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Orlando police arrested ex-fiancé in cold case

Orlando police last week arrested Dale Smith Jr., the ex-fiancé of a young mother from Orlando who went missing 15 years ago, on a charge of second-degree murder in connection to her disappearance. Michelle Parker, a 33-year-old mom of three, was last seen dropping her 3-year-old twins off at the home of Smith, the twins’ father, on Nov. 17, 2011. Neither Parker, nor her remains, have ever been located. Smith was the last person to see Parker before her disappearance. According to the Orlando Police Department, the department expanded its investigation into Parker’s disappearance over the last year. The department attributes the latest development in the case, in part, to advances in technology over the last decade and a half that allowed detectives to conduct a more rigorous analysis of digital evidence collected during the initial investigations, including phone, car, computer and location data.

Five were injured after a car crashed into an Orange County daycare facility

Orlando approved a $12.6 million construction contract for the Pulse memorial

A car crashed into an Orlando-area daycare last Thursday, injuring three children and two adults, Orange County officials confirmed. The crash happened at Tattle Tales Learning Center in Pine Hills. According to Orange County’s investigation, a 73-year-old man driving a 2003 Honda CRV ran off the road and into the building until the vehicle was fully inside. The driver and an adult who was injured inside the daycare facility were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center. Three injured children were taken to Orlando Health Children’s Arnold Palmer Hospital, the Orlando Sentinel reported. All three children sustained non-life-threatening injuries. After the incident, Orange County’s Division of Building Safety inspector determined the building cannot be occupied until damage has been repaired and required permits have been issued.

from 2017 through January 2019, coordinated recruitment, payments, drugs and travel to obtain commercial sexual acts from young women.

Pro-Amendment 3 PAC spent millions on GOP operative connected to ghost candidate The Vote Yes on 3 campaign, funded almost entirely by the Florida Realtors Association, is hoping to get Amendment 3 passed this November. It’s raised over $21.5 million to make this happen. Campaign finance records show that over 98 percent of the political committee’s expenditures — $14.2 million so far — are going to SGS Inc., a political operative tied to one of Florida’s biggest election fraud scandals in the last decade. Owned by longtime GOP operative Patrick Bainter, SGS Inc. advertises itself as a full-service polling, communications and political operations company, and since it’s a private institution, it’s unclear exactly how it’s spending the money. But the company does share an address with another one of Bainter’s companies, Data Targeting. Back in 2020, Data Targeting was embroiled in a “ghost candidate” election fraud scandal that saw Republican and former State Sen. Frank Artiles convicted of three felonies and sentenced to two months in jail. Artiles was accused of helping Republican Ileana Garcia get elected to the Florida Senate by recruiting his friend, an auto parts salesman in Miami named Alex Rodríguez who never even campaigned or had a party affiliation, to run against District 37 Democratic incumbent José Javier Rodríguez. The idea, according to prosecutors, was to siphon off enough votes because they have the same last name. Ultimately it worked, and Ileana Garcia won by just 34 votes after a recount. According to NBC Miami, emails subpoenaed by prosecutors showed that Data Targeting paid Artiles over $90,000 plus expenses to “keep tabs” on José Javier Rodríguez (who’s now running for Florida Attorney General).

Orlando City Council last week unanimously approved a $12.6 million design and construction contract for the long-awaited Pulse memorial. The city initially entered into an agreement with the contractor, Gomez Construction, in September 2025. At the time, the project was estimated to cost $12 million, but with higher construction costs than anticipated, the city has agreed to allocate up to $12.6 million for the memorial. The Pulse memorial will commemorate the 49 victims and dozens of survivors of the June 12, 2016, mass shooting at Pulse nightclub, a former gay club located just south of downtown. It’s expected to be completed by the end of 2027.

Donald Trump will campaign in Florida this week

Ex-Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz was accused of sex trafficking in new lawsuit

President Donald Trump will campaign in Fort Myers this Friday, Oct. 23, although the physical location of the event had not been announced by press time. Trump himself said in a social media post last month that he would appear twice in Florida before the election. “Two Rallies are already scheduled in Florida for Byron and, will be, as always, SOLD OUT!” he wrote in a lengthy post, referring to gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds. The president’s endorsement of Donalds, a Republican Congressman from Naples, in early 2025 made him the early favorite in the Republican primary race for governor, which he won by 23 points over Lt. Gov. Jay Collins on Aug. 18. Meanwhile, the campaign for Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly announced that former President Bill Clinton would appear with Jolly on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in Hollywood. It was Clinton’s first public campaign event of the 2026 election cycle.

Two women filed a federal civil lawsuit accusing former Florida U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz and two others of participating in a sex trafficking scheme involving young women, drugs and travel across state lines. It comes nearly two years after a House Ethics Committee report said Gaetz made payments totaling tens of thousands of dollars to women for sex, including a 17-year-old girl. Gaetz denied the allegations at the time, but it led to his withdrawal from his nomination by President Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Orlando. It alleges Gaetz and former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, orlandoweekly.com ● OCT. 21-27, 2026 ● ORLANDO WEEKLY

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Early voting is open now through Nov. 1. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Here’s a rundown of candidates on the ballot in Orlando and Orange County

Blaise Ingoglia (R, incumbent)

Ingoglia, a former state senator from Hernando County, is a homebuilder by trade who championed the state’s copycat Department of Government Efficiency efforts, which he dubbed Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight or FAFO, har har. Ingoglia was appointed, not elected, CFO in 2025 by DeSantis to fill a vacancy. He’s made a show of parading around the state to make vague claims of local government waste.

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his year’s midterm elections in Orlando feature more than a dozen federal, state and local candidates on the ballot, although some of the races that show up on yours, of course, will depend on where exactly you live in the City Beautiful or a surrounding area. On tap for everyone in Florida is a vote on Florida’s next governor, the state agricultural commissioner, the state chief financial officer, attorney general (i.e., Florida’s top cop) and a special election for a U.S. Senate seat that is currently occupied by Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody. Moody was appointed — not elected — to the seat last year by outgoing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to fill the vacancy left by now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio. We know it can be exhausting to research all the candidates down-ballot. And it’s literally our job to look into these people, so we figured we’d give you a hand. Here’s a quick rundown of candidates on the ballot in Orlando and Orange County:

FEDERAL ELECTIONS U.S. Senate Ashley Moody (R, incumbent)

Moody, a former state attorney general, was appointed to the U.S. Senate by DeSantis in 2025 to fill a Senate vacancy. Moody has framed herself as tough on crime and fought for the “No tax on tips,” policy, but has faced scrutiny over her refusal to debate her opponents this election cycle, as well as her role in the ongoing Hope Florida scandal involving $10 million in allegedly misappropriated state funds from a state Medicaid settlement. Angie Nixon (D)

Nixon, a Florida House representative and former union organizer, has campaigned on an economic populist platform as one of the most progressive members of the Florida House. She’s supportive of Medicare for All (transitioning to a universal, free healthcare system), universal free childcare, getting big money out of politics and ending unconditional military

aid to Israel. She’s faced scrutiny from the right for her ties to the Democratic Socialists of America after joining the organization as a member earlier this year, but has publicly said she does not identify as a socialist, nor does she agree with DSA’s positions on defunding the police and abolishing prisons. Neil Gillespie (NPA)

Gillespie, an Ocala man, is a repeat candidate for elected office, although it doesn’t appear he’s ever won an election. Federal campaign finance records indicate his campaign is entirely self-funded. His campaign website/ blog indicates he’s a supporter of Donald Trump and believes the Biden/Harris presidency (2020-2024) was “unconstitutional.” His campaign priorities for U.S. Senate are unclear.

U.S. House District 9

Note: Due to state redistricting, this district has shifted into redder territory, making it more competitive than in cycles past. It now stretches from south Orlando down to Indian River County, and west into parts of Four Corners and Poinciana. Dan Green (R)

Green, a resident of Vero Beach, is a political newcomer (from what we can tell) and formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under the first Trump administration. Green, today, continues to support Donald Trump and appears ready to do his bidding, according to his campaign website. Darren Soto (D, incumbent)

Soto, a longtime politician (and musician who’s jammed out with fellow Congressman Maxwell Frost), has served in the U.S. House since 2017 and served in the Florida Legislature before that. Soto, in his federal seat, has brought back billions of dollars in federal funds for local infrastructure projects, including funds for Brightline, airport upgrades and improvements. Soto has spoken out against the Trump administration’s Medicaid cuts and

the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attacks on Social Security.

STATE ELECTIONS

Annette Taddeo (D)

Florida Governor

Taddeo is a former state senator who was recruited for the race for CFO by Ruth’s List, according to community radio station WLRN. The Democrat has been openly critical of Ingoglia’s flashy press conferences announcing alleged government waste (typically without receipts) by local elected officials. According to Taddeo’s campaign, her top priorities if elected would be “lowering insurance costs, strengthening accountability and protecting taxpayer dollars.”

Byron Donalds (R)

Donalds, a U.S. Congressman from Naples, snagged an early endorsement from Donald Trump and doesn’t appear to be backing away from it, despite the president’s low approval rating as of publication. Donalds has faced scrutiny over his campaign contributions from the data center industry, his allergic reaction to considering a data center moratorium, and his wife Erika’s prominent role in the school privatization movement.

Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services

David Jolly (D)

Jolly, a former Republican turned Democrat, is running a Charlie Crist 2.0 campaign that, admittedly, appears to be polling better than Crist did during his embarrassingly unsuccessful 2024 gubernatorial campaign. Jolly has campaigned as a centrist, pledged to enact a temporary data center moratorium, and could be Florida’s first Democratic governor since 1999, if elected.

Joey Mendoza Atkins (D)

Atkins is an attorney running for state agriculture commissioner not only to engage with stakeholders in the agricultural community, to support the state’s regulatory and conservation systems — and “Make Florida More Affordable,” per his campaign website — but to strengthen the office’s efforts in consumer protection. “Floridians should have confidence that the food they purchase is safe, fuel pumps are accurate, businesses are operating honestly, and those who engage in fraud or deceptive practices will be held accountable,” Atkins told the Orlando Sentinel.

Attorney General James Uthmeier (R, incumbent)

Uthmeier, a lawyer by trade, formerly served as DeSantis’ chief of staff before being appointed AG by DeSantis in 2025 to fill a vacancy left by now-Sen. Ashley Moody. As top cop, Uthmeier has waged performative legal wars against big tech, gone after human trafficking and terrorized the transgender community with intimidation tactics. Like Moody, he faces scrutiny over his role in the Hope Florida scandal.

Wilton Simpson (R, incumbent)

Simpson is an egg farmer and former Florida Senate president with a massive war chest of contributions worth six figures each from Big Sugar and other corporate agricultural and political interests to help him defend his position as Florida’s state agriculture commissioner. Simpson is backed by Trump, all 67 sheriffs in Florida, and outgoing Gov. DeSantis. Simpson, on his campaign website, touts his land preservation efforts and (no

Jose Javier Rodriguez (D)

Rodriguez, a workers’ rights lawyer from South Florida, is a former state senator who served in the U.S. Department of Labor under

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joke) the fact that Florida in 2024 became the first state in the U.S. to ban lab-cultured (rather than live-slaughtered) meat.

State Senate District 10 Jason Brodeur (R, incumbent)

Brodeur, a two-term senator and founder of a healthcare consulting business, has voted with his fellow Republicans against DEI, abortion rights and protecting rural boundaries, and in favor of rollbacks to vaccine requirements and child labor law. He supports state legislation designed to undermine labor unions and local governments’ ability to require workplace heat safety protections. John Lowndes (D)

Lowndes, an attorney by trade, currently serves as mayor of Maitland. This is his first time running for state office. Lowndes has campaigned on protecting Seminole County’s rural boundary, lowering costs for working-class families, restoring local home rule and more effectively addressing Florida’s costly property insurance crisis.

State House District 39 Doug Bankson (R, incumbent)

Bankson, a pastor and former Apopka city commissioner, was first elected to the Florida House in 2022. He’s voted in step with his fellow Republicans against government support of DEI and in favor of union-busting and anti-immigrant legislation, as well as expanding the state’s school voucher program at the expense of public schools. He is the founder of a private K-12 school himself. According to an Orlando Sentinel investigation, his school has already cashed in, receiving more than $926,000 in scholarships for the 2023-24 school year. Jarod Fox (D)

Dr. Fox, a physician from Winter Garden, wants to prioritize fixing Florida’s unaffordable healthcare issues. In contrast with Bankson, he’s also stood with immigration rights advocates. His other top priorities, besides healthcare, include investments in sustainable infrastructure and expanding affordable housing.

District 40 Tuan Le (R)

Le is a repeat candidate for elected office, having most recently run for this seat during a special election in 2025 and for Congress, challenging Maxwell Frost, in 2024. Le, an engineer and businessman by trade who immigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam with his family, has never held political office. His platform includes support for expanding technical schools, deregulation and lowering taxes for small businesses. Ra’Shon Young (D, incumbent)

Young was elected to the District 40 seat last year during a special election held to fill a vacancy left by Young’s former boss, LaVon Bracy Davis. Young served as a legislative aide to Davis and received her endorsement. Young’s platform includes finding ways to better support small businesses, create pathways to good-paying jobs and strengthening Florida’s public education system.

District 42 (open seat) Bonnie Jackson (R)

Jackson is a lawyer and MAGA Republican who previously ran for the District 42 seat — against term-limited Democrat Anna Eskamani — and lost. She’s supportive of the federal government’s immigration crackdown under Trump (unlike her opponent), regulating artificial intelligence to restrict personal data collection, and cutting property taxes (agreeing with the CFO’s assessment of government “waste” in local municipalities’ budgets). Felipe Sousa Lazaballet (D)

Sousa Lazaballet is executive director of the Hope Community Center, an immigrant advocacy group in Apopka. He’s been endorsed by Eskamani to succeed her. Sousa Lazaballet immigrated to the U.S. with his family from Brazil as a teenager. His platform includes support for fair tax policies, sustainable public transit, standing up for marginalized communities, investing in arts and culture, and establishing a statewide bill of renters’ rights.

District 43 (open seat) Jorge Malavet (R)

Malavet, a Navy veteran and former manager with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is a pro-Trump political newcomer with a platform that includes “cutting red tape for small businesses,” parental rights in education, insurance reform and “merit-based” immigration reform.

Vilchez Santiago is a former chair of the Orange County Democrats and Venezuelan immigrant who came to the U.S. with his family as a child. He has organized as a community activist for voting rights protections, immigration reform and ending gun violence. He’s been endorsed by sitting representative Johanna Lopez — his former school teacher — to succeed her.

ever elected to that role at the time. Moore Russell describes herself as “pragmatic,” an effective budget-balancer, and says she wants to provide equitable investment in the county’s older, legacy neighborhoods that have been left behind. She supports expanding SunRail to nights and weekends and wants to streamline the permitting process to attract affordable housing development. She’s been endorsed by outgoing Mayor Jerry Demings to succeed him.

District 45

Orange County Clerk of Courts

Samuel Vilchez Santiago (D)

Erin Huntley (R)

Roberta Walton Johnson (D)

Huntley, a Trump supporter who serves as chair of the Orange County GOP, is taking her own swing at office this time after supporting other Republicans for political office. Huntley is supportive of school choice, reducing property taxes, and describes herself as “pro-life” and “pro-common sense.” In 2025, DeSantis appointed Huntley to the Florida Virtual School board of trustees.

Johnson is a lawyer by trade who has experience working in the Clerk of Courts office as general counsel. She’s also earned endorsements from much of the elected local Democratic establishment, including nods from Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and outgoing Clerk of Courts Tiffany Moore Russell, who’s running for mayor. Johnson’s platform includes expanding easy access to the courts, improving the office’s efficiency through better technology, and expanding civil engagement and civil literacy efforts.

Leonard Spencer (D, incumbent)

Spencer is a centrist Democrat and business executive first elected to the District 45 seat in 2024 after narrowly defeating GOP incumbent Rep. Carolina Amesty. He sponsored legislation in 2025 to study the impact of automation on Florida’s workforce — later vetoed by DeSantis — and lists priorities that include investments in mental health, infrastructure upgrades, and voting against “taxpayer handouts to insurance companies” that jack up rates for working-class families.

Terrell Thomas (NPA)

Thomas also has experience working within the Clerk of Courts office. He told the Sentinel his priorities include strengthening the internal culture of the clerk’s office, expanding access to clerk services and modernizing the office’s technology. He’s spent the last few years working in the private sector, but told the Apopka Voice he’s ready to return to the clerk’s office — this time as its elected head honcho.

LOCAL ELECTIONS

Orange County Commission (nonpartisan)

Note: Most local elections on the ballot this year are officially nonpartisan, with limited exceptions.

Note: Districts 7 and 8 are two new districts in Orange County, created and approved by Orange County voters in 2024.

Orange County Mayor

District 2

Chris Messina

Messina is a Republican businessman who’s never served in elected office before, but sees his relationships with the business community as an asset compared to “recycled politicians.” He previously told the Weekly he wants to establish a partially subsidized trade-school program, revamp public transit to favor microtransit and get rid of big Lynx buses, and cited undocumented immigrants as a contributor to rising housing costs when asked about the looming issue of affordability.

Kamia Brown

Brown, a Democrat, is a former Florida House representative, single mom and lifelong Central Floridian with more experience in public office than her opponent. Brown’s platform includes support for protecting natural resources, expanding transportation options to make the county more walkable and bikeable, and reducing barriers to “responsible” development. Other bread-and-butter affordability issues, like housing, are also top of mind. She’s been endorsed by outgoing Mayor Demings.

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Crabb, a Republican appointed to the District 2 seat this past July to fill a vacancy, is a former Orange County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant (so it’s a bit surprising he didn’t get an endorsement from former Sheriff and outgoing Mayor Demings). Crabb is also owner of The Shirt Shop USA in Ocoee. His campaign priorities include reducing wasteful spending, investing in public safety, reducing taxes (even if this come at the expense of public services, evidently) and reducing traffic congestion.

District 6 Lawanna Gelzer

Gelzer is a longtime community activist and co-owner of the Peabo Childcare Center in Parramore. She’s spent more than four decades organizing around neighborhood issues, environmental justice and public health. Her campaign calls for greater government accountability, including a neighborhood advisory council and public transparency dashboard for residents to track county decisions and report infrastructure problems. Gelzer also supports expanding mass transit, addressing housing affordability and homelessness, and making tourism development tax funds more flexible to address local needs. She wants more county resources directed toward historically underserved neighborhoods. Michael “Mike” Scott (incumbent)

Scott is an Orlando native and Air Force veteran first elected to the Orange County Commission in 2022. A former county employee and longtime youth mentor, Scott has emphasized investments in affordable housing, small businesses and community organizations during his first term. His reelection platform includes continued funding for the county’s affordable housing trust fund, expanding housing options beyond traditional single-family homes and apartments, attracting more employers, and strengthening youth and senior services. Scott received approximately 49 percent of the vote in August’s five-way race, narrowly missing the majority needed to avoid a runoff.

District 7 Patricia Rumph

Rumph is a retired Florida Department of Corrections employee who has spent more than three decades in state service, working in probation, human resources and budgeting. She’s also a former president of the Pine Hills Community Council and has served on

multiple county boards. Her campaign, backed by high-profile Democrats in Orlando like U.S. Congressman Maxwell Frost and Rep. Anna Eskamani, emphasizes expanding affordable and workforce housing, improving roads and public transportation, and investing in youth violence prevention programs. Rumph opposes the proposed property tax amendment on November’s ballot (Amendment 3) and warns that reducing county revenue could jeopardize funding for public safety, infrastructure and other essential services. Vicki Vargo

Vargo is a real estate attorney and former Orlando city commissioner who served from 2000 to 2006 and now is making another run at local government. Her campaign prioritizes public safety, particularly addressing youth violent crime, with affordable housing and transportation improvements. She supports expanding food assistance access for working families, encouraging construction of more affordable townhomes and condominiums, and opposing increased development impact fees. On public transit, Vargo wants Lynx to prioritize routes serving workers and explore driverless vehicles to reduce operating costs. She’s also raised concerns about industrial pollution and limited tree cover in Pine Hills.

District 8 Jeannette Quinones Hernandez

Quiñones Hernández, a former small-business owner and outreach specialist for then-U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, is campaigning on fiscal responsibility, transportation improvements and managing growth in southern Orange County. Her priorities include widening Narcoossee Road, improving Lake Nona Boulevard and easing connections to major highways as development continues across the district. She also supports protecting wetlands and improving stormwater management to address neighborhood flooding. On affordability, Quiñones Hernández favors lowering development impact fees, reducing government regulations and streamlining permitting to encourage more workforce housing. Victor “Vic” Torres Jr.

Torres, a former Democratic state senator and representative, served in the Florida Legislature from 2021 to 2024. Before entering politics, the Marine veteran worked as a New York City transit police detective and later as a school bus and Lynx driver. His campaign focuses on affordable housing, public transportation and infrastructure improvements. Torres supports expanding Lynx and SunRail service, developing more workforce housing and protecting existing neighborhoods from displacement. He also wants developers to

contribute more toward infrastructure costs and improve stormwater systems to address flooding associated with rapid development.

Judicial elections Retain Florida Supreme Court Justice Carlos G. Muñiz?

Muñiz, a Gov. DeSantis appointee, is up for another six-year term on the Florida Supreme Court. While this may seem like an easy space on your ballot to skip over, if you’re someone who’s angry about the state’s attacks on abortion rights, you may want to rethink that undervote. Muñiz, after all, was part of the majority of justices who, in 2024, upheld Florida’s six-week abortion ban, despite a clause in the state constitution that guarantees every person’s right “to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion” into their personal life. For decades, that clause had been interpreted to include a person’s right to get an abortion. The decision to sweep it away in 2024 upended decades of precedent. Not all of DeSantis’ conservative Supreme Court appointments are on the ballot this November, but Muñiz is. Make of that what you will.

9th Circuit Judge Group 1 Temika Hampton-Johnson

Hampton-Johnson is an attorney and community advocate with extensive legal experience, formerly serving as an assistant public defender, probation and parole officer, family attorney, and labor attorney protecting the rights of working people. She states, on her campaign website, that she’s running “to ensure that every person who enters the courtroom is treated with dignity and receives equal justice under the law.” Charles Hart

Hart, a private practice attorney, is a member of the conservative Federalist Society and a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, according to West Orange County news site Vox Populi. He formerly served as chair of the Orange County Republican Executive Committee and previously ran for a Florida House seat in 2022, but lost the Republican primary to Rep. Doug Bankson. On his campaign website, Hart states that he is committed to “listening first, leading with fairness, and upholding the integrity of the judiciary with professionalism and humility.

BALLOT AMENDMENTS

Note: Ballot measures must receive at least 60 percent of the vote to pass.

Amendment 1: Budget Stabilization Fund

Amendment 1, backed by GOP Florida House speaker Daniel Perez, would increase the percentage of funds from the budget that can be kept in the state’s “rainy day” fund — aka the budget stabilization fund — each year. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the idea is to reduce state spending, even as Floridians continue to struggle with issues ranging from affordable housing to wage theft and a crumbling public education system. Under the proposal, rainy day funds could only be withdrawn if there’s an emergency, a revenue shortfall or a non-recurring critical state need, according to the League of Women Voters Florida, which opposes Amendment 1. Recommendation: Vote no. Amendment 2: Exemption of tangible personal property on agricultural land from taxation

Amendment 2, backed by the Florida Farm Bureau and Big Sugar, is a tax cut for agricultural companies. Specifically, it would eliminate annual taxes on farmers’ “tangible personal property” — for instance, farm equipment, tractors and irrigation equipment. It could disproportionately benefit Florida’s marijuana industry, according to an analysis by the newsletter Seeking Rents. It’s being pitched by supporters as tax relief for farmers and ranchers, while opponents see it simply as another tax break for special interests that would result in a loss of an estimated $31 million in property tax revenue annually for cities and counties’ use. Recommendation: Vote no. Amendment 3: Increased homestead exemption

Amendment 3 is the compromise Florida legislators reached this year on Gov. DeSantis’ pitch to eliminate property taxes in Florida entirely. This wouldn’t do that, necessarily, but it will significantly reduce the property tax revenue collected annually by local governments — to the tune of $5 billion in the first year alone — if passed. It would accomplish this by expanding the state’s homestead property tax exemption to $150,000 in 2027 and then $250,000 in 2028. This could result in modest property tax savings for Florida homeowners, but critics warn it will drain funding for essential municipal services (public safety, libraries, parks, roads), and potentially shift those costs onto renters. Actual home prices would also likely go up, according to real estate experts. That’s probably why Florida’s real estate lobby — which serves to benefit from higher sales commissions — has poured roughly $20 million into an ad campaign to ensure it passes. Recommendation: Vote no. news@orlandoweekly.com

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10:45 a.m. Howard Middle School: Jazz dance 11:45 a.m. Legacy Middle School Dance Team: Jazz dance 12:45 p.m. Vanja Dance: Belly dance 1:45 p.m. Bellywood Dance Studio: Belly dance 2:45 p.m. On Pointe Dance Academy: Modern dance 3:45 p.m. On Pointe Dance Academy: Modern dance 4:45 p.m. Hsin Hung-I Chuan School of Tai Chi and Qigong: Tai chi

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Presented by Solutionary Species 12:00 p.m. Chef David Tran, Loving Hut Vegan Cuisine: "The Weight-Control Helper and High-Protein Dish"

11:00 a.m. Belit Ysrael, RAWkin' Just Like It Is: "How to RAWk: Creating Space for Living Foods"

2:00 p.m. Chef Timaree Hagenburger, The Nutrition Professor: "The Veggie You're Overlooking (& Maybe Ruining!)"

1:00 p.m. Kevin Mitchell, Plant Based Treaty: "Menu for a Dying Planet"

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Hidden beneath the JW Marriott lobby at Grande Lakes Orlando, The Magic Show: Unboxed is an intimate, speakeasy-inspired experience created by America’s Got Talent finalist Drew Thomas. Featuring astonishing magic, grand illusions, live music, comedy, and audience participation, every seat is just steps from the impossible. One of Orlando’s best-kept secrets and the perfect date night. DREWTHOMASMAGIC.COM |

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[ arts + culture ] DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS Various times and dates, through Nov. 8 Goldman Theater, Lowndes Shakespeare Center 812 E. Rollins St. orlandoshakes.org $52-$79

PAUL VOGT AS MINA WESTFELDT (COURTESY PHOTO)

DEAD AND LOVING IT Gender-flipping play Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors sinks its farcical fangs into Orlando BY MATTH EW MOYE R

uch as Dracula had a mysterious mental grip on his faithful servant Renfield, so he has a hold on Orlando-rooted actors Paul Vogt and Kelly Bashar. But while the hapless Renfield was forced to subsist on a diet of bugs while procuring victims for the Count, Vogt’s and Bashar’s servitude amounts to revisiting the world of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors. The duo are in the midst of a lengthy Orlando run of the spooky comedic farce — a satirical spin on Bram Stoker’s canonical vampire tale — that sees them each assuming multiple roles nightly. The play, by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen, is a madcap rampage through the Dracula mythos, with plenty of room for improv and audience interaction along the way. As well, the play sees several characters tweaked and gender-flipped — for instance, Vogt does his best Mina Westfeldt, while Bashar injects new life into the aforementioned Renfield and the stuffed-shirt Dr. Westfeldt. Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors has been praised as “a bloody good time” by the Orlando Sentinel’s Matt Palm. And he seems to be onto something.

But what is it about Dracula that keeps the duo answering his call and coming back for more? It’s down to the pranks, not the plasma. “It’s just such a fun show. We’ve both been doing it literally for a year now, and I’m not sick of it. I always say it’s kind of like a ride that once it starts, you’ve just got to hang on and keep going till the end,” says Bashar. “With different actors, with different directors, in different cities, you find different things to respond to, or different things you might want to highlight.” “We’ve done it in five different cities that are pretty big, and each one had its own energy and its own style,” says Vogt. “This space is so intimate that we get to do things out in the audience, and there are times they talk back.” Though there’s always been a degree of gender fluidity baked into the Dracula tale (Renfield’s devotion to and jealousy of Dracula’s wandering eye, some simmering sexual tension between Jonathan Harker and Dracula), this play cranks the levels up to 11 with several actors in the small cast playing multiple roles as both men and women.

Vogt takes on Mina and Van Helsing, while Bashar goes full-bore with Renfield, Dr. Westfeldt and even the doomed ship captain from early in the story. “I was part of an all-women’s improv Shakespeare group back in L.A., where we would play all the roles. So I already just loved playing, I’ll say it this way, terrible men,” says Bashar of leaning into the clueless misogyny of Westfeldt. “The fact that I’m a woman playing this man, saying things that no woman would want to hear or put up with, I just feel so free in going far with it, and I think the audiences really respond to that.” “I love telling people,‘Kelly and I are on a show. She plays all the men. I play all the women.’ That piques people’s interest,” says Vogt. “And why shouldn’t there be shows that women get to play men? There’s just not enough of them.” The breakneck pace of the play and the logistical challenges of costume and persona challenges keep things interesting for these two seasoned performers. Their interplay comes easily not just from the story, but the shared creative history between the two, especially in the improv sphere — all the

way back to first meeting in the early 1990s doing Streetmosphere at the then-Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park. “Both Paul and I come from backgrounds of improv, sketch, so flipping into a new character quickly is in both of our wheelhouses. But to have it so supported with costuming,” says Bashar, praising the creatives behind the scenes of the play, “to have these quick changes written into the show that truly make people gasp is such a gift.” Occasionally though, wardrobe malfunctions — in the classical sense of the term — are inevitable. A recent missing-wig mishap in Orlando is freshly on their minds. “To set the stage, Kelly talks as one character and then puts a little wig on top of her head and talks as the other, and has a full-on conversation by herself as we’re all watching,” says Vogt. “So I go to get this wig handed to me. No one’s there. Dresser gone. So I run offstage, and I’m thinking, ‘Well, maybe it’s just right here.’ It’s nowhere to be seen,” remembers Bashar. “So I look on the prop table, and there’s a doily. So I grab it and I walk on stage with a doily on my head, and I do the whole scene using a doily instead of a wig. And stage is just staring at me, trying not to laugh.” “I laughed. I was Harvey Korman on Carol Burnett,” confesses Vogt. “I think I had the next line, and I couldn’t even get it out.” Similarly, the twosome are quick to praise the Orlando cast they are working with for the local run of Dracula. “We’ve both worked with Trevor [Spence, who plays Jonathan Harker and several others], who’s been in the show before, and then with Fredy [Ruiz, Dracula] we all have mutual friends. Regina [Fernandez, who plays Lucy Westfeldt and others], she’s with my agency,” says Vogt of the family-reunion nature of these shows.“So we all have these connections so that automatically we’re all clicked in, and now for the five of us, this is our world.” The world of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is one that exists poised at the Venn intersection of classic horror, gothic melodrama and high camp. “I think we’re hitting a lot of the same vibes as a Rocky Horror,” says Bashar. “It’s really funny. It’s sexy in some parts, and we’ve got a great Dracula bar to go to afterwards.” “There’s something about the gothic style and camp. The gothic style is so over-the-top and big and dramatic. And so to make it camp, you’re just ratcheting up a couple more notches. You don’t have that far to go to turn gothic realism into a camp moment,”ponders Vogt.“And that’s my Ph.D. dissertation.” arts@orlandoweekly.com

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What if Hades were a TikTok tradwife? That’s just one of the provocative questions posed by The PRT’s To Hell With Marriage The Hellenic afterlife is hotter than

ever right now, thanks to the recently released pro-shot recording of Hadestown, but that hit Broadway musical is far from the only theatrical reinterpretation of the ancient epic. For instance, what if instead of being an underworld deity or oppressive industrialist, Hades was a tradwife influencer? That’s just one of the provocative questions posed by To Hell With Marriage, the latest original production from Playwrights’ Round Table (theprt.com), which premiered at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center’s Santos Dantin Studio Theater Oct. 16 and continues through Oct. 25. Earlier this month, I spoke with director Bethany Dickens Assaf and author Irene L. Pynn about their warped mid-century spin on Eurydice and Orpheus, as well as the collaborative yearlong process behind devising this new play. Pynn, the native Orlando playwright behind Fringe’s Automatic Orchestra and Enter, Pursued by a Whale, and Dickens Assaf, an Indiana transplant who penned Vast of Darkness and The One Who Calls, will both be very familiar names to fans of smart sci-fi scripts featuring strong female characters. Surprisingly, although they’d both been contributing to Playwrights’ Round Table (which Pynn calls “the only game in town” for producing new work) for many years, this will be their first project together. Their paths never crossed professionally until 2022, when they both participated in the Gainesville Hippodrome’s 2022 New Works Festival and quickly fell in love with each other’s work. “Ever since then, we’ve been orbiting each other, trying to find the right project to work on, and this was fortuitous,” says Dickens Assaf. The initial idea for To Hell With Marriage came out of a conversation between Dickens Assaf and producer Katherine Riley Stevens about devised

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works being created at local colleges, and their desire to see the same in community theater. “There was so much about that process and the resulting theater that we really admired,” recalls Dickens Assaf. “We were like, well, if no one else is doing it, maybe we ought to do it. … We were just really surprised and delighted by the amount of interest, not only from those folks at PRT and Irene, but also just actors in the community who really had not had an experience to work on something like this.” For the uninitiated, “devised” plays are developed through a series of documentary interviews and/or improvisational exercises with the actors, which the playwright then mines for material to make a final script. (The Laramie Project by director Moises Kaufman’s Tectonic Theater Project is the best-known example of “Moment Work.”) Dickens Assaf, who had previously studied devising and done dramaturgy, had her cast write stream-of-consciousness journals, read old New York Times interviews about marriage and even clamber over chairs while creating moments that evolved into the final show. “It’s interesting to sort of see what it becomes and build on things, versus me coming in with a very strict idea,” she says. “I’m usually a collaborative director, but this is a whole ’nother level.” As writer, Pynn watched the rehearsals and took notes, drawing from them both literal dialogue and symbolic inspiration. “It’s like doing the normal traditional playwriting process almost in reverse,” says Pynn. “It takes a long time, and it does result in a collaborative product that contains a lot of metaphorical moments, things that maybe you wouldn’t think to include in a more traditional process. It’s an eye-opening process, and a really rewarding process as a writer. I think it brings a different kind of life to a script that couldn’t be done in a writer’s room alone by yourself.” Interwoven with Pynn’s prose is poetry by

Ashley Alonso, much of which she composed on the spot in response to rehearsals. “It would create such beautiful ideas, visual things that you would never have expected [and] it was such a cool combination of things,” says Pynn. “I was like,‘Where can I fit in some of Ashley’s beautiful words here?’Because, what a privilege, she writes some amazing stuff.” A tale as old as time, the play follows newlyweds Orpheus (Reese Twilla) and Eurydice (Komal Patel) as they struggle to strike a balance in their marital partnership. The modern twist on this 1950s-style scenario is that Hades (Ruby Dickerson) is a TikTok personality promoting regressive gender roles. According to Pynn, the concept of basing the play’s narrative structure on mythology only came about after it was finally time to massage months of material into a working draft script. “We had a huge amount of beautiful moments, amazing representations of our topic that meant a lot to us after several weeks, but I’m not sure it would have hit the same for an audience. I thought we probably could do well with a story that is going to be easily recognizable and also lends itself well to being reinterpreted, and I think Greek myths are good for that,” Pynn says, explaining why the familiar fable was a natural fit.“It is also about a relationship, a new marriage, and very two very different expectations from two different genders.” “This is risky work,” admits Dickens Assaf. “This is experimental work; this is work that doesn’t have a natural built-in audience.” However, audiences who do take the risk will be rewarded with the product of nearly a year’s worth of effort from the entire creative team. “All the actors [have] created their characters. They knew their characters earlier than they saw a script, so they’ve all been able to really put so much of their art and their perspective into the into these characters, which is really cool.” skubersky@orlandoweekly.com

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ASPHALT ANGLER Sanford snags a keeper in Hooked, an I-4 adjacent fish camp and kitchen

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HOOKED FISH CAMP 550 Towne Center Circle, Sanford 321-248-9169 hookedfishcamp.com $$$

BY MICH AEL MUR PH Y

once took a summer job managing retail inventory for a kitchen accessories brand. It involved visiting small-town Walmarts in South Carolina to ensure ladles, spatulas and other siliconized widgetry were properly displayed. Yes, it was easy. It was also boring enough to engender a side quest: a tasting tour of fish camps. Before heading to the parking lot, I would ask the fattest sandlapper in blue to point me to the local catfishery. Over time the best of these revealed commonalities. The parking lots were dirt, the seafood fried and piping-hot; rough-cut bubbas rubbed elbows with little old ladies, and hushpuppies were treated like holy sacrament. In these towns church came twice a week, and Friday was for the worship of hot oil and cornmeal. Praise the lord and pass the sweet tea and cole slaw. Hooked Fish Camp in Sanford is the latest concept (don’t call it a restaurant) from local restaurant group F&D. Although its polish and pavement are a world away from my Palmetto State fry shacks, our arrival did feel similarly biblical. Adjacent Seminole Towne Center is suffering through a “de-malling” process. The restaurants that ring its dusty bones feel like concessions at an end-of-times theme park.

Hooked’s dining room and crowd was more on-genre, relaxed and appropriately diverse. Black, white, brown, a woman in a Gucci bucket hat, Jan. 6 cheerleaders, a biker in his cut on a barstool, golf-shirted suburbanites with Swiftie kids. They slurped chowder, bobbed heads to “Dixie Chicken” and smiled when friendly waitstaff peppered them with performative “y’all”s. The menu is broad homage: The Carolinas find form in hushpuppies, catfish and flounder; there’s chowder and rolls from New England; fish dip and grouper rep the Sunshine State. Apps include various oyster preps and F&D’s trademark, occasionally super iron-skillet mussels, but we christened our visit with lump crab spinach dip ($15.49). Ordering it felt very when-in-suburban-Rome. Served scorchingly hot, slick with spinach and studded with crab, every Old Bay-seasoned chipful was a treat. Fish dip ($11) was equally enjoyed — a smoky scoop of mixed fish trimmings with minimal binder, house-pickled jalapeños and onions. Fish camp in three words: Fry, don’t lie. Order a fried platter and challenge the cook to flounder; a fish with zero wiggle room between “done right”and “grease sponge full of shredded flesh.” The kitchen aced it — our flounder filets were faintly translucent, thin ends properly

curled. Likewise, shrimp were crisp and spot-on. The rest of the Big Daddy Seafood Platter ($30) — clam strips, oysters, fries — was forgettable even if desecrated greens burned their way into memory with a smokiness that was less pork than overheated brake pad. Blackened grouper and shrimp ($28) arrived unblackened but with tasty sweet-spicy cornbread, crisp green beans and a moreish dirty rice with sausage. The seafood was fresh, simple and properly cooked. Lump crab cakes ($32) were less successful; too few lumps, too much filler and with a remoulade that failed to invigorate. Among various handhelds we opted for a flavorful, abundant buttered Maine lobster roll ($39). It’s the best of three $39 rolls we’ve had in recent months — the biggest fish in a small, expensive pond. For dessert, a slice of Key lime pie ($10) delivered the perfect amount of pucker-up balanced by delicious graham-cracker crumb. The summation? Hooked is clearly fish-camp fantasy, more suited to an airport than a riverbank. It’s also a quality catch for Sanford. It’s fun, well-run and offers such a broad range of capably prepared seastuff it’s easy to find something that’ll satisfy — like shooting fish in a (cracker) barrel.

Amor y Chile Mexican Restaurant will bring the love and spice to the former Tornatore’s Ristorante and Italian Market space at 3818 Edgewater Drive in College Park. Expect a filling assortment of breakfast, lunch and dinner staples like chilaquiles veracruzanos, molcajete and bistec encebollado. Look for them to open this fall … Tako Cheena is moving from its current location at 948 N. Mills Ave. and back into its old space at 932 N. Mills Ave., which was recently home to Pop’s Pizzeria, a concept also by Tako Cheena owner Edgardo Guzman. An opening date hasn’t been announced … Oh Que Bueno, the local Colombian restaurant with locations on South Semoran and South OBT near the Florida Mall, will open a location in Altamonte Springs before the end of the year at 1049 E. Altamonte Drive, in the old Bubbalou’s Bodacious BBQ space … Look for Sen Thai Noodle House to open in the former Tawa Modern Indo-Pak Cuisine space at 7536 Dr. Phillips Blvd. in the Marketplace at Dr. Phillips … After their closure inside the old Lombardi’s Seafood building in Winter Park a few weeks ago, Black Phin announced it will take over the cafe inside Bash & Brew at 2900 E. Colonial Drive near Primrose. After renovating the bar and seating area, Vietnamese phin-drip coffee will pour once again … Dearborn, Michigan-based Shibam Coffee Co. has entered the Yemeni coffee house fray with a location at 3370 Rouse Road near UCF … Near Disney, Barakah Beans by Shams Khazil has opened at 3262 Vineland Road with a roster of Middle Eastern-leaning and Westernstyle beverages … Svea Scandinavian Kafé and Bakery, by Alfred and Maddie Kilis, is now a regular fixture at the 4Roots Farmers Market every Saturday. They offer signature Scandi-style hot and cold brews, teas, refreshers, artisanal sandwiches and pastries, buns, doughnuts, cakes, cookies and confections … Izziban Sushi & BBQ and neighboring coffee/dessert shop Snowbean both closed suddenly last week. Atelier Dining Group (Helena Modern Riviera, Rosallie Le French Café, Mangoni Italian Market Pizza) is purchasing the property, but no word on what concept they’ll bring to that shabby sector of East Colonial Drive.

NEWS & EVENTS: Nicole Matta, former chef de partie at Kaya, is the new head chef at Redlight Redlight, replacing another Kaya alum, chef Emily Kaneff, who is moving to Philadelphia. Kaneff replaced longtime chef Jes Tantalo after she left for North Carolina in February … 4Roots senior culinary director and multiple James Beard Award nominee Hari Pulapaka has a new book called Beans, Green & Lentils, a cookbook of protein-rich plant-based recipes. Visit beansgreenslentils. com for more info.

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AUTHENTIC THAI. UNFORGETTABLE FLAVOR. More than a restaurant, Sabai Thai is a family story. Inspired by generations of recipes from Phuket, every dish is handcrafted with authentic ingredients, traditional techniques, and heartfelt hospitality.

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recently reviewed The Grove Bar + Kitchen

Chef Mario Pagan’s re-do of Chayote Barrio Kitchen places an emphasis on Florida ingredients, comfort and approachability. Winter Park Honey butter biscuits, deconstructed Pensacola Blue Crab cakes, and Gulf yellowfin tartare over avocado-wasabi and puffed jasmine rice are prime examples of the restaurant’s new direction. Angus beef carpaccio and 12-layer brisket lasagna are comfort-plus options. Key lime Basque cheesecake to end. Open daily. (reviewed Oct. 7) 480 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 321-343-3003, thegrovebarandkitchen.com, $$$$

Mordisco Steakhouse

This Venezuelan steakhouse in the heart of I-Drive lures diners with oak-fired cuts grilled on an asador, the prime picanha with fat cap being one of the more popular items. A butterflied branzino is also worth the drive, as are the fresh juices, none more so than the coconut lemonade. Place your order for the burnt Basque cheesecake early, as they go fast. Open daily. (reviewed Sept. 30) 11030 International Drive, 407-286-0031, mordiscoorlando.com, $$$

Jiang’s Kitchen

Downtown dumpling house crafts near-perfect pockets, be they pan-fried, steamed or brothfilled. Truffle-and-pork soup dumplings are a must, but don’t overlook pan-fried chicken-andcheese dumplings or steamed veg dumplings. Open daily. (reviewed Sept. 23) 27 E. Robinson St., 407-203-4107, jiangskitchen.com, $$

Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats

Francisca may be a fictional muse, but the menu of Latin comfort food she inspires at this polished but casual Southside eatery is the deliciously real deal. Charcoal-roasted chicken and meats from the Josper oven are the main attraction, but don’t skip traditional plates like pabellón and arroz mamposteao or desserts like hazelnut marquesa and tres leches. (reviewed Sept. 16) 12325 S. Orange Blossom Trail, 407-270-9544, franciscarestaurant.com, $$$

Lert Thai Street Food

Simply put, this bare-bones boîte of a restaurant serves the best Thai food in East Orlando. Owned by Isan Zaap alumni (and spouses) Anna Nilkooha and Timmy Peengoen, Lert punches well above its weight with authentic, reinvigorated street food classics like pad krapow with minced pork,

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khao soi and chinese broccoli with crispy pork belly. Close your eyes, point to something on the menu, and it will be delicious. Closed Tuesdays. (reviewed Sept. 9) 12094 Collegiate Way, 407340-7102, $$

Zola Bar & Tables

The past is very present at this casual, barcentric restaurant in Altamonte Springs where capable takes on traditional plates feature: Think chicken roulade, shrimp scampi fettucini and chocolate lava cake. Top tip No. 1? Order the excellent oysters Rockefeller. Top tip No. 2? Do so at the friendly bar while enjoying “Early Pour” specials. (reviewed Aug. 26) 1185 Spring Centre S. Blvd., Altamonte Springs, 407-638-8818, zolabar.com, $$$

Noods

Savvy diners hungrily trek to Noods in MetroWest for some of the better Thai food in town. Expect a casual but stylish vibe and a deep dive into iconic street food and noodle dishes. Highlights include khao soi, traditional boat noodles, and crispy branzino with green apple, but the wizardry of the kitchen ensures anything you order will be essential. Open all day, every day. (reviewed Aug. 12) 6433 Raleigh St., 407-522-9896, facebook. com/noodsorl, $$

Cuca Libre

Inventive pizzas and big ol’ burgers are the name of the game at this Brazilian restaurant in MetroWest. The signature Cuca Libre pizza with carne seca and arracha cream is a must-order, as is the Genesis burger with grilled cheese, crispy kale and guava ketchup. But don’t miss out on equally tasty traditional bites, like the very good feijoada. Occasional live music and continuous good vibes. Open all day, every day. (reviewed Aug. 5) 2589 S. Hiawassee Road, 407-203-5054, instagram.com/cucalibreorlando, $$

BROOKLYN’S FINEST WINGS. Now in Orlando.

Founded with one mission—to serve the best wings in town—Buffalo Boss delivers 24-hour marinated, antibiotic-free wings tossed in 14 house-made sauces. Bold flavors, fresh ingredients, and Brooklyn swagger in every bite

Bánh Mì Go

Hungry for bánh mì in SoDo? Go-go-go to Bánh Mì Go. This casual strip-maller serves a range of nibbles, soups, rice and noodle dishes but the storied Vietnamese sandwich is what you’re after. Top tip — order a trio of mini bánh mì to sample fillings like grilled meatball, crackly roasted pork belly and stir-fry beef. Those thirsty for more will find it in well-made matcha, taro, coffee and boba drinks. Closed Sundays. (reviewed July 29) 225 E. Michigan St., 407-988-3016, banhmigopho0903. s4shops.com, $

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[ film + tv ] is just him asking for ice chips. (HBO Max) Nobody Wants This — Atheist shiksa Joanne (Kristen Bell) and new-gen rabbi Noah (Adam Brody) are taking their relationship to the next level in Season 3. If history is any guide, the hardest part is going to be stopping him from “establishing a settlement” on her half of the mattress every night. (Netflix)

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Streaming premieres you won’t want to miss this week. BY STEVE S CH N EIDER

Streaming Wednesday:

All the Queen’s Men — The absolutely final episodes promise an end to the drama at Club Eden, as we find out once and for all if Carla shot Madam or if she just confessed in order to cover for somebody else. I mean, it’s all seemed kind of suspicious since we found out the bullet casings read “Hey fascist, catch.” (Paramount +) The Mothers of Penguins — In the second season of the Polish drama, Kama and some other parents with autistic children open their own school, which they call the Happiness Pole. Because Dancers Royale was already taken. (Netflix) The New Stanford Prison Experiment — Today’s reality impresarios re-create the infamous 1971 study that put college students on both sides of the bars in a counterfeit jail. The result was a swift descent into bedlam, but we’re promised this iteration has far better safeguards, like … um … taking place in a real prison, with actual inmates as part of the cast. Hey, are they sure they aren’t trying to reboot Attica? (Netflix) Six Kings Slam — Log on at noon EDT and get spirited away to Riyadh for three days’ worth of unsanctioned, big-money competition between tennis greats Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur. Or as they’re

about to become known, “the Pete Davidsons of the net.” (Netflix) The Terminal List — The long-awaited Season 2 puts Chris Pratt on the trail of a fresh batch of conspiracies. How deeply are international terror networks embedded in our intelligence framework? What’s the connection between Moscow and Langley? And why won’t somebody sell Kelly Clarkson a goddamn mechanical bird? (Prime Video) Where’s Wanda? — There’s new trouble for the Klatt family in Season 2 of the Germanlanguage dark comedy, as Wanda’s parents have to prove their daughter isn’t guilty of murder even though she was caught looming over a corpse. Hey, Catherine Zeta-Jones does it every night, and nobody’s trying to lock her up. (Apple TV)

Streaming Thursday:

Did Someone Happen to Mention Me? — A Japanese actor who spent the pandemic playing King Lear in London returns home to find out that none of his countrymen remember him. “Listen, you adapt.” — Skeet Ulrich (Netflix) The Flores Massacre — The sole survivor of a 1994 Buenos Aires arson attack that claimed the lives of five people comes forward to tell his story in three documentary episodes. Well, technically it’s only two, because the first one

The Cycle — Fantastic Fest 2026 yielded this police procedural/creature-feature mashup, in which a woman’s inquiry into the death of her estranged father rains down violence on those around her. Point taken: If fate strikes down your deadbeat dad, just take the W and treat yourself to a froyo. (Shudder and AMC+) Fading Grandeur — When hard times force him to sell his Madrid mansion, a down-on-hisluck marquis thinks he’s found salvation in the person of a lady millionaire. But she might be after something more than just a house. Gosh, don’t tell me she wants the Hummel figurines too. (Netflix) Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party — Joe Bob and Darcy have reached the penultimate double feature on their soon-to-expire Shudder contract. As usual, the titles of the two films are being kept close to the vest, but I’m just going to put it out there: 2015’s Blood-Sucking Bastards is about killing your boss. (Shudder and AMC+) Last One Laughing: Halloween — The first-ever Halloween edition of the U.K. competition show features “cursed props, ghostly interruptions and spine-tingling surprises.” In other words, it’s just like the wedding night of a septuagenarian who’s learned to love again. (Prime Video) Lupin Part 4 — A three-year hiatus between seasons comes to an end, revealing just what happened to French master thief Assane Diop (Omar Sy) after he turned himself in to the police. How will he find prison life, now that he’s locked up with the man who drove his father to suicide? And is the cafeteria escargot really as bad as they say? (Netflix) Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story — In terms of show business, mental illness is to the ’20s what cocaine was to the ’70s: If you want to get ahead, you better have some. Witness that lesson bear fruit in a documentary tribute to stand-up/actor Bamford, who has made professional hay out of a personal CV that includes both BPD and OCD. See? That’s already better than an EGOT by a whole letter. (Netflix) Surviving Hurricane Otis — The real-life weather disaster of three years ago inspires a Mexicanmade drama about half-brothers who have to

put aside their differences to survive the first Pacific hurricane to hit landfall as a Category 5. Just think: If it had been a Category 6, they might have ended up as only quarter-brothers. (Netflix)

Streaming Sunday:

A Course Called Ireland — Bill Murray and his friends discover the wonders of the Emerald Isle while touring its golf courses in a six-episode travelogue. Things really pick up in Episode 4, when Jim Jarmusch shows up to referee a staring contest between Bill and a windmill. (Paramount+) Fangoria Chainsaw Awards — Devon Sawa hosts the 32nd annual tribute to the very best in horror, streaming live at 9 p.m. EDT. The movies Dust Bunny and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple lead the pack with nine nominations apiece, but don’t sleep on Melania, which Kalshi calls the odds-on favorite to take Best Creature FX. (Shudder and AMC+) The Wolves of Real Estate: The Alexander Brothers — A New York magazine exposé inspired this docuseries portrait of two sibling brokers and their older brother who raped and trafficked women for years before the authorities got wise. See, if they had only pledged Chi Phi, they could have gotten away with it indefinitely. (Peacock)

Streaming Monday:

Minimum Wage — Teenagers try to run a pizzeria while staying in school in a shortform sitcom adapted from the American High web series seen on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. No wonder each episode is just over 12 minutes long: If these kids were spread any thinner, they’d be Ariana Grande. (Netflix)

Streaming Tuesday:

The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula — Past competitors Felony and Satanna are back to try again in Season 7, proving you can’t keep a good ghoul down. Guest judges include Rose McGowan and Asia Consent, because we apparently eat irony for breakfast now. (Shudder and AMC+) The One About Matthew Perry — Friends, family and creative colleagues fill three episodes with fond recollections of the late sitcom star, offering firsthand testimony to “the battles he fought to become the man behind the icon.” Could they BE any more maudlin? (Netflix) Zainab Johnson: Toxically Optimistic — In the first stand-up special produced by the Obamas’ Higher Ground, comic Johnson sets out to lighten the load of the Trump 47 years via jokes that look on the positive side. For a slightly different approach, check out Angie Nixon’s upcoming half hour, When They Go Low, We Point at Their Little Weenies and Laugh. (Netflix)

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THE SOUND AND THE FURY By Jim Leatherman and Matt Keller Lehman

SNAIL MAIL (PHOTO BY JIM LEATHERMAN)

n one night in Orlando, Snail Mail and Soccer Mommy brought their S&M Tour to the Beacham while Denzel Curry won over hardcore fans (before the rain hit) at the Orlando Amphitheater. We sent Jim Leatherman to the former and Matt Lehman to the latter. Looks like Gen Z can indeed enjoy concerts just as much as previous generations … shock! horror!

SOCCER MOMMY (PHOTO BY JIM LEATHERMAN)

FANS AT ORLANDO AMPHITHEATER (PHOTO BY MATT KELLER LEHMAN)

DENZEL CURRY (PHOTO BY MATT KELLER LEHMAN)

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ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL (PHOTO BY @_KAT.SNAPS)

LOCAL RELEASES

For their time in the Orlando music scene, Orange Blossom Trail have a profile that’s mysteriously low. They’ve been around for four years but mostly on the periphery — on small bills, on small stages and mostly as an opener. All of this defies logic. You see, the septet of Christian Moyers (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Gray Castro (lead guitar), Jonath Chuck (lead guitar), Gabe Gutiérrez (bass), Joel Nieves (vocals, synth), Toni Carbello (backup vocals) and AJ Brand (drums) have a musical formula that’s remarkably wide in appeal. Upbeat tunes and sunny vibes like theirs are things only the most miserable curmudgeon can hate. Yet here they are, still an underrated band. Hopefully, Orange Blossom Trail’s latest release will rectify that. OBT’s output thus far has only been a string of singles. But the new You’re Onto Something and You Don’t Even Know It Yet — a compilation of all their material to date — is an eight-song portrait of an open-armed band with an immediate and approachable sound. Their power-pop hooks are infectious, and their emo streak draws from the genre’s anthemic Midwest side, not its harder emocore roots or the maudlin sap of its latter-day simps. Although there are several acoustic numbers, this comp is primarily powered by big rockers like “I Hope This Email Kills Us Both,”“Hey Siri, Call Isaac Harris” and the excellent Jimmy Eat World-esque “It Says ‘Husky’ On My Jeans.” But even when stripped-down, OBT’s music soars with melody, heart and humor. This is a band that knows how to sail pop-rock waters without being cloying or annoying. No easy feat, that. You’re Onto Something is a consolidated

Orange Blossom Trail’s music soars with melody, heart and humor. This is a band that knows how to sail pop-rock waters without being cloying or annoying — stop sleeping on them

reminder of a band Orlando is sleeping on. And its timing is opportune as a primer for an imminent rollout of fresh material that’ll culminate in OBT’s first proper album, slated for January. That one will be exhaustingly but hilariously titled God, Why Do You Give Us Your Emptiest Shows? For You, My Sons, Are My Localest Band. The You’re Onto Something comp is available on Bandcamp digitally or on CD, which you can also score at OBT’s shows like this week’s appearance opening for Ian McConnell. (8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Will’s Pub, $16-$18)

CONCERT PICKS THIS WEEK

Los Jarritos: Orlando garage rockers and Soda Pops spinoff band Los Jarritos will finally break a yearlong silence this weekend for a new show with a new album. This special return

performance will be a live rendition of their new LP It Is What It Is in its entirety. Sharing the bill will be Ventaña, The Unadapted and Alec Prorock Trio. Come welcome the boys back to the strip. (7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, Grumpy’s Underground) Circuit Church: This next edition of Circuit Church will be historic as the final one at its longtime home base of soon-to-shutter Milk District institution The Nook. From its beginnings there, the outer-orbit electronic showcase has blossomed into a bona fide mini-scene unto itself. After this CC will rove for a while, with upcoming dates at The Falcon (Nov. 28), Iron Cow (Dec. 12) and Lil Indie’s (Jan. 23). But this will be the grand farewell at the place where it all started in 2018. The sendoff lineup includes Void Modular, Pressurewave, Mechanical Mushroom and, most fittingly, Nook co-owner Matt Duke. It’s truly the end of a scene-shaping era. Go send it off right. (8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, The Nook, free) The Linda Lindas: Few youth acts have had a rise as blessed as The Linda Lindas. But for all their big breaks — which include heavyweight indie endorsements by the likes of Kathleen Hanna, Amy Poehler and many others — the young L.A. band have repeatedly proven their worth with artistic evolution stunning in both speed and breadth. Since forming in 2018, they’ve gone from precocious teeny punk boppers to certifiable indie phenoms, all while still mostly in their teens. Now, with expansive new major-label album Gotta Get Out featuring a Hayley Williams cameo, they’re poised to become crossover stars who actually deserve the fame. (7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, The Social, $33.50) music@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com ● OCT. 21-27, 2026 ● ORLANDO WEEKLY

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to do this WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21

Pre-Pre-Fest #2

With Gainesville’s annual punk gathering The Fest just around the corner, the Pre-Pre-Fest happens in Orlando as a warm-up for the main event. These pre-Fest shows give the touring bands an opportunity to play for fans in Central Florida and make some extra money (touring is more expensive than ever). Taking over Will’s Pub, Lil Indie’s and Framework Coffee, this year’s lineup includes Rodeo Boys, Tiltwheel, Gully Boys, Tired Radio and Quit, along with plenty of other acts spread across the three venues. Since Will’s Pub and Lil Indie’s are attached at the hip and Framework Coffee is just across the street, these three venues are all within walking distance (suburban sprawl spit take) from each other, making your musical journey easy-breezy. Buying the pass gets you into all three venues, making it a great deal and a great way to support the bands before they hit the road to Gainesville. 3:30 p.m., various locations in Mills 50, willspub.org, $51.61. — Angie Benbeneck THURSDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 22-25

Suwannee Hulaween

Thursday-Sunday: Suwannee Hulaween Music Festival PHOTO BY TARA GRACE

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Hulaween, in an oversaturated festival market, stands out for many reasons. First, the location in the frankly awe-inspiring natural splendor of the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park makes it a unique experience, even without all the immersive installations and stagecraft that transform the area into an acid-fried wonderland over a long pre-Halloween weekend. It does, against the odds, seem like a fan-driven event still, avoiding the hype machine of a, say, Coachella, even while still drawing in massive throngs every year. The lineup for this multi-day fete goes well beyond its jammy origins — though mainstays the String Cheese Incident are still playing marathon headlining sets several nights in a row — but there’s also My Morning Jacket,

Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Green Velvet and even ultra-buzzy young NYC rockers Geese. Festival organizers have made an attempt to simultaneously make general admission a tad more affordable, while simultaneously proffering VIP glamping and RV lodging options, a noble try in the face of voracious capitalism. (Will an enterprising attendee dress as “voracious capitalism”? The mind boggles.) Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak, hulaween.com, $187-$1,641. — Matthew Moyer SATURDAY, OCT. 24

Central Florida Veg Fest

If your idea of vegan food is a sad bowl of iceberg lettuce garnished with shredded paper, Central Florida Veg Fest would like a word. Returning for its 21st year, the event takes over Festival Park with more than 200 vendors celebrating all things plant-based. And no, you don’t have to give up meat to attend. Their menu includes everything from vegan empanadas and mushroom “chicken” sandwiches to dairyfree ice cream. They’ll also be hosting cooking demonstrations, live music and yoga sessions for your meal breaks. Beyond the culinary offerings, the festival digs into larger ideas of sustainability, animal welfare and the environmental impact of what we eat, with speakers, community organizations and an Animal Haven featuring local rescue groups and pet adoption orgs. There’s even an Ask-A-Vegan tent for anyone still wondering if seitan is diabolical. Admission is free, so come hungry and hopefully you’ll leave with a few more vegetables on the scorecard. 10 a.m., Orlando Festival Park, 2911 E. Robinson St., cfvegfest.org, free. — Eduardo Gomez SATURDAY, OCT. 24

Turning Point U.S. Gay

“Make heaven crowded again!” is the mission

WEEK statement of the deliciously on-point traveling drag revue Turning Point U.S. Gay. Oh yes, hostess Lauren Banall (a sublime nom de wig) and company went there. And good for them. After being relentlessly demonized by the relentlessly hypocritical MAGA masses, Banall and her compatriots strike back with a wicked send-up of the leading lights of the conservative grift machine: Erika Kirk, Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tomi Lahren. If your algorithm is clued-in enough, you’ve probably already seen Banall’s note-perfect Erika Kirk — and she’s honestly worth the price of admission on her own, but she’ll be joined by the likes of Trixie Deluxxe, E., Jenda Envy, April Fresh, Annie Daynow and V. Cavalli all tackling the femmebots of the GOP. Seems like a can’t-miss prospect to this here fake-news, leftist shill. 7 p.m., Southern Nights, 375 S. Bumby Ave., turningpointusgay.com, $33. — MM SUNDAY, OCT. 25

Cemetery Scavenger Hunt

The dead have plenty of stories to tell. This Halloween, it’s up to the living in Orlando to go searching for them. TalkDeath’s annual Cemetery Scavenger Hunt tasks attendees with spending an afternoon among the headstones at Greenwood Cemetery in search of the arcane and historical. Greenwood has no shortage of history to dig into (figuratively!). Dating back to the 1880s, the grounds hold the graves of notable figures like baseball legend Joe Tinker and former Mayor Bob Carr. But apparently, not everyone is resting peacefully under the moss-draped oak trees. Local legends tell of ghostly children playing with flashlights and Confederate soldiers wandering after dark. Participants have one hour to decipher clues and photograph matching graves and monuments. The free event is part of TalkDeath’s mission to normalize conversations about mortality and see cemeteries as more than final resting

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places. Prizes await those who find 13 clues (not ghosts!) first, uncover the most clues or snap the most creative photos. 2:30 p.m., Greenwood Cemetery, 1603 Greenwood St., talkdeath.com, free. — EG SUNDAY, OCT. 25

Sanford Witches Ride

Trade those broomsticks in for bicycles and golf carts at the annual Sanford Witches Ride this weekend. Participants will roll (or fly) with a cackle through Historic Downtown Sanford in their Halloween finery, with prizes for outstanding outfits and creatively decorated rides. The ride begins at Veterans Memorial Park at 5 p.m. before heading to Celery City Craft to continue the affair with live music by the Smoking Jackets Trio, activities and a costume contest. Originating to honor the memory of Amanda Butler, Sanford comes together to celebrate her memory at this Spooky Season tradition. 5 p.m., Veterans Memorial Park, 116 W. Seminole Blvd., Sanford, doorlandonorth.com, free. — AB SUNDAY, OCT. 25

Barktoberfest

It’s a lucky 13th year for dog-lovers as Barktoberfest is back at Lake Eola Park with furry friends (and fiends) as far as the eye can see. Orange County Animal Services teams with a plethora of local animal rescue operations to shine the spotlight on plenty of adoptable pets all patiently awaiting their new human companions, as well as vendors and food trucks. Dog owners are encouraged to bring along their own pooches, and if they happen to be in a cute or chilling costume, well, so much the better. Noon, Lake Eola Park, 185 N. Rosalind Ave., ocnetpets.com, free. — MM

Saturday: Turning Point U. S . Gay at Southern Nights LAUREN BANALL (COURTESY PHOTO)

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[ things to do this week ] TUESDAY, OCT. 27

Clownvis Presley

If you find yourself in need of a laugh and the kind of soothing baritone found only in the Elvis ’68 Comeback Special, maybe Clownvis Presley is just what the doctor ordered. Sporting a skyscraper pompadour, the self-proclaimed “King of Clowns” has made a career out of blending music, comedy and magic. Recent shows have featured everything from reimagined TV theme songs and campy magic tricks to covers of Radiohead’s “Creep” and Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy.” And don’t let the makeup distract you. The man can sing. In fact, LA Weekly once went so far as to declare his act “better than the real Elvis.” His infamous 2010 America’s Got Talent audition earned him three buzzers and a rather heated exchange with the judges, but who’s the clown now? Since then, he’s shared stages with the likes of Insane Clown Posse and subversive anti-comedian Neil Hamburger, garnering a following that appreciates his peculiar brand of showmanship. Spend 10 minutes exploring his performances, perhaps starting with “Clown Motel,” and you’ll see just how far a little imagination, some greasepaint and a hip swivel can take someone. 7 p.m., Conduit 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, conduitfl.com, $26.91. — Eduardo Gomez

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The Linda Lindas: Oct. 28, The Social

Waterparks: Nov. 24, House of Blues

Genitorturers: Oct. 31, Conduit

Men Without Hats, Pylon Reenactment Society: Nov. 27, Mount Dora Music Hall

Magnolia Park: Oct. 31, House of Blues

The Format: Dec. 1, The Social

Afghan Whigs: Nov. 4, The Beacham

The Casualties: Dec. 8, Conduit

GWAR: Nov. 5, The Beacham

American Football: Dec. 13, Plaza Live

Movements, Balance and Composure: Nov. 6, Hard Rock Live

Biffy Clyro: Dec. 18, Hard Rock Live

Electric Daisy Carnival: Nov. 6-8, Tinker Field

Josh Johnson: Dec. 19, Walt Disney Theater, Dr, Phillips Center

Greensky Bluegrass: Nov. 7, Plaza Live

John Oliver: Dec. 30, Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center

Rod Wave: Nov. 9-10, Kia Center The Neighbourhood: Nov. 11, Kia Center

Nov. 12, Conduit

BBMak: Nov. 11, Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center Forbidden: Nov. 12, Conduit Deer Tick: Nov. 14, The Social Doja Cat: Nov. 14, Kia Center The Faint: Nov. 15, The Social OAR: Nov. 16, Hard Rock Live

Sevendust: Dec. 31, House of Blues

Forbidden:

Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Jan. 7, 2027, Hard Rock Live

Jack White: Nov. 16, Hard Rock Live

Ho99o9, N8Noface: Nov. 21, Conduit

Red Leather: Nov. 18, Conduit

Lindsey Stirling: Nov. 21, Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center

6lack: Nov. 19, House of Blues Olivia Rodrigo: Nov. 19-20, Kia Center Dragonforce: Nov. 20, House of Blues

AJ McLean: Nov. 22, Plaza Live Stray Catts: Nov. 23, Hard Rock Live Sting: Nov. 24, Hard Rock Live

Judy Collins: Jan. 14, 2027, Plaza Live Dinosaur Jr.: Feb. 23, 2027, Plaza Live Public Image Ltd.: March 12, 2027, Plaza Live Welcome to Rockville: May 6-9, 2027, Daytona Inernational Speedway

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auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: #7865 at 25 E Lester Rd Apopka, FL 32712 (407) 551-5590 on November 06, 2026, at 1:30 PM Jivonte Connor-household stuff. 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. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belongings to those individuals listed below at the location indicated November 6th, 2026 at the times and location listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage #1633 831 N. Park Ave Apopka Florida 32712. Jerrie Safford -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, 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: November 5th, 2026, at the times and locations listed below:The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Extra Space Storage, 6068 Wooden Pine Drive. Orlando, Florida 32829 407.974.5165: Duvan Grajales- patio set, wall art, bicycle, shelf cabinet; Damaso Lamos- Households, Tools The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:15AM Extra Space Storage, 1305 Crawford Ave. St. Cloud FL 34769, 407.504.0833: Melissa Somershousehold items; Marylin Montanezhousehold items; Migdalia Martinez Diazboxes and totes; Bert Canton- old stuff, boxes, totes The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:30AM Extra Space Storage, 2855 E Osceola Pkwy Kissimmee FL. 34743, 689.223.6810: Javier Berrios – electrical tools and supplies, boxes, furniture Nancy Galvan – boxes, furniture, clothes The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 14800 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32832 407.987.4115:Wilferdo Valderrama Guzman-household goods, Katrina Moore-Household items, irma monterroza-Household goods. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 12915 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32832 407.501.5799: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:15PM Extra Space Storage, 11261 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando FL 32832, 407.280.7355: Christian Aponte- bags, bins. Brittany Bufordshelves, boxes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:30 AM Extra Space Storage, 13597 S Orange Ave, Orlando, Florida 32824 407.910.2087: Heidi Miethke – fishing poles, skateboard, chest The personal goods stored therein by the following: 01:30 PM Extra Space Storage, 13450 Landstar Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32824 407.917.8672: sasha maldonado -

household items , celso rios - household items , lisamarie robledo - household items The personal goods stored therein by the following: 01:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 7627 Narcoossee Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 689.278.1735: Tejrie KumarFurntiure. Jose Melendez Hernandez-Furnture,boxes. Walter Castro- mattress, totes. Khamil Lochard- Household items, boxes. Brenda Alcantar- Boxes, Camping Gear and Plumber Material. Eliezer YanezHousehold Items. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:30 PM Extra Space Storage, 35 Goldenrod Rd S, Orlando, Florida 32807 407.487.3270: Darius Trotman- Household goods; Laverne Turner- Televisions, living room, kitchen, bedroom furniture, clothes, computer equipment. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:45 AM Extra Space Storage, 6174 S Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.955.4137: Blonide Jonathas: Furniture; Alejandro Mercado: Furniture; Yolanda Jones: Furniture; Tavia Trammer: Furniture; Barbara Borrero: Furniture; Alvin Gibson: Audio Equipment The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:15 AM Extra Space Storage, 5753 Hoffner Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.212.5890: Aslee Byrd – Bedding, Totes, Household Items; Frances Fernandez – Clothing, Totes, Bag, Suitcases; Jaime Barreto Jr – Clothing, Music Box, Guardian Angel, Sport & Outdoor; Danielle Malone – Totes, Documents, Household, Clothing, Dishes, Toys; Yanira Justiniano – Clothing, Toys, Cabinets, Boxes, Electric Scooter, Household; The personal goods stored therein by the following: 02:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 2334 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.930.4541: Kiara Diggiss: bed king; couch; storage totes 3. ; Mario Almonte: Furniture, bedding, dining table, washer, dryer.; Julio Heredia: Household & business items. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:45 AM Extra Space Storage, 4020 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando, Florida 32806 407.901.0194: Hunter Hanks- Household goods; Cesar Ceron Vargas- Household goods The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:15 PM Extra Space Storage, 408 N Primrose Dr, Orlando, Florida 32803 321.285.5021: Quandria Henderson- household items; Andrew Hinojosa- Furniture; Orlando Cartagena Torres- Furniture The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:30 AM Extra Space Storage, 5024 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, St Cloud, Florida 34771 321.280.3845: Daniel Hall- Household items, baby toys The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:45AM Extra Space Storage, 2660 Canoe Creek Rd, St. Cloud FL 34772, 407.593.3960: Lee Moretti – appliances, household items & furniture, motor vehicle parts, office equipment The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:15AM Extra Space Store, 2865 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee Fl 34744 34744. Niyah Harris: Furniture/Clothing/Washer/dryer. Leydi Diaz: mattresses, bed frame, lamp, boxes bins. 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: Extra Space Storage, #3700, 5645 W State Road 46, Sanford, FL 32771 (321)286-7326. On November 3rd, 2026 at 12:00 PM Theodore Madison-Vehicle: White 2005 MITS Truck. Vincent Laspada-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 up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: DP15-246 IN THE INTEREST OF I.D.S. DOB: 5/3/2012, MINOR CHILD, NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. TO: CEDRIC EVANS, 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 Alicia Latimore, on December 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM at the Thomas S. Kirk Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Courtroom 5 Orlando, Florida 32806, for an 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 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 ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 510, Orlando, Florida, (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately on 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 and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 1st day of October, 2026. Issued summons requested by: Winston Cole, Esquire Florida Bar Number: 115330, winston.cole@myflfamilies. com. Clerk of Court By: _/s/ Deputy Clerk, As Deputy Clerk. 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. October 2026 DESCRIPTION - FOUND PROPERTY: Phone 40 blk W. Washington St. Bicycle 4400 blk Point Look Out Rd. Bicycle 5300 Blk International Dr. Electronics 300 blk Tradeport Dr. Electronics S. Summerlin Ave./E. Church St. Electronics 70 blk W. Central Bv. Phone 6800 blk Grand National Dr. Phone 6400 blk Raleigh St. Electronics 1100 W. Cypress St. Phone 300 blk S. Bumby Ave. Currency & Phone E. Colonial Dr./Calvin

Ave. Phone 300 blk N. Magnolia Ave. Phone 4800 blk Silver Star Rd. Phone 5200 blk International Dr. Keys & Phone 40 blk W. Washington St. Electronics 4500 blk Eastgate Dr. Electronics 4200 blk Lake Lawne Ave. Bicycle 3100 blk Vine St. Bicycle & Phone 6400 blk Raleigh St. FOR INFO CALL (407) 246-2445, MONDAY – THRU THURSDAY, 9:00 AM TILL 4:00PM NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Boss Lady Tax LLC, of 1205 S. US HWY 17-92, Longwood FL, 32750, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: Boss Tax Elite It is the intent of the undersigned to register “Boss Tax Elite” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 10/15/2026 NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, DK BENEFITS LLC, of 6000 Metrowest Blvd #200, Orlando, Florida 32835, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: DK BENEFITS INSURANCE It is the intent of the undersigned to register “DK BENEFITS INSURANCE” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 10/9/2026 Notice is hereby given that Value Store It Self Storage will sell the contents of the storage units listed below at a public auction at each of the listed properties to satisfy a lien placed on the contents of such units (pursuant to Chapter 83 of the Florida Statutes). The sales will take place on October 29th, 2026 at 11:00 AM. Contents will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder. All sales are final. Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. No one under 16 years of age is permitted to bid. The property to be sold is described as “Personal/Household goods and/or commercial goods” unless otherwise noted. The following locations will conduct their sales at www. storagetreasures.com. Units will be available for bidding and viewing prior to closing at www.storagetreasures.com. VALUE STORE IT CELEBRATION, LLC 1700 CELEBRATION BLVD CELEBRATION, FL, 34747: 1006-Andrew Fredrick Foti/ Andrew Frederick Foti; 1084-Dede Esther Chancelor; 2019-Marcus Johnson; 2088-James Allen Clark; 3021-Michala Bailey/Michala LeJean Bailey; 5050-Billy Martin; 6019-Gennaro Avvento; 6054-Krystal Dawn Dunn; 6069-Araceli Cruz Diaz; 6075-Christopher Antie/Christopher Lee Antie; 6081-Christopher David Dunn VALUE STORE IT OCOEE, LLC - 1251 FOUNTAINS WEST BOULEVARD OCOEE, FL, 34761: A002-Glenda Ferdinand;A009-Jacob Scott Rieth;A010-Glenda Ferdinand;A039- Shammi Persaud;A061-Glenda Ferdinand;A086-Melissa Jean Nieves;B073-Michelle Lyn Morgan/ Michelle L Morgan;B134-Lori Lynn Menshouse/Lori Menshouse;B199-Lesa Loretta Castle/Lesa Castle;C159-Twyla Desha Hill/ Twyla Hill VALUE STORE IT - 1480 CELEBRATION LLC - 1480 CELEBRATION BLVD CELEBRATION, FL 34747: 2156 – Christy

Anne Anderson; 2204 – Jose Fuentes/ Jose Rafael Fuentes Tirado; 1086 – Kirsten Hill; 3031 – Kierra Jackson; 3002 – Kriss Follette/Kriss Ann Follette; 309952 – Kyle Hyden/Kyle Cooper Hyden; 2112 – Peter Quinones Sr; 304079 – Lashonda Chantel Young. 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 November 5th, 2026 and will continue until all locations are done. Auctions will be held online: www.storagetreasures.com. U-Haul Moving & Storage at Maitland Blvd, 7803 N Orange Blossom Trl Orlando, FL 32810; C11 LARRY BURTON $571.70, C35 andson gallaway $544.85, L68 Howard Christian $419.80, B72 Vanesha Brown $747.60, B35 Dawn Hebbert $491.60, B06 katia colon $554.75, U106 BRENDA WARLEY $219.80, L46 ESMERALDA HAWKINS $829.75, 1098 JAMES WILLIAMS $799.80, 1013 Melissa Clarke $979.75, C66 PATTY KING $735.60, C20 TAMEICA Wright $699.80 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Apopka; 1221 E Semoran Blvd Apopka, FL 32703; 1024 LAMAR BENNETT $693.54, 1321 Lashanne Edwards $1,127.60, 1203 LORIE NICHOLS $335.75, 1214 TEDDY VOLCY $1,309.50, 1253 iris morris $676.70 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Altamonte Springs, 598 W SR 436, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714; C127 DEON JOHNSON $939.75, A106 Ricky Molina $959.80, B114 ANGELICA ROWE $979.80 U-Haul Moving & Storage at Semoran Blvd, 2055 State Rd 436 Winter Park, FL 32792; 1205 Nikia Hill $829.85, 1208 CARLOS DIAZ SANTANA $664.85, 1194 DEBRA ROMANO $1,049.75, 1681 Omar Valdes $334.85, 2781 Katelynn Upton $382.70, 2351 Celeste Claywell $439.80, 1254 JAMES MOORE $611.80, 1203 Barbara Kelly $669.45, 1309 EMELDA PHILLIP $634.85, 1244 Paul Griffin $559.80, 2512 EDIL MALDONADO SANOGUET $439.80, 1173 SANDERS JONES $859.80 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Longwood; 650 N Ronald Reagan Blvd Longwood, FL 32750; B078 Melvin Shannon $329.80, A102-03 ROBERTO PEREZ $559.85, E067 ANTONIO RUANO $519.80, B004 Marek Stasik $939.80, E019 Ryan Lockwood $559.85, A014 Gayle Wessel $724.85, A081 Melonee Harrison $511.60 U-Haul Moving & Storage at Lake Mary Blvd; 3851 S Orlando Dr. Sanford, FL 32773; 5056 KENDRA HUNT $799.80, 1203 JAQUAISHA MITCHELL $804.75, 2562 Teresa SWIFT $411.60, 2216 Michael Grant $304.85, 1168 Arlinda Watson $619.85, 1228 Cassandra Knight $319.85, 2029 Domonique Tennant $379.80, 2537 Julia Mazzucco $340.70, 2740 Sean Cotto $379.80, 2045 William Wright Jr $340.70, 1039 Sean Engler $655.70 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Sanford; 3101 S Orlando Dr Sanford, FL 32773; 0013 PRECIOUS BROWN $604.70, 1312 ARTISHA BLANTON $424.80, 1892 nidza ortiz $904.80, 0107 twashcha mcknight $644.80, 1702 Jonathan CORREA $514.75, 1411 Jennifer Dickerson $414.75, 0117 Gregory ANDERSON $644.80, 1264 TOMEKI LONG $814.75, 1125 Sonja Pickett $414.75, 1971 Chris Rubiera $814.75, 1961 HERLANDE DEJEAN $472.60, 1964 OSHEA ABNEY $664.80, 1520 WALTON FRANCIS $664.80, 1052 JACK CARNEY $550.70, 1983 Phillip Stallworth $514.75, 1390 Tiffany Diaz $1,114.75, 1777 Steven Baez $579.75

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Sanford on Rinehart Rd; 1811 Rinehart Rd Sanford, FL 32771; 4187 La Shalonda Robinson $610.70, 4193 Yurgo Tasiopoulos $610.70, 3109 RIchard Ditucci $954.75, 2082 RODNEY PITTS $394.85, 2038 Tangenika Davis $514.85, 3043 BYRON Scott $879.80, 3092 Madison Wheeler $779.80. NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8:00am and RUNS CONTINUOUSLY. Auction will be held online: www.storagetreasures.com U-Haul Moving and Storage of Haines City, 3307 US Hwy 17-92 W. Haines City, FL 33844 10/30/2026: F0662 Nile Waters U-Haul Moving and Storage at Kirkman Road, 600 S. Kirkman Rd. Orlando, Fl 32811 10/30/2026: 3030 Quan Thomas, 2015 Cana Marriott, 3089 Kadie Smith, 5023 Parnell Gains, 4046 Kiadege Neus, 3123 Timothy Parks U-Haul Moving and Storage of Clermont, 13650 Granville Ave. Clermont, Fl 34711 10/30/2026: 2020 Marisol Rivera U-Haul Moving and Storage of Ocoee, 11410 W. Colonial Dr. Ocoee, Fl 34761 10/30/2026: 3488 Ashnath Perceval U-Haul Moving and Storage of Four Corners, 8546 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee, Fl 34747 10/30/2026: 2140 Matthew Desmond, 1649 Christopher Washington. 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 November 6th, 2026, at the location indicated: Store 1333: 13125 S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando FL. 32837, 407.516.7005 @ 10:00 AM: Antonella Mitaritonna-household items,Chari Lynn Horvath-home items. Store 7143: 6035 Sand Lake Vista Dr, Orlando, FL 32819, 407-337-6665 @ 10:15 AM: Rene Michel - Toys. Totes; Trinetta Streets - Beds and clothes four chairs two stools and a room divider. Store 1335: 1101 Marshall Farms Rd Ocoee Fl 34761 (407) 516-7221) @ 10:30 AM: Igor Issa – Toys, Household items. Store 1334: 5603 Metrowest Blvd Orlando Fl 32811. (407) 516-7751) @ 10:45 AM : Devoria Davis – clothes, boxes. Store 3024: 11955 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando Fl 32837. 407-734-1315 407.826.0024 @ 11:00 AM : Skarlett Rangel Marquez- Vending machines, drawers, shelves, totes. Alberto Loayza – Shelves, suitcase, boxes, popcorn machine, keyboard, Portable AC unit, totes, decor. Yahrohn Tamayne- Bags, boxes, clothes, shoes, luggage. Riga Krueger – shelves, cups, plates, chair, duffle bags, games Store 3378: 475 Celebration Pl, Celebration FL 34747, 321.939.3752 @ 11:15 AM: Steven Anderson- Household goods Store 8931: 3280 Vineland Rd, Kissimmee FL 34746, 407.720.7424 @ 11:30 AM: Anntwan Frederick 1 bedroom -full, sectional , 5’ entertainment center fireplace, 2 tvs, 10 boxes, Tasjai Najii Clinch Furniture, boxes, Reynaldo Perez household utilities, boxes with dishes and clothes, and a table. Store 3502: 1236 S Vineland Rd, Winter Garden Fl 34787, 407.794.6460 @11:45

AM : Jefferson Fernandes Marcal- Tools Store 8136: 3501 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL 32839, 407.488.9093 @ 12:15 PM:Jacqueline Cummings-Boxes,Dressors,Totes,Clothes,Electronics:Peter Martinez-Tile,Pictures,Paints,Boxes,Work bench,Personal Items;Tammy Arthur-Popcorn machine,Washer,Dryer,clothes,wall art:Shaquela Rasbin-Washer ,dryer,personal items,totes:Michelle Danza-Totes,Airfryer,Clothes,Shoes:Latasha Taredes-Boxes,Baby toys,Clothes,Shoes,Totes:Samira Williams-Clothes,Totes,End tables,Dressors :Yanique Benjamin-Clothes,shoes ,Lights,Bed,Bags,Electronics—Lee Thomas-Bags,Dressor Store 7420: 800 Beard Rd, Winter Garden, FL 34787 (407) 551-6985, @ 12:30 PM : Leonardo Luiz Dutra Gueiros-Box truck;Suzanne Schuler-Clothes and Household Items;Alena Hruzdzeva-Household items;Kenneth williams-Furniture Store 7557: 11920 W Colonial Dr Ste 10, Ocoee, FL 34761, 407-794-6970 @ 12:45 PM : Anthony Simpson- furniture, boxes. fa Davis bed- 2 dressers. Store 4107: 9080 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee Fl 34747, 407.238.1799 @ 1:15 PM: Sylvette Karamoko- Household Goods; Juan Villamizar- Furniture; Brad Browning- Household Goods, Construction Equipment; William Thomas- Furniture, Clothes; Susan Atkins- Household Goods Store 4217: 5698 S Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, Fl 32839, 407-930-4463 @1:45 PM : Terrice Crume CLOTHES, Krystal Batie Bins Bags, Toaster oven, Air Fryer, 2 Play Station 4, Samantha Bell Clothes shoes and purses Store 1317: 5592 L B McLeod Rd Orlando FL 32811. (407) 720-2832) @ 2:00 PM: Brian Collins- Furniture, photos, dinnerware, assorted contents in boxes. Store 6454: 2312 S. Division Ave. Orlando, FL 32805, 689-303-3205 @ 2:15 PM: Jared Sumpter; Appliances, boxes, furniture, clothing. michael dunn; three bins, tv. Store 7590: 7360 Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, FL 32819, 407-634-4449 @ 2:30 PM : Dereese Wright – totes, outdoor chairs, decor, beach umbrellas. 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 OF 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: #5191 @ 750 Orange Ave, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 (407) 907-6680. November 3rd, 2026 at 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage. Marla Verlus: Fake plant, bookbags Timothy Gadson: Bike, Scooters, Water Fountain, Printer Krista Montesano: Tote, Bags, Toys Carl Francois: Crutches, Toilet paper, Rags Bags Julie Dewitt: T.V, Totes, 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.

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Legal, Public Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF 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: Site #7058, 1451 Rinehart Rd, Sanford, FL 32771 on 11/03/2026 @ 12:00 pm: Matthew Daily: Scrap Metal. Esaw Coons: Shoes and clothes as well as household items. LaShalonda Robinson: Boxes, 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 OF 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: Site #3102, 2650 w 25th St. Sanford, FL 32771 on 11/03/2026 @ 12:00 pm Dawn Zager:Furniture and boxes; Lott Cheryl:house holdgoods; Sarah Mclaughlin:miscellaneous household items; Alvin Mercado:Chandilier, Tools,Computer. Cloths, Documents; Courtland Balmer:Collectibles. 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 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, 11/03/2026, @ 12:00 pm: Ariana Bird: Bedroom items, clothing, desk Bianca Bellamy: household goods. 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 purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. 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 November 3 ,2026 at approx. 10:30am www.storagetreasures.com: Lillian Dinunzio, Alexander Medina, Rand Hebner, Willie F Harris Jr, Demetrius Johnson, Ibet Arana, Jean Philippe Sanchez Duque, Jeffrey Kerutis 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 November 3 ,2026 at approx. 11:00am at www.storagetreasures.com: Alessia Pe?a, Christopher Wallace, Alejandra Isabel Gonzalez De Muller, Cierra Waits, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Louisn Phillips, Shanice Burey, Francis Andujar, Rafael Andres Hidalgo Arambulo, Jhogedsi Martinez, 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 # 5793 – 5190 Octavia Blvd Kissimmee FL 34758 to satisfy a lien on November 3 ,2026 at approx. 11:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Ervin Copeland, Wanda Gonzalez. Roshundra Charles 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 #0351 – 10425 South John Young Parkway Orlando, FL 32837 to satisfy a lien on November 5 ,2026 at approx. 11:00am www. storagetreasures.com: Taylor Moa, Bunyod Mallaev, Michelle Reedy 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 November 4 ,2026 at approx. 10:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Victor Cervantes Ochoa, Tiera Clarke, Jeanette Tieuel, Neyva Garcia Poveda, John B Herndon, Charles Jennings Spicer III, Melanie Blomstrand, Jalen Richard Matthews 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 November 4 ,2026 at approx. 11:00am at www.storagetreasures.com: Lemont Woods, Christina Dionne Lang, Shalondria Brown, Debera Ann Atkins, Veronica Bien Aime, Toccara King, Robbin Ferrell Robinson, Carlos Jean, William lightsey, Edward Williams, Cynthia Quigley, C Quigley, C, Cynthia San Miguel, Briauna Montgomery, Robert Smith 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 November 4 ,2026 at 11:30 am www.storagetreasures.com: Guerrier Pierre,Rose Carmel Daseme, jason lane,Antoinette Ingram, Lilkeasha Williams,Charlie James McCoy,Maurice Perry,LaTonya Wilson,Brenda Baxter,Ernest Albert, Keona Jerry,Amularessa Fairfax, amro abdelhalim,Charlie James McCoy,Brittany Gonzalez 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 November 4 ,2026 at approx. 12:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Marcio Fernandes Junior, Olivia Delicia Prescod, Karla Jones, Jordan Atencio 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 # 5508 – 1851 West Landstreet Rd Orlando, FL 32809 satisfy a lien on November 4 ,2026 at approx. 12:00pm at www. storagetreasures.com: Antonio Taylor,

Vaneck Bernier, Debbie Santos, Francisco Vallejo, Gerald Kauffman, Olga Andriyanova. 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 November 4 ,2026 at approx. 12:30pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Kyle Lindsey, Olivia Metcalfe, Christian Colon, Lashaela Sampson, Kathleen Stapleton, Collin Burdsall, Karina Conesa, Marc Joseph, Theodore Barbour, Nickey Dorne 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 November 5 ,2026 at approx. 10:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Renato Santos, Wanda Del Rosario Tiburcio Gell, Aleshia OHara, Leonel Jesus Alvarez Delgado, Roosevelt Goncalves/ Allmusic Entertainment, J B Evans, Pablo Rosa Jr., 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 November 5 ,2026 at approx. 11:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Paula Kay Heitner, Chris Montgomery, Benjamin Gonzalez, Douglas Bassett, Justin Rios, Michael Cerqueira, Angeleine Dovalus, Bernadette Watson, Lisa Weaver, Aleksa Caruso, Joseph Watkins, Joseph Watkins, Mark Souza. 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 November 5 ,2026 at approx. 12:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Daniel Lee Jr. Walker, William Talley, Brent Champagne, Carlos Roberto Morais Dos Santos, Ricardo Remak, Skye Whitney Chin-Williams, Jeralyn Ortiz, Maryse Sanon. 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 Road, Davenport, FL 33896 to satisfy a lien on November 5 ,2026 at approx. 12:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Pedro Rivera. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold (for certified funds only) by Your Storage Units 9000 W. Colonial Dr., STE 101 Ocoee, FL 34761 to satisfy a lien on October 30th, 2026 at approx,10:00am at www.storagetreasures.com: Tenant, unit number, inventory: 1092- Tiffany Vernon 1117- Damion German 3038- Cynthia Galo 2186- Briana Jeannot 3029- Ramon Armando Merengo Arroyo 1054- Shania Cherfils 1012- Manager Lien Unit NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage unit contents will be sold via online public auction to satisfy a lien on Wednesday, 10/28/2026 at 12 p.m. Unit F5, Abia LLC, is located at 2507 Investors Row, Suite 100, Orlando, FL 32837. The

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auction will take place online at www. storagetreasures.com. NOTICE OF SALE: ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under The Florida Self Storage Facility Act. Bidding takes place on lockerfox.com and concludes Tuesday, the 27th day of October, 2026 at 10:00 AM with payment following in cash or credit card at the facility. Store Space Sanford - Storage, 3980 E. Lake Mary Blvd., Sanford, FL, 32773: Damaris Flores 1009 Dorishka Riveria 1025 Dwayne Hunter 1052 Alfonia Johnson 1061 Howard Shatalice 1076 Samantha Spegele 1081 James Mcintyre 1089 Dakota Trivett 1109 Caleb Berry 1127 Devin Gomez 1524 Kianah Ely 2009 Yomara Morales 2017 Timothy Washington 2031 Rayshawn Watkins 2114 Claudine Clay 2117 Aniqua Phillip 2122 Melana Prescott 2138 Patrice Moran 2500 Eric Esqueivel 4005 Ryan Holcombe 4009 Gina VanEpps 4028 Tamiqua Williams 5006 Terry Murkey 5013 Ricardo Desravines 7006Gina VanEpps 7008. Run dates 10/14/2026 and 10/21/2026.

Employment IT Tech Support needed for Friends Food Florida Inc, Orlando, FL to backup network data; configure security settings for business network devices incl. security cameras to local network; access permissions for business staff; using diagnostic testing software, identify networking problems, test computer software/hardware; install software, incl. security/firewall software. Req. Master’s degree in Information Technology field. F/T. Mail resume to 1375 S Semoran Blvd., Orlando, FL 32807

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