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Observer Thinking like a judge After 18 years on the bench, Judge William Parsons plans to make a career change.
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A year and a half after her life-saving kidney transplant, an Ormond woman’s passion for dance and faith are reignited.
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SPORTS
John Harring ton and Shirley Levkuli ch give advice on home garden ing. PAGE 4
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RACING PAST RETIREMENT
Arthur Kowitz, pictured with his wife, Wanda, is still racing — and winning — at age 65. PAGE 11
Leslie Giscom be talks about the new age of laminate design. PAGE 8
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n 2013, Cindy Lescarbeau barely had enough energy and stamina to get to work. A five-year battle with kidney failure had left her on the couch, too exhausted to do much of anything. “I just saved all my energy to get to work and get home,” Lescarbeau said. “It was hard on my family. I started going downhill very slowly, but that last year I lost my vigor for life. I didn’t feel depressed, I just didn’t feel anything.” “It made me depressed seeing her just dragging away,” said her son, 23-year-old Julian Lescarbeau. It’s still hard for her to believe that someone who was once a total stranger, was willing to give Lescarbeau her life back. Erika Treadway, whose only connection to Lescarbeau at the time was attending the same, very large place of worship: Tomoka Christian Church. “I met her two months before the surgery,” Lescarbeau said. “She said she couldn’t bear to
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look at my kids and know that she could have given them their mom back.” Once the surgery was complete, the kidney started working immediately, and both women progressed faster than the doctors anticipated. One doctor even nicknamed the organ “a super kidney.” “I thank God, and I thank Erika, because she gave me my life back, and she gave me more time with my kids and my husband and with the company and all the things I want to do,” Lescarbeau said. “She’s an amazing person, and we should be like her.” In the year and a half after her transplant, Lescarbeau has been very busy making sure she doesn’t take a single day for granted. Her faith-based dance company, Dance Divine Ministries, stayed small since its opening in 2000 with 26 students and five staff members. After her surgery, she had the energy, confidence and faith to take a risk with her business. “In the spring I started feeling really good,” Lescarbeau said.
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Cindy Lescarbeau with Gabby Buckner, a dancer at her academy.
HULA HOOP DREAMS Photos by Jeff Dawsey
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In his nearly two decades as a judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, William Parsons has done everything he possibly could in his honorable position. He has served twice as chief judge and presided over criminal, civil, family, dependency, juvenile delinquency and probate cases. Parsons said some of his favorite memories from the bench are working with other judges. When he first started, the judges he worked with helped him to think like a judge, and be completely neutral when trying cases — a skill that is very difficult for most to overcome. “When a lawyer comes in and makes a presentation, they’re presenting the argument in the client’s best interest,” Parsons said. “At the end of the day, the judge is there with these two strong argu-
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HOME & GARDEN At home
ALWAYS IN STYLE
Kalan Lis and Ichi Vazquez bring hula-hoop heroics to seniors at Seaside Manor.
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Emily Blackwood
TOPS IN TENNIS Meet Trey Bogue. PAGE 12
Wayne Grant
Anna Upchurch joined in at Fashionista Summer Camp. PAGE 13A