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REPORTS + Board members join Dave’s House Dave’s House, a home for those with serious mental illness, recently announced the appointment of two new members to its board of directors.

John Moskos, senior vice president John Moskos and wealth adviser for the North Central Florida market of Wells Fargo Private Bank, and Edward Hofma, a certified public accountant for Averett Warmus

Durkee, bring finance and accounting experience to the organization.

“We feel extremely fortunate to have John and Ed

join our board of directors,” said Ron Wilensky, Dave’s House Edward Hofma co-founder and executive director. “They are highly respected leaders in their

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March 2015 | Health Matters industries. Together with our existing board members, they will position us for further growth in 2015 as we continue our impactful mission of transforming lives and giving hope to people with serious mental illness.”

Dave’s House raises funds to provide affordable permanent housing supported by mental-health services for Floridians living with serious mental illness. It develops its funding through individual donors and community partnerships throughout the state and works with qualified behavioral health care providers to operate the housing for a coordinated continuum of care.

+ Evans opens Pine Hills facility

Evans Community School began 2015 by unveiling a new wellness facility for its students and their families — Evans Wellness Cottage.

Operated by Central Florida Family Health Center, the cottage provides primary medical services to the Pine Hills community.

Evans Wellness Cottage also provides primary dental- and behavioral-health services offered by boardcertified practitioners. The cottage has a full-service lab and an on-site certified application counselor to assist in the enrollment of state services.

“We know what happens outside of the classroom directly impacts what happens inside,” said Barbara Jenkins, superintendent of Orange County Public Schools. “Evans Community School provides quality support to students and their families by offering services and tools to help them succeed.”

Evans Wellness Cottage is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Appointments can be arranged by calling (407) 322-8645.

“If children aren’t feeling well, they aren’t likely to fully engage academically and excel in their education,” said Amelia Smith-Dixon, M.D., the primary care physician at Evans Wellness Cottage.

“Evans Community School strives to remove this barrier so students can be successful. As the physician on campus, I am honored to be a part of this endeavor.”

As a nonprofit health center, Central Florida Family Health Center offers an affordable pay scale to patients without health insurance.

Evans Community School is a partnership among Children’s Home Society of Florida, the University of Central Florida, Orange County Public Schools and Central Florida Family Health Centers.

For more information, visit cffhc.org or evanscommunityschool.org.

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Total Health Guidance received the Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce’s “Prestige Award” for 2014 Business of the Year during the chamber’s ceremony in January at The Point Orlando Resort.

“The credit goes to the hundreds of past clients and supporters who nominated us for this award,” said owner John Stiteler.

“Our team of qualified and compassionate staff believe that you cannot separate between a person’s physical, emotional, relational or spiritual health. They are all tied together, so complete health must include each area.”

Total Health Guidance provides services for the mind, including mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, addiction treatment, as well as career and life

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Total Health Guidance is located inside the Regions Bank Building, at 5401 S. Kirkman Road, No. 760, Orlando.

For more information, visit TotalHealthGuidance. com or call (321) 332-6984.

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Now in its second year, the SeniorAdvisor.com Best of 2015 Awards celebrate the best of the best in senior living and home care across the United States.

Of the nearly 100,000 providers currently listed on SeniorAdvisor.com, 879 were recognized with this award.

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TOPPING OUT Florida Hospital recently completed the vertical construction for its new Winter Garden facility. Officials will host a ceremony to commemorate the milestone March 18.

BY ZAK KERR | STAFF WRITER WINTER GARDEN — Did you notice a stray beam on display around Winter Garden earlier this month, with passers-by leaving their signatures on it?

That beam is the finishing touch of vertical construction for Florida Hospital Winter Garden, and local dignitaries will be on hand with Florida Hospital officials to witness its placement during an on-site “Topping-out Ceremony,” beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 18.

This ceremony will be a celebration of what construction crews have accomplished since an orange cement pour of the initial foundation on Oct. 23, 2014, at the hospital site, between Daniels Road and State Road 535, across from the Chick-fil-A of the Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves.

“That’s an opportunity for us to thank our construction crew and just show recognition for the significant construction achievements in a ceremony,” said Amanda Maggard, administrator of Florida Hospital Winter Garden and assistant vice president of West Orange development. “It will be

kind of a VIP event where we’ll hoist the beam that everyone is signing. We’ll hoist that, and that will be the actual last beam going into the facility — the last real vertical element. We’ll have a lunch afterward, and our team will actually be serving the construction team lunch.”

After topping out, crews will be shelling out the building with exterior pieces, such as windows, before adding finishing touches, including interior wires, Maggard said.

“And then, of course, there is all the construction afterward: parking, landscaping and so on,” she said. “We’re targeting an open date late this year. I don’t know that we’re ready to narrow it down yet publicly.

There are still other construction steps, and there could be some permitting delays and other things — just so many variables now that could change it. Some of it’s out of our hands, especially given the weather. Once we are focused on just interior buildout, that will eliminate the weather factor and give us a narrower timeline.”

As part of that timeline, Maggard and current construction progresses on this other Florida Hospital Winter Garden of97,415-square-foot, three-story hospital. ficials have begun searching for employees “We’ve been very pleased with our for this hospital, via a careers website, general contractor, and I think they’ve done WorkAtWinterGarden.com, she said. an exceptional job managing this project,” “That’s live, and people can express their Maggard said. “Overall, Barton Malow has interest in been a fanworking at tastic partner. the site once I know they we open,” have gone out Maggard of their way said. “We’ll to address be doing any concerns hiring really that come up. throughout Things have the year, inbeen progresscluding now. ing very well.”

We’ve had Florida Hosquite a bit pital Winter of interest in Garden will be that site since the comZak Kerr pany’s ninth we opened it in November. Andrea Vaughn, Winter Garden community relations hospital in manager, was among dozens signing the final beam of Last I heard, Central Florida we had about Florida Hospital Winter Garden. and feature 1,000 people a state-ofinterested in working at that site. For total the-art emergency department, a sports positions for the site, I believe we have medicine and rehabilitation program, an targeted about 150 jobs, but certainly, as outpatient surgery center, a multi-specialty we grow, more will be available, as well. physician clinic, a clinical-decision unit, an Most of those will be nurses, so we are aboutpatient lab and various imaging services. solutely interested in having those, as well “I think we’ve had a very warm welcome as clinical and non-clinical positions. And from the community as we’ve talked about we’ll be holding other job fairs throughout the hospital and plans,” Maggard said. “We the year.” can’t wait to get in and have our facility Those jobs will fill on a rolling basis, as open.”

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MAKING RELAY HAPPEN

BY STEVEN RYZEWSKI| SPORTS EDITOR WINTER GARDEN — Here’s something you might not realize: The planning for the 2016 Winter Garden Relay For Life already has begun.

Yes, you read that correctly, the 2016 event — not to be confused with the 2015 Winter Garden Relay For Life, which is scheduled for Friday, April 24, and will end the following morning.

The planning and execution of a Relay For Life race has become a year-round operation, and, for people such as Lora Miller, community manager for the American Cancer Society in Central Florida, and Andrea Vaughn, community relations manager for the city of Winter Garden and the event lead for the Winter Garden Relay, there is always one eye trained on the upcoming race — with another looking to the future.

“It truly is a year-round process,” Miller said. “March is where we start thinking of stuff (for the following year’s event) and then we really start diving in as we’re wrapping (the current year’s event) in May.”

NONSTOP TIMELINE

With less than two months standing between Miller, Vaughn and their team of volunteers and this year’s event, things are starting to ramp up.

“At this stage, our teams are in the midst of fundraising — they’re hosting fundraising events out in the community, and we meet with them monthly,” Miller said. “We’re still recruiting teams, we’re definitely (in the process of ) recruiting survivors. … We’re at the finalization of our logistical planning pieces — to make sure all our ducks are in a row.”

Of course, even once this year’s event is in the books, it will be right back to work the following Monday, April 27.

“Immediately after the event, we go into making sure everyone is being recognized and thanked for their participation, no matter what their level is,” Miller said.

“We do a wrap-up party in May, making sure people are thanked and that they’re recommitted to come back for the next

year.”

That last part — the hope of getting teams, individuals and businesses to recommit for the following year’s event — is perhaps one of the most important behind-the-scenes elements to any event.

“It is absolutely huge, relationshipbuilding,” Miller said.

“And that’s my job — my job is not to put this event on; my job is to build relationships in the community and find volunteers who are passionate. It’s really the volunteers, Andrea and her team, who put this together.”

Falling under the umbrella of Vaughn’s responsibilities includes recruiting the volunteers who will aid her and make it happen.

“We start soliciting volunteers before the actual season is going to start,” Vaughn said. “July is when we ask if they will be able to commit. In September we start having committee meetings to prepare for kickoff.”

In January, the teams that are formed start meeting with Vaughn and her other volunteers who

THE ESSENTIALS 2015 Relay For Life of Winter Garden WHEN: 6 p.m. April 24 to 8 a.m. April 25 WHERE: Historic downtown Winter Garden DETAILS: Covering the communities of Winter Garden, Ocoee, Oakland and Windermere WEBSITE: RelayForLife.org/WinterGardenFL make up the event committee and, as the event nears, the focus turns to logistics and late additions of teams and cancer survivors.

VITAL VOLUNTEERS

Vital to the success of the Relay event is having a dedicated core group of volunteers to make up the event committee, as well as volunteers specific to the day of the event.

In her experience with the Winter Garden event, Vaughn said the committee — which currently has 24 members — is a melting pot of sorts, representing West Orange’s diversity.

“We have stay-at-home moms; we have business people; we have a director of a day care; we have students who are on our committee, which is always fun,” Vaughn said. “We have retired people.”

The wide range of backgrounds underlines the fact that, no matter what someone’s availability is to volunteer, there are ways in which that person can happen.

“There’s positions and volunteer opportunities for every age group and every amount of time you have to give,” Miller said. “If you’re somebody who only has an hour to give, a month, we’ve got a job for you. If you’re somebody that can give an hour or two a week, I’ve really got jobs for you.”

In addition to the 24 volunteers on the event’s committee, Vaughn said there are also about 50 students from local schools who will help out on the day of the event, helping with things like signage, helping teams unload their cars, setting up tents and serving the survivors in attendance dinner at their reception.

LOGISTICS

As the event drawers nearer, details matter more.

Details such as musical entertainment, refreshments, an exact timeline from 2 p.m. on Friday through the end of the

event on Saturday, all become priorities.

Part of the job of the team putting the Relay together is having something for those to do throughout the event’s entirety. There has to be an activity — dodgeball, perhaps — going on at 2 in the morning.

Vaughn and her team are responsible for coordinating with the Winter Garden police and fire departments and having EMTs on standby.

Additionally, the staff has to ensure the schedule and stage are prepared for other things — such as speeches by Winter Garden Mayor John Rees and U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster.

Oh, and all of these logistical elements are to be on a tight budget.

“We try to keep our expenses extremely low,” Miller said. “We’re very fortunate with our partners, with our local community and business and especially the city (of Winter Garden) here, that our expenses for this event are less than 4%, so we know all the money going back in is going to fund the cure.”

SPREADING THE WORD

Included in the emphasis on low expenses is a virtually non-existent budget for marketing — meaning it is on committee members to spread the word.

“We focus on free,” Vaughn said, referring to the committee’s marketing strategy.

“We have a committee member … she’s our marketing coordinator, and she will help our social-media person with some information and she will (also) send things to (media outlets).”

For Miller, who has been doing this for

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more than a decade, the growth of social media has become another tool and a blessing for the grassroots marketing that is necessary.

“One-hundred percent — social media is a blessing because you can do it yourself,”

WOTimes.com 9 Miller said, noting that the volunteers can use social media not only to promote the event but also raise funds for individual teams, as well.

“Now we actually have a position that handles just social media, because it’s that important,” she said.

Countless hours go into each and every

Relay For Life event, with the Winter Garden walk being no exception.

That hard work comes to a payoff, though, the night of the event, when roughly 2,000 local residents will come together to fight back against cancer.

“The thing is with cancer, it’s affected everybody,” Miller said.

TALK OF THE TOWN

While city leaders embrace the annual event, downtown Winter Garden lends it a unique identity among other Relay For Life fundraisers.

The 2015 Relay For Life of Winter Garden is one of several races in the Central Florida area, but, over the years, the Winter Garden event has established its own unique identity among it peers.

One reason for the success the event has experienced is the strong support the city’s government has shown.

“The mayor and City Commission are

highly supportive of Relay for Life, which is why I’m able to do as much as I am,” said Andrea Vaughn, community relations manager for the city of Winter Garden and the event lead for the Winter Garden event.

Indeed, several staff members from the city have been encouraged and accommodated to help plan the event, in its fifth year taking place in downtown Winter Garden, in addition to the City Stars team that actually participates in the race and comprises city employees.

“We are known to have (a city employee) walking throughout the night — someone would see the police chief walking at two o’clock in morning and the fire chief at three o’clock,” Vaughn said.

“Everyone likes to get involved with Relay For

Life.”

Then, of course, there is the location of the event — Winter Garden’s historic downtown district.

“We’re fortunate to be in downtown Winter Garden because we get a lot of people that come to use the local restaurants and go to the theater and then they dwindle down here afterward,” said Lora Miller, community manager for the American Cancer Society in Central Florida. “It’s a win-win for the downtown businesses and us.”

Miller, who is involved with the planning and execution of multiple Relays, says the Winter Garden event’s location also creates a unique feel.

“It feels like a down-home event; when you’re in the beauty of Plant Street and the lights are lit up and the trees … it feels like a community event,” Miller said. “So often, Relays are at tracks … there’s nothing wrong with that … but this way, you feel like you’re in a community … you see people that you see on a regular basis, and I think that’s huge.”

THIS YEAR’S THEME

Although fighting back against cancer is always the reason for the season at a Relay For Life event, it also helps to make an event more enjoyable if there is a theme.

The theme for the 2015 Winter Garden Relay For Life is “Game Shows.”

Beyond the official theme, though, is an additional emphasis on trying to reflect the diversity of West Orange, says Lora Miller, the Community Manager for the American Cancer Society in Central Florida..

“In addition to “Game Show” (theme), we’re doing a lot about diversity and diversity of our community,” Miller said. “So we’re looking at our entertainment being a variety. We’re checking with the Delta Sigma Theta sorority to come do their step performance at the event; we’re working with Taquitos Jaliscos, who has a mariachi band, on bring them out.”

BY THE NUMBERS

$2.7 million — The amount raised over the event’s 19 years in West Orange.

2,000 — The anticipated number of attendees $100 — The recommended fundraising for each individual 5 — The number of years the event has been in historic downtown Winter Garden

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PASS THE SALT Salt rooms are popping up as remedies for problems like allergies, asthma and skin conditions.

BY AMY QUESINBERRY RHODE | COMMUNITY EDITOR WINDERMERE — West Orange salt. The particles of salt are inhaled County residents don’t have to and assist with the reduction of drive to the coast to catch some inflammation in the airways, deep breaths of salty air by the which opens up constricted airway seaside. Salt rooms have become passages and helps clear mucous, popular in Europe and Canada, according to the website. and the idea is catching on in the The salt rooms are specially United States. designed to enhance symptoms of “The salt naturally boosts the im- respiratory and skin conditions. mune system,” said Dr. Rupal Thak- The salt on the walls and floor also ker, owner of The Salt Scene, which help create negative ions within opened in West Orange County last the room. The humidity in the salt summer. She became interested in rooms is maintained to a constant the therapy five years ago after disair humidity level between 40 and covering her daughter, now almost 60%. The temperature is also main7, was responding favorably to it as tained to 68-73°F. a treatment for asthma.

The concentration of the phar“Within six months, my daughmaceutical-grade salt aerosol can ter came off of all her medications be controlled to benefit different and her inhaler,” Thakker said. conditions. For example, someone But the two had to drive to Winwith allergies or asthma would ter Park for the treatments because benefit from lower concentration there were no salt rooms in West than someone who has eczema or Orange County. So she opened one CF. After each individual session, in The Grove, in Windermere, just the room is entirely vented and a half-mile from her dental office rooms are completely cleaned. on Conroy Windermere Road.

Only pharmaceutical/medical “This is something I’m truly pas- grade sodium chloride is clinically sionate about and believe in for this proven for inhalation. side (of Orange County),” she said “This is the same salt that is used of The Salt Scene. in medicines like aspirin,” Thakker Halotherapy, also known as salt said. “I buy it from pharmaceutical therapy, is being called a natural companies, so it’s very pure; you’re and drug-free method of relief for not breathing in any contamirespiratory diseases. nants.”

“It can be used on its own or In the kids room, clients can as an alternative complementary play, read, color, learn or relax. method, which can increase the Thakker said she has a few children effectiveness of prescribed medica- who come, mainly for respiratory tions and/or decrease the amount and skin issues; her youngest is less prescribed,” according to The Salt than a year old.

Scene’s website. “Salt is naturally Adults are welcome to read, an anti-inflammatory substance, meditate or converse quietly in which helps reduce inflammaeither the Ocean Room, which has tion of the respiratory system and hues of blue, or the Igloo Room, strengthen the immune system. which features all salt bricks and Halotherapy can help bring bodies twinkle lights. A salt bed in a back to a state that is natural and private room is available for clients balanced.” wanting a shorter therapy session.

The fundamental method of Pricing starts at $29 for one action in halotherapy is the dry children’s session and $49 for one aerosol of sodium chloride. The dry adult session (both 45 minutes). A salt aerosol is released into the salt single, 25-minute salt bed therapy room via a halogenerator. In addisession is $39. Packages, family tion, the surfaces of the room are plans and unlimited memberships covered with imported Himalayan are available.

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Body, mind and soul Health Central Hospital Chaplain Scott A. Fleming has assisted families in times of crisis for nine years.

BY ZAK KERR | STAFF WRITER

Faithful Servant

OCOEE — When it comes to chaplains visiting hospital patients, some picture a person doing little more than anointing a patient with oil and leaving after quick prayer and scripture readings.

This could not be further from the truth, said Scott A. Fleming, pastoral care supervisor at Health Central Hospital.

“Because of that common misconception, it’s important to understand our care is not just a small talk, quick prayer, reading scripture and leaving,” Fleming said. “That is not enough.

It is important to be present in the moment and live it with them on the journey. The truth is, we come to the family and journey with them to give them spiritual, emotional and physical support as they endure new crises in their life and the loss of a loved one. Just the other day, we had a man who lost his wife of 52 years. We do whatever we can for the heart of the individual.”

Another misconception is that chaplains are bearers of death, but the ministry is not about teaching people how to die but reminding them how to live, Fleming said. For the chaplains at Health Central Hospital, this has included master’s degrees in divinity and 1,600 hours of accreditation in pastoral care each.

“Those set us apart from being a pastor — not saying that we’re better but that we have a specialized ministry, and we complement one another in different ways,” Fleming said. “I remember years ago, I was in a car accident, and they had a small hospital without a chaplain on staff.

It made me appreciate and see the difference as I lay in a hospital bed and wondered what would happen to my family.”

A death in his family was the motivation for Fleming to become a chaplain for hospitals.

“I was called to ministry at a very young age, and I have always seen the human existence as an organism with multiple layers: mind, body and soul,” he said. “What called me specifically

to chaplaincy was my grandfather, who died from complications with diabetes after seven years in and out of the hospital. They transported him here to Health Central. I walked in the door and saw the look on the clerk’s face when I asked for his name.

She pointed me to our family room, where we give bad news for families, and I knew what had happened.”

Fleming had begun pastoral care to his family, he said, when the pastoral care supervisor on duty arrived and asked Fleming’s father whether Fleming was a family member or a pastor.

“He observed me for a few minutes, pulled me aside and said, ‘There’s a difference between being a grandson and a pastor; I need you to be a grandson now,’” Fleming said. “A month or so later, he asked me to volunteer with him and later asked me to do 400 hours of training. I began to realize in that training that I hadn’t grieved at that moment and wasn’t able to meet patients like him in a meaningful way. Thankfully now, I would say those are the types of patients I minister to the best.”

Fleming has ministered to patients at Health Central for nine years and been in ministry for 16 years, more than half of his life. In that time, he has become one of Health Central’s crisis chaplains.

“Crisis chaplain is just a term used generically that we specialize in trauma, also, for the spiritual, emotional and psychological health needs of patients,” he said. “We bring all those aspects, if a patient has lost an arm or a family has lost a loved one, especially if they witnessed that death or the mechanism. It can be debilitating to process that trauma and try to find a new normal to live in a meaningful way for themselves.”

In one such case, an entire Haitian family drowned trying to save a small child in an apartment pool, Fleming said.

“It was very troubling to the broadThe 2010 earthquake, aftershocks er community, the church and the and bad prison conditions have apartment complex,” he said. “We still left hardly trained chaplains poorly have one that on occasion will stop equipped to remind survivors of their by and talk on that. We also refer to human dignity and self-worth, Flema Haitian chaplain speaking on that, ing said. as well. We try to be as interdisciplin“Death has a lot of cultural, reary as possible and try to involve as ligious and family dynamics to it,” many resources as we can to treat the McPhee said. “We educate how to diverse needs of our community.” approach someone in a grief state. We Like his colleagues, Fleming has strived to improve as a chaplain have the most well-trained chaplain through enhanced education and staff from any hospital in the Central certifications, soon including as a Florida area. We have a unique team pastoral thanatologist, he hopes. and do quite a bit here. We are a small “Thanatology is the study of death, staff but take ministry very seriously dying and bereavement,” he said. “As and are always looking to improve grief chaplains, we are already trained the services here. We have the most in that. It doesn’t go into detail as I would like, especially considering the well-trained: three doctors among us, everyone a master of divinity, everyamount of depth we do go into for one board-certified or working to it. grief counseling.”

The depth for thanatology certifica- Everyone has certifications together tion includes 60 hours of post-masyou can’t find at other hospitals.” ter’s education and a three-hour test of about 200 questions, he said. With a score of at least 85%, Fleming would become the second resident thanatologist at Health Central, joining Missouri McPhee. This certification and others the Health Central chaplains are pursuing could enable them to use new programs to enhance their world-class program for the health community, Fleming said.

“We take education very seriously,” he said. “All of our chaplains at one time or another have been involved in seminary or college teaching. Three, including me, have been adjunct professors; one is becoming one as we speak; and another is finishing the requirements he needs to be teaching in certain areas.”

That education is extending from training, nurses’ orientation and ethics symposiums at Health Central to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, McPhee said.

“We were invited by a Catholic Courtesy photo archbishop in Haiti to train priests Chaplain Scott A. Fleming strives to and nuns in chaplaincy,” she said. continually improve his world-class “We did that in December and are chaplain staff at Health Central Hospital. going back to continue it.”

It’s important to understand our care is not just a small talk, quick prayer, reading scripture and leaving. That is not enough. It is important to be present in the moment and live it with them on the journey.” — Scott A. Fleming, pastoral care supervisor at Health Central Hospital

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RECIPE FOR SUCCESS The Sacred Olive and Winter Garden Yoga have partnered to offer advice and tips to help clients stay healthy — inside and out.

BY AMY QUESINBERRY RHODE | COMMUNITY EDITOR WINTER GARDEN — Two downtown Winter Garden businesses have partnered to teach people how to incorporate exercise and healthy cooking. The Sacred Olive and Winter Garden Yoga have given several classes, including a recent Breakfast of Champions cooking class. “(Last month’s) class was incorporating breakfast, which many of us skip because it’s uneventful,” said Carolyn Hill, The Sacred Olive owner.

“So we made it eventful.”

Attendees learned how to make omelets in a bag with mushrooms, peppers and onions sauteéd with

THE BASICS The Sacred Olive ADDRESS: 125 W. Plant St., , Winter Garden.

PHONE: (407) 656-6457

Winter Garden Yoga ADDRESS: 12 W. Plant St., Winter Garden PHONE: (407) 579-9889

garlic-infused olive oil. Lemon-fused olive oil was incorporated into the dish, as well. The omelets were served with flax-meal cinnamon bread with maple balsamic and maple syrup.

“It was divine,” Hill said.

Karen Repassy a senior instructor at Winter Garden Yoga, is also certified in metabolic effect nutrition.

“Most people come to us for yoga,” she said. “We have nutrition because it helps with their overall health and wellness. The balance of both is a very good way of living.”

The partnership started when Repassy wanted to give rewards to yoga clients who visited the studio at least eight times a month. One of the perks for the clients who eat healthy is a coupon for The Sacred Olive.

“I love how her products balance what we’re teaching at the studio,” Repassy said. “People are always looking for healthy ways of eating,

Carolyn Hill prepares a healthy meal at her store during one of her special presentations.

but people get bored with eating a certain way,” she said. “(Carolyn’s) products are great for adding flavor for eating healthy.”

Hill asked if Repassy could make a presentation on food, so she spoke to a small group, discussing eating right for one’s hormones. The class was so popular that they two decided to hold more.

“They’ve provided the metabolic health plan, and we’ve been showing folks how to cook by it,” Hill said.

“Karen talks about the benefits of breakfast, and then we’re going to prepare a meal according to that.”

During the class, Repassy speaks for about 30 minutes, spelling out the plan, and then Hill cooks, shar-

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ing what a typical meal would look like.

“We’re trying to get people to fall in love with healthy eating, because it tastes good, Hill said. It’s very easy to drizzle this or drizzle that.”

“I’m not teaching them how to cook. I’m teaching them tips and tricks and ways to apply; and with the diversity of the flavors I have in the store, you can have chicken every day, and it will taste different every day.”

SAUTEED SPINACH INGREDIENTS

8 cups fresh baby spinach 2 tablespoons lemon-infused olive oil from The Sacred Olive Lemon sea salt from The Sacred Olive

METHOD

• Heat skillet on medium heat then drizzle The Sacred Olive lemon infused olive oil.

• Place spinach in skillet and fold from bottom of skillet to the top in order to wilt spinach. Once spinach looks bright green and wilted, remove from the heat.

• Serve immediately with sea salt and drizzle with The Sacred Olive lemon infused olive oil.

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1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons Victoria’s gourmet cinnamon 1/2 cup maple syrup 2 teaspoons Vanilla 1/4 cup butter-infused olive oil 5 beaten eggs 1 medium apple: finely diced 1/2 cup raisins 1/4 cup water Optional: This bread can be drizzled with The Sacred Olive Maple Balsamic & pure maple syrup for a French toast twist.

METHOD

• In a large bowl, whisk together flax meal, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

• In a small saucepan, heat together maple syrup and cinnamon, stirring frequently until blended. Add vanilla to the syrup mixture and stir.

• Remove from heat and let it sit as you beat 5 eggs in a separate bowl. Stir in

IF YOU GO

To sign up for a class, call (407) 6566457 or visit the events page at thesacredolive.com. There, you can find a description of the class, who is teaching and what to expect.

Cost varies from $25 to $45, depending on the chef and what is being served.

1/4 cup water and butter olive oil to the eggs. Then, pour syrup mixture into the bowl with the eggs. Stir well. Add egg mixture, apples and raisins to dry ingredients and blend.

• Let this sit and thicken a few minutes.

Meanwhile, use a little butter olive oil to lightly grease a cookie sheet. Pour the batter onto the middle of the cookie sheet. Using a spatula, carefully spread the batter evenly from the middle to the outer edges of the baking sheet. A little butter oil on your spatula will help (if needed) to spread the batter more easily.

• Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes.

OMELET INGREDIENTS

2 eggs per person Green onion: diced Sweet bell peppers: diced Mushrooms: sliced Himalayan sea salt Swiss cheese The Sacred Olive Garlic olive oil Sea salt

DONNA’S FLAX MEAL CINNAMON APPLE RAISIN BREAD INGREDIENTS 2 cups flax meal

Karen Repassy, right, of Winter Garden Yoga, discusses healthy eating while Carolyn Hill, of The Sacred Olive, whips up a healthy meal.

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CROSS-PLATFORMED CROSS TRAINING The debut of Technogym fitness equipment and the mywellness cloud at the Roper YMCA and Dr. P. Phillips YMCA has added a new dimension to the effectiveness of workouts for those members.

BY STEVEN RYZEWSKI | SPORTS EDITOR WINTER GARDEN — A partnership between the YMCA of Central Florida and Technogym, an Italian wellness and fitness equipment manufacturer, is reaping big rewards and creating new possibilities for members of the Roper YMCA in Winter Garden and the Dr. P. Phillips YMCA. The addition of new, connective Technogym equipment and the mywellness cloud in January, which allows members to link their own personal fitness tracking device — a FitBit, for instance — with the software, is changing the way some members are approaching their workouts.

“It’s huge; tracking — as you can tell by all the fitness bands that you see on the market — is definitely the trend of where it’s going,” said Roper YMCA Senior Wellness Director Jennifer Brumbaugh. “It’s also proven that if you track then you are more likely to stick with what you’re doing. When you track, and you can see the progress that you are making, you’re a little more motivated.”

The connectivity and ability to track progress has been a hit with guests, as has the new equipment, some of which has touchscreen interfaces. For training staff members, the increased ability for members to track their progress outside of the Y creates a heightened effectiveness during training sessions while at the Y. “Normally, when you’re building relationships with people … it’s a lot of just (relying on) whatever they’re telling you that they’re doing (outside of the gym),” Brumbaugh said. “Now you can actually see it.

“It tells you what drives them to work out, if they complete the aspiration map, so we can talk to them in a different way,” she said. “It’s

like our way of being there when they’re working out.”

The move by the YMCA of Central Florida, which also has the program beginning at the Frank Deluca YMCA in Marion County, is in some ways a way to get ahead of changes to healthcare, in general, as they pertain to the Affordable Care Act. The idea is to put the emphasis on good health and wellness habits in a more preventative mentality.

“At the Y, we are joining together with health care partners to pilot how the community can provide wellness care versus sick care,” said YMCA of Central Florida President & CEO Dan Wilcox. “We believe these new tools, coupled with existing support programs, will transform how insurers and physicians provide care to their employees and customers. We also think those insured will begin to see long-term financial savings attributed to a healthier lifestyle.”

The connections to health care are furthered because the connectivity can create a more direct link for members between their trainers and training regiment and their doctor.

“With the mobile app, they can have that information anywhere, and then they can sure that with their doctor or they can take information from their doctor and put it in the cloud, as well,” Brumbaugh said. “That way, they can combine the two and really see how they’re progressing.”

The new programs and equipment have been effective particularly with some of the Roper Y’s older members, either as individuals or through the facility’s Moving for Better Balance program, which is geared toward active seniors.

“Oddly enough, I’ve noticed that there are a lot of older guests

Steven Ryzewski

Roper YMCA members workout on Technogym cardiovascular equipment in view of the interactive leaderboard on display.

Yoland Pitchford, the district executive director for the Roper YMCA, says the new technology has been a hit with members.

that are on,” Brumbaugh said. “You wouldn’t think that technology would be something that would resonate with them, but they’re totally picking up and tracking with it, which I think is awesome.”

Yoland Pitchford, the district executive director at the Roper Y, said the new technology even offers a social element that some guest enjoy, too, recalling a recent morning workout with a friend.

“Because the equipment is social, (my friend) was able to go

on Facebook and share with her friends that she had been on that particular piece of equipment,” Pitchford said.

The partnership between Technogym and the Y is part of an ongoing effort to create a more personalized fitness experience, sayid Pitchford, and is something that YMCA of Central Florida is investing heavily in.

“We connect with our members in a way that no other gym or fitness center does,” Pitchford said.

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I purchased my first laser in 1984 and have found that for the right conditions, they’re wonderful. Unlike X-rays, the radiation is the nonionizing type.

For more information on MIFS and/or laser foot surgery, feel free to request a copy of my free ebook, “The Agony of Da-Feet,” by calling my office, Laser Foot Surgery Specialist, (407) 722-8750, or by emailing request to info@OrlandoLaserFootSurgery.com.

Dr. Cowin is a diplomate of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery. His practice is at 7932 W. Sand Lake Road, Suite 106, Orlando.

By Dr. Richard M. Cowin, Laser Foot Surgery Specialist When I was a fourth-year student at the Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago in the late 1970s, I was exposed to a revolutionary set of procedures called “minimally invasive foot surgery” (MIFS).

These intrigued me for many reasons: 1. Although traditional foot surgery was usually performed in a hospital setting under general anesthesia or deep sedation, MIFS was performed in a doctor’s office under local anesthesia.

2. Many traditional foot operations were performed through large incisions and included the insertion of pins, wires, screws and other implants, while MIFS procedures were performed through tiny incisions requiring only a one-stitch closure and without the use of any “hardware.”

3. Traditional foot surgical procedures often required the use of casts and crutches, whereas as patients undergoing MIFS were able to walk right out of the office after surgery wearing a lightweight surgical shoe.

At that time, I was having difficulty deciding whether I should focus my practice on traditional foot surgery or MIFS. So, I decided to ask the person I respected most: my mother. Her advice to me was to look into the eyes of some of the patients who had undergone traditional foot surgery and then look into the eyes of patients who had undergone MIFS. Then, look into your own heart for the answer.

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MEET THE DOC: Dr. Amy Jackson Jackson is certified with the American Osteopathic Association and specializes in family medicine.

BY ZAK KERR | STAFF WRITER When did you start practicing medicine here?

I’ve been here in this office, essentially — we were next door before — since 2006, but then Health Central took over the practice about four or five years ago.

Then Orlando Health took over them, but I’ve been here awhile now, almost 10 years.

Have you had other positions in the medical field before that?

No, I didn’t — I came straight from residency.

I graduated residency at Florida Hospital in 2006. I came out here and was kind of back-and-forth between here and Clermont, our two offices, so I’d be one day here and then next day there and just switch off.

Now we’re just here.

Where did you go to school?

I went to school in Chicago, Midwestern University.

What made you decide to come to this area?

The weather (laughs). It was too cold in Chicago — I couldn’t take it anymore.

Those winters were brutal.

I was born in Oregon and then moved to Wisconsin, then Alabama, then Indiana, and then I went to college in New Orleans. Then I moved to Chicago, and now I’ve been down here the longest I’ve been anywhere. But I think I’m here for good.

I like it here. It’s generally warm all year long.

When did you realize you

wanted to be a doctor?

That’s all I ever remember wanting to be. My mom said when I was about 4, I asked the nurse if I could listen to her stethoscope, and she said, “Oh, you want to be a nurse when you grow up.” I said, “No, I want to be a doctor.” So that’s been pretty much ever since then, I guess, I wanted to be a doctor. I don’t know if I should have thought about it deeper — it was just kind of what I thought I wanted to be.

As you have been working in this job, what has been your motivation to continue with it?

Family practice offers such a variety in the whole family, from the kids and parents to grandparents, and it’s just great to see improvements in their health, to see what you can do to change things. It makes it interesting — there’s such a variety throughout the day at family practices. That’s why I like family practice — it’s just not the same thing over and over; you don’t know what you’re going to get when you walk through the room. It keeps the day going quickly.

We have so many families here. It’s good: You can really do a lot for preventative care. The wife’s got diabetes and the husband’s not eating well — you can really make positive changes with a family, healthy changes.

Exercise is the main thing with everyone, getting them to do it.

Who are your patients?

Over the age of 5, so I don’t see newborns or young children, but other than that, we see elderly people down to children.

We do a little bit of everything, even preventative care, which is important in family practice, to hopefully see people want to get healthy and encourage healthy behaviors so they’ll continue to stay healthy.

When they get sick or someone has a sore throat or an ear infection, they can come in for that; to get routine care for diabetes or hypertension or high blood pressure; vaccinations; minor procedures, like skin biopsies — a little bit of everything.

What is your favorite part?

I like the preventative care, helping to encourage people to have healthy lifestyles, to keep them off medications, because that’s the main thing: If we can keep people off medications and feeling good, that’s what we want.

Do you feel family medicine gives you the opportunity to encourage small children to consider medicine?

Yeah, we do, quite a bit.

It’s good that when the parents bring their kids for the kids to see their parents being examined and see us talking to them about their health, and see that it’s important for them, not just about their vaccines, which is all they think about when they come in — just getting their shots. I never really thought about it that way,

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Trying out a doctor’s stethoscope when she was 4 inspired Dr. Amy Jackson to become a physician.

but that’s true.

What is your family life like?

My husband and I have two kids; we adopted them both from Ethiopia a couple years ago. We really just like to spend time with them and our dog. Outdoor activities is mainly what we like: swimming in the park or the lake, canoeing, kayaking … traveling.

What is something interesting about you that you would like to share?

I do have a couple of interesting hobbies. I play underwater hockey. The stick is about a foot long; it’s

on the bottom of the pool at the Ocoee Aquatic Center.

You have a group of six people on each team. You hold your breath, go down and do as much as you can and pass it off. I’m not very good, but it’s fun.

I do a lot of long-distance, open-water swimming. Last year, I swam around Key West for a 12.5-mile race, so that’s exciting; that was fun.

If I’m not with my family and I’m not here, I’m swimming. (laughs) I spend time with patients, which is great, too — I can see them live their healthy lifestyles and know what they’re doing a little bit.

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How to eat healthy from head to toe

BY JESSICA LUCK Everyone knows we should be filling our plates with more vegetables, leafy greens, fruits, low-fat protein and whole grains to ensure we are consuming a rich and varied diet of vitamins and minerals. But each area of the body can benefit from certain superstar foods that aid in specific functions. Our graphic highlights some of the foods that should be on your grocery list — and plates — each week.

BRAIN Blueberries — help protect the brain from oxidative stress and may reduce the effects of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

Wild salmon — rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids, which are necessary for brain function.

Avocado — high in monosaturated fat, which promotes healthy blood flow. It also lowers blood pressure.

EYES Eggs — The yolk is a great source of lutein and zeaxanthin along with zinc, which helps reduce the risk of macular degeneration.

Carrots — great source of betacarotene, which enhances night vision.

Berries — high in vitamin C, which has been shown to reduce

the risk of developing cataracts and macular degeneration.

HEART Whole grains — can reduce the risk of heart disease. Oatmeal, whole-grain breads and brown rice are good sources.

Citrus fruit — has been linked to a decreased risk of an ischemic stroke, due to flavonoids found in citrus fruits such as oranges and grapefruits. Citrus fruits are also high in vitamin C, which has been linked to a lower risk of heart disease.

Berries — contain compounds known as anthocyanins, antioxidants that may decrease blood pressure and dilate blood vessels.

SKIN Pumpkin — high in betacarotene (a half cup of pumpkin packs nearly 400% of your daily requirement). The body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A, essential for skin cell growth.

Oysters — Six oysters provide more than 500% of your daily zinc need. The mineral plays an important role in the growth and function of skin cells.

Kiwi — A medium kiwi provides nearly 120% of your daily vitamin C. Vitamin C stimulates collagen, which keeps skin smooth.

Green tea — contains catechins

such as EGCG (antioxidants), which boost blood flow and oxygen to the skin.

JOINTS/BONES Papaya — has almost twice as much vitamin C as an orange plus a large amount of beta carotene, a good antioxidant for joint health.

Apple — rich in quercetin, an antioxidant that’s key in building collagen and slowing its deterioration.

Broccoli — contains sulforaphane, which protects against free radicals. It also contains vitamins A, C, E and K, as well as multiple B vitamins, in addition to calcium and protein.

Kale — good source of calcium; rich in joint-protecting vitamins A, C and K; and packed with two minerals that joints need: copper and manganese.

Health+Fitness To publicize your event in our Health Calendar, please send by mail: 720 S. Dillard St. Winter Garden, FL 34787; or by email: news@wotimes.com. Photos are welcome.

Meals on Wheels 2015 March for Meals 5K — 7 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at 631 Sycamore St., Celebration. Registration begins at 7 a.m., and the run begins at 8 a.m. The event will include a 5K (3.1 mile) run and walk, Kids’ Run, silent auction and more. Attendees who bring a nonperishable food item will be entered into a prize drawing. The cost is $30 through March 20 and

EYES

HEART

STOMACH/DIGESTION Yogurt — Look for yogurt that contains probiotics, which are good bacteria that aid in the function of the gastrointestinal tract.

Sauerkraut — and other fermented foods contain beneficial bacteria that make them easier to digest.

Bananas — help restore normal bowel function. They also replenish electrolytes and potassium and are high in fiber.

CALENDAR

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

BRAIN

$35 the day of the event. To register, visit osceolagenerations.org.

THURS., MARCH 26 Blood Drive — 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Health Central Hospital, 10000 W. Colonial Drive, Ocoee. The Big Red Bus also will be at the hospital May 28. For more information, call (888) 9-DONATE (366283).

STOMACH

JOINTS BONES

SKIN

TUESDAY, APRIL 7 Gentle Yoga — 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Tuesdays, at the Jessie Brock Community Center, 310 N. Dillard St., Winter Garden. This four-week session, beginning April 7, is great for beginners and involves stretching, strengthening exercises, breathing techniques and relaxing meditation.

Ages 16 and up are welcome. The cost is $6 per class for residents; $7 for non-residents.

For the entire session, $20 for residents; $20 for non-residents.

(407) 656-4155.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Florida Hospital Winter Garden 5K Run/Walk — 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 18, in historical Downtown

Winter Garden. The event starts and finishes in the downtown area. The race course take runners through surrounding neighborhoods and finishes by the splash pad at the corner of Plant Street and Lakeview Avenue. For more, visit trinrun.com.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24 2015 Relay For Life of Winter Garden — 6 p.m., Friday, April 24, to 8 a.m., Saturday, April 25, in Historic Downtown Winter Garden. The event represents Winter Garden, Ocoee, Oakland and Windermere. For more, visit RelayForLife.org/WinterGardenFL.

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