinance over a decade ago, researchers found “no evidence of significant price increases,” when looking at the impact on local supermarkets, specifically.
In the food and restaurant industries — which see one of the highest rates of minimum wage violations, as it is — there have been mixed findings. Research from the aughts found that restaurants may increase prices to offset labor costs, but a 2021 working paper that looked at restaurant food pricing from 1978 to 2015 found that prices rose just 0.36 percent for every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage.
Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, who sits on the House committee Padgett addressed yesterday, blasted Padgett’s insinuation that minimum wage hikes are the cause of some restaurant owners’ decision to charge customers more.
“The claim that Florida’s $15 minimum wage is to blame for new service charges at restaurants is misleading and inaccurate,” Eskamani told Orlando Weekly in an emailed statement. Service fees and commission-based pay models “are not new,” she added, “and to make such a statement ignores recent
inflation and the current economic instability caused by President Trump’s policies.”
“Workers deserve fair wages and stable pay — and studies show that raising wages leads to lower staff turnover and greater economic stability,” she argued.
The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, an affiliate of the National Restaurant Association, is not an unbiased party. The group led an aggressive campaign against Florida’s $15 minimum wage ballot measure in 2020, joined at the time by other business groups such as the Chamber of Commerce, the Florida Home Builders Association and the Florida Retail Federation.
The FRLA, which boasts high-profile members such as the Walt Disney Co. and Universal Orlando, also lobbied last year in favor of weakening Florida’s child labor laws, as part of a national movement by business groups desperate to ease labor shortages in low-wage industries.
“Following COVID, the service industry experienced a mass exodus of our labor force from the service industry, especially restaurants,” Padgett told lawmakers. “Slowly, that is coming back, but we still continue to suffer labor issues and labor shortages, which does impact the service that you experience as customers.”
Restaurants around the state have faced criticism, even protests, from some of their workers over their decision since 2020 to adopt a commission-based pay system for workers.
This system, which originates from out of state, can differ some from one establishment to the next. But for some, including for workers at Hampton Social in Orlando and the Living Room in the Tampa Bay region, this looks like drastically reducing workers’ hourly pay to as little as $1 or $2 an hour, while adding an automatic service charge onto customers’ checks.
The model, which restaurant owners say will ultimately boost pay for workers, has been pushed by industry professionals across the country as an option for “managing minimum wage increases.”
But this doesn’t sit well with everyone directly affected.
“We do love this job and there’s a nice community we’ve created here, but seeing that this company doesn’t care about us even though we’re putting in countless hours and
effort, is disheartening,” Justin Castillo, a manager of four years at Hampton Social, told the Orlando Sentinel during a protest of their commission-based pay structure last October. “Especially when it’s just for greed and just for money,” he added.
The idea that minimum wage increases will force companies to hike the price of goods and services, regardless of whether their bottom line is actually hurting or not, is a key argument of the National Restaurant Association, a group that has lobbied against minimum wage increases across the country, while simultaneously forcing restaurant workers to pay for the group to lobby to keep their wages low.
“There’s been efforts, multiple efforts across the country, led by the National Restaurant Association, to essentially undo the will of the voters who have voted to pass higher statewide minimum wages,” Nina Mast, an economic analyst for the progressive-leaning Economic Policy Institute, told Orlando Weekly in a phone call.
The NRA and its affiliates have also, like the FRLA, lobbied in recent years to weaken protections for young workers on the job, who are more vulnerable to exploitation.
Still, not all Florida businesses believe that making a minimum wage something closer to a living wage is bad for business, or for working people who are just trying to provide for themselves and their families. Over 100 Florida business owners have signed on in support of a “fair minimum wage” of at least $15 an hour since 2020, including Jared Meyers, owner of Legacy Vacation Resorts in Orlando.
“Our belief system is that employees that are, you know, are respected and appreciated in a financial way, as well as in how we interact with them on a daily basis, perform better. They feel better engaged. They take better care of our guests and customers,” said Meyers, who as of last year, paid his Orange County employees a base wage of $24 an hour.
“When we raise the wage above a minimum wage, that money goes right back out to the local economy,” he added in an interview with Orlando Weekly. “So it’s important to us that the state of Florida is resilient and strong financially speaking. In order for that to be the case, we have to have people who can afford to live here, and that actually will circulate the funds that they receive by way of salary back into the economy.”
Some of what Padgett, the lobbyist, shared last week, however, may have stuck.
Later in the same committee meeting, Florida Republicans conveniently advanced a different bill (HB 541) that would allow employers in Florida to pay interns and apprentices less than minimum wage. That bill, which still has to clear two more committees before heading to full floor votes, is opposed by the Florida NAACP, Florida Student Power, the Florida AFL-CIO and the Florida Council of Churches, among others. news@orlandoweekly.com
‘HELL NO!’
That’s what U.S. Postal Service workers in Central Florida have to say about threats of privatization from the Trump administration
BY MCKENNA SCHUELER
United States Postal Service workers throughout Central Florida are urging the community to stand with them as their agency faces threats of privatization and potential cuts to jobs and mail delivery under the Trump administration.
So far, the talk from President Donald Trump and his appointed allies is just threats. Thousands of federal postal workers, and their unions, are fighting to keep it that way.
As part of two separate days of action organized by two postal labor unions, workers organized rallies in Orlando and in Port Orange and Melbourne — a majority-Republican city on Florida’s Space Coast.
“We just want to do our jobs like we’ve been doing for the last 250 years,” said Scott Stanley, a city letter carrier from Rockledge and vice president of the National Association of Letter Carriers Local 2689 in Melbourne. “We are looking to get support from the local communities that might not know how privatizing the Postal Service could affect them or the businesses that they deal with.”
Stanley, 60, has been delivering mail through USPS since 2013, and has been a union member for just as long. There are four major postal worker unions that altogether represent hundreds of thousands of USPS workers across the country. The agency employs roughly 600,000 employees, 91 percent of whom are represented by a union.
“Members, as they get hired, and others that are retired, realize that without that union, we’re in big trouble,” said Al Friedman, president of the Florida chapter of the NALC. Friedman, a disabled veteran who served during the Vietnam War, has worked for USPS for decades.
Based in the Tampa Bay region, which has also skewed redder in recent years, he’s one of roughly 73,000 veterans in USPS’ workforce. “As far as disabled veterans, this was always one of the biggest avenues for veterans to get a job,” said Friedman, whose daughter works for the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
The Orlando branch of the NALC represents about 2,500 mail carriers who live and work in our local communities, according to Stanley, while his local in Melbourne represents about 320 mail carriers and 100 USPS retirees.
That’s not counting members of other labor organizations, like the American Postal Workers
Union — representing more than 200,000 USPS mail clerks, maintenance and vehicle service employees. They’re organizing their own rallies and gatherings to uplift the message that USPS is “not for sale.”
“The American people deserve a Postal Service that remains true to its public mission and continues to serve communities across the country, no matter where you live,” an APWU webpage for their upcoming rally reads.“Now postal workers and the communities we serve are standing together to ensure our postal service stays in the hands of the people, not the billionaires.”
WHAT’S AT RISK
As the Washington Post reported last month, President Donald Trump is preparing to dissolve the executive leadership board of USPS and absorb it into the U.S. Department of Commerce, currently led by Wall Street banker and “tariff cheerleader” Howard Lutnik. Trump also floated “a kind of merger” with private shipping companies.
As a public agency, the USPS doesn’t ration its mail delivery services. USPS delivers mail and packages to 169 million addresses six or even seven days per week (in the case of packages), without consideration of which communities are most profitable.
You have private shippers that don’t go to every address every day, because it’s not profitable.”
Rural communities, he added, would likely be hit the hardest. “In a rural community, they might get mail delivery on a privatization maybe once a week, once every 10 days, only when it’s profitable for them to go,” he said.
While USPS has faced its criticisms, it remains one of the most popular federal agencies across party lines. A 2024 Pew Research survey found that the vast majority of Americans, including both Democrats and Republicans, support USPS, as the most favorably viewed federal agency just behind the U.S. Park Service — an agency that is also seeing cuts under the Trump administration.
“I think it’s a uniting issue because, regardless of whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, you rely on the Postal Service,”Stanley argued. People rely on USPS for medication, Social Security checks, tax returns and other necessities.
“We deliver audiobooks and audiotapes for the blind who can’t read,” Stanley added. “That might not seem important to some, but to someone who gets free books on tape from the library because they can’t see — that’s a vital necessity to them that’s going to be taken away from them if they privatize the Postal Service.”
They can also serve as first responders and watchdogs of sorts. In communities of older people, this can be particularly important. “I’ve had elderly people who don’t pick up their mail on a regular basis, who always pick it up every day, and they don’t pick it up for two or three days,” Stanley explained. In those cases, “We have well checks done where they go out and make sure that the customer is OK.”
Under privatization, farther-flung communities might see mail delivery once a week or every 10 days. For those who rely on the mail for medication and other necessities, this could be a nightmare.
Privatization, however — a threat first seriously floated during Trump’s first term in office — could disrupt that. Postal worker jobs could be cut, mail could be delivered less often, and the agency’s universal mandate to service all addresses, regardless of ZIP code, could be on the line.
“It’s not profitable to go to every address every day, like we do,” said Stanley. “We service every address every day in the country, no matter how far it is, where it is, or whatever the situation is.
The U.S. Postal Service specifically has been criticized by Republicans in the past, not just under Trump, for repeatedly losing billions of dollars annually.
Under the Biden administration, Congress finally got rid of an extremely costly pre-funding mandate for USPS retiree health benefits that drove years of financial losses for the service. The mandate, first adopted through a 2006 postal reform law, required USPS to “pre-fund” health benefits for retirees 75 years in advance, costing the agency roughly $5.5 billion annually. Labor unions such as the APWU point out the mandate basically required USPS to pay for the benefits of people who haven’t even been born yet.
Friedman, a USPS employee of 44 years, thinks the agency is “too massive” and “too complex” to privatize. He also believes they offer a fundamental service, and they build relationships with communities in ways that private companies like Amazon and the United Parcel Service — which have their own service limitations — just don’t.
He recalled one summer where a bunch of kids on his route started trying to jump on his truck, to ride along as he went about his way down the block, from mailbox to mailbox. “I said, ‘Come on, guys, you’re gonna get me in trouble. You get hurt, I get fired. That’s how this works, you know?’”
They didn’t listen. “They jumped on my truck. I said, ‘Listen, Patrick.’ ‘How do you know my name?’,” Friedman recalled the kid asking. “I said, ‘I know your mother’s name is Barry, your father’s Harry, and you live on Sea Breeze Drive.’
Friedman said he once found an older, widowed woman on his route who’d fallen in her home. He’d noticed her mail piling up, and made inquiries around the neighborhood.
They said, “Oh no, we haven’t seen Lucy in a couple of days,” he recalled.“But, you know, she stays to herself.”
The reassurances didn’t sit right with him. He finally looked into the window of her mobile home, “and there she was on the floor,” he said. “Thank God she was still alive.”
CUTTING CORNERS AND COSTS
Dozens of federal agencies and departments have been scrutinized by Trump and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency — led by tech billionaire Elon Musk — over allegations of government waste and a broader effort to downsize the federal government.
“And the other kid goes, ‘He knows your parents!’,” said Friedman. Joke was on him: “‘I know where you live, too!’” the postal worker recalled telling the other kid, with a laugh. “I delivered the route for 18 years. I was delivering mail when they were born.”
Through an agreement with the e-commerce giant, USPS delivers Amazon packages to addresses that just aren’t as profitable for the company to service itself — in rural communities, for instance.
Both Friedman and Stanley worry it’s those communities — and the reliability of USPS that Americans broadly rely upon — that would suffer from deep cuts to their budget, or attempts to privatize the agency.
And they’re asking for the public to join them in speaking up.
Especially those in red districts, like Stanley’s. (Lest we forget, USPS delivers hundreds of thousands of political mailers during campaigns, after all.) “We need them to reach out to their member of Congress and say, ‘Hey, I’m a Republican. I voted for you. Please don’t privatize the Postal Service.’”
“Can there be some improvements to the Postal Service? Absolutely,” Stanley admitted. “But we really want the community to let Congress know, and the White House know: Leave us alone. We just want to do our jobs like we’ve been doing for the last 250 years.” mschueler@orlandoweekly.com
THE RIGHT TO REPAIR
Currently, restrictive guidelines set by private equity-owned manufacturers bar wheelchair users from accessing information that would expand their repair options
BY MCKENNA SCHUELER
Local college student J.J. Holmes, 21, has been waiting on a new armrest for his powered wheelchair for over a year, according to his mom.
Holmes, who was born with cerebral palsy, jokingly told a panel of state senators earlier this month that he’s “the proud owner of a power chair held together by the finest Dollar Store engineering money can buy.”
The armrest on his chair is currently a mix of pool noodles and duct tape, he said, because the actual parts are still on back order.
Holmes is one of millions of people in the United States who rely on wheelchairs for mobility, so they’re not stuck in their own homes or confined to a bed.
But the path toward repairing parts of wheelchairs that malfunction or break isn’t as smooth as you’d think.
There are two national wheelchair suppliers, owned by private equity firms, that dominate the industry. And because of restrictive rules they impose through their warranties, wheelchair owners like Holmes rely on the manufacturers
Eskamani, are leading the charge to address some of these barriers through what’s known nationally as “right-to-repair” legislation.
“This bill just ensures that wheelchair owners and independent repair providers have access to the tools, parts, information necessary to diagnose, maintain and repair motorized wheelchairs,” Dr. Eskamani said of House Bill 311, heard by the House Industries & Professional Activities committee on Wednesday.
“By preventing manufacturers from restricting these such repairs, the bill empowers individuals with disabilities to maintain their mobility, their freedom and their independence without unnecessary delays or high cost,” she continued. It also “creates more competition in the repair marketplace,” she added, “and allows for independent repair shops to open up, thus creating new jobs.”
Miraculously, her bill was approved by the Republican-dominated House panel unanimously in a 16 to 0 vote, with two state representatives absent. Smith’s version of the bill (SB 412), introduced in the state Senate, passed its own committee, also unanimously, earlier this month.
“Access to affordable and timely repairs for powered wheelchairs is not a luxury — it’s a necessity,” Smith told Orlando Weekly in a statement.
“This bill is a crucial step forward in ensuring the independence and well-being of wheelchair users across Florida. As someone who champions the needs of our diverse community, I am proud to file this bill along with Representative Eskamani.”
Both legislators, among the most progressive in the state Legislature, are tentatively hopeful their legislation will move forward. Because Republicans dominate the state Legislature and have control over which bills are added to committee agendas, it’s never guaranteed that even common-sense legislation will even reach a vote.
“Ultimately, this bill is simple,” Smith told his colleagues on the Senate Commerce and Tourism committee this month. “It gives power chair owners choices. It opens up the free market to lower costs and reduce delay times, and most importantly, it can improve the lives of our most vulnerable constituents.”
A 2022 survey of wheelchair owners found that out-of-pocket repair costs for a wheelchair breakdown ranged from $50 to $620. Medicare doesn’t cover preventative maintenance for wheelchairs, nor do other insurers.
The estimated wait time for repairs is another significant hurdle.
Minutello, with Disability Rights Florida, told House lawmakers that waiting for repairs through manufacturers can take anywhere from a few weeks up to six months, depending on the type of repair and where the user lives.
“There is a control box on my own chair hanging down by a single wire,” Minutello told senators.
“If that were to break today, I maybe would not only be unable to talk to you today, but maybe unable to talk to you for a week, maybe not appear before you for the entirety of session.”
Malfunctioning or broken devices can also, in some cases, pose a significant health and safety risk. “There have actually been cases where people have gotten very, very sick or in some cases died due to lack of repair on their chairs,” she said.
The legislation would not require wheelchair manufacturers to disclose trade secrets to independent repair providers. Nor would it alter any existing agreements between authorized repair providers and wheelchair manufacturers.
Both Smith and Eskamani, however, are working on amendments to their legislation to account for more complicated repair jobs.
themselves, or their authorized vendors, to get any sort of repair done — even when it’s something as simple as replacing a $20 button.
“I know of somebody that waited six months to get a seat belt repaired on their chair,” Laura-Lee Minutello, a public policy analyst for Disability Rights Florida — who also uses a wheelchair — told state senators.
“A seat belt is a part that you can get and screw on yourself. They cost about $20,” she said.
The two wheelchair suppliers — Numotion and National Seating and Mobility — restrict consumers and independent repair shops from accessing relevant software, tools, parts and service manuals, preventing users of their products from doing their own repairs or visiting repair shops not authorized by the manufacturers.
Wheelchair breakdowns have grown more common, as the multibillion-dollar wheelchair industry reaps massive profits, an aging population is expected to make the country more reliant on such devices moving forward.
Two state Democrats from the Orlando area, Sen. Carlos Guillermo-Smith and Rep. Anna
“Sometimes we have these really big bills with big price tags, and this is not that, right?”Eskamani pointed out while speaking to her colleagues.
“It’s a small bill with no price tag, but it has a really huge ripple effect, especially for Floridians every day that are incredibly courageous and brave as they live independent lives in a landscape that isn’t always built for folks.”
Under their proposals, manufacturers of motorized wheelchairs sold or used in Florida would be required to provide documents, tools and any parts necessary for repairs to third-party repair providers and wheelchair owners.
They’d also be required to make tools and documents available “at fair and reasonable terms,” a House staff analysis states, “which means at either no cost or at the actual cost of preparing and sending the document or tool.”
Right-to-repair is a global movement, spanning beyond wheelchairs to all sorts of devices, that has picked up steam through the advocacy of people like Holmes and Minutello.
Colorado was the first state to give powered wheelchair owners the right to repair in 2022. Six others have since followed suit.
Eskamani told Orlando Weekly over email that she’s working with one Florida-based manufacturer who does custom wheelchairs for more complex clients “to ensure no unintended consequences.”
Smith, a former state representative elected to the Senate in November, admitted during his bill’s hearing earlier this month that their legislation won’t solve all of the problems that wheelchair users face.
The bill doesn’t give people free money. Nor does it affect the quality of chair parts — their sturdiness or reliability — or change what health insurance will or will not cover.
“We know that this bill is not, unfortunately, going to solve every issue that the owners of powered wheelchairs experience, but we’re certainly willing to give it a try to make sure that we actually offer those consumer choices to those power wheelchair owners to be able to actually try to repair their device,” said Smith.
If you have any strong feelings on the legislation or want it to move forward, consider contacting your state rep and senator to let them know where you stand.
mschueler@orlandoweekly.com
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Local transgender pageant queen Olivia Lauren speaks on her experiences, accolades and how to support the trans community
BY JUNO LE
Monday, March 31, is International Transgender Day of Visibility, an annual observance that uplifts transgender individuals and raises awareness that, despite political noise, these folks are our friends, neighbors, family and loved ones.
As Floridians grapple with legislation impacting LGBTQ+ rights, Trans Day of Visibility is an essential opportunity to spotlight transgender voices and show up and support Orlando’s trans community. Recent executive orders targeting transgender and LGBTQ+ individuals have strengthened the resolve of local advocates fighting to defend marginalized communities.
Orlando-based pageant queen Olivia Lauren was recently named first runner-up in the Miss International Queen USA 2025 pageant. And she had plenty to say in conversation with Orlando Weekly about the pageant and, more broadly, challenges facing the trans community in 2025.
“Me doing Miss International Queen was very important to be able to use my voice and stand up
at this point in time,” says Lauren. “I fear we are going to repeat history again.”
She adds, “I decided to be a part of Miss International Queen USA because the USA is not in a great spot with a lot of communities, including what I am a part of, which is the LGBTQ+ community. Also, I am an immigrant; I come from immigrant parents.”
Lauren was born in Havana, Cuba and immigrated to the United States, learning English before becoming an American citizen.
At this year’s Miss International Queen USA, Lauren won the accolade for Best Gown. The dress, which Lauren describes as her dream gown, was designed by Chicago-based designer Vee Monique with inspiration from Leo Almodal.
“Ever since I saw it on a runway, I fell in love with it, and I collaborated with Vee Monique and told her the colors and I flew to Chicago and got it made there,” says Lauren.
For Lauren, the gown had meaning far beyond dazzling judges, audience and peers.
“We need to be writing to our representatives and we need to show up to those meetings. Show up to Tallahassee Just show up. We need to ask questions and we need to humanize ourselves,” says Lauren. “We have been dehumanized and we need to be human with one another.”
Lauren shares that her fellow transgender brothers and sisters are fearful of recent legislation that targets trans communities and youth. She posits that some of this prejudice toward the community is a result of miscommunication.
“It’s almost like when you’re going to the elevator and you put the blinders on and you don’t talk to people in the elevator,” Lauren explains. “That is wrong. We are meant to be communicating with each other, we are meant to be asking questions because we are all a collective of human beings.”
She adds, “We need to be human beings and interact with each other and ask questions to educate ourselves. A lot of people don’t understand because they’re being misled to disrespect, but if we understand the basic principle that we are all human beings — I do not need to know the specifics of your life in order to give you respect — that’s how a lot of problems are going to be fixed.”
For this year’s Trans Day of Visibility, Lauren, a plastic surgeon liaison for Dr. Ricardo Morales, will be traveling to where the surgeon is based in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
“It was just very significant because it was almost like the universe on that gown. I feel like we all need to be open to the universe,” Lauren says.“There’s a quote that says,‘Life opens up when you do.’ I heard that from Patrick Starrr. When you open up to the universe, I do believe that the universe opens back up to you. That’s what the gown represented for me: opening [myself] up to the universe and showing my true self on that stage.”
Miss International Queen is the world’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women. This past December, Tiana “Midori” Monet of Seattle was crowned Miss International Queen USA 2025. She will represent our country at the Miss International Queen pageant in Thailand. Lauren was awarded first runner-up, and following her was Khloe Rios-Wyatt of Santa Ana.
“The memorable moment, one I’m going to carry with me through my whole life, is spending a whole week with my beautiful transgender sisters,” Lauren says. “It was just so amazing to have the privilege to spend the week with them, learn from them, have late-night talks.”
Lauren found inspiration and support that led her to think on broader human connections.
“It was just so beautiful to hear all different stories, but we all had one thing in common and that was that we all share the same life, we all come from the same problems,” Lauren says. “We have our minor differences, but we’re all the same. Everyone may sound different and may look different, but we’re all human beings.”
Lauren encourages fellow Orlandoans to participate in showing up for and protecting the voices she believes are at threat of being silenced.
“I will be helping transgender patients who are getting their facial feminization and receiving their consultations,” Lauren says.“It’s very exciting for me and it’s an amazing opportunity to be able to give back, not just advocating, but to be there with those patients that are going to change their lives.”
As a plastic surgeon liaison, Lauren’s social media frequently educates on safe transitioning practices. She encourages people to do proper research when consulting for gender-affirming surgeries.
“When I first started my transition, I had a wonderful friend that made a lot of bad choices through their transition and wanted me to learn through their experience and not make those same mistakes,” says Lauren. “I had instances with bad doctors and bad practitioners that did not do what they were supposed to do.”
Lauren supports all people, including cis allies, educating themselves on health and safe transitioning practices.
“We now have the power and knowledge on this,” says Lauren, “I’m trying to provide information on safe transitioning practices so that trans people are able to live a longer and healthier life. Hopefully to transmit the message of doing things the right way and taking care of yourself, prioritizing your health, while still fulfilling what it takes to feel good in your own skin.”
If you’re looking to support Orlando’s trans community or educate yourself locally, there are several events happening this weekend, including a big Trans Day of Visibility celebration put on by Come Out With Pride at the Central Florida Fairgrounds on Colonial Drive at 1 p.m. Saturday. The event is free and includes speakers, artists, activities and local organizations on site with information and resources. Families are welcome.
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Olivia Lauren (center) competing in the Miss International Queen USA pageant | Photo by LV Elite Media
Could it be that the stars are aligning for illusionists to get their long-overdue due in Orlando? Drew Thomas thinks so
Almost 11 years ago, I complained in this column that there weren’t enough illusionists employed amid Orlando’s attractions, and that situation hasn’t improved much since then, as Tony Brent’s kid-friendly dinner show remains the only permanent professional magic show in town. Drew Thomas (drewthomasmagicwowshow.com) — a performer I profiled over a decade ago as representing “the possible future of magic” in the area — is still working to fulfill that promise by putting down roots at the Grande Lakes Orlando resort for his year-long residency of Friday and Saturday performances, with added Wednesday and Sunday showtimes through April 27.
A few weekends ago, I valet-parked my humble Honda Fit at the ritzy Ritz-Carlton, and navigated downstairs to the intimate ballroom-turned-theater that houses “The Magic Show.” Since I last saw him onstage, Thomas’ entourage has been downsized from a cast
of eight to just his spouse/assistant, Rebecca Thomas, but that’s enough (with the addition of several audience participants) to run through a repertoire ranging from rope tricks and mentalism to metamorphosis. Although many of his routines remain unchanged — including his bondage-inspired “sawing a lady in half” trick and still-effective “coin in a Coke can” sleightof-hand — I was happy to see that Thomas has evolved beyond his former flashy Criss Angelesque aesthetic and attitude in favor of warm Edison bulbs and a warmer stage persona.
Following the show, Thomas filled me in on his 30-year journey as a magician, which brought him from Ohio to Orlando, with stops in 67 countries and on television’s America’s Got Talent along the way. Early in his career, he worked for the now-defunct SeaWorld near Cleveland, and went on to consult on magic production shows for multiple Six Flags and Premier Parks. “With that background familiarity with the theme park industry, coupled with the fact that we did extensive private events [for] all the different major companies up in Ohio, we said, ‘OK, it’s time to relocate and put ourselves in a market where there’s more available.’ And obviously, Orlando is
affiliated with Harry Potter,” reveals Thomas, who is unsure how much of his input remains in the finished product. “Thankfully, we have all evolved in our understanding of [how] wizardry can be used to incorporate forms of magic, to allow people to experience magic in a real face-to-face situation. That’s been something that they leaned into us heavily for: How do we create some of these effects in real life, without cinematography, without CGI, to create magic moments for people?”
Thomas also created and performed the “Now You See It” magic show for Royal Caribbean cruise line’s Freedom of the Seas, which ended a record-breaking 11-year run in 2017. “It was certainly as big as any of the magic production shows in Las Vegas, not including Siegfried and Roy or David Copperfield, of course,” says Thomas. “But no one ever really was aware of it, because you’re on a cruise ship, and unfortunately, when you’re out there, you may as well be on another planet.”
the mecca for theme parks, and it is the number one visited destination on planet Earth for meetings, so here we came,” recalls Thomas.
Vegas may be the dream venue for other illusionists, but Thomas says he’s never had his sights set on the Strip. “I’ve always been a family entertainer, so I’m not sure I’m racy enough for Vegas,” says Thomas.“We stacked the deck in our favor by coming to Orlando, where there were no magic competition on our level.” Thomas reassures grown-ups that his act is “family-friendly, but definitely not juvenile,” promising adult attendees, “We’re going to mess you up.”
Since moving to Central Florida, Thomas continued his theme park consulting by designing gory illusions for the “Carnival of Carnage” shows at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights in 2007 and 2015. His influence may also be felt within the Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Ministry of Magic land inside the eagerly anticipated Epic Universe theme park, which he consulted on during early “blue sky” development prior to COVID.
“There was a major shift [and] they’re now embracing magic. Before there was a strict restriction on whether or not magic can be
After their Royal Caribbean contract concluded and COVID closed everything else, Thomas “kind of walked away from magic” for a time. “I was just scratching my head. I put my entire life into this, and what are we going to do?” he recalls. “When you face confrontation and frustration and challenge and discouragement, what do you do? Either [it] snuffs you out, or you get stronger, and we decided that there was still a lot more left in the engine.”
That’s when the concept for Thomas’ current show was born, during a private corporate performance at Grande Lakes on the patio of the adjoining JW Marriott. And after his initial soft-opening performances, Thomas already says he sees signs that “people are into this; they want this, they like this, they enjoy this form of entertainment, and I think the stars are aligning,” for illusionists to get their long-overdue due in Orlando.
“What’s great about magic is it travels in a parallel universe, and yet it does something truly inexplicable, but it’s completely analog. I think that contrast between our real lives and what really can happen with ordinary objects is a profound thing.”
skubersky@orlandoweekly.com
Drew Thomas saws a lady in half at the Grande Lakes Orlando resort | Courtesy photo
STEPPE-ING IT UP
Chayhana brings the delights of Kyrgyzstan
and Central Asia to Altamonte Springs
BY FAIYAZ KARA
Last April, I reviewed the oddly named 1881 Dubai Restaurant in Kissimmee. It specialized in the cuisine of Uzbekistan cuisine, not the Emirates. But the day the review came out, 1881 was, shall we say, (18)86ed. My words certainly did no harm — they were quite complimentary, in fact. No, it seems a concept and ownership pivot was in the works, as the restaurant, embracing its Kowtown heritage, reopened as a steakhouse.
Then I found out that 1881’s former chef was cooking at Chayhana in Altamonte Springs, a restaurant whose marquee touted “Uzbek/
Turkish Cuisine.” And while that may be somewhat true, I also came to learn that the chef, as well as Chayhana’s owners and staff, were Kyrgyz. So why not tout the fare of Kyrgyzstan instead? I’m guessing because a lot of folks are familiar with Turkish cuisine, and slightly less unfamiliar with Uzbek cuisine than Kyrgyz. Nevertheless, I felt obliged to visit, if only to give chef Farukh his due props — because deserving he is. And while he may not be making beshbarmak, Kyrgyzstan’s national dish comprised of boiled meat, flat noodles and an onion sauce, I’m told the “five finger”
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CHAYHANA
851 W. State Road 436, Altamonte Springs 321-422-0143
chayhanaorlando.com
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specialty will eventually make its way onto the menu. Beef, or possibly lamb, will replace the typical horsemeat, as horses can’t be slaughtered for human consumption in this country (much to the dismay of the Kyrgyz who flock to Chayhana). But with the FDA being gutted, who knows?
What you will find on the menu is plov ($16), a rice dish that ranks among the world’s great kernel creations, alongside biryani, bibimbap, jambalaya and jollof. The pop of pomegranate arils in the rice, glistening with shreds of beef and lamb and colored with carrots, scallions, quail eggs, chickpeas and a lone serrano, gives the dish its edge. I’ll be adding them to every rice dish I make from now on. Roasted garlic, too. And if anyone out there has a spare castiron kazan lying around, I’d be happy to take the cooking vessel off your hands.
Lagman ($15), the hand-pulled noodles often referred to as lamian in Chinese restaurants serving the Uyghur staple, come tossed in a wet sauce with tender beef, bell peppers, green beans, cabbage and scallions. Simple and sapid. No horse, but I sure as hell ate like one.
Swigs of a tart cherry beverage called “compote” ($2) helped to cut through all the fatty bites, but it was a bit too sweet for my liking. I preferred quenching my thirst with broth flavored by a lamb chop, beef-lamb meatball and beef chunk in a stewy number called kuza dymlyama ($20). It’s like Russian cabbage soup meets pho, and it’s precisely the type of crossroads dish that Central Asian cuisine is known for. It’s about as common across the central Eurasian Steppe as manty ($18) — steamed dumplings sprinkled with dill, served here in a steamer basket along with a red pepper dip. Samsa ($3), a baked triangular dumpling holding cubes of beef, onion and melty fatty bits, bears a likeness to its less hefty cousin, the samosa. And of course they have kebabs, most notably the corpulent lulya ($11), Central Asia’s answer to Turkish adana, but fattened with a beef-lamb mix. It’s served on stretchy lavash with onions.
On one visit, two large parties were gathering for an iftar meal during Ramadan, while patrons at other tables were enjoying a layered honey cake ($7) which I couldn’t help but order too. (Cadbury Crunchie fans need to get this.) Point is, the restaurant was getting packed. It’s clearly a draw for Muslims, as everything here is halal, but especially to Orlando’s growing Central Asian population of Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Kazakhs and Tajiks. No matter their nationality, it appears they all stan for Chayhana. fkara@orlandoweekly.com
OPENINGS & CLOSINGS:
Indigo Road Hospitality Group, the Charleston-based firm behind such regional chains as Oak Steakhouse, O-Ku Sushi, Indaco and Colleta, will take over the Park Avenue Tavern space in Hannibal Square. The space is currently being gutted to receive new flooring, lighting, finishes, furniture and bar. Rumor has it the space will be an Oak Steakhouse, but the group has not confirmed it … Tamale Co. Modern Mexican Kitchen & Bar has opened at 2401 Edgewater Drive in College Park, well ahead of its original opening date of Cinco de Mayo … Taco’s Lab, where “every bite is an experiment in flavor,” has opened in the former King Bao space at 1881 W. Fairbanks Ave. in Winter Park … Perkins Restaurant & Bakery is now Perkins American Food Co. and has opened its newly designed 3,500-square-foot flagship restaurant in the former La Boucherie space at 7625 Turkey Lake Road. Along with a reimagined menu, booze is also being offered … Speaking of, Noir Bar, located through a secret door next to the recently opened Talay at 861 N. Orange Ave., is now pouring Thai-inspired craft cocktails and serving small plates in a striking black-and-gold setting … Tabla Indian Cafe & Sweets, serving breakfast and lunch items as well as sweet drinks and Indian sweets like ladoo, burfi, pakiza and Punjabi cham-cham, has opened next to the restaurant at 5829 Grand National Drive … GEO-82, billed as an “adult-exclusive lounge,” will open inside EPCOT’s Spaceship Earth later this year. “Globally influenced small plates” and “innovative cocktails” will be served amid views of EPCOT’s World Celebration gardens and World Showcase Lagoon … Craft & Common, the cute downtown coffee and sandwich shop, has opened a second location at the newly built Stonewood Plaza at 20 Alexandria Blvd. near the intersection of North Alafaya Trail and East Mitchell Hammock Road in Oviedo … Brewlando has opened its Maitland and Sanford locations, the former at Maitland City Centre and the latter at 400 Sanford Ave. The Sanford location, with its 3- and 15-barrel systems, will serve as the brewery’s “innovation hub” … After 15 years, Downtown Pourhouse at 20 S. Orange Ave. has closed.
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A plate of plov studded with pomegranate arils and quail eggs | Photo by Matt Keller Lehman
recently reviewed
GYUKATSU ROSE
Gyukatsu (flash-fried beef cutlets that are seared tableside by guests) is the latest concept explored by Domu’s Sonny Nguyen. Along with the 130-gram or 260-gram “proprietary cut” of crossbred wagyu are a host of sides and starches. Wagyu aficionados may find the marbling lacking, but the price point will appeal to a broader audience. Open Thursday to Sunday. (reviewed March 19) 3201 Corrine Drive, gyukatsurose.com, $$$
VOODOO BAYOU
The small Florida chain brings some true Crescent City vibes and a decent roster of NoLa staples, most notably jumbo shrimp in an infernal BBQ sauce, buttery biscuits, beignets. Redfish, gumbo and crawfish-shrimp étouffée pass muster but beware rice with undercooked kernels. Live music Wednesdays and weekends. Open daily. (reviewed Feb. 26) 7525 W. Sand Lake Road, 407-574-5755, voodoobayou.com, $$$
WALALA ASIAN NOODLE HOUSE
The latest addition to the city’s hand-pulled noodle scene marries flawless squigglers with an exquisite beef-chicken broth. No matter the protein (shaved beef flank and chunks of braised short rib rule), the soup bowls gratify, as do cumindusted grilled beef skewers. Open daily. (reviewed Feb. 19) 5062 W. Colonial Drive, 407-286-5478, walalaasiannoodlehouse.toast.site, $$$
PALM BEACH MEATS ORLANDO
This temple of wagyu is the place to procure prized and pricey cuts of Japanese and Australian wagyu. The restaurant component serves a beefy menu of lush delights, most notably the wagyu katsu sandos, cheesesteaks and burgers. Those with deep pockets will want to splurge on the 4-ounce Kagoshima wagyu steak. The brownie sundae, employing wagyu tallow in the brownie, whipped cream and caramel, is an absolute must. Closed Mondays. (reviewed Feb. 12) 3421 S. Orange Ave., 407-233-4094, palmbeachmeats.com, $$$$
SURAH
Surah’s menu of Korean cuisine veers traditional, but it’s traditional fare blended with comforting aspects, and it’s brilliantly executed. Of note: galbijjim, braised beef short ribs served with starchy vegetables. It’s a special-occasion dish not often found in Korean restaurants. Other considerations: bulgogi hot pot, seafood pancake and spicy squid stir-fry. Closed Mondays. (reviewed Feb. 5) 5100 Dr. Phillips Blvd., 407-270-8973, surahorlando.com, $$$
MOSONORI
Henry Moso’s Winter Park handroll bar spares no
expense in quality of fare (the nori is unmatched) or quality of design (the horseshoe-shaped bar is absolutely stunning). Set menus ranging from $19$36 allow patrons to sample a variety of stellar rolls without breaking the bank. Open daily. (reviewed Jan. 29) 1100 Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 321-9722925, mosonori.com, $$$
J’ADORE
THE FRENCH BAKERY
This boulangerie tucked in a hidden strip plaza near the Altamonte/Longwood border serves baguettes and French pastries of the highest order. Croissants and pains du chocolat are some of the best you’ll find in town. Open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed Monday. (reviewed Jan. 22) 910 Sand Lake Road, Altamonte Springs, 321-972-1511, instagram.com/jadore. thefrenchbakery, $$
BARKHAVEN DOG BAR
This dog bar is a playground for man and his best friend. An ambitious, Middle Eastern-leaning menu curated by Chris Hernandez, as well as a full bar specializing in martinis, make the venue a draw whether you own a dog or not. Open daily. (reviewed Jan. 15) 724 Brookhaven Drive, 407-787-2275, barkhaven.com, $$$
OZA IZAKAYA
Tim Liu, the man behind Mikado Sushi in MetroWest and Boku Sushi in Maitland, spent a fortune to outfit this SeaWorld-area stunner. The varied menu of hot and cold tastings, sushi and ramen achieves varying degrees of success. Yakitori and kushiyaki offerings are solid, as is sashimi with premium cuts from Japan. Open daily. (reviewed Dec. 18) 5310 Central Florida Parkway, 407-778-1038, ozaizakaya.com, $$$
REDLIGHT REDLIGHT
The gastropub is resuscitated inside Redlight Redlight in Audubon Park, thanks to deftly executed and creative comfort dishes plated by chef Jes Tantalo. Even the brunch-averse should pay a visit to the brewpub on Sundays. Dinner served Thursday through Saturday from 5-9 p.m.; Saturday breakfast burritos served from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sunday brunch served from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; closed Tuesdays. (reviewed Dec. 11) 2810 Corrine Drive, 407-893-9832, instagram.com/ redlightredlight, $$$
MAROUSH SHAWARMA & GRILL
The Syrian and Levantine dishes served at Maroush in Waterford Lakes are well worth indulging in, but their beef and chicken shawarma is where they truly shine. Open daily. (reviewed Dec. 4) 783 N. Alafaya Trail, 407-270-7649, maroush-food.com, $$
COUCHSURFING
BY STEVE SCHNEIDER
Premieres Wednesday:
Caught — Another week, another Harlan Coben adaptation. This time, it’s Argentina interpreting the author’s story of a female journalist on the hunt for a missing girl. Boy, when streaming discovers that boys can be kidnapped too, there’s going to be no more room for retired hit men who take on one last job. (Netflix)
Million Dollar Secret — One contestant out of 12 is given a box containing a million dollars, and the onus is then on them to hide that information from the other 11, who got bubkes. I hope Elon’s kids are paying attention, because the guy can’t live forever and that will is going to be dodgy as eff. (Netflix)
The Studio — Seth Rogen plays a movie-studio head whose genuine love of cinema keeps getting in the way of business, in what The Hollywood Reporter calls “a strong contender for the best new comedy of 2025.” Then again, the subject matter is sort
of up their alley. I doubt they’d be that jazzed about a legacy sequel to The Sorrow and the Pity. (Apple TV+)
Premieres Thursday:
Bosch: Legacy — As the third and final season begins, Maddie is wrestling with the idea that her father might have had a hand in the murder of her kidnapper. Wrestling? If she plays her cards right, this could get her in a good Harlan Coben show. (Prime Video)
From Rock Star to Killer — First he nearly killed his girlfriend following an argument, and then French rocker Bertrand Cantat was thrust back into the headlines when his wife committed suicide. I think there’s only one question at this point: Does he trust his GoFundMe to Marilyn Manson or RFK Jr.? (Netflix)
Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn’s Treasure — Find out what happened in 2010 when a mischievous art dealer hid a fortune in gold and gems and left clues to its location in the form
way through production necessitated a drastic change in the show’s setup. Fortunately, Polly Holliday needed a breather from doing Pump Boys and Dinettes in Jupiter. (Hulu)
Number One on the Call Sheet — Explore the struggles Black performers have had to be recognized in the movie industry, in a twopart documentary with a strong sense of fairness. Note, though, that the episode subjects are divided into “actors” and “actresses.” Because too much fairness all at once can give you heartburn. (Apple TV+)
Reformed — The true story of France’s most prominent female rabbi inspired this eight-episode series that shows how a woman can help her people navigate the milestones of life under Judaism. You know, like unloading your Tesla to Mel Gibson for a nice profit. (Max)
Premieres Sunday:
MobLand — Guy Ritchie casts Pierce Brosnan as an up-and-coming boss in an international crime syndicate, with Tom Hardy and Helen Mirren among those who cross his path as he climbs the ladder of felony. And if their path takes them under that ladder while he’s climbing it, they might be stuck in this thing for seven seasons. (Paramount+)
of a self-written poem. Fun fact: Nine out of 10 of the treasure hunters started their search in Nantucket. (Netflix)
Paul American — Can’t get enough of Jake and Logan Paul? You may be Jake and Logan Paul! If so, you’re sure to love this eight-episode exploration of your fascinating lives, careers and fraternal relationship. Everybody else gets to sign and count the days until we hear from those nice Menendez brothers again. (Max)
Premieres Friday:
The Lady’s Companion — Learn about the courtship rituals of 19th-century Spain in a dramedy that sees a matchmaker trying to find husbands for three rich sisters. In the surprisingly familiar denouement, the big winner is their despised stepsister, who lands an actual prince because she fits into a glass espadrille. (Netflix)
The Life List — You don’t have to be a senior citizen to have a bucket list. Just ask New Yorker Alex Rose, who’s on a quest to accomplish all her life’s ambitions while she can still enjoy them, from working in a women’s shelter to doing stand-up. Man, you could check both of those boxes just by hanging around Russell Brand for 24 hours. (Netflix)
Mid-Century Modern — Nathan Lane and Matt Bomer headline a multi-camera sitcom about older gay men living in Palm Springs, with one of their mothers in tow. In the latter role is Linda Lavin, whose unexpected death mid-
Premieres Monday:
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer — Having used her 2020 Netflix feature, Lost Girls, to dramatize the turn-of-the-century killing spree attributed to one Rex Heuermann, director Liz Garbus returns to the subject for a three-part docuseries. Folks, I’m no expert in fixation, but I’m starting to think she might have been in on it. (Netflix)
Promised Hearts — An Indonesian woman’s joy at having earned her doctorate evaporates when she learns her family has arranged for her to be married — and not to the man she actually loves. Listen, lady, it’s for your own good. A girl can’t be trusted to follow her heart when her parents have a line on a nice, dependable cryptobro. (Netflix)
Rhythm + Flow Italy — The first four episodes of Season 2 show our cast of judges scouring all of southern Italy for the next rap sensation, with a trip to London as a palate cleanser. Want to simulate the experience in your own life? Ask your waiter at Carrabba’s to freestyle a few verses, then send out for scones. (Netflix)
Premieres Tuesday:
Nimesh Patel: Instant Karma — The Indian American comic returns to his alma mater, NYU, to reflect on the scholarly path he abandoned in favor of stand-up glory. Meanwhile, over at Mount Sinai, some young surgeon is doing a tight five about his days selling bennies outside the Improv. (Netflix)
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IT IS A SPRINT
Cat Ridgeway’s new album is nothing less than a creative rebirth
BY CAMILA ESCOBAR
Cat Ridgeway’s latest album Sprinter showcases a new, rockier sound and deep emotional resonance for the local fave singer-songwriter.
“Negative experiences can become really beautiful if you allow them to,” says Ridgeway.
Described by Ridgeway as “indie rock for overthinkers,” Sprinter is set to release on Friday, and it might just be her strongest musical statement yet. Ridgeway pushes her creative boundaries to the limits on this album, blending rock, folk and alternative elements to craft something very much her own.
Music has been an integral part of Ridgeway’s life since childhood. Encouraged by her family to explore sounds in the music room of her childhood home, she cultivated her passion from an early age. In fact, Ridgeway credits her professional music career to her older brother, whose influence has led to a sort of Finneas-andBillie Eilish dynamic.
“My brother — I joke all the time that the
reason I do this for a living now is all his fault,” Ridgeway says. “He’s actually an engineer, and I’ve done a lot of production-type work. But we’ve been kicking around the idea of making a record with just the two of us for a while.”
Similar to artists like Lorde, Ridgeway experiences music through synesthesia, a neurological condition where sounds are associated with colors. This unique perception informs both her songwriting and visual art, with Ridgeway’s album covers a direct reflection of how she experiences her own music. Ridgeway designs her own album covers, ensuring the visual experience matches the sonic one.
“I played around with the album covers, but the final product was simply the colors I was seeing for each song,” she explains.“So,‘Epilogue’ is red. ‘Sprinter’ has these kind of earthy tones, shadowy blue things going on. And then ‘What If,’ the single that just came out, has a lot of orange, yellow, and a little hint of green. It all looks really funny in my head.”
she says. “When I heard the final mix, I couldn’t help but cry. It was such a journey back to where I started.”
For Ridgeway, Sprinter is more than just an album — it’s a pivotal chapter in her evolution as an artist. And it all came down to trusting her instincts.
“If you think it’s cool, it’s cool,” she says.“That’s something I’d tell my younger self and any artist. The thing you’re most scared of is often what makes you unique.”
Writing Sprinter was an intense process of self-exploration for Ridgeway. “I don’t think I’ve ever leaned as hard into the revision process of songwriting as I have on this record,” she admits. “I rewrote some of these songs from the ground up multiple times, and that’s a very time-consuming and emotionally, mentally laborious process, but it definitely paid off.”
The hardest part, she says, was figuring out exactly what she wanted to say. “Trying to get the objective of the song across in the lyrics was probably the most difficult part,” she explains. Ridgeway often questioned whether she wanted certain lyrics to be out in the world, pushing herself into vulnerable territory.
A quote from David Bowie resonated with her throughout: If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. This idea encouraged Ridgeway to take creative risks, even when it felt daunting.
Finding an original sound in the music industry is no easy feat, but with the help of producer Mike Savino, Ridgeway has achieved something distinct. By blending traditional rock instrumentation with less-expected elements like banjo, Sprinter surprises with eclectic creativity.
“I feel like we have a sound that isn’t easily comparable, which was a huge goal for me as an artist,” Ridgeway says. “I think if you can create something that is singular, something people can’t directly compare or think is derivative, you’ve accomplished something pretty great.”
Standout title track “Epilogue” was a sonic experiment inspired by her experiences touring with musician Abe Partridge and covering the Avett Brothers’ “Talk on Indolence.” The song blends punk energy with an overdriven banjo, a combination Ridgeway describes as “something that just does amazing things to my brain.” She was determined to push the song’s energy to its peak, incorporating a back-and-forth drum and banjo solo to maximize dynamic highs.
“Seeing how ‘Epilogue’ translates live has been so creatively fulfilling,” she says.“Every night, we accomplish the goal I had when writing it.”
Another deeply personal track is “Posture,” the final song on the record. Ridgeway first wrote it as a high school demo, and when revisiting old material for Sprinter, Savino saw its potential.
Instead of re-recording the track from scratch, they built on the original demo recording, preserving Ridgeway’s teenaged vocals.
“It was like a co-write with my younger self,”
One of the most powerful moments in Ridgeway’s journey with Sprinter has been seeing how her music resonates with listeners. The title track was written for and about a close friend who lost her battle with mental illness. Sharing that story has allowed Ridgeway to connect deeply with fans who have experienced similar losses.
“After shows, people have shared their own stories with me, saying they feel seen and heard, that they don’t feel alone because I talked about it,” she says. “That has been one of the most beautiful experiences I’ve ever had as a songwriter, and it has fundamentally changed my relationship with songwriting and storytelling forever.”
Through this song, Ridgeway has partnered with the suicide prevention organization Find Your Anchor. Within just a week of announcing their collaboration, the organization received numerous inquiries about supporting their work all tied back to Ridgeway’s music.
“I never thought a song could tangibly help people like that,” she reflects.“Now that I’ve seen it happen, I’m just so grateful to have played a role in it. It doesn’t even feel like I did that — it feels like the song did that.”
Ridgeway’s music has transformed her personal grief into something meaningful and healing, allowing her friend’s story to live on in a way that continues to help others. “It flipped the narrative from being just a tragic event in my life to something that’s actively helping people,” Ridgeway says. “She’s obviously not here, but she’s the one who’s helping all these people now.”
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Orlando artist Cat Ridgeway pushed her creative boundaries to the limits on Sprinter | Photo by Gabe Lugo
Debt Neglector | Courtesy photo
LOCAL RELEASES
Orlando band Debt Neglector are the quintessential punk-rock everymen. They’re not too concerned with transcendental matters of high art. Real life is enough to deal with. The shit, the toil, the fight — they’re in it with the rest of us. As they see it, the only way to come out with your humanity intact is just to take it head-on with some point-blank honesty. It may be just the attitude to get us through these times.
The quartet of Zach Anderson (drums), Matt Burns (guitar/vocals), Alex Goldfarb (vocals/ bass) and Chris Pfister (guitar/vocals/keys) are about to reemerge with their first album in four years. Releasing April 4 on Orlando’s Smartpunk Records, the 13-song Kinda Rips is another sturdy salvo of Debt Neglector’s straight-shooting punk rock.
If you already know their deal, this one’ll be a classic. If you don’t, this will be a good introduction because Kinda Rips is as prime a dose of Debt Neglector as they’ve ever put forward. Their classic punk sound remains a rumbling and reliable ride of brawn, gravel and soul. Moreover, the staunch agit-punks are still not good with what’s going on in the world and ready to call out the bullshit.
Regarding lead single “Adios Amigos! Or How to Self Sabotage Without Even Trying,” the band proclaims, “This song is about how, as a species, our proverbial goose is pretty much cooked. We’re slaves to an economic system that requires infinite growth on a planet full of finite resources. We’ve elected octogenarian politicians with short-sighted vision who only act in the interest of their corporate donors. And people have become increasingly divided, suspicious of their neighbors, and cruel to each
Kinda Rips is as prime a dose of Orlando punks Debt Neglector as they’ve ever put forward. Their classic snotty sound remains a rumbling and reliable ride of brawn, gravel and soul
other. Where is our sense of self-preservation?
Where is our sense of community? It feels like it’s all eroding around us and the western world is quickly and quietly heading towards collapse.”
But the new songs also get personal, with themes of insecurity, parental stress and facing mortality. Again, the universal struggle. For all their angst, though, Debt Neglector have always sugared the pill with a rousing anthemic sound built for shouting along, punching the sky and instant catharsis. Their most melodic batch of rockers yet, Kinda Rips is more fun and much cheaper than therapy.
In a time when some of our most fundamental beliefs are imploding before our very eyes, Debt Neglector’s humanist punk rock remains true as ever with boots firmly planted on the ground, like an old, steadfast friend who always shows up for you when you need it.
Kinda Rips is out everywhere on April 4. Ahead of that, their release show this weekend will be an all-day, two-venue punk-rock extravaganza that
also features Virginity, Jon Snodgrass, Petty Thefts, Vicious Dreams, Curtains, Steven Grey and The New Eagles. (Noon Sunday, March 30, Will’s Pub and Lil Indie’s, $12-$20)
CONCERT PICKS THIS WEEK
Fugitive Bubble, Coffee Stain, Gnats, Rosary: Besides giving punks their very own Heavy Metal Parking Lot, this special all-ages outside concert at Milk District salon Alchemy smartly curated by Orlando’s Moxie Booking features a lineup that proves hardcore can be so much more than just a bunch of angry bros. Topping the bill is the wiry, arty hardcore of acclaimed Washington State band Fugitive Bubble. They’ll be flanked by a bright selection of Florida company that includes Jacksonville hardcore furies Coffee Stain, Tampa Casio punks Gnats and all-star Orlando speed punks Rosary. This is a punk show that’s got its priorities straight and prizes truth over tradition. (7 p.m. Saturday, March 29, Alchemy, $15)
The Tremolords, Go Go Zero: Anytime evergreen Orlando garage-rock gods The Tremolords take the stage, it’s always an electrifying spectacle. Their next show will be a little extra special because longtime scenester and beloved lifelong woman-about-town Sandra Carr will make a rare cameo as a guest vocalist, something that hasn’t happened since she appeared onstage with The Delusionaires over two decades ago at the original Will’s Pub. It’ll be a hyperlocal happening. Opening will be power-pop band Go Go Zero. (7 p.m. Saturday, March 29, Ten10 Brewing, $10) baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
Trey Anastasio
Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime. Would the musical corollary to that old saw, then, be: Teach a man guitar and he’ll solo for a lifetime? The career of one Trey Anastasio, iconic frontman of the legendary jam band Phish, would seem to suggest so. But Wednesday sees Anastasio unplugging and treating phans to a special acoustic performance. Don’t wait on the windowsill; hurry and phind the phunds for your ticket. Anastasio has a devoted and hard-traveling fanbase who don’t phuck around (we’re talking Grateful Deadlevel devotion), so this one may very well be sold out by the time you read these words. Portions of the ticket proceeds go toward the Divided Sky Foundation. 7:30 p.m., Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., drphillipscenter.org, $99-$59.
— Kurt Ramos
THURSDAY, MARCH 27
Tatsuya Nakatani
The last time Tatsuya Nakatani played in Orlando it was in the roomy gallery confines of CityArts, a very appropriate setting for an august percussive maestro like Nakatani — who regularly plays in such spaces. However, before that — going back pre-pandemic even — Nakatani held forth in a living room in Winter Park, the audience mere inches from the man and his arsenal of drums and gongs. It was honestly thrilling in terms of proximity and jarring in terms of the everyday setting — people live here! Nakatani returns and it should be every bit as good, with the man using gongs, drums of all sizes, sundry noisemakers and bows to conjure up an ecstatic freeform noise. The phrase house party will never be the same again. 7 p.m., The Dining Room, 2902 Ambergate Road, instagram.com/atthediningroom, donations strongly encouraged. — Matthew Moyer
SATURDAY, MARCH 29
Iliza Shlesinger
Stand-up comic Iliza Shlesinger has blessed Orlando stages nearly yearly since the pandemic and this week finds her back on the heels of her new stand-up special, A Different Animal. On it, Shlesinger holds court onstage against a backdrop of her first name in all-caps, just like Liza Minnelli or Dolly Parton in their primes woulda done it, and holds forth on motherhood, sex, generational divides and her changing views of feminism as she nears 40. You can expect some of that material Saturday, sure, but Shlesinger probably has a completely new set by now. Either way this is a welcome return for a bold and uncompromising comic voice in an age of mid bro podcasters. 7 p.m., Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd., entertainment.hardrock.com, $42-$146. — MM
MSSV
SATURDAY, MARCH
29
Gainesville treasure and experimental guitarist Mike Baggetta last blew through town with no less a running buddy than Peter DiStefano of 1990s alt-rock hitmakers Porno for Pyros. They rampaged through Judson’s Live with a set of dual-guitar freakouts. A few months later, Baggetta is back with equally heavy tourmates Mike Watt — Minutemen, jamming econo, flannel shirts — and Stephen Hodges — Tom Waits, Mavis Staples — as MSSV. The trio’s itinerary is punishing, befitting an infamous road dog like Watt leading the show, but the musical treasures they offer up are manifold: endless waves of angular scree and free-jazz joy. Add in No Chief, the new drum/visuals solo project of Sebadoh’s Bob D’Amico making his debut, and Lemon Denim and, baby, you’ve got yourself a stew going. 7 p.m., Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave., willspub. org, $15. — MM
Wednesday: Trey Anastasio at the Dr. Phillips Center
PHOTO BY DANNY CLINCH
SATURDAY, MARCH 29
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
Comedy queens Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s joint live show is back in action and heading to Orlando this week. After runs in 2023 and 2024, the Restless Leg Tour is alive again and bringing the ever-prolific duo to Orlando for this tour’s inaugural night. Fresh off celebrating and helping host the 50th anniversary of their comedic launching point, Saturday Night Live, plus Fey’s 2024 Mean Girls reboot, Poehler’s starring in Inside Out 2 and her new podcast “Good Hang With Amy Poehler,” the duo are sure to have plenty to laud and laugh about. (Just maybe, the two former “Weekend Update” hosts will have a few things to say about the state of the world too.) 7 p.m., Addition Financial Arena, 12777 N. Gemini Blvd., additionfiarena.com, $71.50$391.50. — Chloe Greenberg
SATURDAY, MARCH 29
Pints N’ Paws Craft Beer Festival
Pints N’ Paws, the pet-friendly craft beer festival in Sanford, is back for a 12th year, slinging suds and lending a helping paw to pups at local animal shelters and rescues. Pints N’ Paws assembles local craft breweries and artisans for a great big paw-ty in downtown Sanford (a place never averse to a good bash). This year, organizers have lined up over 100 breweries, vendors, food trucks and live entertainment, with proceeds going to care for animals in need and finding them their furever homes. There will be activities and fun for all attendees, both canine and human, including a Poster Dog Contest, where folks can enter their pups to be considered as the face of next year’s event poster. Noon, West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford, pintsandpaws.com, free$90. — Juno Le
WEDNESDAY–TUESDAY, MARCH 26-APRIL 1, 2025
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 29-30
Orlando Brick Convention
For those about to brick, one of the biggest fanrun Lego conventions is heading back to town. Orlando Brick Convention promises a two-day block and brick experience with twice as many creations as ever before. The annual event brings
Lego displays, life-size models, brick pits, buildzones and a lineup of both professional Lego artists and masters of the craft under one Central Florida roof. Celebrities on the guest list for 2025 include content creator MandRproductions, master Lego artist Tom Jacobsen, product designer Nathan Clark, Lego Masters contestant Patrick Durham, creator Madison Rice and the
Brick Show’s Stephen Forthofer. The Orlando Brick Convention supports Creations for Charity, a nonprofit that donates Lego sets to underprivileged children during the holidays, by donating a portion of event proceeds. 10 a.m., Osceola Heritage Park, 1875 Silver Spur Lane, Kissimmee, brickconvention.com, $15-$20. — CG
PHOTO BY GABE LOEWENBERG
Saturday: MSSV at Will’s Pub
CONCERTS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
Alex Cuba 7 & 9 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $24.50-$39.50.
Dueling Pianos 6 pm; Clermont Performing Arts Center Black Box Theater, 3700 S. Highway 27, Clermont; $22.50; 352-394-4800.
Heart to Gold, Flowers for Emily, Palm Tree Square 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $20.
Nesto’s Jazz Trio 10 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.
Trey Anastasio Acoustic Show 7:30 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $99-$59; 844-513-2014.
Rick Wakeman: April 2, Plaza Live
Violent Femmes: April 3, Cocoa Riverfront Park
Rascal Flatts: April 4, Kia Center
Cold Cave: April 5, Conduit
MercyMe: April 6, Addition Financial Arena
Shannon and the Clams: April 10, The Social
Poppy: April 12, House of Blues
Voltaire: April 12, The Abbey
Florida Groves Festival: April 13, Orlando Amphitheater
Kylie Minogue: April 13, Kia Center
Slothrust: April 15, The Abbey
Magic Sword: April 17, The Abbey
Kool Keith: April 18, Will’s Pub
Warbringer and Allegaeon, Skeletal Remains, Summoning the Lich 6 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-673-2712.
Indie 900 Jam 9:30 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.
Knight to Shine: A Musical Theatre Showcase 7:30 pm; Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $15-$35.
Paleface Swiss 7 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; 407-704-6261.
Thomas Milovac Quartet 7 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; free.
EVENTS
A&H: The Art Party: A Gala Celebration Enjoy food, cocktails, live painting, art auctions, photo ops, and more. Proceeds benefit the Museums and community outreach
programs. Take home exclusive swag and unforgettable memories from this exciting event! 6 pm Saturday; Art and History Museums — Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland; $70-$165; 407-539-2181; artandhistory.org/ artparty.
Orlando Ballet: Balanchine, Graham, Pires Program features George Balanchine’s “Divertimento No. 15,” Martha Graham’s “Maple Leaf Rag” and Alysa Pires’ “Skyward.” FridaySunday; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave; $57-$160; 407-3586603; drphillipscenter.org.
DeLand Outdoor Art Festival
The festival offers a craft section with items for sale ranging from handmade jewelry and clothing to soaps, infused products and carved wooden toys from more than 135 artists and crafters. Saturday-Sunday; Earl Brown Park, 750 S. Alabama Ave., DeLand; free; delandoutdoorartfest.com.
Dine Al Fresco with the Artist: Community Dinner Join artist Sinuhé Vega and A&H staff for a vegetarian potluck in the Main Garden. Enjoy conversation, a tour of the exhibition, and a chance to share a dish. Free gallery admission, cash bar from 5:30-8pm. All are welcome! Dishes must be nut-free. 5:30 pm Wednesday; Art and History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland; Free; 407-539-2181; artandhistory.org.
Echoes of Surrealism: Flamenco
Dreams in Motion A mesmerizing flamenco dance production by Flamenco De Perfil that celebrates the passionate artistry of flamenco while drawing inspiration from the surreal worlds of Salvador Dalí. 7 pm Saturday; Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $47-$60; drphillipscenter.org.
Florida Wildflower & Garden Festival Vendors will line the street with booths filled with potted wildflowers and seeds, plants and planters, arts and crafts, local honey, and decorative home and garden items. 9 am Saturday; Downtown DeLand, Indiana Avenue and South Woodland Boulevard, DeLand; free; mainstreetdeland.org.
Girls’ Night Out: Spring Daze An evening of specialty spirits, art, crafts, fashion and live music for a good cause. Flow between Jeanine Taylor
Folk Art and Magpies Modern General for a festive celebration to benefit the Ixora Garden Club of Sanford (established in 1965). 6 pm Friday; Jeanine Taylor Folk Art, 211 E. First St., Sanford; $25; 407-323-2774.
Goblin Market Discount Art Mart
1 Year Birthday Bonanza Goblin Market’s first anniversary is an all-day bash. Art, vintage, food and more await, plus live musical performances from DJ Jo, Paper Aviator, 2AMature and Gala of Ghouls; drag and games courtesy Davi Oddity and Spit Stormer; live screen printing from Space Station; and nearly 200 vendors at an extra-long event! 1 pm Saturday; Oviedo Mall, 1700 Oviedo Marketplace Blvd., Oviedo; free; 407-491-5655.
Highlights from La Bohème with Opera Orlando
Enjoy highlights from the most performed opera in the history of the art form, Puccini’s immortal La Bohème featuring the Opera Orlando Studio Artists. Opera Orlando shares scenes from La Bohème in a one-act version of this masterpiece, all in the world’s best living room concert hall. 7:30 pm Friday-Saturday; Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $30; 407-279-0902; timucua.com.
Iliza Shlesinger 7 pm Saturday; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $42$87; 407-351-5483; entertainment. hardrock.com.
Legends of Laughter An all-star lineup including Sommore, Lavell Crawford, Gary Owen, Don “DC” Curry, Guy Torry and Tight Mike offers something for everyone to enjoy. 8 pm Friday; Addition Financial Arena, 12777
N. Gemini Blvd.; $59-$175; 407-8236006; additionfiarena.com.
Mass in Honor of Transgender Day of Visibility Everyone is welcome. 5 pm Saturday; Abiding Presence Faith Community, 4605 Curry Ford Road; free; apfcwp.com.
Miss Comedy Queen National Pageant 7 pm Thursday; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $69; 18 and up; 407-228-1220; plazaliveorlando. org.
Next Step Screenplay Series: The Business by Wayne Cothron A wrestling pro recounts his obsession and eye-opening pursuit of a career in The Business. Staged reading of an original, feature-length screenplay, plus Q&A with the writer afterwards. 7 pm Monday; Bynx Orlando, 420 E. Church St; $10-$12; 917-573-8552; bynx.co.
Orlando Shakes 36th Season Gala
Performance by Broadway star Norm Lewis, gourmet cuisine, an open bar, and valuable experiences to bid on in a silent auction. 5 pm Sunday; Margeson Theater, Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E. Rollins St.; $350-$5000; 407447-1700; orlandoshakes.org.
Pints N’ Paws Craft Beer Festival 11 am Saturday; Historic Downtown Sanford, Second Street and Sanford Avenue, Sanford; $50-$65; 407-3390879; facebook.com/pintsnpaws.
ScreenCrush Live Join Ryan Arey and special guests for a night of nerding out together with live breakdowns, exclusive videos, audience trivia, and an in-person Q&A with Ryan and the
team. 8 pm Sunday; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $35-$130; 407-704-6261; abbeyorlando.com.
The Soul Reset: Sound Bath Experience An immersive experience designed to restore balance, clear the mind, release tension or set intentions. 3 pm Sunday; Ev-E Productions, 860 State Road 434, Altamonte Springs; $25; 386-627-5468; ev-eproductions. com.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Restless Leg Tour Comedy icons, writers, producers, actresses and Saturday Night Live alumni bring their Restless Leg Tour to Orlando. 7 pm Saturday; Addition Financial Arena, 12777 N. Gemini Blvd.; $71.50-$391.50; 407-8236368; additionfiarena.com.
Uptown Art Expo Art show and live bands each day. Friday-Sunday; Cranes Roost Park, 274 Cranes Roost Blvd., Altamonte Springs; free-$15; 407-592-0002; uptownartexpo.com.
Women in the Arts Expo: Celebrating the Genius of Women 2 pm Saturday; The Dorothy Lumley Melrose Center, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free.
Women’s History Breakfast The History Center’s annual Women’s History Breakfast honors fearless women who reshaped Orlando’s political landscape. “Through the Glass Ceiling: Orlando’s Political Pioneers” pays tribute to Mable Butler, Linda Chapin, Martha Haynie, Glenda Hood and Mary I. Johnson. 8 am Friday; Orange County Regional History Center, 65 E. Central Blvd; $35-$350; 407-836-8500; thehistorycenter.org.
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12:00PM Marie Baptiste-Clothes, shoes, hair supplies. 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: Store 3057: 4066 Silver Star Rd Orlando, FL 32808 on April 4th, 2025 at 12:00PM: Gail Rogers-Household items, Francina Williams-Carr-Household items, Esther Adams-Household items, Lucille Williams-Household items, Lonnie Boston-Household items, Karen Knox-Household items, YorkIe Myles-Household items, Tameko McCant-Household items, Ethan Woods-Household items, William Preyer-Household items, Terrell Thomas-Household items, Gabosky Eldrigh Jeanmarie-Household items, Lorraine Gibson-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.
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 8th, 2025 at the time and location listed below. 12:00PM Extra Space Storage 1451 Rinehart Rd Sanford, FL 32771 (407) 915-4908. The personal goods stored therein by the following: Michelle Stewart: Golf Clubs ,mattress ,boxes. Theodore Madison: shelving, boxes, French doors. 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: Extra Space Storage 6035 Sand Lake Vista Drive, Orlando, FL 32819 April 4th 2025, 12PM Kavita Lutchmedial- Boxes and Mattress & Bedding. Shalawn Brown- Wall Art, Totes and Boxes. Percy Jackson- Totes, Boxes, Clothing & shoes. Johanna Rodriguez- Boxes, Bags and Totes. Nicholas Oliver- Furniture, Boxes and Totes. 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
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: April 17th, 2025 at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 11071 University Blvd Orlando, FL 32817, 3213204055: Michael Berube: clothing, lamps, wall art, pressure cooker, luggage. Kelly Marie Devore: lamp, furniture, scooter, boxes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:00AM Life Storage, 9001 Eastmar Commons Blvd, Orlando, FL 32825, 4079016180: Nataly D. Faria: Clothing, totes, boxes. Ariel Ong: Washer, dryer, dirt bike. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 12280 East Colonial Drive, Orlando FL 32826, 3212867324: Edward Mullins: Household Goods, carpet cleaner, trampoline, furniture; Stacey Clemons: Household Goods, furniture, clothes, tools, golf clubs. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 14916 Old Cheney Hwy, Orlando FL 32826, 4079179151: Peter Stephens: Christmas tree, bags, luggage; Brandon Wadley: grill, safe, bins, fishing rods; Janessa Hammerle: fish tank, bins, vacuum, luggage, car jack, drill; Racquel Echegoyen: Christmas decor, air fryer, paper shredder, luggage, bins; Jonathan Okoye: car parts, TV, car seats. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 3364 W State Rd 426 Oviedo, FL 32765, 4079304293: Robert Emmet Gannon III: Household goods, Furniture, Wall Art, Boxes, Antiques. Courtney Maurici: Household goods, Appliance, Furniture, Boxes, Games, Outdoor equipment. Dimitri Rivera: Toys, Shoes, Boxes, Household Goods. Veronica Crespo: Household goods, Furniture, Boxes, Wall Art, Outdoor Equipment, Electronics. Brian Chatterton: Household Goods, Furniture, Outdoor Sports, Games, Toys, Electronics, Boxes, Bags. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 1010 Lockwood Blvd Oviedo, FL 32765, 4079304370: Nicole De Franco: Washer, Dryer, Bags, Extension Cords. Boxes, Toys; Donna Gump: Ladders, Flowers, Vases, Bags; Patricia Johnson: Cages, Bins The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 6068 Wooden Pine Drive. Orlando, Florida 32829 407.974.5165: Clinton Eskridge: Qn bed - 3 twin beds - 2 pc Couch - EC - 10 boxes. Brian Paulino: Home goods, Clothes The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:15AM Extra Space Storage, 1305 Crawford Ave. St. Cloud FL 34769, 4075040833: Angie Johnson: household items, Amanda Allen: Household items The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:00PM Extra space storage, 12709 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, Fl 32826, 4076343990: Stephanie Wright: Bags, Luggage The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 12915 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32832 407.501.5799: Kaitlynn Ann Davis; Elliptical, clothing & shoes, mattress & bedding, wall art, household items, furniture, sports & outdoors, boxes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:30pm Extra Space Storage, 15551 Golden Isle Blvd, Orlando FL 32828 4077101020: Jackie Robles: Radio System, Sofa, Bed Frame, Shoes; Emerito Nieves:
Keyboard, Ladder, Construction Items, Doors, Dishwasher, Bins, Shelving The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:15PM Extra Space Storage, 11261 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando FL 32832, 4072807355: Imran Tariq-boxes, household items; Preston Nelms- table tennis table, couch, mattress; Diana Barriga- tools and supplies, boxes The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:45 PM Extra Space Storage, 9847 Curry Ford Rd Orlando, FL 32825, 4074959612: John Johnston- 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, 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 8th, 2025 at 12:00pm Jermaine McNeil : household goods, Angela Hall: 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, 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: Life Storage, #3700, 5645 W State Road 46, Sanford, FL 32771 (321)2867326. On April 8th, 2025 at 12:00 PM Justice Morgan-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 to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchse up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property
FLORIDA DISCOUNT SELF STORAGE
Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections 83.801 - 83.809. Auctions will be held on the premises at locations and times indicated below. Wednesday April 16, 2025, Thursday April 17, 2025. Contents: Misc. & household goods and vehicles. Viewing is at time of sale only. The owners’ or their agents reserve the right to bid on any unit, and to refuse any bid. 2580 Michigan Ave Kissimmee,FL 34744 (Wed, April 16 @ 11:30am) 0402-Maria Segarra, 1122-Yadel Carrasquillo Gascot, 1519- Raul Lacruz 5622 Old Winter Garden Rd Orlando,FL 32811 (Wed, April 16 @ 1:00pm) 0773-Alik Williams-Mays, 0836- Everett Chung, 873-Juan Antonio Izaguirre, 1527-Felippe Cardelino; 1996, GLA-Vessel, FL#: FL4045MV, Owner: Felippe Cardelino, 1996, ROA-Trailer, VIN: 1U4RR1711TT05749, Owner: Felippe Cardelino 3625 Aloma Ave Oviedo,FL 32765
(Thurs, April 17 @ 11:00am) 0829-Giovanni Livera - Time Compass, 0839-Giovanni Livera - Time Compass, 1054-Brian Williams - BEW Services, LLC 17420 SR 50 Clermont,FL 34711 (Thurs, April 17 @ 1:00pm) 0113-Antonio Gaetan; 2012 Toyota Corolla, Vin# 2T1BU4EE7CC862358, Owner Marisol Fernandez, Lien Holder: Onemain Financial Group,LLC, 0708- Calvin Spangler, 0939-Bridgett Collins, 7226- Leia Rozario 2300 Hartwood Marsh Clermont,FL 34711 (Thurs, April 17 @ 2:00pm) 0734-Jovan Branchedor, 832- Alexander Estrada, 1636-Weldon Bean, 1704-Weldon Bean, 2128-Weldon Bean. Run Dates 3/26/2025 and 4/2/2025.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY IN THE INTEREST OF: O.Y.M. DOB: 10/6/2022, MINOR CHILD / CASE NO.DP22-462 NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO: MARGARET MONTILLA-MONTANO, 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: O.Y.M. DOB: 10/6/2022. You are hereby commanded to appear on April 14, 2025, at 9:30 AM before the Honorable Robert J. Egan, at the Thomas S. Kirk Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street Courtroom 5 Orlando, FL 32806, 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, Human Resources, Orange County Courthouse, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 510, Orlando, Florida 32801, (407) 836-2303, 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 5th day of March, 2025. Clerk of Court By: /s/ As Deputy Clerk.
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 CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: DP24-077 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD B.B. DOB: 8/20/2023. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: DANIEL BROWN Address unknown. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child(ren). You are hereby commanded to appear before the Honorable Robert J. Egan, Circuit Court Judge, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 9:30 AM at the Thomas S. Kirk Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD(REN) NAMED IN THE PETITION. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 3rd day of March, 2025. This summons has been issued at the request of: Tracy Drewes, Esquire, Florida Bar No. 1010702, tracy.drewes@myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: DP24-077 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD B.B. DOB: 8/20/2023. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: ELIZABETH BROWN Address unknown. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child(ren). You are hereby commanded to appear before the Honorable Robert J. Egan, Circuit Court Judge, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 9:30 AM at the Thomas S. Kirk Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD(REN) NAMED IN THE PETITION. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 3rd day of March, 2025. This summons has been issued at the request of: Tracy Drewes, Esquire, Florida Bar No. 1010702, tracy.drewes@myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal)
Legal, Public Notices
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 07 CASE NO.: DP18-589 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD S. S. C. DOB: 10/8/2024, SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. STATE OF FLORIDA To: MICHAEL STOKES, Last Known Addresses: 735 Herndon Avenue, Orlando, Fl 32803; 2801 E Colonial Dr Apartment 406, Orlando, Fl 32803-5001. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before Alicia Latimore, on April 9, 2025. at 11:15 AM., at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified: FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO 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 NAMED IN THE PETITION. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 27th day of February, 2025. This summons has been issued at the request of: Barbara Dirienzo, Esquire FBN: 902500 barbara.dirienzo@myflfamilies. com. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court 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
LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE FAMILY COURT Docket No.: 2024-DR-231041 Zulma Hernandez Oviedo v. Cristian Jesus Carias Summons TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED:YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy
of your answer to this complaint upon the subscriber, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days of service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the complaint, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. (Filed 03/21/2024, Greenville) Andrew Brown, Attorney for the Plaintiff 303 West Poinsett Street Greer, SC 29650 NOTICE OF MOTION Please take notice that the Plaintiff, by and through her Attorney, will move at Greenville Family Court (350 Halton rd., Greenville, SC 29360) for an Order requesting the following relief: Granting her Complete care and custody of the minor child.
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 4th, 2025 at 12:00PM Adriana Luke-vehicle seat, walking canes. 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 4th, 2025 at 1:00PM Sultane Augustin-Household Goods/Furniture, Nadine Gourdet-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.
LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY FOUND OR RECOVERED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA. PROPERTY NOT CLAIMED WILL EITHER BE SURRENDERED TO THE FINDERS OR RETAINED FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT. PICTURE IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.
March 2025
DESCRIPTION - FOUND PROPERTY:
Car key 100 Blk of E Church St
Radio 40 Blk of W Washington St
Cellphone Orange Center Blvd/Tampa Ave
Bag with clothing S Norton Ave/W Pine St
Clothing King Cole Blvd/ Willie Mays Pkwy
Cellphone 4000 Blk of E Colonial Dr
Cellphone Raleigh St/S Kirkman Rd
Electronics 800 Blk of S Parramore Ave
Car keys W South St/S Orange Blossom
Trl
Toiletries 4000 Blk of International Dr
Shoes 1200 Blk of W South St
Electronics S Westmoreland/W Central Blvd
Clothing N Orange Ave/E Robinson St
Electronics 500 Blk of N Primrose Dr
Cellphone 1200 Blk of W South St
Currency E Pine St/S Orange Ave
FOR INFO CALL (407) 246-2445, MONDAY – THRU THURSDAY, 9:00 AM TILL 4:00PM
Notice of Public Auction for monies due on storage units located at U-Haul company facilities. Storage locations are listed below. All goods are household contents or miscellaneous and recovered goods. All auctions are hold to satisfy owner’s lien for rent and fees in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self-Storage Act, Sections 83.806 and 83.807. The auction will start at 8:00 a.m. on April 3rd, 2025 and will continue until all locations are done. Auctions will be held online: www.lockerfox.com. U-Haul Moving and Storage at Maitland Blvd, 7815 North Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32810; L63, gabriella cotton $826.83, B16, devontarious clemon $1,334.30, 1102, Tazeya Collins $1,929.00, C73, SHELISIA BROWN-DUKES $1,754.30, E20, Rayli Mathew $3,465.37, 0229, Robin Richardson $1,491.90, 0335, shanda jasmine shanda edole $1,672.08, L46, Kiana Hartwell $1,749.98, U103, MIKEITH CAMPBELL $475.78, C68, Audrey clarke $1,453.33, D50, Michael Beavers $2,554.40, C05, Dominique Flanagan $1,730.25, 0203, makeshia lenon $1,605.03 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Apopka, 1221 E Semoran Blvd, Apopka, FL 32703; 1169, Trevaughn Riley $1,641.12, 1149, TESSA MARTIN $1,960.90, 1274, gloria pickard $2,554.80 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Altamonte Springs, 598 West Highway 436, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714; C124, WILLIAM WRIGHT $2,474.14, B139, michael proferes $2,377.42, B117, Ramesha Glover $2,407.22, D108, Lonny Mcdougal $2,747.30, E106, Ed McCaffrey
$2,651.50 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Semoran Blvd, 2055 State Rd 436, Winter Park, Fl 32792; 1008, diane romero $2,276.11, 1015, Marquis Hall $2,174.62, 2322, jheanelle cambell $1,380.42, 1005, Shaniya Schley $1,978.64, 1423, briyante kiora searcy $1,454.05, 1026, shaun mickle $1,442.05, 1013, Melanie Coleman
$2,016.47, 2367, SEAN DOOLEY $2,338.30
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Longwood, 650 N Ronald Reagan Blvd, Longwood, FL 32750; C001, Alex Wolff $2,069.00, B045, Leon Batie $1,322.90, A031, SHATOYA
SMITH $2,418.99, C024, sidney jordan
$2,515.00, B062, Aaron Ingram $1,322.90, A058, ALEXA WILLIAMS $1,112.00, E069, heather Davis $1,215.25 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Lake Mary Blvd, 3851 S Orlando Drive, Sanford, Fl 32773; 2420, NASTASSIA BACON $903.87, 1037, Dajeer Turner $2,419.15, 1294, Jobary Joyner
$1,053.21, 1777, Kenneth ONeal $1,061.59, 1297, BRUCE DUNLAP $1,695.38, 1629, Donald Lomneck $1,786.45, 1516, Jermani Shaw $2,292.25, 1489, keri robertson $1,048.06, 1301, Daneil Herslebs $1,656.12, 2414, Andre Tirado $876.05, 1220, Asia Foster-Rouse $1,148.61, 1619, Donald Lomneck $1,717.75 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Sanford, 3101 S Orlando Drive, Sanford, FL 32773; 1723, JAMES DUBOIS $1,344.70, 1273, MATHEU LATONY $1,636.55, 1760, rickkia whittaker $850.15, 1837, BONNIE BARTHELL $938.50, 1011, HARRY MANKER $802.10, 1386, Mystery Room $767.85, 1463, Aaron Guthrie $1,698.85, 1649, HARRY MANKER
$1,060.22, 1939, Devontae Frederick $1,838.51, 1478, Joshua Lovett $1,042.22, 0187, deborah dash $1,729.39, 1470, beth begendorf $1,139.79, 1141, DUANE WALKER $825.95, 1486, latitsa knight $1,052.34, 1206, jarret lothair $1,931.60, 0150, David Vivaldelli $1,842.86, 1899, Jeremy Barrett $240.20, 1115, Zaniyah fye $933.35 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Sanford at Rinehart Road, 1811 Rinehart Road, Sanford, FL 32771; 3160, Lynn brown $1,215.25, 1097, William Rodriguez $1,266.87, 2120, Sinai Rodriguez $1,473.37, 3088, Roshelle
Ravenel $1,331.20.
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 4th, 2025 at the location indicated: Store 1334: 5603 Metrowest Blvd Orlando, FL 32811, 407.516.7751 @ 12:00 PM: Carolyn Rozier-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.
Notice of Public Sale
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on April 11th, 2025 at 10:00 AM for units located at: Compass Self Storage 3498 Canoe Creek Rd St. Cloud, FL 34772. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances, unless otherwise noted. A124 William Campbell B118 Natalie Gutierrez B160 Wesley Faulkner D104 Ervin Perez F212 Melissa Pitt H122 Barbara Hackworth. Run dates 3/26/2025 & 4/2/2025.
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 4th, 2025 at the location indicated: Store 7590: 7360 Sandlake Rd Orlando, FL 32819, 407.634.4449 @ 11:45
AM Ticiana Leite Ludolf - Boxes, Furniture; Ticiana Leite Ludolf- Boxes, Appliances, Furniture; Gustavo Morales- Mattress, Boxes, Toys; Ruby Kainth- Boxes, Bags. 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 4th, 2025 at the location indicated. Store 1317: 5592 L B McLeod Rd Orlando, FL 32811, 407.720.2832 @ 2:00
PM: Kerma Chagas-Household Goods; Trevious Woods-Boxes and furniture; Joseph Williams-Bounce Houses; Christian Bonardd-2 br aparment home; Paul Lozano-Household item; Jay Stanford-Furniture (chairs, dining table, mirrors); Tonya Baldwin-SMALL APPLIANCE, BEDROOM FURNITURE AND LIVING ROOM FURNITURE AND CLOTHING. 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 4th, 2025 at 12:00pm at the location indicated: Store 8138: 1001 Lee rd, Orlando, FL 32810 407.489.3742: Cornile Smith-Household items, Nicolas Estrada-Household items, Erasmo Rodriguez-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.
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 4th, 2025 at the location indicated: Store 7420: 800 Beard Rd Winter Garden, FL 34787, 407.551.6985 @ 12:00 PM: Linda Outlaw - 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.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE 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 on April 4th, 2025 at the location indicated: Store 3502: 1236 Vineland Rd, Winter Garden Fl, 34787, 407.794.6460 @11:00 AM: Danial Hatch-3 bedroom. 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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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE 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 on April 11, 2025, at the locations indicated: Store 1333: 13125 S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando FL. 32837, 407.516.7005 @ 10:00 AM: Raul Volcan-home items,Victoria Marks-household items,Brenda Ayala-home items. Store 1631: 5753 Hoffner Ave, Orlando, FL 32822, (407) 212-5890 @ 10:15 AM: Nikos Roman – Car Parts, Wall Art. Edgar Olmeda – Generator new sealed in box, new garden hose, leaf blower box, mac tools, gans, stools, lamps, wall art, couch, snap on tools, bikes, furniture, dressers, outdoor grill, car accessories, shovel. Guleed Jama – mercedes electric driveable kid’s car, Paw Patrol bike, Toys, boxes, clothing. Cam Wilton – sport athletic clothing, sport balls, sport caps, hats, tote bags, memrobilia, duffle bags, sporting equipment. Store 7057: 13597 S. Orange Ave Orlando FL 32824, 407.910.2087 @ 10:30 AM: Malcom Omovudu – Household items Store 7107: 6174 S Goldenrod, Orlando, FL 32822, 407.955.4137 @ 10:45
AM: Anthony Shines – Car/Parts; Brandon Massey - 2018 chevy silverado, black; Kayla Torres - Home furniture and etc; Robert Negron - Couches beds ent center; Ivan Lopez - Tools and household items; Panther Supply LLC – supplies; Store 3024: 11955 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando FL 32837, 407.826.0024 @ 11:00
AM: Carlos Velazquez- Fire place, couch, ladder, boxes. Adrian Cardona- Boxes, totes, cooler, luggage. Olga CabreraTotes, wheelchair, baker rack, boxes, kitchen stuff. Store 3378: 475 Celebration Pl, Celebration FL 34747, 321.939.3752 @ 11:15 AM: Valeska Alvarez- household items; Validation and Quality CompliaBoxes; Omar Soto- tools, construction equipment Store 8931 3280 Vineland Rd, Kissimmee FL 34746, 407.720.7424 @ 11:30
AM: Princess Ludford clothes and shoes, David Beralice clothes personal items in bags, Shaton Ray misc boxes and items, Chrita Paulin Furniture, Bruce McCollum Office items, some household items, Rocio Rodriguez Tools, Ana Gutierrez Household items, Kia Phillips furniture, Omara Blair boxes &, totes, Laura Lopez Boxes, desk, mattress, book shelf & small table, Camila Fernandes Rosa Appliances, Boxes, Furniture, etc. Store 3519: 4020 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando, 32806, 407.480.2931 @11:45 AM: Amanda Gypsy-Household goods; Ronnie Sallie- Household goods. Store 8136: 3501 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL 32839, 407.488.9093 @ 12:00pm: Yamil Cabrera household stuff, Nicole Elocin Business items & important pampers, Melissa Hull , Personal items in bags Store 7306: 408 N Primrose Dr, Orlando, FL 32803, (321) 285-5021 @ 12:15 PM: Skylar Cambas: whole dinning room set w/china cabinet full bedroom/matress 3 desk and center pieces 10 boxes; Scott Jackson: Boxes, bags, small couch. Store 8612: 1150 Brand Ln Kissimmee FL 34744, 407.414.5303@ 12:30PM: James Owens; Furniture, housewares, personal items. Lesbia Segura; boxes ,bins, crates , box frame. Nayelis Ortiz; musical instruments, holiday decoration. Store 3526: 4650 S. Semoran Blvd, Orlando Fl 32822, 407.823.7734 @ 12:45 PM: Giselle Pinate-Boxes. Store 8778: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321.270.3440 @ 1:00 pm Deja Aycock
boxes sofa bed frame futons Tvs play/ Erica Coleman household goods Store
4107: 9080 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee Fl 34747, 407.238.1799 @ 1:15 PM: Lloyd Martin: Household goods, Sean Mcdonald: dresser, small table, TV, 3 boxes, Delfino Barajas: Tubs Store 4109: 13450 Landstar Blvd Orlando, FL 32824, 407.601.4169@ 1:30 PM: Rudolph D. Chisholm; 1 Bedroom Apartment. kiara nicole clark; bed, couch, tv’s, dresser, boxes. Maria esther Quintero urdaneta; Household goods/Furniture. Quetzy Kihomary Hernandez; Household goods/ Furniture. Lyannie Beth /random pieces. Melonie Vasquez; Household goods/ Furniture. Damien Camacho; Household Goods/Furniture. Franklin Turner; Bedroom furniture sets, totes with misc. items and garage items. Store 4217: 5698 S Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, Fl 32839, 754.551.4774 @ 1:45 PM: Lisa Rochelle: Furniture, Toys baby & game, Boxes, Bins & Suitcases. Mary King :Furniture & Boxes. Store 4227: 2334 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32822, 407.930.4541 @ 2:00 PM: Hancie Croisiere Household items, Erika Mudafort Work stuff, Karrieiana Williams Boxes, Juan Ayala house hold items, Luis Ortiz boxes, Ismael Martin Boxes, 2 Tv’s, Claudy Borgella Massage table, 06 bins. Store 6689: 7627 Narcoossee Rd, Orlando FL 32822, 689.278.1735 @ 3 PM: Hernando Velasquez : 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 to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Notice of Public Sale is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on March 11th, 2025 at 10:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 800 Greenway Professional Ct. Orlando, FL 32824 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. Emilio Josue Guzman 1536 Giuseppe Parmigiani 1741 Suzanne Schwartz 2013 Braulio Chavez D. Run dates 3/26/2025 and 4/2/2025.
Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on April 11, 2025 at 10:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 14120 East Colonial Drive Orlando, Fl 32826 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. #1450 Valera Pinkard #1700 Ana Solar #2350 Andrew Smoak #1103 Scott Sullivan. Run dates 3/26/25 and 4/2/25.
Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on April 11th, 2025 at 10:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 203 Neighborhood Market Rd. Orlando, FL 32825 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. Unless Otherwise noted. 1083 Steven Balcacer 110 B.B. Burns 205 Kathy Rene 2250 Tabitha Padilla 3008 Jeanette Jimenez 3132 Genese Rivera Santaliz 3143 Robert Garcia. Run dates 3/26/25 and 4/2/25
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
Notice is hereby given that Mindful Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the following times and locations: April 16th, 2025, 9:30am, Mindful Storage facility: 900 Cypress Pkwy. Kissimmee, FL 34759 (321) 732-6032 The personal goods stored therein by the following: K216-Households, #B118-Households, #1081-Boxes, #1014-Households, #1003-Boxes, #1002-Furniture, #2153-Furniture, #F229-Boxes, #G224-Furniture, #D246-Households, #2003-Boxes, #2044-Bins, #2049-Households, K226-Bins, #K216-Boxes. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Mindful 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 OF 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: Site #3086, 130 Concord Drive, Casselberry, FL 32707, April 8, 2025 @ 12:00 pm Niclole Dangerfield- Furniture and boxes Korey Johnson- tools Debra Redman- Household Goods/Furniture. The auction will be listed an 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 purcase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on April 11, 2025, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 09:30 AM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www.storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified.
PUBLIC STORAGE # 25893, 3725 W Lake Mary Blvd, Lake Mary, FL 32746, (407) 495-1274 Time:9:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com 2084 –Robbins, DC; 3078 – Byrd, Kristen PUBLIC STORAGE # 25438, 2905 South Orlando Drive, Sanford, FL 32773, (407) 545-6715
Time: 10:10 AM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. C029 - Jones, Shavonia PUBLIC STORAGE # 24326, 570 N US Highway 17 92, Longwood, FL 32750, (407) 505-7649 Time: 10:20 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. B229 - ROI Home Services Haugabrooks, Sherrard; C375 - Hernandez, Virginia PUBLIC STORAGE # 23118, 141 W State Road 434, Winter Springs, FL 32708, (407) 512- 0425 Time: 10:30 AM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. D131 - DEBELLIS, NICK; O530 - Phillips, David PUBLIC STORAGE # 07030, 360 State Road 434 East, Longwood, FL 32750, (407) 392-1525
Time: 10:40 AM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 3101 - Allwood, Sharnita; 3318 - Williams Jr, Robert 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 PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5695 – 1159 Tomyn Blvd Winter Garden, FL 34787 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 11,2025 at approx. 1:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Dave Malave, Carl Hudson, Melanie Gregory, Miquel Baxter, Brittney Dixon, Tendres Henry, Paulo Lima.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage unit contents, including packages, outdoor patio equipment, and other goods, will be sold via online public auction to satisfy a lien on Monday, 4/14, at 9 a.m. Unit H5, Magic Sun Depot, is located at 2507 Investors Row Suite 100, Orlando, FL 32837. The auction will take place online at www.storagetreasures. com.
Orange Ave Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: April 11th, 2025 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM – Orange Ave Storage 5398 S Orange Ave, Edgewood, FL 32806. 3 units containing automotive parts, engines and accessories will be auctioned belonging to David Cuvilje Car Port Specialist of Belle Isle. Please feel free to contact us prior to the auction event to confirm it is taking place. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Orange Ave 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 To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on April 10, 2025, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 09:30 AM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www. storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified. PUBLIC STORAGE # 07031, 1355 State Road 436, Casselberry, FL 32707, (407) 574-4516 Time: 09:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com 2506 - Quesada, Yassel PUBLIC STORAGE # 08711, 3145 N Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32826, (407) 613-2984 Time: 09:40 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com
5003 - Fernandez, Victor PUBLIC STORAGE # 08720, 1400 Alafaya Trail, Oviedo, FL 32765, (407) 487-4695 Time: 09:50 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0284 - meyer, Kinsey PUBLIC STORAGE # 08726, 4801 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32822, (407) 392-4546 Time: 10:00 AM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 3031 - Chapman, Carol PUBLIC STORAGE # 08729, 5215 Red Bug Lake Road, Winter Springs, FL 32708, (407) 495-2108 Time: 10:10 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com
2096 - Brown, Sarah PUBLIC STORAGE # 08765, 1851 N Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32826, (407) 513-4445 Time: 10:20 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com
5004 - merced, Cristal PUBLIC STORAGE # 20179, 903 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32807, (407) 392-1549 Time: 10:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. E105 - G.A.G. Pest Control Inc. Goetz, Greg PUBLIC STORAGE # 24105, 2275 N Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32807, (407) 545-2541 Time: 10:40 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 2027 - Ziga, Florian; 3161 - RBS Wig Studio Boutique & Spa Akpan, Shantan; J729Rogers, Don PUBLIC STORAGE # 25781, 155 S Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, FL 32807, (321) 247-6790 Time: 10:50 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com 1418 - Mayo, Lidia; 2033 - Montgomery, Kayla PUBLIC STORAGE # 25851, 10280 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32817, (407) 901-2590 Time: 11:00 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 2059Aguilera, Thalia; 2126 - rodriguez, Selina; 2559 - Disney, Josh PUBLIC STORAGE # 25973, 250 N Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, FL 32807, (407) 901-7489 Time: 11:20 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. F565 - valentin, Armando PUBLIC STORAGE # 27221, 1625 State Road 436, Winter Park, FL 32792, (407) 545-3653 Time: 11:40 AM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. E007 - Schwanke, Steven; E081 - Walden, Danielle; E085Coto-Williams, Kyann PUBLIC STORAGE # 28076, 1131 State Road 436, Casselberry, FL 32707, (407) 505-6401 Time: 11:50 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. A006 - Phillips, Erma; C114Forester, Linda PUBLIC STORAGE # 28084, 2275 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32822, (407) 545-2547 Time: 12:00 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. B106 - Sukkar, Osamh; B111 - Viering, Talisha; B162 - Carn, Sharlae. Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made avail-
able 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 PUBLIC SALE To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on April 10, 2025, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 12:00 PM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www. storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified. PUBLIC STORAGE # 08717, 1800 Ten Point Lane, Orlando, FL 32837, (407) 545-4431 Time: 12:00 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com 1073 - Knighton, Arnitta PUBLIC STORAGE # 08714, 8149 Aircenter Court, Orlando, FL 32809, (407) 792-4965 Time: 12:30 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com
2052C - Adorno, Raul; 2277 - Way, Robert PUBLIC STORAGE # 20477, 5900 Lakehurst Drive, Orlando, FL 32819, (407) 409-7284 Time: 12:45 PM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. C191 - Lambert, Brooklyn PUBLIC STORAGE # 25782, 2783 N John Young Parkway, Kissimmee, FL 34741, (321) 422-2079 Time: 01:15 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com 1168 - Ortiz, Jesenia PUBLIC STORAGE # 25806, 227 Simpson Rd, Kissimmee, FL 34744, (407) 258-3087 Time: 01:30 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com 041 - segundo, Jose; 060 - Blinkey, Brandi; 523 - Garcia, Alvaro; 878 - sisso, lina PUBLIC STORAGE # 25846, 1051 Buenaventura Blvd, Kissimmee, FL 34743, (407) 258- 3147 Time: 01:45 PM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 02131 - vega, Dennis; 04130 - Quiros, Cynthia; 04405Lara, Matthew PUBLIC STORAGE # 25847, 951 S John Young Pkwy, Kissimmee, FL 34741, (321) 236-6712 Time: 02:00 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com 1017 - Arguez, Andy; 1140 - Thompson, Shemariah; 1212 - RIVERA, Angel; 1221 - gutierrez, Juan; 2218 - Hurst, Jennifer PUBLIC STORAGE # 25892, 1701 Dyer Blvd, Kissimmee, FL 34741, (407) 392-1169 Time: 02:15 PM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 0074 - Delgado Garcia, Jean; 0083 - Peacon, Daisy; 2064 - Molina, Marcos; 2077 - Lewis, Nicholas; 4018 - Austin, Raina; 6020 - Martin, Leah; 8029 - santiago, jonathan; 8029 – Diaz Genaro PUBLIC STORAGE # 25896, 6040 Lakehurst Dr, Orlando, FL 32819, (407) 5455699 Time: 02:30 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0102 - Horus LLC Lewis, Ryan 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 PUBLIC SALE To satisfy the
owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on April 11, 2025, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 09:30 AM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www.storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified. PUBLIC STORAGE # 07029, 3150 N Hiawassee Rd, Hiawassee, FL 32818, (407) 392-0863 Time: 09:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1908DJefferson, Serita; 2727 - Vazquez, Michelle PUBLIC STORAGE # 08326, 310 W Central Parkway, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714, (407) 487-4595 Time: 09:40 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0446 - hopkins, Yavonte; 4067 - Dillon Heating and Cooling Ramanan, Dillon; 5010 - Tuma, Michael PUBLIC STORAGE # 08705, 455 S Hunt Club Blvd, Apopka, FL 32703, (407) 392-1542 Time: 09:50 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 5053Breedlove, Jasmine PUBLIC STORAGE # 08732, 521 S State Road 434, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714, (407) 487-4750 Time: 10:00 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 5014 - Floyd, Daryle; 6006 - dube, thandani; 6032 - Martinez, Nicholas PUBLIC STORAGE # 24107, 4100 John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL 32804, (407) 930-4381 Time: 10:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com B226 - Lloyd, Shaquel PUBLIC STORAGE # 25780, 8255 Silver Star Rd, Orlando, FL 32818, (321) 247-6799 Time: 11:00 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. 1218 - Mitchell, Da Shawn; 2221 - Belande, Yvelande; 2429 - Goodson, Jovonnie; 2610 - BENNETT, MANUEL
PUBLIC STORAGE # 25813, 2308 N John Young Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32804, (407) 603-0436 Time: 11:10 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. B003Avila, Sonia; B059 - gvc appliance repair GUEDES, GUSTAVO; D024 - Evans, Arvis; D036 - graddic, deandrea; D108 - Holland, Chevon PUBLIC STORAGE # 25814, 6770 Silver Star Rd, Orlando, FL 32818, (407) 545-2394 Time: 11:20 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0614Nixon, Howard; 0654 - Williams, Saleena
PUBLIC STORAGE # 25891, 108 W Main St, Apopka, FL 32703, (407) 542-9698 Time: 11:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1516 - Rortun3, Norzilia PUBLIC STORAGE # 25895, 2800 W State Road 434, Longwood, FL 32779, (407) 3920854 Time: 11:40 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com 0684 - Hopkins, Janice PUBLIC STORAGE # 28091, 2431 S Orange Blossom Trail, Apopka, FL 32703, (407) 279-3958 Time: 11:50 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1037 - Infante, Jorge; 1267 - Wynn, Jacoby; F011 - Powell, Andrea; X020 - Fleming, Alesandria. 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 Public Sale: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by
competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on April 11th, 2025 at 10:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 2435 W SR 426, Oviedo, FL 32765 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. 0285 – Kelli Flanders 0416 – Scott Larson 503B – Yalimar Rosado. Run dates 3/26/2025 and 4/2/2025
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC #0695 - 4554 Hoffner Ave Orlando, FL 32812 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 8,2025 at approx. 10:30am at www. storagetreasures.com: Marcus Spicer, Rose Vinet, Ellen Dyer, Tracy Forbes. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5341 – 2310 W Carroll St, Kissimmee, FL 34741 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 8,2025 at approx. 11:00am at www.storagetreasures.com: Shanai Alyse Hawes, Felix Melendez, Stephanie Canales, Miguel Arroyo, Angelimar Astacio Torres, Richard Stinson, Wanda Lopez, Danny Josefina Lucena Perez NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 6174 – 1004 North Hoagland Blvd. Kissimmee, Fl. 34741 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 8,2025 at approx. 11:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Jose Marques/ HVAC/R SERVICES LLC, Alexander Robiou, Oriatna Fereira, Hiran Ulises Vargas Santiago, Bernard Everett Brown, Victor Lopez, Danyesha Jenkins/ Proace1services LLC NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 6177 – 1830 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy Kissimmee, FL 34744 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 8,2025 at approx. 12:00pm at www. storagetreasures.com: Ahmad Mahmoud Hilal Al rfai, Renita Dalton, Naomi Hill, Crystal Sullins, Ashley Rosario NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC #0671 – 100 Mercantile Ct. Ocoee, FL 34761 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 9,2025 at approx. 10:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Chantavia Haynes, Juan Sanjurjo Ortega Jr, Damion Taylor Bryant, Joshua Christopher Balasetti, Shayna Torres , Devon Finn NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC #0693 - 1015 N. Apopka Vineland Rd. Orlando, FL 32818 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 9,2025 at approx. 11:00am at www.storagetreasures.com: Christean Williams, Easton Gobourne, Tabitha Grier, Ume Verteaursha Matthews, Altoria Pope, James Salvadon, James Hines, Nathalie Dessant, Robert Shealey, Aguemms Leon, Julius Clark
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 0420 –5301 N. Pine Hills Road, Orlando Fl 32808 to satisfy a lien on at approx. APRIL 9,2025 at approx. 11:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Oreste Mesisdor, Keron Nicola Cornelius, Cherry Elmore, Christy Yorama NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC #430 - 7400 West Colonial Dr, Orlando Fl 32818 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 9,2025 at approx. 12:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Phaedra Davila, Duwayne Senior, Lakiwa Harris, Jacinta Hinds, Angel Mercado, Jamence Estelus NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 6698 – 45630 US Hwy 27 Davenport, FL 33897 satisfy a lien on APRIL 9,2025 at approx. 12:30pm at www.storagetreasures. com: Adrian Vargas III, Jeion Stone, Zia Flattmann, Adrian Aurello Becerra, Leon Holmes NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5868 – 4752 Conroy Storage Lane, Orlando, FL 32835 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 10,2025 at approx. 10:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Eric Grady, Richie Lott, Dustin Boyd, Jairo Lay, Lisa Denise Gordon, Dimesha Fountain, Kenya Yeshay Strickland, Lametria D Keyes, Nadya Rivera NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC #351 – 10425 S John Young Pkwy Orlando, FL 32837 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 10,2025 at approx. 11:00am at www.storagetreasures.com: Richard Rivera NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5962 – 49671 Hwy 27 Davenport, FL 33897 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 10,2025 at approx. 11:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Alexander Kilbride, Joyce Thevenin, Glaucia De Cassia Franco, Evelyn Rodriguez, Andrew Vitolo, Rupert Coutou, Lucas Castro, Tynai Williams, Frank Summerfield, Tiffany Rodriguez, Bernadette Watson, Luis Antonio Urdaneta Rosario, Nancy Jean Pattengale, Marcus Junior Ocasio. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5961 – 1540 Sullivan Rd., Davenport, FL 33896 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 10,2025 at approx. 12:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: MATHIAS THIBAULT, Crystal Prescott, Brenda Francis, Anna Lundberg, George Verity, LaTesha M Wilderness-Lee, Megan Ashley Boyd NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner CubeSmart # 5694 – 7220 Osceola Polk Line Rd. Davenport, FL 33896 to satisfy a lien on APRIL 10,2025 at approx. 12:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Bryan
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Cust Serv Mngr for Miah Wireless of Oak Ridge, Orlando, FL to suprv work of off., admn., or cust. srv emplys to ensr adhrn to qult stnd, & prpr procd, cor errs. Reslv custm complnt or ans custm quest reg pol & procd. Prvd emplys w/guidance in handl & reslv diffcl or cmplz probs. Discs job perfrm probs w/emplys to idntfy & reslv cause & isss. Req 2 yrs expr as suprs. Or mngr. FT mail resume to 4065 W Oak Ridge Rd, Orlando, FL 32809.
Hospitalist Physician (Hospital Medicine Services of FL, LLC, Kissimmee, FL): Multiple Positions. Rqs: MD(US/Frgn eqv) or DO(US/frgn eqv); residency in IM or FM; BE/BC in IM or FM; possess or eligible to apply for a FL med license. Email resume to Ann.Daukas@HCAHealthcare.com.
Now Hiring Executive Assistant, for more information, send CV to claudia@sunbrightsolarusa.com
Orange County Public School (Orlando, FL) seeking Senior Administrator, Research to provide expertise and access to district services in the areas of research and evaluation to assist school and district leaders with achieving district goals. Will provide support in the areas of data management, analysis, and reporting strategies; implement and monitor research and evaluation activities; and maintain high levels of proficiency on technology applications and statistical software. Requires master’s degree in education, program evaluation or related field (foreign equivalent accepted); and 6 months of experience in research, evaluation, and statistical analysis including conducting projects using quantitative, qualitative and mix-method research methods, quantitative software (SPSS and STATA), and survey platform software for conducting research studies. Send cover letter and resume to: OCPS, Attn: Benjamin Allen, 445 W. Amelia St, Orlando, FL 32801.
Sunlight Enterprises Inc in Orlando, FL seeks full-time Marketing Strategist for online marketing for social media. Req Bachelor’s Degree in any major. $44,928/ year. Mail resume to S. Rufino, 1106 W Central Blvd, Orlando, FL 32805.
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