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Observer Celebrating 110 years in West Orange
Bill Baker enters 10th season for Warriors. See page 15
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 83, NO. 9
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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016
Making his move
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U.S. Rep. Dan Webster will change districts following the redraw. Page 6.
CULTIVATING MINDS The 4Rivers Farm Project Partnership seeks to teach students at Ocoee High about what they are eating as well as agriculture skills that could lead to a career.
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YOUR TOWN Club to host movie screening
JENNIFER NESSLAR STAFF WRITER
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The Winter Garden Runners are sponsoring a movie at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. “Run Free – The True Story of Caballo Blanco” is a feature-length documentary about ultra-running legend Micah True, who is better known as Caballo Blanco, the White Horse. The film is based on a 2009 book about the Tarahumara Indians of northern Mexico. Tickets are $12 in advance at imathlete.com/ events/runfree or $15 at the door the night of the show.
s 4Rivers grows, CEO John Rivers always has felt the responsibility to give back
to the community. But he’s never been involved in the world of agriculture — until now. At the start of next school year, the 4Rivers Farm Project Partnership with Orange County Public Schools will launch at Ocoee High School. Jennifer Nesslar
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Trio of talent set to take stage at Garden Theatre.
Students in the agriculture department at Ocoee High currently grow vegetables such as chard. After the 4Rivers Farm Project Partnership begins, students will experiment with different methods of growing these types of vegetables.
Seeing double
City approves amendments to invocation procedures
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Winter Garden commissioners approved an amendment that requires groups in the city’s invocation database to be 501(c)(3) organizations. JENNIFER NESSLAR STAFF WRITER WINTER GARDEN
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Winter Garden resident Sarah Artis is collecting baby dolls in honor of her grandmother, Georgina Parris.
Invocation procedures returned to the Winter Garden commissioners at the Feb. 25 meeting, again igniting emotions from community speakers. Commissioners we re presented with an amendment to the resolution regarding
invocation procedures. The amendment sought to clarify the criteria used to compile a database of groups eligible to give an invocation before commission meetings. Under the new criteria, groups must have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Before commissioners voted, SEE INVOCATION PAGE 4
Russ Salerno, of West Orange County, and Lana Stoffer, of Pine Hills, announce the arrival of their great-great-grandchildren, Braxton and Maddox Marques, born Feb. 1. Braxton weighed 5.45 pounds, and Maddox weighed 4.3 pounds. Their parents are Amie and Jose Marques, of Tampa, formerly of Southwest Orlando.