W E ST O RA N G E T I M E S &
Observer Celebrating 110 years in West Orange
Seniors anchor West Orange lacrosse team.
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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
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Care for a cat-uccino? Winter Garden’s Axum Coffee has partnered with Cagan Management Group and South Lake Animal League to open the first cat cafe in Central Florida. Page 12.
“If he was in danger or if he was hurting or anything like that, he wouldn’t say anything because he wouldn’t want us to worry.” — Karen McManus, Ken Moisan’s sister
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YOUR TOWN
Welcome to the world! Kyle and Ashley Creeden, along with big sister Madelyn, welcome Nash Charles Creeden, born Jan. 5, 2016. Nash weighed 8 pounds and was 20.5 inches long at birth. Extended family includes paternal grandfather Kevin Creeden, of Montverde; paternal grandmother Debbie Creeden, of Winter Garden; paternal greatgrandfather Fred Koening, of Winter Garden; maternal grandparents Paul and Elizabeth Rhodes, of Winter Garden; and maternal greatgrandparents Lamar and Marie Rhodes, of Oakland, and Norma Gregory, of Long Beach, Mississippi.
Preserve to host nature yoga class
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Need to relax? Then attend this nature yoga class with instructor Colleen Puglisi at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at Oakland Nature Preserve, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland. Free for members; $5 for non-members. Register online at oaklandnaturepreserve.org.
Part of Ken Moisan’s duties include responding to fires, medical calls and airport fire crash rescue.
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Ken Moisan, a Winter Garden Fire Rescue fire lieutenant, also serves as an Air Force Reserve and is on his third deployment.
See story on page 4 U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Ken Moisan followed in his family’s footsteps.
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Winter Garden honors Cappleman Commissioners honored Larry Cappleman for his involvement with the Community Redevelopment Agency and its impact on Winter Garden. JENNIFER NESSLAR STAFF WRITER WINTER GARDEN
They call her ‘The Dancing Artist.’
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City commissioners honored a man who has made a difference in shaping the city to what is today. Winter Garden Mayor John Rees read a proclamation honoring Larry Cappleman at the Jan. 28 City Commission meeting. Cappleman played a key role in starting Winter
Garden’s Community Redevelopment Agency and has served as chairman of the CRA Advisory Board since it began in 1992. Under Cappleman’s leadership, the CRA funded a variety of projects, including the Downtown Redevelopment and Streetscape project. “It is my great pleasure and privilege as the mayor of the city of
Winter Garden to honor Mr. Larry Cappleman for his leadership on the community redevelopment agency and CRA Advisory Board and his commitment to Winter Garden’s revitalization, and I urge all citizens to join in paying tribute to him,” Rees read. Winter Garden merchants, SEE COMMISSION PAGE 8
Students engage in 2016 brain battle. SEE PAGE 3