W E ST O RA N G E T I M E S &
Observer Celebrating 110 years in West Orange
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 83, NO. 18
YOUR TOWN Energy well spent
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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016
For the birds The Winter Garden City Commission approved a program that will allow 25 residents to keep backyard chickens. Page 8
Debbie Clements, community relations manager for Duke Energy, presented a $5,000 donation to Matthew’s Hope founder Scott Billue to assist Matthew’s Hope in continuing its mission of serving the homeless men, women and children in West Orange County. To learn more about Matthew’s Hope and how to get involved, visit MatthewsHopeMinistries.org.
TOGETHER FOR GOOD
This family endured homelessness, separation and illness together. Now, they take the pain they experienced to help others in similar circumstances.
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Rosenbaum earns Eagle
The town of Oakland recognized Eagle Scout candidate Joey Rosenbaum at a recent Town Commission meeting for his construction of sideby-side xylophones at the Oakland Presbyterian VPK playground. He used metal tubes, which he tuned using an iPhone app to help determine the length of each pipe. For the mallets he used inline skate wheels and attached them to the instrument frame. Rosenbaum is a member of Boy Scout Troop 145, which meets at the church at 7 p.m. Tuesdays. He will attend Florida Polytechnic with a full-tuition scholarship after graduating from Foundation Academy this year. He is the grandson of Betsy VanderLey and Todd Shaw. The national average for producing Eagle Scouts is 7%, and 25% of Troop 145’s members have met the Eagle requirement.
Jennifer Nesslar
Katie Bednarski, Stephanie Bowman and Amber Bednarski have a strong relationship with each other after enduring challenges together.
Residents take to social media to roast pushy meat marketers Residents say a Food King vendor is using aggressive pitches in areas marked “No soliciting.” ZAK KERR STAFF WRITER WINTER GARDEN
Local residents have been contacting the Winter Garden Police Department
regarding meat sales from a van soliciting their neighborhoods for a company called Food King. Although representatives said Food King has been making deliv-
eries in the area for years, residents have maintained concerns with a salesman’s methods. “He said ... he had just delivered steaks to one of my neighbors and that he had some left over that he would sell me ... at a discount,” SEE MEAT PAGE 4
IN FOCUS
Fathers, daughters boogie at dance.
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