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pARTnership Windermere Preparatory School has partnered with The Juilliard School to enhance its curricula in music, dance and theater.

The MetroWest Master Association recognized five Orlando Police Department officers for their continued partnership with the master-planned community.

Officers AnnMarie Esan, Kurt Ludwig and Juan Pomales, detectives Chad Goodling and Shawn Chuman, and their supervisors, Lt. David Arenas and Sgt. Kelly Lowe, all received recognition.

“We look forward to a continued strong relationship with OPD and working with your commendable officers for the benefit of the communities we serve,” said MetroWest Public Safety Director Patricia Schmitt.

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tarting next school year, Windermere Preparatory School’s fine-arts

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Unlocked car thefts spike in West Orange

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Holy Family Catholic Church is seeking donations for its Flea Market Sale.

The sale will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, and Sunday, Feb. 21, inside the church social hall, 5125 S. ApopkaVineland Road, Orlando.

Those interested can donate any items new or used in good condition (no clothes, large appliances or furniture). Donors can bring their items Friday, Feb. 19, to be priced.

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WPS’ Austin Bergner keeps focus on the now.

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few years, the program will roll out to all Nord Anglia schools.

STAFF WRITER WEST ORANGE One

of the most frequent pieces of advice police give is to lock doors, and although the reference is usually to homes, local residents should take note that it applies to cars, too.

In fact, the only area municipality that has not seen a recent uptick in thefts from unlocked cars is Oakland, but Oakland Police Support Services Manager Stacie Quinn said that town still gets its share.

“A number of them have been to vehicles that have been left unlocked,” Quinn said. “Any unlocked car in any SEE BURGLARIES PAGE 4

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SEE PAGE 4 WANT TO LEARN MORE? Visit bit.ly/1NMjai0 to learn more about the collaboration between Nord Anglia Education and The Juilliard School.

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FRIDAY, FEB. 12

YOU R CALENDAR

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016

ARTSY FIVE SENSES 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Join us for this monthly event using your five senses and elements of art. Get ready to use texture, line, shape, color and more to create unique, creative and fun scientific crafts.

Attend the second Friday of each month through May. Ages 3 to 5. (407) 835-7323.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH NIGHT TO SHINE 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at First Baptist Church of Windermere, 300 Main St., Windermere. First Baptist Church Windermere is hosting Night to Shine, a prom for people with special needs, sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation.

To learn more

about the Tim Tebow Foundation, visit timtebowfoundation. org.

NEO-PLASTIC ART 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Learn to create your own art using the neo-plastic style of Dutch painter Piet Mondrian.

Ages 6 to 12. (407) 835-7323.

SATURDAY, FEB. 13

LOCOMOTION: HOW ANIMALS MOVE 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Children will observe skeletal features that define a particular type of movement, and then name and imitate that movement. Recommended for first and second grades.

Seating is limited. Registration recommended. For more information, call (407) 835-7323.

SUNDAY, FEB. 14

VALENTINE MOVIE NIGHT 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, at Windermere Town Hall, 520 Main St. For more information, visit town.windermere.fl.us.

MONDAY, FEB. 15

COOKIES & MILK WITH A COP 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 15, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Bring your kids to meet our local police officers for cookies and milk. Ages 3 to 12. (407) 835-7323.

SCIENCE TOTS 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 15, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. Science Tots introduces basic science concepts while having fun and making discoveries. Ages 3 to 5. Registration recommended.

(407) 835-7323.

THURSDAY, FEB. 18

EXTREME ANIMALS 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. View a showcase of exotic wildlife from all over the world that possess unique abilities. Presented by Extreme Animals, Inc. Seating is limited. (407) 835-7323.

HEALTHY LUNCHES FOR KIDS 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Learn how to save time during those busy mornings and how to avoid the usual lunch rut. For more information, visit awholenewlife.net.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17

WOMEN’S HEALTH & HORMONES 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. This seminar will provide true facts and help you make an informed decision on the various natural ways to help with PMS and menopause as well as the risks of hormone replacement therapies. (407) 835-7323.

A GIANT PROGRAM 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Get excited for an event of giant proportions with huge stories, activities and crafts. Ages 6 to 12. (407) 835-7323.

FRIDAY, FEB. 19

BABY BASH 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. Ages 0 to 2.

(407) 835-7323.

WRECKING BALL: BLOCK PLAY 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando.

Explore your favorite building and construction activities. Ages 4 to 7. (407) 835-7323

SATURDAY, FEB. 20

SUMMERPORT HEALTH AND WELLNESS FEST Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Summerport Village, Summerport Village Parkway.

This event will feature 30 different vendors from the healthand-wellness industry and family activities. There will be games for kids, a family fun run, dodgeball and more.

WINDERMERE ART AFFAIR 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Windermere Town Square, 520 Main St., Windermere. This event will feature more than 40 artists, music, food and performances.

For more, visit WindermereArtAffair.com.

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Christy Lynch, of Keene’s Pointe, will hold a grand celebration of Afrocentric cultures at the Rosen JCC for Black History Month.

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February means the middle of winter for everyone in the Northern Hemisphere, and for the United States, it also means Black History Month.

Christy Lynch, a Keene’s Pointe resident, wants the latter to mean something more in Orange County, with a grand occasion to mark it.

“I was born and raised in West Africa, and I just felt that the culture and the diversity is not as well-represented here in Central Florida,” Lynch said. “The Caribbean people have the big festivals and stuff, and I just believe that sharing the music, the art, the talent that is here — as far as those of us who are immigrants from Africa — would be a beautiful thing to do that time of the month.”

That time is 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20, to be specific, when Lynch will host the inaugural Afrocentric Orlando Event at the Rosen JCC gymnasium in Dr. Phillips as the founder of Hearts from Africa.

After a mix-and-mingle hour, the event will feature poetry, traditional music, exotic dances, an Ethopian coffee ceremony, drummers, other international performers, a multicultural fashion runway show, African arts and crafts, merchandise, a raffle and ethnic delicacies.

Featured guests include The Maisha Group from Congo, Yebi, Tim Babatunde Adebule, DJ 4Playa and special guest speaker Sen. Geraldine Thompson.

“When I call it afrocentric, I

incorporate not just your basic drum beat and the basic in-depth African art, but more ... African pop, which is like the new-age fusion now in places like Nigeria,” Lynch said. “I just want to give it something classy, take people away from the stereotype of what Africa is. When I tell people I’m from Africa, they always think of the jungle and the safari and stuff like that. So I just want to show them there’s more richness to it.”

Lynch hopes as many as 500 attendees can experience that richness, and based on proximity of the center to Interstate 4, she believes it will be easily accessible. Moreover, the center is a family-friendly neutral venue that will serve as an ideal space, she said.

This event will benefit The Wells’ Built Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in June 2009. In its 6,000 square feet, the museum houses African-Orlandoan memorabilia, African art and displays on the Civil Rights Movement in Orlando. Exhibits include a 1930s hotel guest room with authentic furniture, beading and decorations; the South Street Casino; the Chitlin’ circuit performance hall; and artifacts from Dr. William Monroe Wells, a prominent African American physician who arrived in Orlando in 1917.

He built a hotel in 1921 for those barred from segregated Florida hotels, with the South Street Casino and the performance hall soon thereafter.

But one word best describes the benefit Lynch wants for attendees of the Afrocentric Orlando Event.

“Enlightenment,” she said. “I want to enlighten people, basically. That is the core of it. I want to enlighten people to the beauty and diverse and rich culture of African art.”

Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@orangeobserver.com.

IF YOU GO WHEN: 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 20 WHERE: Rosen JCC, 11184 S. Apopka-Vineland Road, Orlando COST: $18 in advance, $25 at the door INFO: AfrocentricOrlandoEvent. eventbrite.com or (407) 552-5999

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The rezoning map would have nearly all Horizon West students redistricted to the relief high school. School Board members will cast their final votes in March.

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Board endorses relief school map ZAK KERR

Lots of arts, from performing to handmade crafts, will be part of the Afrocentric Orlando Event.

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Once the relief school for West Orange High opens next summer on Winter Garden-Vineland Road, Warrior Nation’s territory likely will shrink to include Oakland, virtually all of Winter Garden and snippets of Ocoee and unincorporated Orange County on the edges.

That includes McKinnon Road as part of the border, with a school split among various side roads shooting off it, such as Alysia Dickerson’s street.

“I’m not really in favor of one drawing or another, but I think it would be unfortunate to take homes that are in the Windermere community and carve them out and send them to a school that’s not their community,” Dickerson told Orange County School Board members at their Jan. 28 rule development workshop. “I’m not against West Orange. We’ve been happy there. … But right now, it’s a school that includes Winter Garden and Windermere. In the future, with the new lines, it will actually be a Winter Garden school — versus a Windermere school as far as community goes. … That, to me, is taking my children away from everyone they know.”

Board members met for the workshop to discuss the various options for rezoning Orange County Public Schools staff had presented earlier in January.

They decided to advertise Option 2, which further shrinks West Orange High’s zone by marking all homes south of Stoneybrook West Parkway and west of County Road 535 for the relief school.

That includes District 4 Board Member Pam Gould, who rep-

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resents most of West Orange County.

“Option 2 gives us some flexibility for growth there without hitting the ceiling too fast,” Gould said. She recommended staff look at a targeted rezoning of Dickerson’s neighborhood and see possible effects.

Option 2 would divide West Orange High from its relief school via a zigzag moving west from Lake Rhea to McKinnon Road but north of Lake Roberts Court, after which the boundary would follow McKinnon Road to Lake Butler Boulevard. The divider goes west on that road until C.R. 535, which it moves north along until it follows Stoneybrook West Parkway to its end at Avalon Road. West of that intersection, virtually all houses south of Lake Avalon’s northern shore would be zoned for the relief school.

“We hope we don’t have to touch them again for a long time,” Director of Student Enrollment Carol McGowin said. “For Option 1, 312 families support (it) while 151 do not. For Option 2, 299 families support (it) while 165 do not.

For Option 3, 256 families support (it) and 206 do not. For Option 4, 93 families support (it) while 370 oppose it.”

OCPS officials said all proposed options included considerations of balanced school populations, enrollment projections, demographics, free and reduced meals, English-Language Learners and Exceptional Student Education.

The board will make its final decision at 4:30 p.m. March 8 at the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center, 445 W. Amelia St., Orlando.

Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@orangeobserver.com.

Read about the MetroWest Elementary rezone at OrangeObserver.com

HEARTS FROM AFRICA

Hearts from Africa’s mission is celebrating African heritage.

This event is to raise awareness of the rich, diverse African cultures that have contributed to the U.S. melting pot and the local community.

The second option has a difference of children within State Road 429, Tilden Road and County Road 535 attending the relief school.

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Two dead in shooting

“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.”

METROWEST Orlando police

continue to investigate a Feb. 7 shooting in MetroWest that left two men dead.

At 7:14 p.m., police units responded to the incident on Robert Trent Jones Drive in the Stonebridge Reserve neighborhood.

Antonio Jones, 34, was one of two men found dead when police arrived. Other identities in this case have not been released.

This remains an active homicide investigation of the Orlando Police Department.

OCOEE Florida Highway Patrol

personnel continue to investigate a one-car crash this morning that killed a driver on Roberson Road.

Jonathan Riley, 18, of Ocoee, was driving east around 3:08 a.m. on Roberson Road near Wesmere Parkway. Reports indicate his car left the road for an unknown reason, striking a power pole and then a tree before flipping over.

Investigators do not believe alcohol played a role in the crash.

No other person was involved.

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municipality is certainly at risk.”

This holds especially true for Winter Garden and Ocoee lately, where this crime called door-jiggling has risen noticeably.

“They’re not breaking in as much, just opening doors left unlocked,” Ocoee Police Lt. Steve McCosker said.

Although a spike in this crime is typical while children are out of school for their winter break — as Windermere Police Chief Dave Ogden attested to with a December spree there — McCosker said an unusual peak had lasted through January, when students had returned to their schools.

Lt. Scott Allen, Winter Garden Police support services commander, said 59 cases of vehicle burglaries opened in the first month or so of 2016 in Winter Garden. Data suggest sprees of this sort are tied to more total auto burglaries than one-offs.

“Of those 59, 11 ... were forced entry, with the rest involving unlocked vehicles,” he said. “Our agency made three arrests, two adult and one juvenile, on Jan. 26, where the subjects were pulling on doors in the Promenade Apartments. When we responded to the call, three vehicles left the area, with two crashing into each other while leaving. We recovered a significant amount of property in this case.”

Through the first week of February, suspects from 25 of those 59 cases had been identified.

By comparison, Winter Garden police reported 11 vehicle burglaries from Nov. 26 to Dec. 30.

Ocoee experienced a similar spike. From New Year’s Eve through Feb. 3, Ocoee police have had 51 cases of vehicle burglaries, compared with 18 in the fiveweek period beginning Nov. 26.

Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@orangeobserver.com.

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Claire Bryant, a Juilliard alumna, performs the cello and engages with Nord Anglia students.

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Windermere Preparatory School’s fine-arts curriculum already is aligned with National Coalition for Core Arts Standards, and The Juilliard School’s program ties nicely with that, said Jason King, director of fine arts at Windermere Preparatory School.

“What (the Juilliard collaboration) is going to be able to do for us is provide more specific interests or experiences for our students, really preparing them for (top) performing arts schools and colleges and universities, giving us access to artifacts and resources that public schools and the majority of schools wouldn’t have access to,” King said.

The program provided by Juilliard will not replace the current fine arts curriculum at Windermere Preparatory School but instead will be embedded into it. A music curriculum will roll out first, but in the next few years, the program will expand to include dance and drama.

The program centers on 12 core works that include teachable moments for students, regardless of what aspect of music the student is studying. For example, a core work could include Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” which tells a story through the use of instruments, rather than words. Therefore, students will learn about the way the author’s choices in composition demonstrate emotions, settings and characters.

“Students will engage in a curriculum that will help them discover personal talents, give them added confidence, and inspire and equip them to perform solo or as a member of a musical, dance, or thespian troupe.”

— Thomas Marcy, headmaster, Windermere Preparatory School

The core works include different musical styles and different cultures.

“Everything that we’ve created, any music teacher could implement into their lessons or even rehearsal,” said Betsie Becker, managing director of Global K-12 programs at The Juilliard School. “A choral teacher could use one of the 12 core works in a warmup to talk about how an ensemble works together.”

The program includes visits from two Juilliard-affiliated artists each year, according to Becker. The artists could be musicians, actors or dancers, who will come to interact with students. They engage with students through performances or workshops, depending on the artist’s specialty.

Teachers at Windermere Prep also will receive three visits from Juilliard curriculum specialists throughout the year. The curriculum specialists will provide support and professional development to the teachers but

also engage with students. Students and teachers also will have access to an online platform that will allow them to continue their studies.

“Nord Anglia seems like a really wonderful collaborator because they do have some of the very same values that we have at The Juilliard School — highquality access to art and they have a really wonderful approach to education,” Becker said.

The collaboration encourages teachers to create hands-on activities that encourage students to think creatively rather than a skills-based approach, something at which Becker says Nord Anglia teachers already excel. Juilliard emphasizes creative thinking and a joy in performance. Students could create a mini-composition based on one of the 12 core works.

“Students will engage in a curriculum that will help them discover personal talents, give them added confidence and inspire and equip them to perform solo or as a member of a musical, dance or thespian troupe,” Windermere Prep Headmaster Thomas Marcy said. “They will not only be developing interests — which they can mature and enjoy throughout their lives — and creating memories that will last for a lifetime, but also they will be taking significant steps to their becoming cultured young adults.”

Contact Jennifer Nesslar at jnesslar@orangeobserver.com.

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Ocoee teen dies in one-car crash

Friedrich Hayek “Road to Serfdom,” 1944

Orange County Animal Services is located at 2769 Conroy Road in Orlando, near the Mall at Millenia. The shelter is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.

For more information, call (407) 836-3111 or visit ocnetpets.com.

Critter Corner showcases local animals available for adoption. If you run a shelter or animal rescue and wish to participate, contact Staff Writer Jennifer Nesslar, jnesslar@ orangeobserver.com.

Orange County Animal Services believes “Furever Love Is Priceless” and is waiving all pet adoption fees during the month of February. When adopting a pet, you choose how much you would like to pay, and the payment will be accepted as a donation.

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LOVE STORIES

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A perfect match

“When I had gone through the testing to be his donor, I had to get to the mindset of, ‘I’m OK if he dies. I’m OK if I die. I’m OK if we both die’ — which would leave our 5-year-old daughter without parents. Which is an enormous depth of faith that it took to do this.

Debbie Nemeth’s husband, Michael, was going to die without a liver transplant.

She was a compatible donor.

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orizon West resident Debbie Nemeth places her hand on husband Michael’s arm as she remembers the uncertainty of the day of surgery.

The Nemeths will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary this April, but there was a time when neither of them was certain they would live to see that day.

On March 1, 2013, Debbie became a living liver donor for Michael, whose liver was failing and was certain to die without a transplant. Before the surgery began, she didn’t know if she would wake up. Doctors weren’t sure if Michael would wake up either.

It was the ultimate act of love: Laying down her life in hopes that her husband would live.

“It’s not really something you can ask people to do,” Debbie said. “It’s an enormous surgery that could kill you even though you’re otherwise healthy. It’s an enormous sacrifice of time, sacrifice of well-being, sacrifice of money.”

LOVE FROM THE START

Discovering her boyfriend had Hepatitis C didn’t stop Debbie Pettitt from marrying him on April 8, 2006.

Around 2011, Michael

Nemeth entered a drug trial to try to eliminate the Hepatitis C, a disease that affects the liver.

The drug had an adverse effect on Michael, causing the Hepatitis C to attack his liver faster.

His liver began to fail.

The Nemeths went to the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, where they lived at the time.

Michael was told he needed a liver transplant.

But he was going to die before he could get a liver from a deceased donor. He was given to four to six months to live if he didn’t receive a transplant.

The clinic told him he was eligible for a living liver donor.

The liver is an organ that regenerates, so the Mayo Clinic would take two-thirds of someone else’s liver and take his liver out and put those two-thirds in.

Although Debbie wanted to be tested for eligibility from the beginning, doctors told Debbie that as Michael’s spouse, she was the last resort. She needed to be her husband’s caregiver, and she needed to be healthy for their daughter, Olivia, who was 5 at the time.

They reached out to family and friends, asking if someone would be willing. Those who were willing called the clinic and were tested. The donor needs to have a compatible

— Debbie Nemeth

Michael, Debbie and Olivia Nemeth enjoy living in Horizon West, close to Disney World.

Michael and Debbie Nemeth tied the knot on April 8, 2006.

blood type, be healthy and be between the ages of 18 and 55.

Many of the people who volunteered were too old.

The clinic realized there was no other alternative and tested Debbie. They also tested Michael to make sure it was even possible for him to survive a surgery, since he was in such a fragile state.

The surgery was scheduled for March 1, 2013. Neither of the Nemeths knew if they would survive. “(There was) a lot of love,” Michael said.

“When I had gone through the testing to be his donor, I had to

get to the mindset of, ‘I’m OK if he dies,’” Debbie said. “‘I’m OK if I die. I’m OK if we both die’ — which would leave our 5-yearold daughter without parents.

Which is an enormous depth of faith that it took to do this. A big part of my head was telling me, ‘Don’t be stupid, Debbie, you’re the healthy one. Your daughter needs at least one parent.

Stay healthy for her.’ But then the other part of me was saying, ‘How can you watch your daughter grow up and look into her eyes and tell her you didn’t do everything you could to try to save her dad?’ It came down to our faith in God.”

The Nemeths both woke from the surgery and decided they wanted to savor every moment of life. They took a celebratory trip to Disneyland. That trip led them to follow a dream to live close to Disney World, so they relocated to Winter Garden at the end of 2013.

The experience of risking her life to give her liver has grown Debbie’s faith.

“I think that’s just the biggest gift that I have received from this,’’ Debbie said.

“Wait. No, no,” Michael interjected. “I received the biggest gift.”

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“Bill had been around and said Blackie could come and stay in his office, and I said, ‘You don’t understand: He doesn’t like men,’” Rosemary said. “Bill was like, ‘No it’ll be OK,’ and I said OK, because he was so overly confident and cocky that Blackie was going to love him. So he kept him in there for the rest of the day, and really from then on, they were good friends.”

Their friendship began there, with Bill watching Blackie on occasion and joining the two on walks. The two started dating after talking and spending more time together, and when they got married, Blackie was the ring bearer.

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Damon Fowler’s interest in music started at family backyard barbecues he attended as a child.

Three Florida blues artists will take the stage at the Winter Garden Blues and BBQ Festival, which will feature barbecue, beer, wine and, of course, plenty of soulful sounds.

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fifth annual Blues and BBQ Festival in the style of a backyard barbecue.

KIMBERLY RENEE HOLLAND “Rave and a huge thank you to Kim Varner Frey with Say Yes To The Cake! She did the smash cake and cupcakes for my grand daughter’s first birthday party today.

Not only was it exactly what my daughter and I wanted, it looked perfect and tasted even better! Her customer service is second to none and I would not order from anyone but her!”

Local barbecue vendors will be selling their fare, and three Florida blues artists will take the stage. Beer and wine will be on sale as well. Admission is free, but bring some cash for Selwyn Birchwood returns this year to the Winter Garden Blues and BBQ Festival after a positive experience in years past.

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Selwyn Birchwood describes his music in four words: “electric funk swamp blues.”

The 30-year-old artist returns with his band to play at the Winter Garden Blues and BBQ festival. Birchwood, who plays both the guitar and lap steel, is known for his signature afro and performing barefoot, which he said is just a comfortable way to be on stage. He plays in a four-piece band with a bass player, drummer and baritone saxophone player.

He has also been told that he performs with a “revival tent preacher’s fervor.”

“We try to have everyone included,” he said. “I hate going to shows, and you get so excited to go and you show up and the band is just standing there, staring at their feet, playing. We like to be more interactive than that.”

Birchwood began to play guitar in his early teenage years, but quickly grew tired of playing what he heard on the radio. It wasn’t until he got a Jimi Hendrix record that he realized his passion was in blues.

“The blues have such a breadth of sounds and styles,” Birchwood said. “I think a lot of people try to pigeon-hole a particular sound and say that anything outside of that isn’t blues, but I think that what people get drawn to about this music is just the realness of it, the storytelling, the raw emotion of it, and we try to incorporate that into our music, and incorporate a lot of energy into our live shows, and I think that’s what people seem to gravitate to.”

Birchwood moved around as a child throughout the Orlando area. He started performing around the area when he was 17.

During that time, he discovered a friend was a neighbor of Sonny Rhodes, and as soon as Birchwood heard his music, he asked if he could be introduced to Rhodes.

It took about six months until he could meet up and play music with him, but the meeting was greater than Birchwood expected. “(Rhodes) looked over to his bass player who was listening too and smiled and just kind of stopped me halfway through and asked if I had a passport,” Birchwood said. “And I said, ‘Yeah,’ and he said, ‘Well, I’m going to take you on the road with me.’”

He started touring all over the United States and Canada with Rhodes and his band and also began playing his signature instrument, the lap steel guitar.

Birchwood now travels extensively with his own band, the Selwyn Birchwood Band. For the past two years, Birchwood has been under the Alligator Records label. The band won the 2015 Blues Music Award for Best New Artist from the Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee.

Damon Fowler grew up at his grandparents’ house, where they ran the family business, Fowler Septic Tank. His aunts and uncles worked for the business, and every Sunday they threw a barbecue. It was at those barbecues where Fowler listened to his uncles play guitar.

“Some people throw ball,” Fowler said. “We played guitar.”

An only child who suffered from asthma, Fowler took a liking to music.

When the family business had a good year, his grandparents bought Fowler’s uncles new guitars. Fowler got one, too.

“To get me out of their hair, here’s a cheap acoustic guitar,” Fowler said. “Which was cool. I wanted one.”

At 14, Fowler picked up lap steel guitar. As he entered his years at Brandon High School, he began to play at bars. He never had a day job, but his gigs paved the way.

When he was 17, he met Rick Derringer at a show at Mr. Pub in Bellview, Florida. Derringer was a member of The McCoys and later went on to produce Weird Al Yankovic and Cyndi Lauper albums, among others. Fowler was added to that list when he was 18. Derringer produced Fowler’s first album, “Riverview Drive,” in 1999.

“Working with Rick was awesome,” Fowler said.

Since then, Fowler self released “Roots and Branches,” in 2000, and “Live at Skipper’s Smokehouse,” in 2003.

Fowler was signed to Blind Pig Records, an American blues independent label, in 2007.

From there, he released three more records. The most recent is the 2014 “Sounds of Home.”

Damon chose swamp blues master Tab Benoit to produce and record him at Benoit’s Louisiana home.

BETTY FOX BAND

Every Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas, Betty Fox’s family gathered around the piano to sing southern gospel music and tight harmonies. It was the place where Fox’s love of music was born. Her uncle would play the piano as the large family sang four and fivepart harmonies to “It is Well with my Soul” and “The Old Rugged Cross.”

Fox became recognized in the blues world with her debut album “Too Far Gone.” In June 2015, she released a second album “Slow Burn.”

In 2015, she was a representative of the Suncoast Blues Society.

She was also a two-time winner of Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay awards, an award given to talent in the Tampa Bay area, and a finalist in the International Blues Challenge.

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We like big BUNDTS … and we cannot lie!

From individual-sized cakes to 10-inch familyfeeders, this new DP shop is all about the bundts.

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Pulcini first heard of Nothing Bundt Cakes on a visit to her hair dresser.

Her hair dresser couldn’t get enough of the new store, and told Pulcini she needed to stop by while she was in town. Pulcini eagerly went.

“I can’t say no to no sugar,” Pulcini said, who once attended pastry school and was impressed by the quality she found at the store.

Pulcini is one of the many who have been drawn to Nothing Bundt Cakes’ newest location, which opened Jan. 8 on Sand Lake Road.

As the name implies, the store sells bundt cakes of four different sizes, from the bite-sized

WHAT CAN YOU GET AT NOTHING BUNDT CAKES? n Eight- and 10-inch bundt cakes n Bundtlets — individually sized bundt cakes n Bundtinis — sold by the dozen

bundtini to the large bundt cakes that come in eight- and 10-inch varieties. There are also 10 different flavors of bundt cakes — nine classic flavors and one seasonal flavor that rotates each month.

Each cake is topped with a creamcheese frosting petal. “(It’s) the heartwarming, brings you back to grandma’s food,” said Melissa Albert, operator of the Sand Lake location. “It gives you that warm and fuzzy feeling when you walk in here. You get to pick out a bundt cake, and you feel the atmosphere of the store is welcoming.”

The store also sells candles, cake and decorations, so if a person would like to pick up a cake for a birthday party or for someone in the office, Albert calls it “onestop shopping.”

The store has 12 to 16 employees on staff at a time, who make the cakes at the store.

Nothing Bundt Cakes is a company based in Texas, with other locations in Florida, including Jacksonville and Winter Park.

The franchise is owned by Robert and Teresa Shuffield, who hope to open more franchises in the Central Florida area.

“We’ve been wanting to get on Sand Lake for years. Not necessarily as this concept, but some concept,” Robert Shuffield said.

They decided to go with the Nothing Bundt Cakes concept because they felt it fit in perfectly with the neighborhood, as well as the surrounding Dr. Phillips and Windermere areas.

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Albert was hired as the store operator.

“It was kind of a happy accident,” said Albert, whose background is in food, beverage and events. “I kind of just fell into it.

I wasn’t really looking to make a career move, but when the opportunity presented itself, it seemed too perfect not to make the move.

I took a leap of faith, and it ended up being perfect.”

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Guest DJ Adam Alexander from Mix 105.1 played some party tunes while teachers, parents and students enjoyed a night of dancing, character artists, arts and crafts, photo opportunities and a dessert buffet. The fifth-grade class sold glow bracelets, necklaces and glasses and raffled off an American Girl Doll. Proceeds will fund the fifth-grade celebration at the end of the year.

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SPORTS DP girls hoops to region final

Olympia High’s Mac McNeilly saw a lot of success in competition last month, placing in or winning his last three meets. Page 15

Panthers readying for eighth consecutive playoff appearance A 66-59 win over rival Olympia Feb. 3 secured Dr. Phillips boys basketball’s FHSAA Playoff spot, making the Panthers one of three area teams to advance past district tournaments.

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Led by 17 points from Tiffany Tolbert, the Dr. Phillips girls basketball team went on the road and defeated Newsome (Lithia) 35-30 Feb. 9 in the regional semifinals of the FHSAA Class 8A Playoffs.

A 3-pointer by Kyara McClendon with 2:38 remaining in the game gave the Panthers (14-15) a 32-30 lead that they would not relinquish.

Dr. Phillips will once again be on the road Feb. 12 for the regional championship.

The Panthers will face Vero Beach at 7 p.m.

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Death, taxes and — in the past eight years, at least — the Dr. Phillips boys basketball team making the state playoffs.

The Panthers (19-7) avenged a regular-season loss to rival Olympia, defeating the Titans 66-59 Feb. 3 in the semifinals of the Class 8A, District 5 Tournament. The win advanced Dr. Phillips to Friday’s district final against Oak Ridge Feb. 5 — a contest it lost, 86-74 — and secured a spot in the playoffs for the Panthers for the eighth consecutive season.

This is in a 2015-16 campaign that saw a wave of transfers before the season started and two key roster departures midseason.

“I’m just really proud that we’re (in the playoffs) for the eighth consecutive year,” head coach Anthony Long said. “The odds were against this group, and they’ve been fighters all year.”

After leading by four points at halftime of the semifinal, Dr. Phillips utilized scoring runs at the beginning and the end of the third quarter to outscore Olympia 21-10 in that period, SEE PANTHERS PAGE 16

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Dr. Phillips sophomore Daniel Love finished with a team-high 20 points for the Panthers Feb. 3 in a 66-59 victory over Olympia.

Lifters shine at state meet

Focused on the now

Four local athletes competed at the 2016 FHSAA Girls Weightlifting State Championships Feb. 6 in Kissimmee.

Dr. Phillips’ Ketondra Cuyler led all area competitors with her fifth-place finish in the Unlimited division.

Olympia’s Ayana BlakeHarris placed sixth in the 169-lb. division, Dr. Phillips’ Jordin Ferguson placed 13th in the 139-lb. division and West Orange’s Anastasia Stults placed 18th in the 101-lb. division.

Prized North Carolina pitching commit Austin Bergner maintains his last semester and season at Windermere Prep as a top priority.

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Just like that, the West Orange softball team has raced out to a 4-0 start this spring.

Following a 16-0 road victory over Edgewater Feb. 8, the Warriors have outscored their first four opponents by a total of 302. Other victories include 4-0 over Lake Brantley Feb. 5, 5-2 over East Ridge Feb. 3 and 5-0 over Eustis Feb. 2 in the regular season opener.

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When the Denver Broncos hoisted the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl 50, a Windermere native was among them.

Olympia alum Trevor Siemian is the third-string quarterback for the Broncos and was on the active roster for Denver during the big game.

The Broncos selected Siemian in the seventh round of last summer’s NFL Draft.

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“I’m just looking to enjoy my senior year. I’m just going to go out, play every game like I have for the last three years and even before that, and I’m just going to enjoy it — hopefully make a run at states.”

— Austin Bergner

t some point in the last semester of high school, almost every senior shows senioritis in some form — slacking or less concern for studies as the sun sets on their childhood education.

But for rising star Austin Bergner, Windermere Prep’s ace who is ranked 31st among MLB Pipeline’s 2016 MLB Entry Draft prospects, senioritis is not an option — tempting though it might be.

That goes double given Bergner’s commitment to play college baseball in Carolina blue — two prominent institutions keeping tabs on him and his right arm.

“Currently, I’m committed to University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, so that’s my main focus,” Bergner said. “I’m just looking to enjoy my senior year. I’m just going to go out, play every game like I have for the last three years and even before that, and I’m just going to enjoy it — hopefully make a run at states.”

But just as head coach Scott Horvath said, Bergner sees a SEE BERGNER PAGE 17

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Mac McNeilly Mac McNeilly, a 285-pound Olympia High junior, is gearing up for final weeks of a successful wrestling season. Recently, he placed third at the Lake Mary Tournament of Champions Jan. 8, won at the Lake Nona Battle in the Lions Den Jan. 22 and 23, and placed second at the Timber Creek IBT Jan. 30.

Which match so far this season has stood out to you the most?

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taking a 48-33 lead into the final quarter. Dynamic sophomore Ronaldo Segu brought the Titans within 10 points after heating up with around three minutes to play, but the Panthers did not let their lead slip away.

“We kept our heads when Olympia made a run — we knew that Ronaldo Segu was going to make some buckets,” Long said.

“When he did, we kept calm, cool and collected.”

Segu led all scorers with 21 points. Dr. Phillips was led by a sophomore of its own, with Daniel Love scoring a teamhigh 20 points to pair with 17 points from senior Justin Tucker. Titans forward DeJuan Lockett had 20 points on the night, also.

Although players for Olympia (12-14) likely are disappointed in having their season end at the hands of a rival, the Titans’ strong play in January — Olympia went 6-3 in a stretch that saw wins over Dr. Phillips, Edgewater and Wekiva — solidified the program as a force.

The Titans started four sophomores for the contest against Dr. Phillips.

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ond period is won by the kid in the best shape. The third period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.” As cheesy as it sounds, if you believe hard enough, you really can do a lot in wrestling. A lot of it is just mental.

What’s your favorite part of competing?

Winning. Getting my hand raised at the end of a match.

It’s just one of the best feelings you can have. It’s a combination of accomplishment and confidence that you can succeed.

What are some of your hobbies outside of school and wrestling?

I like spending time with people who are special to me.

I like eating, and I go to a lot of Orlando City and basketball games. I play ultimate Frisbee on the side and some basketball here and there.

If you could be any animal, what would you be?

I’d be a bear so I could sleep for three months out of the year.

Class 8A Playoffs Feb. 11 on the road.

At 19 wins, Dr. Phillips is within one win of continuing its 22-season streak of 20-win seasons.

For the moment, though, the Panthers are just happy to be playing on into the playoffs — once again.

“It feels amazing,” Tucker said. “We’ve been (to the playoffs) all four years that I’ve been at Dr. Phillips, so it feels really good to not mess up the legacy.”

LAKERS BACK ON TRACK WITH DISTRICT TITLE

After a rough stretch to conclude the regular season — Windermere Prep dropped four of six games — the Lakers got back on track by winning the Class 3A, District 5 Tournament last week — good for the program’s second district title in the past three years.

Windermere Prep (22-5) defeated Foundation Academy Feb. 5 in the semifinal, 71-21, and then defeated Lake Mary Prep the next night in the final, 89-58.

The Lakers will now be heavy favorites when they host New Dimensions (Kissimmee) at 7 p.m. Feb. 11.

Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@orangeobserver.com.

CFCA SECURES FIRST DISTRICT TITLE SINCE 1997 A shot by sophomore Dante Treacy with four seconds remaining gave the CFCA Eagles a 46-45 win over host Orlando Christian Prep in the district championship Feb. 5 — the program’s first district title since 1997.

CFCA (16-11), which lost to OCP by 14 in the regular season, is now returning to the playoffs for a second consecutive season after a six-year absence.

“The journey has been hard, but the boys stuck with it — I think a lot of the hard games we played during the season have really paved off,” head coach Jonathan McClintock. “The boys showed poise, even when it got loud.”

Jacob Newman had 17 points to lead the Eagles, and Treacy added 15 points and eight rebounds.

What is the most challenging aspect of wrestling for you?

A lot of people would usually think it’s the workout itself, but for me it’s more of the mental game because I have to be able to think my way through matches. My mentality when I walk on the mat is, “I’m not going to let him beat me.”

If you were stuck on a deserted island and could only bring two things with you, what would they be?

A pillow and a blanket, because if I go out I’m going to go out comfy.

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DISTRICT RESULTS CLASS 8A, DISTRICT 3 SEMIFINALS: Evans 84, West Orange 70; Apopka 55, Wekiva 51 FINAL: Evans 73, Apopka 69 CLASS 8A, DISTRICT 5 PLAY-IN: Cypress Creek 49, Freedom 42 SEMIFINALS: Dr. Phillips 66, Olympia 59; Oak Ridge 96, Cypress Creek 54 FINAL: Oak Ridge 86, Dr. Phillips 74 CLASS 3A, DISTRICT 5 FIRST ROUND: Foundation 52, Legacy Charter 49; Orangewood 51, Circle Christian 37 SEMIFINALS: Windermere Prep 71, Foundation Academy 21; Lake Mary Prep 62, Orangewood Christian 37 FINAL: Windermere Prep 89, Lake Mary Prep 58 CLASS 2A, DISTRICT 6 PLAY-IN: ICS 57, Geneva School 46 SEMIFINALS: CFCA 57, Agape 55; OCP 70, ICS 41 FINAL: CFCA 46, OCP 45

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Storylines abound as hoops season enters playoffs

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The coverage area fared pretty well last week, what with three of the six varsity basketball teams that entered their respective district tournaments making it out on the other side.

And although Windermere Prep, CFCA and Dr. Phillips each are preparing for a regional quarterfinal playoff game Feb. 11 and each have the same goal — to win the state championship in their classification — the story each team is telling is distinct.

Take the Lakers (22-5), for instance. Windermere Prep raced out to a 19-1 start, with the one loss being against a nationally ranked program early in the season, and the Lakers were swimming in great expectations.

Then, starting with a loss to The Master’s Academy Jan. 16, things got dicey. Windermere Prep lost four of six, creating serious doubts and sending the Lakers tumbling down regional rankings.

For Windermere Prep, the story is one of a program making its case that they were deserving of the hype earlier this season and

— more importantly — that this is the season that the Lakers will advance past the second round of the regional playoffs.

They are the proverbial heavyweight on the ropes.

CFCA, meanwhile, is making a case that the program Jonathan McClintock is building on Good Homes Road is worthy of some attention. Playing in the same district as Orlando Christian Prep, a perennial Class 2A power with loads of tradition, the Eagles (16-11) went a long way toward putting the area on notice when they upset OCP in the district championship, 46-45, on a lastsecond shot by Dante Treacy.

That exciting moment came just two nights after the Eagles squeaked out a 57-55 win over Agape, which ended the Eagles’ season a year ago.

If CFCA hopes to see its season extend beyond Thursday, though, it will have to turn some heads once again when it hosts Mount Dora Christian (25-1) — a team that lost its first game just last week in the district final.

The Eagles are building a reputation under McClintock winby-win, and any wins CFCA can accumulate in the next week or so count toward its credibility.

Finally, there is Dr. Phillips (19-7). The Panthers have had every reason to have a down year, starting with the high-profile transfers of Chaundee Brown and two others during the offseason.

Then there was the mid-season departure of two of the team’s seniors — a shakeup that suddenly turned coach Anthony Long’s bunch into a young roster.

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After a rough patch for the Lakers late in the regular season, Xion Golding, left, and Parker Davis are hoping to lead Windermere Prep deeper than it has ever advance in the state playoffs.

Still, the Panthers have pushed on — despite some losses.

Dr. Phillips will have a tall task when it travels to Sarasota to take on Riverview (22-2) and, yet again, the streak of consecutive 20-win seasons (at 22 years, now) is in jeopardy. But after wins over Oak Ridge, Melbourne and Jones — not to mention rival Olympia in the most important game of the season — it’s hard to count the Panthers out.

They are the team that finds a way with a “next man up” philosophy.

RIVALRY OF THE FUTURE?

Consider this for a moment: If you subtract Dr. Phillips senior Justin Tucker — and, yes, the double-double machine con-

stitutes a notable subtraction — then nearly every impact player on the floor Feb. 3 during the district semifinal between the Panthers and Titans will be back next season.

Olympia’s quartet of super sophomores, led by Ronaldo Segu and DeJuan Lockett? Check.

Dr. Phillips’ Daniel Love and Nick Smith — among others?

Check.

Both teams have exceeded expectations with relatively inexperienced rosters, and that tells me when these two meet in the 2016-17 campaign, it could make for two or three — even four? — of the most anticipated games in Central Florida.

Cheers to an old rivalry achieving new heights.

For Windermere Prep, the story is one of a program making its case that they were deserving of the hype earlier this season and — more importantly — that this is the season that the Lakers will advance past the second round of the regional playoffs.

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lot of work ahead for the Lakers to gel and figure out how each of them plays a role to help win games. If they do go as far as they hope, Bergner, who turns 19 May 1, within the span of little more than a month could be celebrating his birthday, championships for his team and a live hat tip to whichever team drafts him.

For a teenager, that can be a lot to handle.

“I’m really not worried about what’s going on this summer,” Bergner said. “I trust what I’ve

done for the process. I know that I’m committed to Carolina — I just got accepted the other day.”

Bergner first visited Chapel Hill when he was 8, but his ties to Tar Heel Country precede him.

“My dad lived there for a little while in his early 30s, and that’s actually where my parents met at a wedding there, and my sister toured there,” he said. “So I’ve been up to Chapel Hill four or five times before I committed, so I just fell in love with the area. It felt like home almost — maybe a home away from home — because I’ve been there so many times, but I

just … felt a connection with the coaches, and the kids are great, and it’s a great education, so I don’t think I could’ve went wrong there.”

Averting chaos is somewhat of a theme in the life of any teenage athlete with professional aspirations, and it even extends to how Bergner wants to spend downtime these next few months.

“Around here, just past the trees, there’s a huge lake,” Bergner said. “One of my buddies lives on that lake, and there’s a good amount of people I know who live on the lake, so it’s fun to go

out there on the weekends and just have a lake day, because the beach is two hours away. It’s cool to go out on jet skis, hang out and float in the water, just act like life is pretty simple.”

That means nothing complex — such as trick skiing — no matter how interesting it looks, especially knowing water skiers who have suffered major injuries, he said.

Besides, time is flying already.

“I’d like to see things slow down a bit, because it feels like things are going by in a flash,” Bergner said. “Already half the

year’s over, and it feels like yesterday I was just starting senior year or yesterday my boys who were seniors last year were having fun with us. I don’t really have any goals other than baseball and in the classroom.”

So until this summer, whether he ends up in North Carolina or New Jersey, for Bergner it’ll be about sticking to the plan and maintaining his routine.

Sunset, sunrise.

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n estate on the Butler Chain of Lakes topped all West Orange-area residential real-estate transactions from Jan. 22 to 28. The home at 9085 Charles E. Limpus Road, Orlando, sold Jan. 22, for $1.576 million (short sale).

Built in 2005, it has six bedrooms, seven-andone-half baths, a pool, boat house, boat lift and 6,804 square feet of living area on 2.61 acres. The price per square foot is $231.63.

SNAPSHOT Total Sales: 59 High Sale Price: $1.576 M Low Sale Price: $47,500 REO/Bank Owned: Four Auction/REO: Two Short Sales: Two

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GRANADA VILLAS

The home at 8141 Terragona Court, Orlando, sold Jan. 22, for $279,000. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,616 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $172.65.

The villa at 8206 Rolla Court, Orlando, sold Jan. 25, for $280,000. Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 1,850 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $151.35.

The home at 7831 Mallorca Court, Orlando, sold Jan. 26, for $277,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,616 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $171.41.

WESTMINSTER LANDING

The home at 8060 Westminster Abbey Blvd., Orlando, sold Jan. 22, for $450,000. Built in 1998, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,225 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $139.53.

HORIZON WEST

ALEXANDER RIDGE

The home at 2404 Alexander Ridge Blvd., Winter Garden, sold Jan. 27, for $271,500. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,738 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $156.21.

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The home at 9085 Charles E. Limpus Road, Orlando, sold Jan. 22, for $1.576 million (short sale). Located on Pocket Lake, the home is situated on 2.61 acres and features a pool, summer kitchen, boat house and boat lift with automatic cover.

HICKORY HAMMOCK

The home at 15698 Citrus Heights Drive, Winter Garden, sold Jan. 26, for $351,990. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,675 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $131.59.

INDEPENDENCE/ SIGNATURE LAKES

The home at 6599 Old Carriage Road, Winter Garden, sold Jan. 22, for $369,900. Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,546 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $104.31.

The home at 14378 Black Lake Preserve St., Winter Garden, sold Jan. 25, for $423,856. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,870 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $147.69.

The home at 6114 Lewis and Clark Ave., Winter Garden, sold Jan. 27, for $283,500. Built in 2013, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 2,444 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $116.

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LAKE SAWYER SOUTH

The home at 13972 Darchance Road, Windermere, sold Jan. 28, for $274,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,147 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $127.62.

The home at 13319 Vennetta Way, Windermere, sold Jan. 22, for $280,000. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three-andone-half baths and 2,752 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $101.74.

MABEL BRIDGE

The home at 11713 Verrazano Drive, Orlando, sold Jan. 22, for $420,000. Built in 2012, it

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MERRICK LANDING

The town house at 6345 Blu Knight Lane, Windermere, sold Jan. 22, for $192,500. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,388 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $138.69.

OASIS COVE

The town house at 8225 Mystic View Way, No. 906, Windermere, sold Jan. 25, for $213,000.

Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,028 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $105.03.

SUMMERLAKE

The home at 7530 Bluejack Oak Lane, Winter Garden, sold Jan. 25, for $293,765. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,181 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $134.69.

SUMMERLAKE GROVE

The town house at 8069 Sweet Orange Ave., Winter Garden, sold Jan. 26, for $228,990. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,691 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $135.42.

WATERLEIGH

The home at 8679 Bayview Crossing Drive, Winter Garden, sold Jan. 28, for $272,990. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,220 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $122.97.

WATERMARK

The home at 9317 Meadow Hunt Drive, Winter Garden, sold Jan. 28, for $253,000. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 2,029 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $124.69.

WINDERMERE SOUND

The home at 7300 Auburnwood Lane, Windermere, sold Jan. 25, for $330,540. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,139 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $154.53.

WINDERMERE TERRACE

The home at 7162 Beek St., Windermere, sold Jan. 22, for $310,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,910 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $162.30.

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WINDERMERE TRAILS

The town house at 8550 Coventry Park Way, Windermere, sold Jan. 22, for $248,990. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,722 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $144.59.

METROWEST

AZUR AT METROWEST

The condo at 6348 Raleigh St., No. 1305, Orlando, sold Jan. 26, for $93,000 (short sale). Built in 1997, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,051 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $88.49.

The home at 6631 Cristina Marie Drive, Orlando, sold Jan. 22, for $390,000. Built in 1990, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,916 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $133.74.

HAMPTONS AT METROWEST

The condo at 3420 Greenwich Village Blvd., No. 204, Orlando, sold Jan. 27, for $110,000. Built in 2000, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,256 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $87.58.

The condo at 3396 Parkchester Square Blvd., No. 101, Orlando, sold Jan. 25, for $72,404 (auction/REO). Built in 2000, it has one bedroom, one bath and 885 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $81.81.

PEMBROOKE

This Waterford Pointe home, at 13073 Water Point Blvd., Windermere, sold Jan. 22, for $980,000. The home is on a one-acre waterfront lot with access to Lake Roberts.

area. The price per square foot is $144.46.

LAKE SHEEN RESERVE

The home at 10419 Wiscane Ave., Orlando, sold Jan. 22, for $398,000. Built in 2002, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,245 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $122.65.

MARBLE HEAD

The home at 8044 Canyon Lake Circle, Orlando, sold Jan. 28, for $303,000 (REO/bank owned).

Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,368 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $127.96.

The home at 7321 Hunterdon Court, Orlando, sold Jan. 22, for $203,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,626 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $124.85.

The home at 7866 Canyon Lake Circle, Orlando, sold Jan. 27, for $295,000. Built in 1990, it has four bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths, a pool and 2,135 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $138.17.

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PALM COVE ESTATES

The town house at 6105 Twain St., No. 106, Orlando, sold Jan. 27, for $167,500. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,546 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $108.34.

WEST ORANGE

LAKE ROSE POINTE

The home at 8760 Rosemere Court, Orlando, sold Jan. 22, for $245,000. Built in 1987, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,696 square feet of living

The home at 1119 Lake Legro Court, Orlando, sold Jan. 26, for $270,000 (REO/bank owned).

Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,100 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $128.57.

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The home at 41 S. Powers Drive,

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The home at 8408 Lake Burden Circle, Windermere, sold Jan. 22, for $1.095 million. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,679 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $234.02.

The home at 8440 Woburn Court, Windermere, sold Jan. 27, for $460,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,913 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $157.91.

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The home at 6221 Cartmel Lane, Windermere, sold Jan. 22, for $705,000. Built in 2004, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,531 square feet. The price per square foot is $199.66.

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The home at 13073 Water Point Blvd., Windermere, sold Jan. 22, for $980,000. Built in 2009, it has five bedrooms, four-andone-half baths, a pool and 4,866 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $201.40.

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YOUR TOWN SCOTT APPOINTS AREA RESIDENT Gov. Rick Scott announced Sept. 18 two appointments and one reappointment to the Florida Virtual School Board of Trustees. Robert Gidel Sr., of Windermere, is the managing partner at Liberty Capital. He fills a vacant seat and is appointed for a term that began Sept.

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