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Achieving the im-pasta-ble Windermere resident Jerry Bello took ordinary pasta and created a snack chip. SEE PAGE 13.

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YOUR TOWN TIM TEBOW’S NIGHT TO SHINE

Night to Shine, a prom-night experience for people 14 and older with special needs, is Friday, Feb. 10, at churches around the country, including First Baptist Church Windermere, 300 Main St. It is sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation.

The event will include a red-carpet entrance with paparazzi, limousine rides, hair and makeup stations, shoe shines, a dance floor and food. To participate or volunteer, visit bit.ly/2ke8h25.

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Ben Irmscher, back, supervises the students he is teaching during their lesson on acid rain.

Last week, eighth-graders at Holy Family Catholic School took the top spots in every classroom as part of National Catholic Schools Week.

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Jim and Mary Lou Maynes are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year. The Mayneses were married Feb. 4, 1967, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

The couple, formerly of Windermere/Dr. Phillips, moved recently to Omaha, Nebraska, to be closer to their grandchildren.

Daughters of the pair are Jennifer Morton (and husband Dave) and Heather Gunn (and husband Dan).

They have three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Wait a minute — I don’t see everyone sitting first-grade

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style,” Bella Scoma said to the class she was teaching at Holy Family Catholic School.

The first-graders immediately

turned around in their chairs, folding their hands neatly on top of their desks.

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Jesse Poon and Cabot Zarn observe the pre-kindergarten students they were teaching as they color a picture.

“That’s much better,” Bella said.

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Windermere seeks time capsule ideas.

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FOOD TRUCK FRENZY 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at Bridgewater Middle School, 5600 Tiny Road, Winter Garden.

Enjoy a meal or snack from one of 11 food trucks: Treehouse Truck, Sweet Chicks Concessions, Jillycakes, SMAC, Philly’s Best Cheesesteaks, Papa Johns, Voodoo Kitchen, Panda Express, Jour de Crepe and Cricketeers Pub. A percentage of the sales are being donated back to the PTSO. Guests can take a lawn chair and enjoy a movie, too. (407) 905-3710.

KIDS SALE 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, and Friday, Feb. 10; and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at The Pines of Windermere, 3409 Maguire Road, Windermere. This seasonal upscale consignment sale offers a variety of sizes and styles for children. Thekidsale.biz.

LOVE MONSTER 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Drop in for a sweet time with monster love crafts and activities. Ages 3 to 12.

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WEST ORANGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN FEDERATED 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at the West Orange Country Club, 3300 West Orange Country Club Drive, Winter Garden. Guest speaker is John Zweifel, curator to the White House since the end of World War II. Lunch is $20.

RSVP to Rebecca Mellen, (407) 230-5968 or rebeccatmellen@ gmail.com.

WINDERMERE GARDEN CLUB 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at Windermere Town Hall, 520 Main St. Presentation on gardening and planting by Robert Bowden, director of Leu Gardens. Peggy, (407) 876-4239.

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LOVE CRAWL 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, starting at Robyn Michelle Salon, 31 S. Main St., Suite C, Winter Garden. The event includes shopping, beauty and art, with complimentary wine and appetizers all night, and includes stops at Waxing Room, Kaebisch Chocolate, Victor Russell, Wildflower by Jessica, Sophisticated Closet and Celebrity Medical Center. The event is free, but passes must be picked up at Robyn Michelle Salon. (678) 699-1480 or wgpanache@gmail.com.

SCIENCE OF PARENTHOOD Noon Friday, Feb. 10, at the Windermere Library, 520 Main St. Enjoy a reading by co-author Norine Dworkin-McDaniel (“Science of Parenthood: Thoroughly Unscientific Explanations for Utterly Baffling Parenting Situations”) as she offers funny answers for such universally mystifying questions as why do children grow up so fast yet “Candy Land” drags on so slowly? scienceofparenthood. com.

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BEE MY VALENTINE 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. The buzz is all about Valentine’s Day. Join in Valentine’s stories and crafts. Ages 6 to 12.

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From left: Daniel Petlina, Gilson Castillo, Thomas Corry, Taryn Gilgallon and Shanice Rivera show off the design of the hoodies the club donated to Matthew’s Hope.

Olympia High School students warm winter, hearts with donated hoodies GABBY BAQUERO STAFF WRITER

Somewhere in Winter Garden, 16 individuals who receive aid from Matthew’s Hope are wearing a new hoodie courtesy of 20 thoughtful students involved in the Engineering Club at Olympia High School.

The black hoodies, presented in a big box to Barry Atland from the organization on Thursday, Feb. 2, were a surplus the club had bought two years ago.

“We have all these different things for the Engineering Club,” said Taryn Gilgallon, a member of the club. “We have pillows, shirts and then we have hoodies, and we had a lot of extras.”

What to do with the extra hoodies became a topic of discussion during a club meeting

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last semester. Considering the $25 price of each hoodie, they had initially considered selling them to regain some of money spent, but the coming cold weather invited a better idea.

“And so we thought, ‘Well, it’s Christmastime; it’s the holidays,” club adviser Thomas Corry said. “What can we do that’s meaningful and can make an impact on people’s lives?’ And so that’s how we came up with the idea.”

After brainstorming, the club decided to recuperate some of the money via a fundraiser so they could donate the hoodies to Matthew’s Hope. The students printed fliers and then went door to door in their neighborhoods to hand them out.

“We didn’t quite make enough to pay for the cost of the hoodies, but we wanted to donate them to

the cause anyway because it’s a good cause, and we were able to make a meaningful impact in people’s lives,” said Corry, who helps homeless people outside of school on a volunteer basis.

Corry hopes the experience made a positive impact on the students and encourages them to get involved.

“I work with homeless and some drug-addicted people outside of a school on a volunteer basis as well, but I didn’t get involved in that until I was in my 40s,” Corry said. “And I wish I were more involved when I was their age, so if this can open their eyes a little bit … and give them a glimpse into the reality that people with these issues go through, then that would be great.”

Contact Gabby Baquero at gbaquero@orangeobserver.com.

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Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson, Marilyn Johnson, Winter Garden Mayor John Rees and Linda Rees all attended the Big Orange Awards.

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Chamber Past Chairman Rob Maphis presented the Small Business Member of the Year award to Aflac’s Denise Fisher.

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Former Orange County Commissioner Scott Boyd, left, and Oakland Mayor Kathy Stark, right, caught up with John Rinehart, one of the Big Orange Award winners.

undreds of members of the West Orange community enjoyed an evening at Disney’s Contemporary Resort for the West Orange Chamber of Commerce’s annual Big Orange Awards on Friday, Feb. 3.

The evening is meant to recognize community members, businesses and elected officials who are involved with the Chamber and help make a difference in the community every day. Guests in attendance enjoyed a cocktail hour, dinner and a silent auction.

They also cheered on their peers who won awards during the ceremony.

Heather Fraga and Lisa Bennett were happy to be at the Big Orange Awards.

After flying in from Washington, D.C., Friday afternoon, Congressman Daniel Webster arrived at the Big Orange Awards ceremony just in time to receive the Danniel J. Petro — “The Bright Future of West Orange” Award.

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Student takeover

Observer “If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

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Matthew Vo, back, helps a student with his science experiment on acid rain.

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Mackenzie Donohue helps a first-grader pair the word he is holding with its correct opposite match.

Bella Fogarty, left, and Keely Fallon took over a fourth-grade classroom at Holy Family Catholic School on Feb. 2.

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The teachers and administrators in the back of the room smiled as they watched the three eighthgrade girls at the front board continue with their lessons.

On Thursday, Feb. 2, it was the eighth-grade class’ time to shine as students took over every classroom at Holy Family. It’s a tradition that dates back to the school’s 1996 inception as part of National Catholic Schools Week.

THE PREP WORK

The eighth-grade students and teachers had been preparing for weeks for this day. First, students were given the opportunity to choose their teaching partners.

From there, each team chose an age group — primary, elementary or middle — they wanted to teach.

After finalizing their groups, the eighth-graders wrote letters to and met the teachers whose classes they would be taking over.

Finally, it was time to begin preparation for their lessons.

“We’ve spent about a week on this,” said Ben Irmscher, who helped teach the science lab. “We watched the video and wrote down the lesson plan. Then we wrote about how we were going to teach the lesson and what we were going to do for it.”

It was hard work and a lot of responsibility to handle, but they finally got to put their lessons and class-management plans to action. A few hours into the day, many of the student teachers’ classes were running smoothly, although they quickly realized how much work goes into teaching.

“Getting them to listen has been challenging,” said Kaitlyn Prihoda, who helped take over the music classes. “We do clapping and things like that, but they’re still kids so we try mixing

WHAT IS NATIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK? NCSW has been an annual celebration since 1974 of the Catholic education in the United States.

It always starts the last Sunday in January and runs the rest of the week. Some schools observe the week with special Masses, open houses and fun activities for students and the school and parish communities.

According to the National Catholic Educational Association, schools use the events to focus on “the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to our church, our communities and our nation.”

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fun with control and try to get a balance between that.”

Her teaching partner and friend, Hayleigh Jusas, echoed her sentiments, adding that keeping students’ attention is a challenge in and of itself.

“It’s been fun so far, but it’s a lot harder than we imagined,” Hayleigh said. “We’ve got to give the teachers credit, especially (because) we’ve (been teaching) the tiny ones. The kids make it enjoyable for us.”

Music teacher Tim Conyers added that classroom and behavioral management is the first and one of the most important steps when teaching a group of children.

“They (the students) may be a teacher one day, they’ll probably be a parent one day, and they really get to understand what it’s like on the other side of the experience in education,” Conyers said.

“It’s really a great learning opportunity for them. They might be teaching, if not kids, maybe adults someday, or they might be managing adults someday.”

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE

Throughout the morning, Lucretia Head, an eighth-grade language arts teacher, was pleasantly reminded of just how much responsibility the students can handle as she watched them run their classes. It’s all part of the end goal of preparing them for life, she said.

“Next year they’re in high school, so every step we do here is to try to groom them to become more independent and responsible for themselves,” Head said.

“I think it’s good experience — they’re acting like adults. That’s the whole goal, to try to get them ready for their future experiences in life.”

Many of the student teachers were enjoying the classroom takeover, but most said they have other plans for their futures — performing arts, design, engineering and other industries

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among them. However, some are not counting out teaching careers just yet.

“I’ve been wanting to take over the school ever since I was a little kid, and I saw them (the older kids) taking over,” said Daniel Hernandez, who helped take over the science lab. “I thought it would be the most fun thing ever. I’ve been wanting to try this because maybe (one day) I would be a teacher, I don’t know. It (the takeover) just opened an opportunity to see what it would be like if you wanted to be a teacher.”

And for Principal Sister Dorothy Sayers, who has been at the school since its inception, it’s even more rewarding to see the kids she remembers as preschoolers and kindergartners mature over their years of growth at HFCS and take on leadership roles.

“It’s very rewarding, because we’re raising them to go into the world and be good citizens,” she said. “We want them to really put their best foot forward, and always for the greater honor and glory of God. I tell them, ‘Whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability — don’t go halfway, don’t even go 100%, go more and give of your best.’

“I’m very proud of them,” Sayers said. “Some of them are really out of their comfort level, but they’ve got to dare to do it — that takes courage.”

Contact Danielle Hendrix at dhendrix@orangeobserver.com.

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Students performed for the crowd and then everyone gathered around the ceremonial dirt pile and took turns plunging gold shovels into the mound and tossing the dirt in the air.

The original OHES was built in 1974 with a capacity of 322; there are currently 521 students enrolled. Oak Hill was No. 96 on the list of 136 aging schools that citizens voted in 2002 to replace as part of the district’s half-penny sales tax. This tax was renewed in 2014.

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Students grabbed the gold shovels, stuck them in the ground and tossed a bit of dirt Wednesday, Jan. 25, to signify the groundbreaking of a new and upgraded Oak Hill Elementary School.

The ceremony, however, was also a construction update, as the school is already 40% complete and on time for an August opening.

“It means a lot because with the new schools comes excitement, along with the technological advances,” Principal Dr. June P. Jones said. “The teachers are excited, and the students are excited. It’s bittersweet to see the building torn down, but there are so many great opportunities on the new campus.”

Dr. Barbara Jenkins, superintendent of Orange County Public Schools, was among the guest speakers. She told the students in attendance to say “19.8 million” and then told them that was how many dollars it would take to build the new school.

“It means your parents and the community think you are worth every penny,” she said. “All of this is for you.”

She also got a commitment from the students to take care of their new facility.

Kat Gordon, Orange County School Board Member Kat Gordon spoke, as well.

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Mayor Gary Bruhn’s push to bury a town time capsule in April scheduled to be opened in 2050 has received approval from the Historic Preservation Board.

Now Bruhn is hard at work surfing the web for companies to purchase a durable capsule that can preserve items suggested for inclusion by town residents.

So far, the mayor has set his eyes on capsules from Future Packaging and Preservation, which manufactures watertight, rustresistant containers that include preservation kits and a 12-by-12 outdoor plaque. The two-footdeep capsule, which comes in either bronze or stainless steel, would measure 16 by 16 inches.

The cost for the stainlesssteel option is about $1,500, and the bronze option is about $200 more. Funding for the capsule will be pulled from the profits of the Windermere Wine & Dine held Jan. 28.

While the matter of the capsule material is settled, the town invites residents to offer their ideas for items to include in the capsule via a Facebook page, fb.com/WindermereTime Capsule. All suggestions, Bruhn advised, should represent the modern mood and lifestyle of the town.

Contact Gabby Baquero at gbaquero@orangeobserver.com.

Suggestions for 2017 town time capsule

The town is considering what items that represent the town’s residents and lifestyles in this era should be included in the 2017 Windermere time capsule.

SUGGESTIONS FROM TOWN LEADERSHIP n An iPhone n A letter from Mayor Gary Bruhn to the future mayor listing their accomplishments, goals and issues — Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn

n Items connected with the Trump campaign n Popular wearables, i.e. fitness tracker, smart watch — Windermere Councilman John Armstrong

n Town Charter n Town Budget for 2017 n Population for Windermere 2017 — Windermere Councilwoman Molly Rose

n My officer Robbie German Challenge Coin — Windermere Councilman Jim O’Brien

n A copy of the Windermere Observer that covers the March 14 election where the Charter Amendment is being decided n A copy of a local grocery store ad to show how food prices have changed n A picture of the current Windermere Town office buildings — Windermere Councilman Bob McKinley

n Memorial police coin in remembrance of officer Robbie German — Windermere Police Chief David Ogden

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ARTS + CULTURE HEAR THIS “It’s a passion. It’s part of our culture; it originates from where we are from. …

We get to tell a story while we dance on stage.” — Nikhita Toleti

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Students of the Natyatharu Performing Arts School will perform their annual recital Sunday, Feb. 12, at Olympia High School.

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ART Students of the Natyatharu Performing Arts School learn Bharathanatyam, a 4,000-year-old Indian dance. The school will host its fourth annual recital Sunday.

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For months and years, the students of the Natyatharu Performing Arts School have practiced the movements and expressions.

“It’s a passion,” Nikhita Toleti said. “It’s part of our culture; it originates from where we are from.”

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Now the students are preparing for their annual recital, which will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at Olympia High School.

“We get to tell a story while we dance on stage,” Toleti said.

Although many of the students are fairly new to the nearly 4,000-year-old Indian dance, the school’s founder, Daveena Langton, has danced it her entire life.

Although Langton hails from Sri Lanka and not India, she began learning Bharathanatyam at the early age of 3 or 4 because she was intrigued by the art form.

“I was really fascinated with the stories and the stuff they were doing,” Langton said.

Once she started, she just couldn’t stop.

Langton studied the dance throughout her childhood and eventually went on to dance at several performing arts schools to complete her professional Bharathanatyam training. After completing her training, she went on to study Kathak and Kuchupudi — two other classical Indian dance forms.

But it was the dance itself — not the religious aspect of it — that held Langton’s interest over the years.

“Even though it comes from the (Hindu) religion, it’s more like an art,” she said. “Anybody can enjoy it.”

But Langton still keeps a dancing Shiva figurine in one corner of her studio as a reminder of the dance’s origin.

As one of eight classical Indian dance forms, Bharathanatyam is the foundation of all the dances, which is why Langton teaches only Bharathanatyam to her students.

“It’s a very ancient dance,” she said. “It started as a solo dance, then later became a group performance, like stage performance.”

The dance itself is intricate layers of body movements, hand gestures and expressions that go hand-in-hand with Sanskrit songs that tell old stories that

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have been passed down through generations.

“People could relate to it,” Langton said. “Now, it’s kind of changed so people like to watch groups (of dancers instead of a solo dancer).”

For many of the students, learning the dance and stories help them connect with their culture, while the songs help them learn and understand Sanskrit.

“When you hear the stories (when you’re traveling in India), you know what they are and what they mean,” said Tanvi Chirumamilla.

But remembering all the steps and gestures is one of the hardest parts of learning the dance.

“We learn how expressions go with the songs and moves,” Chirumamilla said.

In addition to the traditional Bharathanatyam dance, Langton also teaches students an Indian fusion dance that consists solely of the Bharathanatyam steps.

“It’s more contemporary,” she said. “And everyone can enjoy it.”

Classes are taught on the weekends, and Langton teaches children from ages 5 all the way though high school. But the classes don’t feel like teaching to her, she said.

“For me, it’s like I’m living through them,” Langton said. “I usually dance with them, so it’s more like a family.”

Contact Brittany Gaines at bgaines@orangeobserver.com.

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This recent election has thrown everyone for a loop.

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As more and more protests mount and as social media continues to send out a negative vibe, it can be difficult to see the light or positivity that we, as humans, thrive on. So, as

Valentine’s Day approaches, I write to all of you with a remedy, love. Whether you support Donald Trump or not, quit refreshing your Facebook feeds and groaning at the actions or words of others and instead look up and see the love in the world.

The world seems like it’s covered by a constant raincloud and it seems like the country is more divided now then ever.

However, while we can’t all agree on the leader of our country or his politics, we can all agree on the little things. We can all agree on how good it feels to pull up to a fast food restaurant and find

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opular career paths in 2017 include nurses, accountants, physicians and web developers. However there seems to be more and more of a gap when it comes to custom made items.

Custom artistry is an avenue a lot of young people don’t consider as a career option anymore because

of modern technology, ready made items and shifting work patterns. Careers like jewelers and carpenters are now considered to be lost arts.

Local jeweler Alex Ramos owns and operates Plantation Jewelers located on Plant Street in historic downtown Winter Garden. Ramos has over 30 years in the business and is noticing a decline in finding quality makers to join his team who know the craft. According to

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out our food as been paid by the person in front of us. We can all agree how amazing it feels to take the first sip of that blessed coffee in the morning. We can all agree on how great it feels to laugh, to cry, to hug, and to love with those most special to us.

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Ramos there are 3 ways to learn this art. It’s typical for jewelers to enter this career path if it’s in “the family business” which is true for Ramos. Other options are schooling and apprenticeships. A lot of people take for granted that each piece of jewelry Ramos designs & hand makes is completely customized using a variety of tools and techniques. He likened the

Work is just for adults, right?

Wrong! Many kids are making big bucks with their creative ideas and Ocoee resident, Menu Hamlett is no exception.

Menu is an 11-year-old with plans to open a bakery one day.

And not just any bakery - Menu wants to cater to vegan, gluten free, allergy and non-dairy diets. But why wait till she’s a grown up?

A c c o rd i n g to local Accountant Wendy Byrd, people can start their own business at any age. Your ideas, talents and even chores can make a great business. Bryd has a few tips that may help Menu and even the entrepreneur in you! #1 The big idea: Brainstorm and consider all of the things you love to do. The business name is an important factor - it’s necessary for people to immediately know what service you provide. #2 Pick an audience: Starting off, Menu’s audience would probably be people with dietary restrictions. #3 Others like you: According to Wendy Byrd, for Menu’s Bakery - her immediate competition can be found at a local farmers market. Wendy recommends that she connect with someone at a bake stand to interview them about their company. “Because you know what people like to talk about the most; themselves.” #4 Finalize the details of your business plan: To ensure the growth of business all company starters must have a business plan. For this you can use your research to create a valuable tool highlighting goals and steps to achieve tasks. Online tools include liveplan.com and the U.S. Small Business Administration at sba.gov #5 Buying supplies: Menu explains that she may

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“With custom woodwork you’re building something the customer wants. Everything is tailored for a particular space, size and style and having something in your home that is custom made is a treasure you can pass on to the next generation.”

Micah says custom work is definitely becoming a lost art due to the time and patience of true craftsmanship.

So the next time you’re out shopping don’t take for granted the handmade piece of chocolate in the display case, the custom ring your wear on your left hand ring finger or the table you have a meal at.

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In the West Orange area, shoppers have a lot of local farms to choose from. From the Bekemeyer Family Farms off Story Road who offer hydroponic strawberry picking and fresh picked vegetables, to Lake Meadows in Ocoee who specialize in cage free chicken eggs and fresh poultry- there’s something local for every diet.

Even local Ocoee U-Pick farm, Tom West Blueberries specializes in U-Pick blueberries, jams,

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need all kinds of natural baking ingredients and supplies to start her inventory of goods. #6 Spread the word: Now you have a plan so let people know about it! Consider social media as an immediate outlet.

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It is often said that death and taxes are the only two things unavoidable in life. And while we can plan for taxes, death is both unavoidable and unpredictable, often leaving a multitude of strings left untied. For pet owners, the fate of a pet is a very serious string that is sometimes left hanging when someone passes.

The healthcare organization Cornerstone Hospice and Palliative Care has created a program to help tie up this string called Pet Peace of Mind.

Cornerstone Hospice, which covers Lake, Sumpter, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Highlands, and Hardy counties, was the first chapter to offer Pet Peace of Mind in Florida. The local chapter is led by the volunteer services manager at Cornerstone, Kristine Murtz.

“People at work know me as the crazy animal lady. If you called Cornerstone and said “I need to talk to the animal lady” they would send your call to me.” laughed Murtz when asked to explain why she was so passionate about the Pet Peace of Mind program.

The local Cornerstone chapter is large. It serves 1,250 patients a day, has almost 1,000 volunteers and nearly 900 employees. Many of these volunteers are animal lovers and use their time to help take care of patients’ pets.

“We even have animal volunteers. So we have pet therapy teams visit long-term care facilities, nursing homes, assisted living. And magic happens when animals come in the room. The pet therapy dogs will go in with patients and make them smile.” explained Murtz. “Volunteers also do things like walk dogs, scoop kitty litter boxes, deliver food, drive pets to and from the vet or the groomer, take pets to their new home, do reference checks for adoptions, things like that.”

Throughout the years, Murtz has dealt with a wide variety of animals in her running of the Pet Peace of Mind chapter. Patients have dogs of all sizes, cats, birds, pigs, chickens, roosters, and even donkeys! It’s clear that the program keeps one on their toes.

The needs of every pet and owner are different, too. While some just need help taking care of their animals, others leave this world without a plan for their beloved pets. As a result, the job of finding a good and happy home for the pets falls on Murtz and her team.

“We’re not a rescue, but we

Finally Wendy Byrd recommends that entrepreneurs be patient with their plans and remember that friendly service is a great way to earn loyal customers. Now put the pen down and start bringing your dreams to life!

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Pet Peace of Mind Pets are family too - have you thought about their future?

honey and even honey butter.

Yum! Shoppers can find hyper local produce in local markets like the Farmacy in downtown Winter Garden or can go direct to the farmers themselves.

Farming as a trade and business is often kept in the family and that story is the same for Scott West of Tom West Blueberries.

Scott West relates to the early origins of the farm as his grandfather started on the land with only a few orange trees.

Scott’s father took over the business and added groves.

Once the freeze came in and the business started to slow it was young Scott’s idea to bring in the blueberries. Today, he and his 2 sisters run the farm and are just starting their 6th season.

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will assist patients and families with rehoming their pets while still trying to keep them together as long as possible,” said Murtz.

“So, that human-animal bond we respect and have emphasized can remain strong throughout care.

We make sure to bug all of our staff and ask “Are there any pets in the home, are there any pets in the home?” to make sure that every animal is safe and cared for.”

No matter the scenario, the employees at Cornerstone Hospice always work hard to make sure the needs of both their patients and their patients’ pets are cared for.

“When someone knows you don’t just care about them but that you also care about their kitty cat, that just makes you closer.

And that’s why the main focus of our program is to make sure that,

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no matter what breed, owner and pet can stay together.” said Murtz.

GET INVOLVED If you would like to adopt one of their pets in need of a home, are in need of their services, or wish to volunteer, you can contact Kristine Murtz: Phone: (352) 742-6895 Web: cshospice.org Facebook: Cornerstone Hospice Pet Peace of Mind

And so, when the sky turns gray and I can only see darkness and disagreement ahead, I look around and realize all the beautiful things I have in my life. I think about the love I have for my dogs as they run at the door and greet me when I come home for school. I think of my smile when my superstitious dad yells out “Drive safe” every time I leave the house.

I think of how free I feel when I’m driving with my friends, blasting the Glee version of “Forget You” or swinging as high as we can at the park.

I think of how often my stomach hurts from laughing because of the wonderfully sarcastic and opinionated people in my life. And I think of how safe and loved I feel every time my mom comes and gives me that random hug or kiss.

So, while I can’t guarantee that every day is going to be a good day or that you’ll be happy with how others act, I can promise you that if you take the time to look around at all that you have in your life, the constant worries and fears of others actions will melt away. Because, while you can’t control others actions or reactions, you can control yours.

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trade to blacksmithing on a very small and detailed scale - which Ramos actually “tinkers” with from time to time at home.

One of Ramos’ first creations, a scuba dive tank pendant made out of pure gold can still be found in his shop 30 years later among stunning treasures from grandfather clocks to engagement rings.

Just down the street from Ramos’ shop, local chocolatier Anna Kaebisch considers her trade a lost art. “These days people are focusing only on making quick money (not passion), we need more people to be more inclined to doing these lost arts” shares Kaebisch. Kaebisch started to make her own candy in her home country Brazil when she was 8- years-old. This passion led her to open up her chocolate shop located in Winter Garden.

Kaebisch is a self taught maker and fuses a lot of her Brazilian heritage into her creations like her handmade Caipirinha infused chocolate pieces.

Family influence and heritage was a big motivation for woodworker Micah Robinson, owner of Crafted in Florida. Robinson is a local carpenter who got into the business because both of his grandfathers have a heavy background in carpentry. Robinson’s grandfather built his home from the ground up and made a career out of woodworking. He introduced his passion to his grandson, so you can say it’s in Micah’s DNA as his talent comes naturally. This is a passion for Robinson as every day is a different challenge and the satisfaction of seeing a customer loving their new farm table, custom headboard or other types of wood decor is a priceless feeling for him.

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“It’s really good,” Bello said. “It just hits the spot and brings me back to my childhood.”

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“They took the scraps and cut them into squares,” the Windermere resident said about seeing their process of creating the appetizer. As a entrepreneur in the food industry, Bello saw major potential in the idea.

“It was a cool concept,” he said.

“It’s was a great way to bring new flavors to the U.S. market.”

Today, Bello is founder and CEO of Pasta Chips. But he wasn’t always in the food creation business. Born and raised in New Jersey, Bello attended school for pharmacy. After graduation, he became involved in work providing care for terminally ill patients.

“We were dealing with the most sickly of the sick,” Bello said. “The emotional side was tough, and we weren’t affecting change.”

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Most recently, Jerry Bello has added Bow Ties to his line of Italian-inspired munch-ables.

“I was looking for something to do that was similar, and I somehow stumbled on the idea of food and food processing,” he said.

His first foray into the industry was with Mama Says Biscotti, which produced biscotti with messages hidden inside.

“Some were wisdom; some were witty,” Bello said.

After Nonni’s Food Company purchased his business in 2005, Bello had excess time. That led to the creation of veggie straws and another new company called Sensible Portions.

“We were making 45 million pounds of food, and 90% of them were veggie straws,” Bello said.

He sold the company in 2010 and became a consultant for companies in the food production industry.

The primary line of Pasta Chips is a flat farfalle shape and is meant to be eaten with dipping sauces, such as marinara sauce or Alfredo sauce. So far, Bello and his team have developed eight different chip flavors, including rosemary, marinara and spinachbroccoli-kale.

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ROSA LEANDRA GUEVARA, 86, of Winter Garden, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Marvin C. Zanders Funeral Home Inc., Apopka.

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EDDIE SYLVESTER JOHNSON JR., 86, of Windermere, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. Loomis Family Cremations, Orlando.

ROSEMARIE MORALES, 64, of Ocoee, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Winter Oak Funeral Home & Cremations, Winter Garden.

DANIEL K. NEDD, 63, of Oakland, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Postell’s Mortuary, Pine Hills.

CONSTANZA S. PACHECO, 71, of Windermere, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. Winter Oak Funeral Home & Cremations, Winter Garden.

RICHARD TELLONE, 81, of Windermere, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Winter Oak Funeral Home & Cremations, Winter Garden.

CONLEY KEITH THORNTON, 64, of Winter Garden, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home, Winter garden.

GERALDINE E. WALSH, 83, of Ocoee, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2017.

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The driver next door 5 Windermere resident Shea Holbrook is a professional race car driver who competes in the Pirelli World Challenge and heads her own, four-car team: Shea Racing.

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District tournaments for boys basketball are ongoing this week, with district championships scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10. The District 9A-5 Tournament, hosted at Oak Ridge High, includes Dr. Phillips (17-8) and Olympia (10-14), and the District 5A-6 Tournament, hosted at Lake Highland Prep, includes Windermere Prep (16-9).

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The Olympia girls water polo team took first place at the St. Andrew’s Tournament in Boca Raton last weekend.

The Titans defeated Boone, Winter Park, Gulliver and St. Andrew’s by a combined score of 51-7.

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The Dr. Phillips girls lacrosse team scored a thunderous victory in its preseason opener Feb. 2, defeating Winter Park 21-12. Elyse Decker, a senior Penn commit for the Panthers, scored seven goals.

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The Olympia boys soccer team concluded its season in the regional quarterfinal round of the FHSAA Class 5A State Playoffs. TheTitans were defeated by Seminole High (Sanford) Feb. 1, 3-2, in overtime.

Olympia finished with a 193-4 record.

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Connor Smallwood, a senior goalkeeper and captain for the Freedom High boys soccer team, was recognized as our Observer Preps Athlete of the Week for his role in the Patriots’ thrilling district tournament wins. For more, visit ObserverPreps. com.

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hea Holbrook really likes living in downtown Windermere.

Living just blocks from the town’s center with her fiancé, Nick Chorley, she enjoys walking her dog, Kona, through Windermere’s famous aesthetic of big trees and dirt roads.

“I love Windermere,” Holbrook said. “This is the best place to live in all of Florida.”

For neighbors whom Holbrook might casually greet while on her adventures walking Kona, it would be hard to guess her day job.

That’s because Holbrook, who likes to think of herself as just the “girl next door in Windermere,” is a professional race-car driver — and a rather successful one. At 26, Holbrook is a mainstay on the Pirelli World Challenge with her own four-car team, Shea Racing.

She has six wins to her credit in her career, along with 33 finishes in the top-five, and she has even dabbled in IHRA Jet Racing. Holbrook has been featured by ESPN W, regularly competes in televised races on NBC Sports Network or CBS Sports Network, and was the subject of a national commercial for TrueCar in 2014.

Even more recently, Holbrook got some ink in the Saturday edition of the Wall Street Journal for her role in helping Denise Mueller ride a bicycle faster than any woman in history.

Holbrook served as the pacing driver for Mueller as she reached a speed of as high as 147.75 mph — all the while, just inches separated Holbrook’s Range Rover from Mueller.

For Holbrook, whose general fearlessness has enabled her meteoric career arc, it was a different kind of scary knowing an error could dramatically harm someone else.

“We referred to it as a like a dance or waltz,” Holbrook said, explaining her role in pacing Mueller. “It can be terrifying.”

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Shea Holbrook, a Windermere resident, became a professional race car driver after falling in live with motorsports at the age of 15. She is also an avid entrepreneur.

More than just being a successful woman in a maledominated sport, Holbrook’s rise is more impressive when considering how late she SEE EMBRACING PAGE 16

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Dallas Torres In addition to amassing three top-five finishes in just two years of competitive youth golf, Dallas Torres, 10, won a US Kid Golf event at Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club in Orlando Oct. 23 in a playoff. Torres, who plays and trains out of Orange County National and is coached by Michael McMillan, also recently shot his first under-par round — a one-under-par 35 — and was a regional qualifier in the 2016 Drive, Chip & Putt Championship.

How long have you been playing golf, and how did you get started?

About two years, and it started because I love the game and I love being on the course.

How many tournaments have you played in, and of which performance are you most proud?

I’ve played in maybe 60.

I’m most proud of the one I won in the playoff at Sanctuary Ridge.

The Titans won their third consecutive district championship last week with a lopsided win against Oak Ridge.

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The Olympia Titans outscored its two opponents in the District 9A-5 Tournament last week 115-64 en route to a third consecutive district championship.

For the team’s strong performance, it was rewarded with an opportunity to avenge its firstround playoff exit from a season ago. The Titans (14-9) will host Lithia’s Newsome High (15-9) at 7 p.m. Thursday in the regional quarterfinals of the FHSAA Class 9A State Playoffs.

The two teams met on Olympia’s home floor a little over a year ago, on Feb. 4, 2016, with Newsome scoring the 46-38 victory.

The Titans have won their past four games, including the victories in the district tournament.

Oak Ridge, which finished as runner-up, will travel to take on Tampa’s Alonso High in its respective regional quarterfinal game. Oak Ridge was responsible for ending the season of Dr. Phillips, the district tournament’s host team, in a 57-55 thriller in which Tiffany Tolbert’s 21 points were not quite enough to get the Panthers over the top Feb. 1 in the district semifinals.

Dr. Phillips finished the season with an 8-17 record.

focused — you can’t think you won. You’ve got to stay focused and play.

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My putting — I can sink a lot of putts from about 10 feet.

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Math. I’m really good at it, and it’s pretty easy for me.

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My favorite golfer is Jordan Spieth.

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For Olympia, Taylor Hair scored 20 points in a 47-28 district semifinal victory against Cypress Creek and Rebecca Huggins had 17 points to pair with 13 points from Gigi Tirone in the Titans’ 68-36 win in the district final Feb. 3.

WARRIORS RETURN TO PLAYOFFS

The West Orange Warriors will return to the state playoffs for the first time since 2014 after finishing as runner-up in the District 9A-3 Tournament last week.

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started. Growing up in the Groveland area of Lake County, Holbrook was a nationallyranked water skier as a youth. It wasn’t until a chance opportunity to ride along in the Richard Petty Driving Experience back in 2005 that racing even popped up on her radar.

“It was, at the time, the coolest experience I had ever had,” Holbrook said. “There was a different type of fire in my gut with that experience and that’s kind of what piqued my interest.”

So, Holbrook made the switch, but at age 15, she was miles behind her soon-to-be competition, many of whom were racing go-karts when they were toddlers.

Add to that that she and her family really only had a friend of the family to lean on for knowledge of the motorsports world, and it became clear that Holbrook was going to have to swim against the tide for a bit.

“I became like a super-fan in a day,” Holbrook said. “I really didn’t know what I was doing …

I relied a lot on listening.”

Holbrook remembers attending conventions to pass business cards to would-be sponsors who were, as she recalls, eager to avoid a teenage girl with little besides enthusiasm and a firm handshake.

It was then that Holbrook got in the habit of “creating opportunities” — a quality that has served her well since.

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The Warriors will travel to take on Colonial (16-10) in a regional quarterfinal game Thursday.

Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@orangeobserver.com.

have no background and you’re late in the game,’” Holbrook said. “Every time somebody said that to me, I was like, ‘Why not?’ … My mentality is, ‘I’m a doer.’”

TAKING THE WHEEL

Fast-forward through some breakout performances and seasons, and Holbrook’s Shea Racing team has just become the anchor team for Honda Performance Development’s touring car division in North America — a significant goal that she had focused on for the past three years.

The evolving partnership with Honda, as well as her many sponsors such as BUBBA Burger, is another avenue aof which the Windermere resident is especially proud. As someone who is incredibly hands-on in crafting her brand and the business side of her team, Holbrook considers herself and entrepreneur as much as a race-car driver.

“I enjoy that (part) so much to the point where, if I didn’t have the entrepreneurial spirit in myself, I wouldn’t be where I am today,” Holbrook said.

“I learned very early on that I needed to become a successful person in the business industry of motorsports.”

Holbrook and her team are excited for what’s to come in 2017, and as she returns to drive her Honda Accord for another season, it’s safe to say that — in one form or another — she’ll be creating opportunities.

Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@orangeobserver.com.

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It happened to a number local kids this past recruiting season, including Dr. Phillips’ standout two-way player, D.J. Charles.

Charles, a member of the Panthers’ vaunted Class of 2017, committed to Florida Atlantic in October and, for three months, that was what it was.

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to find a home for a talented football player, with phone calls and tape being being sent out by the minute.

“It’s extremely hectic, but the good thing that we have at Dr. Phillips is a good reputation of our players being successful at the next level,” Wells said. “So when it got out that these guys didn’t have a home where they were originally supposed to go, a lot of colleges came in.”

For Charles and Hogan, that meant going from being out in the cold to once again having their pick of suitors before each signed a National Letter of Intent Feb. 1 on Signing Day. Hogan chose Southern Illinois, a place where former Panthers such as Daquan Isom and Deionte Gaines have had success.

Charles chose Campbell, an FCS school that is preparing to transition from the Pioneer League to the Big South — and which made a killing in Central Florida the past few weeks.

The Camels also inked Ocoee High’s Dorian Jones, who had a situation similar to Charles’ at Georgia State, and Foundation Academy’s Lester Axson.

The three young men have a group chat ongoing and are all excited about their future as college football players.

“I was relieved, a lot,” Charles said. “It felt awesome (to fax in his NLI). Now, I’ve just got to finish out and get ready to go up to college.”

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At first, it appeared Charles may still have a home with the new staff. The assistant that had recruited him was kept around, but only for a time.

When he, too, was let go, the communication went silent — and Charles, who thought he had had his next step figured out, was suddenly in the cold.

“I felt kind of bad … kind of down,” Charles said. “I was kind of shocked, like, ‘I’m not going to sign on Signing Day.’” Unfortunately, Charles’ story isn’t terribly unique — even among his teammates at Dr. Phillips. Emare Hogan, a wide receiver, faced a similar situation after he committed to USF and then-head coach Willie Taggert left for Oregon.

“The amount of change in the college coaching staffs … there was change everywhere,” admitted veteran Dr. Phillips head coach Rodney Wells.

For players such as Charles and Hogan, who were highly recruited prior to their commitments, having scholarship offers fall through late in the game brings about another problem: Many of the schools that had shown interest in them or offered them a scholarship earlier in the recruiting process were, at that point, out of spots.

That’s where having a coach such as Wells can help.

“I teach my kids that everything is about relationships,” Wells said.

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