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NEWS + FEATURES 7 Your Words Readers react, plus Clay Jones’ comic
9 Toothless task force Will Orange County’s coronavirus ‘strike teams’ have enough enforcement power to take a bite out of our COVID-19 spread?
13 Briefly WDW closes the loophole on facial coverings at Orlando parks; study finds minimum wage workers would need to work 96 hours per week to afford a one-bedroom apartment; Gov. Ron DeSantis heckled at press conference yet again
15 Informed Dissent If you think what’s happening in Portland is OK, spare us your John Lewis tributes
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Local singer Meka King discusses the Broadway Advocacy Council’s #BwayForBLM initiative
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31 On (small) Screens Streaming premieres this week: Love on the Spectrum, Radioactive, Stockton on My Mind and more
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Ola Bello offers a royal feast at Flavors Nigerian
25 The Dining-In Diaries Craving for a proper-good Neapolitan pie? All roads lead to Pizza Bruno
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27 Recently Reviewed Short takes on restaurants we’ve reviewed recently
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On June 26, we announced that we would no longer support commenting on our website, and removed the commenting module that used to be found at the end of each online article. We made the decision after noticing that the comment sections were, far from an orderly exchange of viewpoints, a stew of racism, misogyny and good ol’ spam. The Washington Post interviewed editor Jessica Bryce Young about the decision, prompting the below letter to the editor (and more). THANK YOU, Orlando Weekly, for giving up on the electronic comments. I just read about this in the Washington Post. They should follow your lead. I have been so discouraged and depressed over the years reading the vile and stupid inner thoughts of so many unkind and unthoughtful people. Mind you, there have been some worthy insights, but a letter to the editor is in my mind the minimum effort a decent person will offer to formulate a clear and hopefully noninflammatory insight. This era of instant communication has certainly made me fully understand why God did not bestow mankind with the “gift” of telekinesis. Knowing now what I have read over the years
really makes me wonder if we will ever grow up to a minimum decency standard and learn how to treat each other. This is exactly how wars get started, and we seem to be at war with each other more than ever. Again, good first step, now let’s see if you guys can handle the letters to the editor with some kind of wisdom and insight. Clark Morris Mount Plymouth FOR MANY YEARS Florida has had the notorious distinction of leading the country in youth arrest rates. Footage of an Orlando School Resource Officer arresting a 5-year-old child as she cried to be given a second chance only illustrated a long-standing problem. Black youth comprise 50 percent of all arrests even though they are 17 percent of the population is Black. The Florida State Legislature has taken steps to fix this problem by creating the Juvenile Civil Citation Program (a non-arrest program for children who commit a first-time
misdemeanor). Yet, many law enforcement leaders are failing to hold law enforcement officers accountable to use this program to reduce excessive arrests of children for minor, non-violent offenses. While there has been some improvement over the last five years, only 60-64 percent of eligible children have received access to a civil citation in Florida. Furthermore, during the last year, over 5,000 eligible children were not offered a civil citation. On July 9, over 460 faith leaders across Florida called on all local law enforcement leaders to ensure that at least 80 percent of eligible children get access to civil citations. State Attorney R.J. Larizza announced changes he will make to the civil citation process in the circuit that includes Volusia County to ensure that at least 80 percent of eligible children get access. This event was organized by 11 independent organizations that make up the DART Florida Criminal Justice Collaborative. Haley Grossman DART Center
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Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings readies for yet another Zoom meeting, July 15
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range County Mayor Jerry Demings announced last week that officials are forming “strike teams” to see which establishments are not following COVID19 safety rules by randomly inspecting businesses and responding to public complaints. “We will be putting together some strike teams that will be going out into the community to ensure that we get better compliance from the businesses with the executive orders and the other CDC directives that have been put in place,” said Demings last Friday. “So to all of those businesses that are regulated, et cetera, we will be visiting those where we get complaints and we’ll be visiting businesses in general to ensure that we have compliance here within our community.” Demings said the county will be working with the Florida Department of Health to set up the teams, proposed last week in response to record-high spikes in coronavirus infection rates. “We are all concerned about the new cases we have seen emerging in our com-
munity,” Demings said, but noted the county’s Economic Recovery Task Force had “insufficient information” last week to recommend fines or closures just yet – leaving it to the county’s Business Compliance & Consumer Confidence Working Group to hash out enforcement methods. The working group, co-chaired by Central Florida Auto Dealers Association CEO Evelyn Cardenas and Rejoice in the Lord Ministries CEO and president Pastor Roderick Zak, met on Monday and, well, the results are a little underwhelming. First, the group rechristened the “strike teams” themselves into simply “teams,” which will consist of members of the Business Compliance and Consumer Confidence division of county government and Florida Department of Health staff in Orange County. Their mission will be to enforce county requirements for social distancing of six feet or more, the wearing of face masks by all patrons and employees when closer than six CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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feet together, and markers and checkpoints set up to guide patrons and staff. Despite some members questioning whether businesses will comply without financial penalties, the group’s final recommendation said the “actions taken by the Team may include any of the following,” none of which include a fine or threat of shutdown: • A site visit • A discussion about the nature of the violation(s) • A review of mask compliance, sanitation, business best practices, etc. • Educating the business about the need for the executive orders and their requirements • Providing materials (posters with public health messaging, PPE, etc.) to the business Meanwhile, at the state level, Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Halsey Beshears said on Friday that no timeline has been set to let people drink again in bars and clubs, and that they will remain closed until there is a massive reversal in the growth of positive coronavirus cases. “These numbers have to stop climbing, it has to flatten, and then there has to be a decrease in that positivity number,” Beshears told the News Service of Florida. The last two Sunday-to-Sunday weeks each set statewide records for new cases, deaths and tests in Florida. Statewide, 511 deaths were recorded on the week ending July 12, and 740 virus deaths were reported the week ending July 19. In the last full calendar week, the number of positive cases jumped by 80,236. Since the June 26 shutdown order, several bar owners have filed lawsuits against the state, saying it’s unconstitutional to punish all bars, but Beshears isn’t having it. “We’re not trying to single anybody out,” Beshears said. “A fact is when people congregate in large groups and close quarters, they drink too much. They tend to get inebriated and their inhibitions are lowered. “We know for a fact when that happens, that virus spreads like wildfire,” Beshears continued. “Those other places that do have a kitchen, the theory is sit down, spread them out, give them some food, and then they can move on.”
Department inspectors have conducted more than 8,000 onsite reviews and issued 160 non-compliance notices since the order went into effect. Five businesses have had their alcoholic beverage licenses suspended. In Orange County, Demings hopes the enforcement teams make clear that only the “bad actors” are being targeted. “When we have bad actors, we want to kind of focus on the bad actors and not all of those who are complying,” said Demings. “So my response is to send out our strike teams and to look and do an assessment and report back.” Demings said businesses would not be warned of task force visits ahead of time, that they will “show up just like anybody else shows up from the public and observe and then take appropriate regulatory measures.” “They’re not going to be wearing combat gear or any of that,” said Demings. “They will be wearing facial coverings that won’t be, you know, army mask or anything, but they’ll be staff that will be clearly identified as either Orange County officials or Department of Health officials. They’ll have appropriate credentials and they’re going to go in and look and inspect.” Demings also said immediate shutdowns of businesses would be uncommon, and are not the purpose of the visits, adding, “If it’s so egregious what they’re doing, that’s a possibility, but that should be very rare.” “I suspect that much of what initially may occur would be warnings,” said Demings. “We’re going to come in, we see you in violation, we’re going to give you a warning, we’re going to document that we warned you before we take further punitive action.” Demings said he plans for the task forces to visit theme parks, gyms and retail outlets, among other businesses, saying, “In general we want compliance.” Meanwhile Beshears, who was described by Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 23 as the “Grim Reaper” for bars and restaurants that violate the state’s social distancing and capacity rules, says he doesn’t want to have to reverse course and re-close all non-essential businesses. “Nobody wants to back up,” Beshears said. “We certainly don’t want businesses to suffer and fail, but we’ve got to find a way to live with this thing.”
“We’re not trying to single anybody out,” DBPR Secretary Beshears said.
“A fact is when people congregate in large groups and close quarters, they drink too much. They tend to get inebriated and their inhibitions are lowered. We know for a fact when that happens, that virus spreads like wildfire.”
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Walt Disney World closes facial covering loophole at Orlando parks: no more chomping while clomping The only thing worse than someone chewing on a meal with their mouth open is when someone infected with coronavirus does this, while walking past you, at Walt Disney World. That’s why Disney executives closed a loophole at its four Orlando parks this past weekend, one that had allowed eat-walking tourists to roam mask-free, as long as they were chomping while clomping. On Saturday, park-watcher blogs lit up with excited shares of reports that guests would no longer be able to defy mask orders while walking, just by biting into a jumbo turkey leg. Disney learned that some guests were using the loophole as an excuse to disregard the requirement for facial coverings, a particularly shitty thing to do while Florida’s new coronavirus infection rates are still skyrocketing. Disney’s park rules for face coverings on guests ages 2 and up now includes some additional clarification, and they say they will kick violators out of the park. “Please bring your own face coverings and wear them at all times, except when dining or swimming,” say the amended rules. “You may remove your face covering while actively eating or drinking, but you should be stationary and maintain appropriate physical distancing.” That means it’s masks-on while you’re in the resorts, hotel common areas, theme park sidewalks, while riding on vehicles and at Disney Springs. When guests get hungry or thirsty, they must now stop moving and be seated or standing still. WDW News Today asked an Epcot cast member to clarify the rule tweak, and were told, “Guests are now being asked to find a safe spot six feet from other guests before removing their masks to eat and drink.” Guests may not resume walking until they stop eating and put their mask back on. They can also still visit the “relaxation stations” in all four parks, where guests can remove their masks and take a few deep breaths without consuming anything, as long as they, too, are seated a relatively safe distance apart. The notice states that neck gaiters and open-chin triangle bandanas are not acceptable face coverings. Costume masks are also not allowed to be worn, a longstanding rule from before the pandemic. The mask-free eat-walking loophole had been a pet peeve of bloggers and journalists, including theme-park writer Carlye Wisel, who turned away from a July 11 attempt to visit the Magic Kingdom when faced with lines
of largely mask-free crowds outside. The sight of people incautiously eating in close proximity seemed to intensify the uneasiness of the reopening. “This is not good, this is too many people in too tight of a space,” Wisel said into her phone camera. “This is not good. This is not good.” – Dave Plotkin
Lauderdale HMFA at $29.38 and West Palm Beach-Boca Raton HMFA at $28.96. – Chloe Greenberg
Orlando-area workers earning minimum wage must work 96 hours a week to afford a one-bedroom apartment, study says
Another day, another angry heckler at one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press conferences, this time on Monday at an Orlando OneBlood donation and testing center. DeSantis was speaking to reporters about two minutes into the press event when protesters began shouting midsentence. “Shame on you Ron DeSantis! You’re lying to the public!” they hollered, catching DeSantis off guard like the COVID-19 pandemic itself. “Why are you lying about antibody tests? Why are you lying about unemployment?” After his eyes briefly bugged out in surprise, DeSantis watched as officers removed the protesters from the blood bank, before he exclaimed, “And we will not be defunding the police, don’t worry about that! We’re going to be supporting our men and women in law enforcement.” His comments were a partisan response to recent street protests which have called for police departments to be restructured, freeing up funding for more social services and unarmed divisions to handle the de facto social work that police are often called to perform. Days after #DeathSantis began trending on Twitter, and as the state reached a grim record-high week of 80,236 new positive cases from Sunday to Sunday, the governor was still refusing to issue a statewide mask order – despite ample scientific evidence and federal guidelines affirming it will save lives. DeSantis has faced increasing hostility from Democratic lawmakers, locally elected officials and the general public for interpreting statewide numbers in a way that de-emphasizes the seriousness of current spikes, including a rhetorical reliance on positive-testing percentages or the ages of those infected as mitigating factors. DeSantis continued speaking over the protesters, who could be heard outside, yelling and banging on the windows, for the remainder of the conference. “Donate your plasma, it’s very, very important,” DeSantis said toward the end of his statements. DeSantis also had an unruly press conference audience at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, after claiming the state’s positive-testing percentage “has finally started to decline.” “We are getting record-breaking cases every day, and you are doing nothing!” shouted an activist in attendance at that appearance. – DP
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, home prices have actually increased in Florida and in Orlando. So it’s really no surprise to get official confirmation that we live in one of the worst places in the country to be a renter. A recent report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition shows Florida is currently the 12th most expensive state for renters in the U.S., and the OrlandoKissimmee-Sanford area is the fifth most expensive metropolitan area in the state. According to the report, Florida’s Fair Market Rent, which includes rent and basic utilities, is $1,270 for a two-bedroom rental property, $24 more than the national average, and $1,027 for a one-bedroom. “In order to afford this level of rent and utilities – without paying more than 30% of income on housing – a household must earn $4,234 monthly or $50,807 annually. Assuming a 40-hour work week, 52 weeks per year, this level of income translates into an hourly Housing Wage of: $24.43,” the report reads. Single Florida residents renting a one-bedroom unit need to make at least $19.75 per hour, $3,160 monthly or $41,080 annually. With a Fair Market Rent of $1,248 for a two-bedroom apartment, the hourly housing wage necessary for the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metropolitan area is $24. However, the average hourly wage for Florida renters is $17.28 – $17.21 for Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford renters. Florida’s minimum wage is also just $8.56. According to the report, it takes 112 work hours per week at minimum wage to afford a two-bedroom rental property and 96 hours per week to afford a one-bedroom in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area. “In 16 states, including California, Florida and New York, the average renter earns at least $5 less than the state’s average two-bedroom Housing Wage,” the report reads. The areas in Florida with the most expensive rental rates are Monroe County at a $33.23 housing wage, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall HMFA at $31.25, Fort
Hecklers interrupt Gov. Ron DeSantis at Orlando press conference: ‘You’re lying to the public!’
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If you think what’s happening in Portland is OK, spare us your John Lewis tributes BY JEFFREY C. BILL M A N
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whose lives are anathema to everything John Lewis fought for were tweeting his praises – or trying to. Republican senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Dan Sullivan of Alaska earned the internet’s mockery by posting photos of themselves with Elijah Cummings, a different recently deceased Black congressman. Less embarrassing but more cynical was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s tweet that he “will never forget joining hands with John as Congress sang We Shall Overcome at a 2008 ceremony honoring his friend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Last year, the House passed a bill to modernize the Voting Rights Act, restoring a requirement, struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013, that states with histories of racial discrimination receive preclearance from a federal judge before changing their voting or election laws. Securing the right to vote was a central cause of Lewis’ life. For more than 200 days, however, McConnell has refused to so much as bring the bill Lewis and his colleagues passed to the Senate floor. We shall overcome, indeed. President Trump tweeted that he was “saddened” by the death of a “civil rights hero,” though just before his inauguration, Trump had huffed that Lewis should “spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested). … All talk, talk, talk – no action or results.” In retrospect, Donald Trump calling out John Lewis – one of the 13 original Freedom Riders, and a man savagely beaten by state troopers in Selma in 1965 – for being all talk, while dog-whistling about his “crime infested” district, probably foreshadowed Trump’s first term better than any of us imagined. That brings us to the most tone-deaf response to Lewis’ passing, which came from Chad Wolf, the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security. Wolf’s tweet was, in itself, anodyne, two sentences of platitudinous nothings: “Let us always honor the legacy of Rep. John Lewis. America is a more just place because of his sacrifices.” What’s galling is the context in which it takes place. Here is Wolf praising the “sacrifices” of a man whose skull was bashed in by racist cops even as he’s dispatched secret paramilitary police to snatch Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland – and soon, any other progressive city where a president losing his re-election by double digits wants to beat his chest about “law and order.” Make no mistake: This is happening. And you should be alarmed.
Last week – as part of President Trump’s new initiative to use federal troops to protect Confederate monuments and federal buildings from protesters – DHS officers in green battle fatigues swarmed Portland, the site of mostly peaceful BLM demonstrations over the last two months, over the protests of local officials. The officers wore nothing that indicated what agency they were with or what their names were. They grabbed protesters off the street, threw them into unmarked vans and hauled them to the federal courthouse, for reasons that weren’t always clear. They shot and severely wounded a young protester in the face with socalled less-lethal bullets. They’ve deployed tear gas to disrupt protests, despite a state law forbidding local agencies from doing so for anything short of a riot. Wolf has justified it by saying that Portland “has [been] under siege for 47 straight days by a violent mob while local political leaders refuse to restore order to protect their city. Each night, lawless anarchists destroy and desecrate property, including the federal courthouse, and attack the brave law enforcement officers protecting it.” His officers, he added, had been “assaulted” with “lasers and frozen water bottles.” As proof of property desecration, he tweeted photos of graffiti. His agency “will never surrender to violent extremists on my watch,” he promised. This is only the beginning, acting DHS deputy secretary Ken Cuccinelli confirmed to NPR: “This is a posture we intend to continue not just in Portland but in any of the facilities that we’re responsible for around the country.” It’s helpful to imagine how you’d think about this situation if it were happening in another country: A flailing regime has sent unidentifiable agents in unmarked vehicles to an opposition region to kidnap, detain and interrogate demonstrators it has unilaterally deemed “violent extremists” and “anarchists.” It has done so without warrants, in violation of civil liberties and over the objections of local officials. And it now wants to expand this “posture” into other opposition regions ahead of the election. This comes after the regime tried to declare the opposition movement antifa a domestic terrorist organization
– though the nebulous antifa isn’t an organization, and the regime lacks the authority to make such a designation even if it were – conflated those protesting police violence and systemic racism with “violent mobs,” and called “Black Lives Matter” a “symbol of hate.” Does this sound more like a healthy democracy or an authoritarian regime test-driving the suppression of dissent through intimidation, brute force and by marginalizing communities? Or is it a president desperate to paint his opponents as agents of chaos hellbent on upending traditional American culture, and himself as the only thing standing between order and upheaval? Secret police in unmarked vehicles. Declaring opponents “violent anarchists” and enemies of order. Snatching them off the street under vague pretexts. Escalating conflicts and provoking violence. This is the obscenity that Chad Wolf directed while praising John Lewis’ contributions to a more just country, as if Lewis’ life did not stand in stark opposition to Trump’s goon-squad tactics in Portland. If Wolf really wanted to honor John Lewis’ legacy, he’d resign. Of course, anyone who gave a damn about honoring John Lewis’ legacy would never have taken a job working for Donald Trump in the first place. Get more Informed Dissent by visiting billman.substack. com.
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“HEIMLICH UNHEIMLICH” (detail) by Hazel A. Smith, Roger Thornton Dean and Sieglinde Karl-Spence (a screened collaborative work consisting of visual collages, performed and displayed mixed-genre texts, manipulations of image, composed and improvised music, and vocal and instrumental sound samples)
tive and absorbing, sure to engage even the most ardent doom-scroller. Poetry, animation and video art comfortably coexist with games, interactive works and virtual reality. A sense of play and a feeling of melancholy comfortably co-exist throughout, especially in the games, like “Deszczownik [Rainer]” and “Field of Cures.” Elsewhere, conceptual interactive works (with teeth) like “fred :-)” and “The Forever Club” are custom-made for smartphone engagement. The video art piece “Covid 19:Cognitive Dissonance” and interactive poetry of “Yesterday’s News: A Crossword Poem™” capture the feeling of being adrift in an apocalyptic news cycle, helping us feel a little less alone. Virtual reality simulation “VR Middle Passage Experience” is the result of interdisciplinary collaboration between a group of UCF faculty. The intense and immersive work places the viewer in a historically accurate, interactive representation of the “Middle Passage” journey where Africans were transported to the Americas by force to serve as slaves. Another highlight is the collaborative multimedia collage “Heimlich Unheimlich,” a juxtaposition of music, narrative, imagery, and manipulations of all three. Using the conceptual underpinning of Sigmund Freud’s essay “The Uncanny,” the work tells the story of two parallel lives shaped by “the inter-generational after effects of the Second World War.” There are many more works to be explored. We recomBY MATTHEW MOY ER mend setting aside an afternoon for them all, or taking in a he UCF-hosted multimedia exhibition (un)continuity course, a necessity, but this added layer of physical remove small handful each day. You will be rewarded. opened last week virtually, a sign of the times in and private experience adds an air of poignancy to the arts@orlandoweekly.com Florida when COVID-19 cases continue to surge entire exhibition. and our phased reopening is paused. But, unlike so many Curated by Shannon Lindsey, Ha’ani Hogan and Zoom concerts and Facebook Live stand-up nights, this Anastasia Salter and featuring artists from around the (UN)CONTINUITY: art exhibition doesn’t suffer in the least from a shift to the world, (un)continuity showcases pieces that “explore repA VIRTUAL EXHIBITION virtual realm. resentation and presentation; play along spectra of light, Through July 30 Originally intended as a gallery exhibit as part of UCF’s sound, and probe the visible-invisible; and embrace unity gallery.cah.ucf.edu Electronic Literature Organization Conference and Festival and discord.” Hogan calls the co-curatorial experience free along with a host of workshops and performances, “an honor,” and that the trio “had a great time selecting (un)continuity has shifted to the virtual realm. The tran- the works for the (un)continuity exhibition.” sition from four walls to pixels and personal screens is, of The 57 works featured in (un)continuity are interac-
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Local singer Meka King discusses the Broadway Advocacy Council’s #BwayForBLM initiative MEKA KING | PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
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umn over to Orlando artist-activist Stelson Telfort to talk about the Black Lives Matter movement and our local theater community. Today, we continue that ongoing conversation with performing artist Meka King, who has teamed up with local author Felichia Chivaughn to host this week’s Central Florida Entertainment Advocacy Forum, a free three-day virtual event addressing systemic racism in the area’s entertainment industry. King, a self-described “unicorn” born and raised in Orlando, studied journalism at Chicago’s Northwestern University before falling in love with musical theater and moving back home to build a twodecade career singing starring roles in all the major theme parks. Before the forum’s first session on July 21 (which was reserved as a safe space for Black industry members only) King shared with me her reasons for bringing the Broadway Advocacy Coalition’s #BwayForBLM (bwayforblm. com) forum format to Orlando, and what she hopes the dialogue might accomplish.
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former in our area, I don’t think there’s any one of us that has not had an experience, or has not gone through something. The difference is in this climate, we now have a voice. We are now able to articulate and speak out about things that before we could have been blackballed for, or blacklisted, or deemed difficult to work with. So we’ve had to silently endure, even if it wasn’t blatant racism, because I don’t believe that everyone is a racist. But I definitely think there are mentalities and traditions that we built our industry on that are not conducive for equitable working spaces. So we’ve all had experiences, we’ve all gone through things that now we are able to say something about. “We have to acknowledge that
this moment is so crucial and so critical, because we can’t separate it from the Black Lives Matter movement. The reason why we are able to have these conversations, the reason why anyone’s even listening, is because of what’s going on at a national level. I can assure you that had we not been nationally locked down, and had we not had the attention on the things that have been so inflammatory – that have been the catalyst for everything that’s going on with Black Lives Matter – we would not be having these conversations locally, for sure. “There are a lot of things that I’ve felt for a while that needed to be addressed; areas of deep frustration that caused me to even at some point almost say, ‘Well, you know, we just need to get our own stuff, we just need to do our own thing.’ Stop worrying about trying to fit into spaces that we’re not welcomed in. And so I am glad that we are at this moment; I’m glad that the door’s open for these discussions, and I’m glad that now we have some leverage to hold people accountable in this way, because things have to change. I think for the most part, Black people don’t want to be separated. We don’t want to be separatists. Those things come out of not feeling welcome in different spaces, and so we have to reach into ourselves. It’s not something that we want to do; it’s something that we’ve been forced to do, and we don’t want to continue to be forced to do that. “I think a lot of people are misunderstanding what the movement is about right now. It’s almost as if this mentality, and these traditions, and this way of life is so woven into the American fabric that when you start to dismantle them it feels like you’re attacking what’s ‘American’ and ‘right’ and ‘our way.’ We’re trying to get people to understand that what’s been linked to ‘America’ and what’s ‘right’ and ‘our way’ has always been wrong. We have
an opportunity in this moment in history to change that. “What we want to do is not say, ‘Hey, we want you to give Black people handouts and we want you to lower your standards,’ because we don’t need you to lower any standards. We’ve got everything we need, and we come fully equipped to do everything and anything there is to be done in this nation. Particularly when it comes to entertainment, we’ve got the tools. We’re not asking you to hand us anything. We’re just saying make sure that the playing field is level, make sure that the spaces are equitable. First of all, make sure that we can get in the door, but then when we get there, make sure that the space is a space that we can be; that we’re not having to assimilate into something that is not us, because you own the space. “I get that some people don’t even realize that these things have been wrong, so we need to pull the covers off of that; we need to expose that, and then we need to build from there. And it can’t stop there; we’ve got to hold people accountable, because it’s easy to come into these spaces and have all these great intentions and great ideas, and no follow-up. The difference between this forum and just getting together to talk about diversity is that we are definitely having accountability in place that we can measure, benchmark points of action that we can walk away with and measure tangibly after we leave. “This is not a situation where we’re trying to bash anybody or attack anybody, but it will be real; it will be the tough things, it will be the hard conversations. … It’s going to be raw, and people have to come in with an open heart and an open mind, willing to hear the hard things and process them and work towards reconciliation.” (Register to participate in the final two days of CFEAF at eventbrite.com.) skubersky@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com
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the diningin diaries BY FAIYAZ KARA
I hadn’t paid a visit to Pizza Bruno since late last year, so when a craving for a proper-good Neapolitan round hit me hard a couple of weeks back, I just had to make the 20-minute drive to Curry Ford Road to get me some.
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ingesting the so-called “designer stew.” The rice wasn’t of the jollof variety, though that’s served here as well, it being Nigeria’s national dish and all. It’s cooked in a tomato-based sauce with peppers and chilies and I got it with a quarter chicken ($10.99) along with moin-moin ($3.50) Ola Bello offers a royal feast at Flavors Nigerian – a fluffy, spongy, steamed bean-and-egg pudding made from peeled black-eyed peas and, of BY FAIYAZ KARA course, chilies. I couldn’t get enough of it – that here’s a scene in No Passport Required myself before blurting into my mask, “Well, let is, until my stomach hit a wall of protein. Didn’t help that Zeke recommended eating it with where chef Marcus Samuelsson and me have an order of suya beef!” Grilled meat, be it kushiyaki, shish kebab, dodo ($2.50), which are cut-up bits of fried Patricia Nyan, chef-owner of Suya Hut in Houston, talk about the importance of koobideh, satay, mishkaki or souvlaki, is sweet plantains. But before digging into the suya. The spice rub, originating from pre- common denominator cuisine – an acces- jollof, I managed multiple spoonfuls of a heavy dominantly Muslim northern Nigeria, is made sible entry point into a culture’s fare. And the (and, yes, spicy) yam porridge served with fried from peanuts and chili peppers and used suya beef ($12.99) served here is no excep- whiting ($12.99). tion. It’s not too tough, not All of it had me feeling like a Nigerian prince to marinate grilled beef too tender, and the light – a Nigerian prince bursting at the seams and and chicken in Nigerian FLAVORS NIGERIAN use of Cameroon pepper forced to loosen his belt and take off his pants cookery. “Like all African (made from dried scotch because there’s no way he’s ending his feast countries,” Samuelsson RESTAURANT bonnets) won’t set your without slurping down some goat pepper soup says, “Nigeria has many 3530 S. Orange Ave. tongue ablaze, though ($10.99). I should probably mention that all this different tribes with many 407-930-0988 there are dishes at Flavors occurred in the comfort (and privacy) of my different opinions, but flavorsnigerian.com Nigerian that do just that. own home – I’m no gourmand exhibitionist. a dish like suya brings $$ The ayamase ($12.99), a That said, I sucked on the chunks of fatty, bony Nigerians together.” ruddy stew incorporating goat while lying in a pseudo-recumbent fashion At Flavors Nigerian restaurant in SoDo, I chat with owner Ola Bello bleached palm oil, beef, locust beans and a lib- on my couch, but these ruminant bon-bons and her brother Zeke, who both echo the eral dose of that pepper, came with a warning only offered fleeting pleasure. It’s the broth I wanted and it’s that broth that’ll have me comsentiment, and add: “In Nigeria, no matter from Ola. “It’s hottttttt.” Ola wasn’t lying. ing back repeatedly to Flavors Nigerian. That is, your tribe or whether you’re Christian or Muslim, we all eat the same food and we all eat A side of white rice – the great palliator – unless things fall apart. together.” Except during a pandemic, I think to seemed more necessary now than it did before fkara@orlandoweekly.com
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Owner Bruno Zacchini (re) closed the Pizza Bruno dining room June 20 – and the patio a few days later – to offer takeout and curbside pick-up only. But the servers are on it. They’re super-quick to assist the moment you pull up to the parking lot. No need to get out of your car. Head over on Mondays and margherita pizzas can be had for just $8. Zacchini runs the special every day between 5-7 p.m. as well, though he’s considering switching it to 7-9 p.m. Either way, it’s a helluva deal ’cuz this is still, arguably, the best pizza in town. That said, I’ve made a meal out of his garlic knots and meatballs and it’s just as gratifying as the pizza. Trust me. Zacchini has even started offering a lineup of new desserts – corn panna cotta with bourbonbraised peaches and vanilla crumble, as well as classic and strawberry tiramisus. Not that he needed to sweeten the deal. (Pizza Bruno, 3990 Curry Ford Road, 407-2706833, pizzabrunofl.com)
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GIT-N-MESSY
From a gas station parking lot, Chuck Cobb smokes everything from mighty fine ribs and brisket to sausage and pulled pork, then sells it from a corner space inside the Citgo Quik Mart. Don’t overlook such sloppy (and tasty) behemoths as the Nashville hot chicken layered with peach slaw, brisket that passes the bend test or an unholy take on poutine involving sidewinder fries, cheese sauce, pulled pork, slaw and barbecue sauce. (reviewed July 15) 4980 Hall Road, 407-790-4249, facebook.com/ gitnmessybbqorlando, $
CHICKEN FIRE
The legendary Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack is the inspiration behind food truck owner Kwame Boakye’s flamin’-hot birds. He even plops them atop white bread and serves them with pickles, just like Prince’s. Boakye serves tenders in “soulful” (no heat), “mild” (spicy), “medium” (more spicy), “hot” (really spicy), “hot x2” (infernal) and “hot infinity” (poof!). Chicken Fire is at East End Market, 3201 Corrine Drive, for the month of July. (reviewed July 1) 813-4854088, facebook.com/eatchickenfire, $$
HOUNDSTOOTH KITCHEN & EATERY
Maitland City Centre sandwich joint, itself sandwiched between Boku Sushi and Sanford Brewing, specializes in pressed sandwiches, soups and other takeoutfriendly fare. Of note: the Reuben on marble rye, turkey chili sweetened with brown sugar, and a hefty hickory-smoked turkey club. Closed Mondays. (reviewed June 24) 160 Independence Lane, Maitland, 321-972-9925, houndstootheats. com, $
THE OSPREY SEAFOOD & SPIRITS
The pandemic forced owners Jason and Sue Chin to change Osprey’s concept from new American cuisine to seafood, and it’s a change for the better. Chef Anthony Watler, under the direction of Reyes Mezcaleria’s Wendy Lopez, presents everything from cioppino to lobster rolls to skin-on trout with hoppin’ john. Oysters are great any time of year, but particularly during happy hour when they’re $1. Baked Alaska is an absolute CONTINUED ON PAGE 29
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must. Closed Mondays. (reviewed June 17) 4899 New Broad St., 407-960-7700, theospreyorlando.com, $$$
GREEK TO GO
Fast casual Greek joint serves everything from freshly baked tiropita and spanakopita to kebabs and gyros. Sweets, like baklava and butter-almond cookies called kourabiedes, are shipped in from Hellas Restaurant & Bakery in Tarpon Springs. Get those cookies! (reviewed June 10) 681 N. Orlando Ave., Maitland, 407-775-6206, mygreektogo.com, $
TABLA WINTER PARK
Tabla’s Winter Park outpost is a fetching space with equally fetching fare thanks to chef Sajan Prem. The man is easily the finest chef of Indian cookery the city has, and he’s as deft with street staples (the pani puri is a must) as he is with tandoori items (the lamb chops are the plushest) and curries (the palak ghosht with bonein goat is, as Russell Peters would say, “mind-blasting.”) Don’t skip the sticky toffee pudding. Open daily. (reviewed June 3) 216 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, 321-422-0321, tablacuisine.com, $$$
MANZANO’S DELI
Winter Park sub shop serves meaty, prodigious sandwiches using Boar’s Head meats and cheeses along with bâtard bread rolls flown in from artisan bakery Tribeca Oven in New Jersey. The four-meat Italian Stallion is among the heftier choices, though don’t overlook the Philly cheesesteak, hot pastrami or chicken pesto panini. Open daily. (reviewed May 27) 221 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park, 407-725-7569, manzanowinterpark.com, $$
FARM & HAUS
Patrick and Brittany Lyne serve farmfresh “healthy comfort food” out of their East End Market stall to great success. Breakfast items like the OG breakfast sandwich, avocado toast and the “wakey wakey” bowl are all pre-noon pick-meups, while ultrafresh salads and chicken coconut curry are popular at lunchtime. Dinner pickups for families/large parties are offered Tuesdays to Saturdays. (reviewed May 20) 3201 Corrine Drive, 321-430-6627, farmandhaus.com, $$
PARIS BANH MI CAFÉ BAKERY
A one-stop shop for beautiful baguettes, sandwiches and pastries. Owners Hien Tran and Doan Nguyen both have serious baking cred and their experience shows in savory banh mis and sweet cakes and pastries. Closed Tuesday. (reviewed May 13) 1021 E. Colonial Drive, 407-866-2012, parisbanhmicafebakery.com, $
SIXTY VINES
Sixty Vines, a Texas-based chain, wows with a bright, airy interior and a selection of 60 wines on tap. The fare is decidedly NoCal, with such wine-country inspirations as cabernet burgers, fig and prosciutto pizzas, oven-roasted dates wrapped in bacon and rustic pastas. Open daily. (reviewed May 6) 110 Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 407-410-8005, sixtyvines.com, $$ n
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ON (small) SCREENS IN ORLANDO Streaming premieres you won’t want to miss by Steve Schneider PREMIERES WEDNESDAY:
Love on the Spectrum – The latest entry in the specialty dating genre ponders if the autistic can find love too. As if there hadn’t already been two series about Sheldon Cooper. (Netflix) Street Food: Latin America – Of all the things you can pick up on the streets of Brazil, Colombia or Peru, “good food” is probably not the first thing you just thought of. Six episodes of culinary adventuring are here to set you straight, Mister Mind-in-the-Gutter. (Netflix) Fear City: New York vs. The Mafia – This three-part documentary revisits the days when organized crime ruled the Big Apple. And don’t forget who finally ended that era of lawlessness and indecency: Rudy Giuliani. Come back, Gambinos; all is forgiven. (Netflix)
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Sing On! Spain – Contestants in a Spanish karaoke contest earn big cash prizes for staying on key. In Japan, it’s called Popstar Killswitch Now!, and it consists entirely of schoolgirls setting Anthony Kiedis’ fingernails on fire. (Netflix)
‘First Cow’ masterfully turns the Western genre on its head BY MARYANN JOHA N SON
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First Cow takes its (bitter)sweet time for a while. It’s as if t’s a simple story about friendship and hope. It’s a gently revisionist Western that literally pushes the clichés of the Reichardt is replicating the slower pace of life of two cengenre out the door in favor of reconsidering stereotypes turies ago: entire days seem to pass, consumed by nothing of masculinity and reworking the fables of “frontiers.” It’s a more than simple housekeeping chores and daydreaming softly savage deconstruction of the violence and the ironies of about how life could be better. And then Cookie and Kingthe American dream. It’s one of the most astonishing movies Lu hit upon a scheme to make a little money and truly take advantage of the opportunities that this new world offers. I’ve seen this year. Every frame of First Cow, Kelly Reichardt’s latest master- As poor men, they recognize that the deck is stacked against them, and they decide that cheating a bit piece, oozes contradiction. Warmth and is the only way to win. Their plan involves compassion is constantly overshadowed making sneaky use of the first milk cow by a terrible suspense working on multiple FIRST COW to have arrived in the territory, belonging levels, and all of that is in turn haunted by streaming on demand to the chief factor (Toby Jones), a wealthy the slow burn of injustice on scales unseen and casually cruel man who fancies himself by the characters. But it’s obvious – and sophisticated. They’re taking a dangerous enraging – to us looking from the future risk, but as King-Lu points out, anything back to the 1820s. that could possibly be worth doing for the Cook and baker Cookie Figowitz (John Magaro) has journeyed from back East to the Pacific likes of them is going to be risky. Sketched in the background of Cookie and King-Lu’s venNorthwest, initially arriving with a band of beaver trappers and gold hunters; these are reflexively aggressive men the ture are hints and suggestions of where the slo-mo invasion soft-spoken Cookie cannot wait to be done with. An act of of this lush land will lead: the beaver with its prized pelt, once kindness and a chance second meeting cements a friendship almost absurdly abundant, is growing more sparse; a few Native characters bring color both literal and figurative to with Chinese immigrant King-Lu (Orion Lee). There is never any unpleasant tension in the relationship the white man’s world, but we know the eventual fate of their between Cookie and King-Lu, as a lesser movie might have culture. And always in the foreground is the precariousness attempted, asking us to wait, perhaps, to see how King-Lu of what the men are attempting. There is no rugged indepenwill take advantage of the good-natured and sensitive Cookie. dence here, no taming of nature, no triumph of civilization Instead, Reichardt meanders through the gentle domestic – none of the mythologizing that has warped our understandroutine the men hit upon, making a home that’s as pleasant ing of American history. There are no heroes in any sense of as possible in this hardscrabble place with few comforts or the word. There is only tragedy all around. luxuries. feedback@orlandoweekly.com
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Impetigore – Straight from the Sundance Film Festival comes the white-knuckle tale of a young woman who returns to her hometown and discovers that everyone there wants to kill her. And you thought you were going to miss Thanksgiving this year! (Shudder)
Offering to the Storm – An urban legend about a supernatural creature may hold the key to a series of infant deaths in the final adaptation of Dolores Redondo’s Baztán trilogy. I’m calling it now: It was Rudy Giuliani. (Netflix) Room 104 Season 4 – The Duplass brothers’ eclectic anthology series comes to a close with 12 installments that run the gamut from science fiction to comedy to animation. Wait a minute: They do know you can do all of those at once, right? (HBO Max) Radioactive – Critics were lukewarm on this Marie Curie biopic when it premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. But since then, we’ve all had to lower our standards a bit. I mean, be honest: You were just Googling Popstar Killswitch Now! (Amazon Prime) Jim Gaffigan: Pale Tourist – As seen in this special, Gaffigan’s last stand-up tour consisted of site-specific gags tailored to whatever locale he was visiting. Hats off to him, because I tried that once in Oakland, and they effed me up. (Amazon Prime) Rogue Trip – ABC’s Bob Woodruff takes his son Mack on an international tour of discovery, including jaunts to Ethiopia, Lebanon and Pakistan. When they hit Papua New Guinea, Jim Gaffigan helps them work up a tight five. (Disney+)
PREMIERES TUESDAY:
Last Chance U Season 5 – The Emmy-winning docuseries about underdog football teams visits a scrappy junior college in … Oakland. Hey, guys: Hope I wasn’t out of line with that crack about effing me up. (Netflix) Stockton on My Mind – This documentary about Michael Stubbs, the first African American mayor of Stockton, California, just might do for him what Street Fight did for Cory Booker. Or maybe he’ll have a future in politics. Thank you, everybody! Now put your hands together for Jim Gaffigan. (HBO Max)
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“COMMITTED” Is it terrible to believe you can still have a truly monogamous and loving relationship with one partner after 20 years? Or can we walk into a relationship knowing that within those decades of being together that situations like infidelity or being attracted to another is completely unavoidable? And if we acknowledge that in some cases it’s truly unavoidable, should we mentally prepare ourselves for this possibility during our “monogamous” stage? Early on in dating? Hopelessly Optimistic Person Enquires Be prepared. Knowing what we do about infidelity and how common it is over the course of long-term relationships, HOPE, it’s a good idea to have a conversation early in a relationship about what you will do if and/or when one, the other or both of you cheat years or decades later. It’s best for this convo to happen at the tail end of the infatuation stage but before you’ve made any sort of formal commitment – you know, after you’ve had your first fight but still at that stage when the thought of ever wanting to fuck someone else seems ridiculous. Committing at that point to at least trying to work through an infidelity doesn’t guarantee the relationship will survive and it doesn’t obligate you to remain in the relationship. But it ups the chances the relationship will survive an infidelity. Because remember, when it comes to cheating, some types are worse than others. There are differences in degree. If you found out your husband fucked your sister on your wedding night, well, that’s probably not something you’ll be able to forgive. But an instantly regretted one-off on a business trip (remember those?) or prolonged affair after 20 years and two kids and both partners long ago started taking their sexual connection for granted and both allowed it to wither? That’s something you can work past and are likelier to work past if you agreed to at least try to work past it before the kids and the taking for granted and the business trips. Zooming out for a moment: The culture encourages us to see cheating as a relationship-extinction-level event – an unforgivable betrayal, something no relationship can survive. Which seems nuts when you pause to consider just how common cheating is. Defining cheating as always unforgivable sets up for failure otherwise good and loving relationships that might be able to survive an infidelity. If instead of telling us that no relationship could ever survive an infidelity the culture told us that cheating in monogamous or non-monogamous is always serious betrayal – it’s not at all trivial – but it’s something a relationship can survive, HOPE, then more 34
relationships that should survive infidelities would actually wind up surviving infidelities. The truth is, many relationships don’t just survive infidelities but actually wind up thriving in the wake of the disclosure or exposure of an affair, because the healing process brings the couple closer together. (This is not a good reason to have an affair, of course, nor is it the reason why anyone has ever had an affair.) Reinforcing the idea that affairs always destroy relationships: Couples who remain together after an affair usually don’t talk openly about the cheating while couples who separate or divorce after an affair can hardly bring themselves to talk about anything else. Now to quickly answer your first questions: Yes, it is possible for two people to remain monogamous for 20 years. It can be done – of course it can – but there are lots of people out there who think they’ve done it but are mistaken. Some people think they’ve been in successfully monogamous relationships for 20 years have been cheated on – or they themselves have done something their partners might regard as cheating – and the one-off infidelity or the ongoing affair or the happy endings were never exposed or disclosed. And your partner is going to find other people attractive – and not in 20 years. Today, right now, your partner is going to lay eyes on someone else they find attractive, HOPE, just as you will probably lay eyes – but only eyes – on someone else you find attractive. Making a monogamous commitment doesn’t mean you don’t wanna fuck other people, it means you will refrain from fucking other people. If the lie we’re told about love and attraction were true – if being in love with someone left you incapable of finding someone else attractive – we wouldn’t need to make monogamous commitments. What is the etiquette for breaking up with an escort you’ve been seeing regularly? A little background: I’m married and have been seeing an escort for the past three years about twice a month. The sex is amazing. We’ve developed a friendship and get along very well. The issue is that I’ve gotten emotionally attached. I constantly think of her. It’s negatively affected my marriage and I need to break it off. I don’t want to hurt her as I have genuine affection but I need to stop seeing her. Do I send a note with an explanation? Or do I ghost and stop sending her text messages? I’m the one who initiates contact. She never reaches out to me first. Thanks for your advice. It’s Me Not You Don’t thank me, IMNY, thank all the nice sex workers and sex workers’ rights advo-
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cates who were kind enough to share their thoughts after I tweeted out your question and asked #SexWorkTwitter to weigh in. The general consensus was for you to send a brief note letting this woman know you won’t be booking her again. Here’s a few of the responses. @GoddessKaleeLA: “I’ve had this happen a few times before and the couple that wrote me a note with honesty were so deeply appreciated. The others, I always wondered what I did wrong or if they died in some freak accident.” @MsMayaMidnight: “I’d be worried if a longtime regular disappeared during a pandemic! Send a quick text or email saying you’re taking a break but you’ve enjoyed your time together. No need for more detail about why. A parting gift would be a nice gesture.” @SoftSandalwood: “Pro Domme here. Definitely let her know what’s going on, so she doesn’t wonder if you’re OK, if she did something wrong, etc. It’s the job of a pro to understand and respect boundaries. Thanks for a thoughtful question.” @LanceNavarro: “Agreed 100%. The majority of us are deeply empathetic and prefer closure over mystery.” A final thought from me: Sex workers value trustworthy regular clients, and FOSTA/SESTA and the coronavirus pandemic have made it incredibly difficult for them to find new regular clients. Sending this woman a generous final tip – perhaps the price of a session, if you can swing it – would soften the blow of losing you as a regular client and would tide her over until she can replace you. That was great advice you gave to “Virgin” in last week’s column. I was a 39-year-old virgin and started seeing sex workers. I found one that had the kind of qualities mentioned by the sex worker you quoted in your column. She was a kind, caring and compassionate person that I saw regularly for a year. Being with her gave me confidence in my sexual abilities and allowed me to experience physical affection. A little while later I met my future wife. I was even able to tell her about my experiences with sex workers and she wasn’t offended and didn’t shame me. She was actually intrigued. I hope VIRGIN takes your advice. If he finds the right sex worker, like I did, it will change his life. One Grateful Client Thanks for sharing, OGC! This week on the Lovecast, the Kinsey Institute’s Dr. Justin Lehmiller: savagelovecast.com mail@savagelove.net
Meet Burke! Burke (A442849) is a 3-year-old neutered male and he has been patiently waiting for his forever family to come into our shelter and adopt him. He is easily leashed, energetic and playful when he goes outside, and seeks out belly rubs or pats on the head often. Burke has not had any issues with other dogs in the shelter, and he is neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and ready to go home the same day he is adopted. If you would like to meet Burke, links to make an appointment to visit the shelter will be posted on orlandoweekly.com. In July, find your Quarantine Buddies: Adopt a shelter pet. Both dogs and cats will be adoptable for a $10 fee. The fees include sterilization, vaccinations and a microchip. Orange County Animal Services is located at 2769 Conroy Road in Orlando, near the Mall at Millenia. The shelter is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, please call 407-836-3111 or visit ocnetpets.com.
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AUCTION Extra Space Storage – Store 8841 9847 Curry Ford Road, Orlando, FL 32825 Extra Space Storage will hold a Public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location Indicated: 9847 Curry Ford Road, Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 495-9612, August 11, 2020 @ 12:15PM: KMR Wholesale- Cell Phone accessories & leather goods, KMR Wholesale- cell phone accessories, leather goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. AUCTION Extra Space Storage – Store 1631 5753 Hoffner Ave, Orlando, FL 32822. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 5753 Hoffner Ave, Orlando, FL 32822 (407) 212-5890, August 11th, 2020 @ 11:15 AM: Vianca Negron-4 track, Corporation Hmshost/ Hmshost Corporation-Household
goods, Zoho N.Y Tuxedo Corp. Inc/ Gabriel Perez Prieto- house hold goods, Censa International College/ Deinnys Torrealba- 4 desk, boxes, mattress, 2 board. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 540 Cypress Parkway Kissimmee, FL 34759, on 08/11/2020 @ 12:45PM Jailene Diaz Goytia household, electronic, Ruby Wilson Holiday decoration, washer, dryer, Emily Barrett Household items, Miguel Colon Personal items, Holiday docoration. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1305 Crawford Ave St. Cloud, FL 34769, 407-5040833 on 08/11/2020 @ 1:45pm Hector Vazquez household items, Latoya Williams household items, William Ford household items, Mike Dominguez Furniture. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321-270-3440 on 08/13/2020 @ 11:30 am. Melleah Hook House hold goods, David Rivera Restaurant Equipment, Daniel Madera House hold goods, Henry Ager Household goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
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Legal, Public Notices Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 6174 S Goldenrod Road, Orlando, Florida 32822, 407-9554137 on 8/11/2020 @ 11:45am Hector Galvez household items, Janet Rivera household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 13597 S Orange Ave Orlando, Fl 32824, 407-9102087 on 08/11/2020 @ 11:30am. Christopher M Kearney- Houseold items.misc. Christopher CookHousehold items.The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 342 Woodland Lake Drive, Orlando, FL 32828, 321-800-4793, on 8/13/20 at 2:00pm. Qing Li : household items, boxes, books. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 07 / Doherty CASE NO.: DP19-553 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: S.T. DOB: 06/13/2003. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: WILBERT TIMMS, ADDRESS UNKNOWN. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the abovereferenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before
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Judge Patricia Doherty on Tuesday, August 04, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TRIAL. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THESE CHILDREN. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AD TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 30th day of June, 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Chelsea N. Bogdan, Esq./FBN:0123752, Senior Attorney for the State of Florida, Children’s Legal Services chelsea.bogdan@ myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA.CASE NO. 2020-DR-3895 IN RE: The Marriage of CRAIG WAYNE SMALLEY Petitioner/Husband, and BELSIS KIRIE SMALLEY Respondent/Wife. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE. TO: BELSIS KIRIE SMALLEY; 1434 VICKERS LAKE DRIVE OCOEE, FL 34761 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Michael T. Mackhanlall, Esq., On Behalf Of Craig Wayne Smalley, whose address is 37 N. Orange Ave Suite 500, Orlando FL 32801 on or before 8/20/2020 and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 425 N. Orange Ave Orlando FL 32801, before service on PETITIONER or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. The Action is asking the Court to dissolve the bounds of marriage in this case. There is no real or personal property. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Notice of Current Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the clerk’s office. WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.
Dated 6/22/2020. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT by: /s/ Deputy Clerk (court seal). IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/DOHERTY WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER CASE NO: DP 18-19 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN: A. E. DOB: 09/10/2014, M. E. DOB: 12/31/2017. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: CARLOS EDWARDS, LOCATION UNKNOWN. WHEREAS 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 Judge Patricia A. Doherty, on Friday, August 28th, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4)(d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby informed of the availability of private placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 13th day of July, 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Audrea Beth Ashcraft, Esquire, Florida Bar No.: 101358, Audrea.ashcraft@ myflfamilies.com. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUVENILE DIVISION: 3/CRANER, CASE No. DP18-529 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: R.T. DOB: 08/12/2018, NOTICE OF ACTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA To: Shantara Devose, address unknown. WHEREAS 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 Judge A. James Craner, on August 14, 2020, at 10:45 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING.
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You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 26th day of June, 2020. This summons has been issued at the request of: Jennifer McCarthy, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 86793 Children’s Legal Services jennifer. mccarthy@myflfamilies.com. By: /s/ CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Deputy Clerk, (Court Seal) 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. FLORIDA PICTURE IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED. JULY 2020 DESCRIPTION, FOUND PROPERTY: 1.Phone 2500 Blk of General Rees Ave 2. Misc tools Lee RD/Davission Ave 3. Phone 400 Blk of N Orange Blossom Trl 4. Phones 1500 Blk of Nieuport LN 5. Phones 3800 Blk of Silver Rose CT 6. Electronics 1000 Blk of Lake District LN 7. Keys 7300 Blk of Mardell CT 8. Bag w/ electronics 3700 Blk of South Lake Orlando PKWY 9. Phone 600 Blk of West Lake Mann DR 10. Bag w/ electronics 5400 Blk of La Costa DR 11. Electronics and clothing Orange/Jackson 12. Phone Orange/Jackson 13. Bike 4400 Blk of Middlebrook RD 14. Bike 2000 Blk of Prospect Ave 15. Bike 11000 Blk of Fiction Ave 16. Currency 2400 Blk of S Hiawassee RD FOR INFO CALL (407) 246-2445, MONDAY – THRU THURSDAY, 9:00 AM TILL 3PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 2nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR Leon COUNTY, FLORIDA. Case No.: 2020 DR 000508. Shirley Mathis Petitioner, and Michael Lashon Mathis, Respondent. SUMMONS: PERSONAL SERVICE ON AN INDIVIDUAL ORDEN DE COMPARECENCIA: SERVICIO PERSONAL EN UN INDIVIDUO CITATION: L’ASSIGNATION PERSONAL SUR UN INDIVIDUEL. TO/ PARA/A: Michael Lashon Mathis, 717 Grand Street, Orlando, FL 32805. IMPORTANT: A lawsuit has
been filed against you. You have 20 calendar days after this summons is served on you to file a written response to the attached complaint/ petition with the clerk of this circuit court, located at: 301 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301. A phone call will not protect you. Your written response, including the case number given above and the names of the parties, must be filed if you want the Court to hear your side of the case. If you do not file your written response on time, you may lose the case, and your wages, money, and property may be taken thereafter without further warning from the Court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service or a legal aid office (listed in the phone book). If you choose to file a written response yourself, at the same time you file your written response to the Court, you must also serve a copy of your written response on the party serving this summons at: Shirley Mathis, 542 Collinsford Road, Tallahassee, FL 32301. If the party serving summons has designated email address(es) for service or is represented by an attorney, you may designate email address(es) for service by or on you. Service must be in accordance with Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.516. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents, upon request. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and Email Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the clerk’s office. WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings. THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO EACH SHERIFF OF THE STATE: You are commanded to serve this summons and a copy of the complaint in this lawsuit on the above-named person. DATED: February 24th, 2020, Gwen Marshall CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (SEAL) NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Ruth Naomi Montanez, of 2010 Imperial Eagle Pl, Kissimmee, FL 34746 in the county of Osceola, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: Jagata It is the intent of the undersigned to register “Jagata” with the Florida Department of
State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 7/17/2020 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 August 6th, 2020 and will continue until all locations are done. U-Haul Moving and Storage at Maitland Blvd, 7803 N Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, Fl 32810; A16 Betzaida Hernandez $821.76, C20 Dwayne Mchellon $1,463.76, D12 Jason David $943.68, A12 TIMOTHY TURNER $914.62, B30 RaOndria Johnson $664.88, E26 DAVID VAN GELDER $1,675.38, L55 DENICE JACKSON $641.60, L57 THOMAS MORAN $636.20, B71 Amanda Garcia $1,604.41, L70 DOROTHY ROWLANDS $2,173.76, E12 Rafael Blanco $1,415.50, B57 jerome wilkerson $705.28, C73 Keshaun Stewart $1,137.16, B64 Matthew Davis $1,129.48, D27 Luis Toledo $986.21 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Apopka, 1221 E Semoran Blvd, Apopka, Fl 32703; 1330 Alfredo Castaneda $628.30, 1301 THEODIS PAULK $1,380.93, 1184 Lorenzo Weathers $2,078.98, 1321 PORTIA ALLEN $1,567.06, 1268 JOSE BENITEZ $1,868.74, 1171 NORA BRITTEN $1,177.11, 1270 nick schneider $1,279.13, 1201 ralph wilson $798.02 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Altamonte Springs, 598 W Hwy 436, Altamonte Springs, Fl 32714; B103 Rebekah Burgos $1,629.53, B127 ruben rivera $1,561.26, C120 Jocquin Gunn $1,510.24, B132 Pamela Smith $1,454.59, A107 alex abrahams $1,624.57, C139 Jocquin Gunn $1,384.24 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Semoran Blvd, 2055 State Rd 436, Winter Park, Fl 32792; 1248 jakerra bolden $970.20, 1150-1151 SPECTRA ENGINEERING $1,687.12, 2309 Mark Ryan $2,045.66, 2411 omarie payno $873.40, 1691 Barbara Martin $655.08, 2295 Angela Warren $2,045.66, 2657 craig jefferson $718.86, 1186 Jackson Torres $1,422.29, 1050 Deborah Dash $995.60, 2084 Jayson Cornelius $862.60, 1674 Jonathan Lewis $1,246.61, 1421 TAMIKI LUMPKIN $931.80, 1044 MILTON SMITH $825.15, 1350 Mystery Room $974.30, 1013 GLENN VAUSE $2,040.66, 1460 Roddrake Rumph $527.00, 2320 Francois Beauvais $1,062.18, 1452 Selena Perez $718.70, 1100 James Tizzio $932.00, 1006-09 MILTON SMITH $1,211.05 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Longwood, 650 N Ronald Reagan Blvd, Longwood, FL 32750;
E012 stephanie buron $665.60, C007 Don Depaul $851.85, C043 Antoine Almaalouf $1,053.92, B060 David Nixon $891.70, A090 Nick Larson $713.29 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Lake Mary Blvd, 3851 S Orlando Drive, Sanford, Fl 32773; 1237 Mystery Room $1,545.02, 1421 Miranda Seeley $1,208.41, 2558 mistery room $1,049.34, 2031 lisa pilgram $655.01, 1431 DONNA BORS $910.69, 1170 Aviance Kimbrough $1,267.62, 1561 nicole mckenna $702.92, 1069 Craneshia Simon $1,411.33, 5056 felix lorcy $1,804.25, 2075 casrlos padilla $676.28, 1481 LaKeitha McGriff $772.09, 1204 john Hurst $633.62, 1055 Montez Mack $1,843.30, 1557 desiree carpenter $702.79, 1326 kerstin wynn $652.22, 1625 christina veltman $1,664.45, 1273 Gertha Allen $1,544.77, 1559 Vikkie Andrews $633.62, 1220 mitchael watson $697.09, 1047 jayna fox $1,938.70, 1643 Star Orr $1,443.68, 1611 luis cruz $1,664.45, 5018 jason lemieux $1,267.62, 1265 jessie robicheaux $1,411.33, 1653 DONNA BORS $1,710.32, 1300 hearken mediagroup $851.59 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Sanford on Rinehart Road, 1811 Rinehart Road, Sanford, Fl 32771; 3117 Alnisa Williams $1,309.88, 1030 BERYL THOMPSON $638.74, 4047 ERIC RAWLINS $1,102.10, 2149 Devin Robinson $806.43, 4094 Sylvester Wynn $827.43, 3131 christina anderson $918.25, 3153 AKEYLA MCCOY $953.39, 1044 Collen Garey $1,459.44 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 8:30am and RUNS CONTINUOUSLY. U-haul Ctr Hunter Creek - 13301 S Orange Blossom Trl. Orlando Fl. 32837 on August 5th, 2020 at 9:00AM: 1318 Juan Velez, 1240 Shea Samuels, 3143 Magdalena Garcia, 1723 Anderson Tiu, 2041 Kassim Dowling, 1244 Juan Romero, 1226 Robert Surprenant, 1717 Joseph Hernandez, 3033 Gerardo Barroeta, 1513 Jose Lizardi, 1084 David Lackenby, 3052 NTDSoftware Solutions, 2010 Louie Crossfield, 1605 Richard Gomez, 1016 Jennifer Marion, 2235 Jessica Torres, 1056 Tiffany Scott, 1061 Jose Zayas, 1254 Alejando Ruiz, 1613 Cindy Capps, 3513 Carlos Torres, 3134 Shad William, 1724 Asif Hann, 3509 Kassandra Barrios, 1040 Joshua Edwards, 1315 Juan
Ordonez, 1247 David Boltez U-haul Ctr Gatorland - 14651 Gatorland Dr. Orlando, Fl 32837 on August 5th, 2020 at 9:00AM: 257 Sheldon Ellington, 246 Elder Javier, 519 Victor Santiago, 568 Jametta Ware, 968 Onell Alberto Ferandez, 830 Jay Manning, 328 Gregory Christian, 550 Leah Mcqueary, 1067 Ramon Quinones, 631 Joshua Robinson, 304 Linda Bullock, 576 Sarah Castillon, 434 Steven Lin Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on August 7, 2020 at 11:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 14120 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32826. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. #1207 –Pedro Dominguez, A.K.A. Pedro Felipe Dominguez, #2361 –Joshua Lopez, A.K.A. Joshua Louis Lopez. Notice Of Public Sale Personal property of the following tenants will be sold for cash to satisfy rental liens in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self Storage Facility Act, Sections 83-806 and 83807. Contents may include kitchen, household items, bedding, toys, games, boxes, barrels, packed cartons, furniture, trucks, cars, etc. There is no title for vehicles sold at lien sale. Owners reserve the right to bid on units. Lien sale to be held online ending Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at times indicated below. Viewing and bidding will only be available online at www. storagetreasures.com beginning at least 5 days prior to the scheduled sale date and time! Also visit www. personalministorage.com/OrlandoFL-storage-units/ for more info. Michigan Mini-200 W Michigan St Orlando, FL 32806-at 10:30am: 136 Ramchand Umrao, Max Muscle Orlando Personal Mini Storage Forsyth-2875 Forsyth Rd Winter Park FL, 32792-at 10:00 am: 111 Maria Luz Dary Ibarra 202 Christopher Wayne Newman 307 Hakeem Orlando Rowe 342 Michael Christian Van Deest 447 Camilo Rodriguez Personal Mini Storage West4600 Old Winter Garden Rd Orlando, FL 32811-at 11:30 am: 2 Brandy Wilson 6 Elvira Deloris Jones 33 Larry Rogers Thomas, Michael Berryman, Eaglemark Savings Bank ISA, 2004 Harley Davidson Softail Standard VIN#1HD1BHY104Y061879 85 Taylor Otero 105 Lambert Sayles
114 Myriam Senatus 139 Angilyn Lamey 140 Jean St Charles Jr 200 Mark Wesley Middlebrooks Jr 222 Adriene Lynette Davis 238 Marzetta Casandra Polite 254 Therion Costen 286 William Thompson Jr 309 Diane Van Den Brink 327 Timothy Charles Dawson 329 Marco Digrado, Acme Made in America 331 Marco Digrado, Acme Made in America 405 Sherry Oliver McCoy 406 Patrice Marie Ross 419 Ericka Vertripoli Bell, Ericka Vertripoli Davis 420 Ericka Vertripoli Bell, Ericka Vertripoli Davis 430 Sharon Yvette Simmons 486 Andrew Gordon Kerr 498 Andrew Gordon Kerr 502 Sky Lytra Proctor 512 Caressa Monique Newkirk 552 Agnes Ferguson 591 Shyrl Denise Williams 594 Selena Davis Jordan 609 Monique Laesherrhea Kendrick 717 Ericka Vertripoli Bell, Ericka Vertripoli Davis, 2003 Range Rover, VIN#SALME11413A123968 718 Anoit Khwame Sorhaindo, Ana Carolina Batalha Torres, Renato Crede De Castro, 2001 Haum Enclosed Trailer VIN#4XSMC13181G028482 Personal Mini Storage Lake Fairview-4252 N Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32804-at 11:30 am: 0081 Fabricio Victor Perez 0083 Marcus Onesimus Reese 0237 Josue Dubreus 0254 Leon Gilbert Taffe 0327 Kilitoglu Yigit 0335 Danny Charles Fudge J.R 0433 Edwin Colon Rios 0631 Paula Samuels 0631 Homeless Services Network Of Central Flordia 0847 Jasmine Symone Salley 0260 Chezar Chablis Phanord Personal Mini Storage Edgewater- 6325 Edgewater Dr Orlando, FL 32810-at 11:30 am: 0629 Tiffany Lewis 0920 Frances Faulkner 2014 William Lopes Da Silva; Donald A Ward CLASS CODE 42 MOTORHOME/COACH, TAG S511ZG DECAL NO 09403411 NO VIN Personal Mini Storage Forest City Rd- 6550 Forest City Rd Orlando, FL 32810-at 12:00 pm: 3247 Autumn Marie Johnson 4009 Shani Nordica Le Grand 4056 Markes Seabrooks 4060 Dorian Jacob Gonzalez 4081 Kimberly Jones 8007 Dequan Emell Branker, Vashti Whaley, Mary Kathaleen Mallory, 2002 Honda CMX250C Rebel 250 Motorcycle, VIN # JH2MC13002K800094, Dequan Emell Branker, Vashti Whaley, Juan Gaspar Canales Jr, 2006 Subaru B9 Tribeca Limited, VIN # 4S4WX86C164429666. 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: On August 11, 2020 11:00 AM location: 13125 S. John Young Parkway Orlando FL 32837 (407)516-7005. Shelsy Sandoval- Home items, Andrea Wilkinson -home items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above refer-
enced 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: AATR ORLANDO gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on 08/07/2020, 09:00 am at 9712 RECYCLE CENTER RD ORLANDO, FL 32824- 8146, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. AATR ORLANDO reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids. 1B7HC13Z5WJ258852 1998 DODGE 2G2WR554271210112 2007 PONTIAC 5N3AA08D78N900906 2008 INFINITI 1JJV532B7DL765354 2013 WANCO, INC. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates, 08:00 am at 10850 COSMONAUT BLVD ORLANDO, FL 32824, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/ or all bids. AUGUST 3, 2020 1GTDM19W4YB503744 2000 GENERAL MOTORS CORP AUGUST 9, 2020 1G6KD54Y94U135263 2004 CADILLAC 1VWBP7A37DC085247 2013 VOLKSWAGEN JTDJT923965011095 2006 TOYOTA AUGUST 13, 2020 1G11E5SL3EF285509 2014 CHEVROLET 4M47AAG106337 1980 BUICK AUGUST 14, 2020 3N1CN7AP1GL891709 2016 NISSAN 5TFRU5F10EX031983 2014 TOYOTA. NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicles will be sold at Public Auction for cash to satisfy lien pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on August 11, 2020 at 9:00 am at Dynamic Towing, 6408 Old Cheney Hwy., Orlando, FL. (407) 273-5880 2005 FORD 1FTYR10D75PB11368
on hand at time of sale: 2005 Ford VIN# 1FDXF47P45EB25130 2001 Mercedes VIN# WDBNG70J31A174352 2002 Audi VIN# WAULT58E42A175380 To be sold at auction at 8:00 a.m. on August 12, 2020 at 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC NOTICE OF SALE Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on hand at time of sale: 1GCPCPEX6AZ231440 2010 CHEV To be sold at auction at 8:00 a.m. on August 17, 2020 at 3101 McCoy Rd., Orlando, Fl 32812 Towlando Towing and Recovery NOTICE UNDER FICTITIOUS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned pursant to the Fictitious Name Statute,”Chapter 865.09. Florida Statutes, Will register with Division Corporations, Department of State, State of Florida, upon receipt of this notice, the fictitious name, towit: Our Lady of the Lakes, Council 5150, Knights of Columbus Inc. under which we are engaged, in the business Fraternal Association, at 1908 Silver Star Road, Orlando, Florida 32804 Request for Proposal (RFP) Integrated Communications System to include Voice Services, Internet/ Data and Necessary Equipment and Hardware. Community Coordinated Care for Children, Inc. (4C) is accepting bids for a technology solution that assists 4C in being a community leader in providing high quality services that improve the lives of children and families. We are requesting integrated communications proposals for voice and internet services to include necessary equipment and hardware. This bid is to cover all existing Community Coordinated Care for Children, Inc. (4C) locations in Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties. Specifications may be obtained from the Contracts Coordinator at 407-522-2252. The due date for all bids will be July 31, 2020 no later than 12:00 pm.
NOTICE OF SALE Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds
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Employment exp U.S. Services Inc. is seeking an Electrical Designer in Maitland, FL to produce construction documents in AutoCAD & Revit from initial design to bidding, under limited supervision of a sr engineer. Must be designated as BICSI RCDD. 30% travel reqd. Apply at www.exp.com, search for job# 100899 Mechanical/Quality Engineer (Orlando, FL) – Seal Shield, LLC. Assist in ensuring all processes and end products meet the quality standards set forth by company, regulatory and customer requirements. Assist in product development including concept generation, parameters, prototyping, manufacturing, inspection method development, verification, validation, and investigations. Investigate and perform root-cause analysis related to the non-conformance, corrective action, and customer complaints. Develop process descriptions, and maintenance procedures. Perform improvement activities and collaborate with project managers and sales to develop new products. Create and update 3D drawings for mechanical assemblies. Study critical manufacturing and assembly processes using Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) and perform quality system audits. Requirements: A bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and 1 year of relevant experience. Send resumes to HR Manager, Seal Shield ,LLC., 315 East Robinson St., Suite 500, Orlando, FL 32801.
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