WINDERMERE
Observer Serving Southwest Orange County
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 1, NO. 30
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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2016
Eat, drink and be healthy Deb Linden celebrates the grand opening of The Vineyard Wine Bar and Healthy Bistro this week. Page 6
YOUR TOWN Step ‘Into the Woods’ at WOHS
BACK IN BLUE It’s Florida’s blueberry season, and West Orange residents have several nearby options to pick some of these beauties.
DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER WEST ORANGE
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t’s almost summertime and the weather is heating up, but
so is Florida’s blueberry
West Orange High School will present “Into the Woods” at 7 p.m. April 29 to 30 and May 5 to 7, and 2:30 p.m. May 8, at the school, 1625 Beulah Road, Winter Garden. More than 80 students are involved. Leading the cast are Zachary Croft as the Mysterious Old Man/ Narrator; John Sublette and Alyssa DeCresie as the Baker and his wife; Matt Guernier as Jack and Kailey Jones as his mother; and Grace Austin as Little Red Riding Hood. Tickets are $15 for reserved seating, $12 for general admission and $10 for student general admission. Call (407) 905-2400, Ext. 6162282.
season. In Florida, the berries generally come into season and begin ripening around the last week of March or the first week of April, depending on the weather. The season can last into the first week of June.
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Girl Scouts need your flags Girl Scout Troop 4607 is seeking old and torn American flags for its upcoming flag-retirement ceremony, which will take place at 7 p.m. May 15 at the First Baptist Church of Windermere’s Lakeside Campus, 8464 Winter Garden-Vineland Road, Orlando. For more, contact Colleen Papa, (941) 993-9256 or colleen@johnpapa.net.
Blueberries start off green, turn a red/purple color while ripening and are a deep blue color when ready to pick.
Bridgewater Middle School looks to score irrigation system The middle school’s soccer fields are about to get a facelift, but they are in need of an irrigation system. DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER HORIZON WEST
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Bridgewater Middle School parents and staff are looking to get their soccerplaying students back in the game with a new-and-improved home field.
The school is currently one of the few in Orange County that does not have a home field viable for playing soccer. The field can be used for physical-education class activities but cannot be used to host games. Participating students have to be driven by their
parents to play games, which are often hosted at Chain of Lakes or Gotha middle schools. “Our fields were deemed not safe to play on, I guess, so all of our soccer games we travel for,” said Bridgewater parent Heather Seward. “We never have home games. That being said, my son was on the team last year, and I SEE BRIDGEWATER PAGE 7
Danielle Hendrix
ARTS+CULTURE
Holy Family Catholic celebrates Earth Day.
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