WINTER PARK/MAITLAND
Observer Serving Winter Park, Maitland and Baldwin Park
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. VOLUME 29, NO. 13
Partners introduce new take on old concept. SEE 3.
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Going the distance Runners laced up for the Zimmerman Kiser Sutcliffe Winter Park Road Race. 11.
In the key of swing
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FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017
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Fighting for Jack Maitland Stage Band gears up for a rip-roaring trip back to jazz’s golden age. STORY ON PAGE 4. Courtesy photo Isaac Babcock
Jimmy Foy leads the Maitland Stage Band in its final rehearsal before their big concert at the Maitland Art Center.
USPS 00-6186 Publisher statement on page 4.
Friends said Jack never lost his sense of humor, despite his diagnosis. He died three weeks before his 18th birthday.
PARTNERS IN PLAY
Winter Parkers will join the cancer battle at the 2017 Relay for Life.
With one coach leading both teams, the boys and girls tennis squads at Trinity Prep feed off each other’s successes. And with both at 9-1, the teams hope to ride that camaraderie all the way to state. SEE PAGE 9
ISAAC BABCOCK MANAGING EDITOR
When Showalter Field lights up those stadium lights Saturday night, Stacey Rodrigues is hoping 500 people will be circling the track fighting cancer. And she’s hoping somewhere Jack Suarez will be watching. When Jack, a Winter Park High School student, found out he had osteosarcoma in his leg in 2016, friends rallied around him. Football player Jordan Pouncey shaved his head in solidarity. SEE RELAY PAGE 4