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Restaurants slated for Maguire Road, State Road 50

YOUR TOWN A DECADE OF WARM & FUZZY

Four eateries have been confirmed for a 10,400square-foot plaza at the Ocoee intersection.

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The GFWC Woman’s Club of Ocoee celebrated 10 years of giving to children with its Warm and Fuzzy Project.

Club members purchase and solicit donations for goody bag supplies. Each bag includes a book, stuffed animal and lap blanket to help comfort children while they are undergoing treatment for cancer. The bags are delivered to the MD Anderson Pediatric Cancer Center annually. This year’s project netted 150 goody bags.

The Warm and Fuzzy Project was started in 2005

by Diane Thompson, whose son, Stephen, was battling cancer.

Anyone who would like to donate gift bags, tissue paper, books, new stuffed animals and blankets can contact Teresa Lemons at bmwlady97@aol.com.

MEMORIAL DAY HONOR THE FALLEN Winter Garden and Ocoee both will host solemn ceremonies to commemorate Memorial Day and remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

OCOEE Papa John’s Pizza, Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches, QDOBA Mexican Eats and T-Mobile have all been approved as tenants for a 10,400-square-foot plaza proposed for the northeast corner of the State Road 50 and Maguire Road intersection.

Ocoee City Planner Mike Rumer confirmed a building permit request had been filed for the 1.25-acre site located on the northeast corner of the intersection, where the Sabal Hotel once stood. A building permit also has been filed for the southwest corner of the intersection.

“On the southwest corner, we have a building coming in and on the building plans it says Orlando Health urgent

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Ocoee resident loses everything in house fire Christopher Cramer’s home caught fire on Thursday, May 11, and was completely destroyed in the blaze.

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Christopher Cramer was just finishing his work day Thursday, May 11, when he got the call.

Your house is on fire.

He dropped everything to run the less-than one-half mile down 15th Avenue in Ocoee to his OCOEE

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Christopher Cramer has received food, clothing and assistance from friends and neighbors after his home was destroyed in a fire earlier this month.

house. The sirens blaring from fire engines weren’t far behind.

“By the time they got here, it was too late,” Cramer said.

His house and everything in it had been destroyed. Even the nearby trees had been charred, leaving burnt orange leaves clingSEE FIRE PAGE 8

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FRIDAYS ON THE PLAZA 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 26, at the gazebo in downtown Winter Garden. Enjoy live jazz music by the Good Times Jazz Band.

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SATURDAY, MAY 27

BE A PAL TO YOUR PET 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 27, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Whether they slither, swim, bark or meow, all pets need proper care. Explore how to take care of and be a great friend to your pet. Please leave your pets at home, but take what you learn with you.

Ages 6 to 12. (407) 835-7323.

BLUE HIKE: DORA CANAL TOUR 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 27, at Summerall Park, 101 Wells Ave., Tavares. Meet to launch for a two- to three-hour nature kayak tour with Oakland Nature Preserve President Jim Peterson

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and Denise Byrne. Register at oaklandnaturepreserve.org/ programs and indicate if you need to rent a kayak or if you are taking your own. (407) 9050054.

ONP EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION WORKSHOP 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 27, at the Oakland Nature Preserve, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland. Join qualified instructors from Project Learning Tree and discover exciting teaching ideas for integrating nature-based exploration, art, literature, math, music, movement and outdoor play into early childhood education programs (3-6 year olds), all while building skills and environmental appreciation. Cost is $10.

Register by contacting Mona Phipps at director@oaklandnaturepreserve.org or calling (407) 905-0054.

POP UP ENGINEERING 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 27, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Boost the way you think and play. Pop into the library for some pop-up engineering ideas, facts and activities. Ages 8 to 12. (407) 835-7323.

TUESDAY, MAY 30

CALDER’S MOBILE ART 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Explore the works of Alexander Calder and create an abstract mobile.

Ages 6 to 12. (407) 835-7323.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND PARENTING 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, at the Roper YMCA, 100 Windermere Road, Winter Garden. The free event will feature special guest local pastor Renaut Van Der Riet, youth pastor Joel Coffman and family counselor Jim West.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 1

WINES AROUND THE WORLD 101 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1, at The Deli Downtown, 18 N. Boyd St., Winter Garden. This wine class will introduce wines and compare new vs. old. Sign up online to secure a spot at bit.ly/2qbWRhJ.

SATURDAY, JUNE 3

ADULT SUMMER READING KICKOFF 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee.

Kick off the 2017 summer reading program, Build a Better World, with two family-friendly interactive art projects. Color the tabletop banner, build a better world and discover similarities between neighbors by writing what you are grateful for on a window cling and adding it to a gratitude banner. The library will display both banners, adding to them over the summer. (407) 835-7323.

CURIOUS GEORGE CARTOON & CRAFT 2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. See what Curious George has gotten himself into this time with a preschoolfriendly cartoon screening and craft. Ages 3 to 5. (407) 835-7323.

EWG NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE FOUNDER’S DAY 11 a.m. Saturday, June 3, at the Maxey Community Center, 830 Klondike St., Winter Garden.

The program is in partnership with St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, the city of Winter Garden, Orange County Community Action Division, West

Orange Neighborhood Center for Families and communitybased organizations. The event will include a large choir made up of members from area churches. Carol Ward, (407) 235-8995 or Charlie Mae Wilder, (407) 529-5214.

POOL SAFETY 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 3, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden.

Programs, presented by Florida Hospital for Women, South West Aquatics, CPR and ACLS educators and the Department of Children and Families, are “Drowning and the Layer of Protection,” “Water Safety” and “CPR Education.” To register and RSVP, go to flhosp.co/ bPM30.

SUNDAY, JUNE 4

COMMUNITY YOGA 3 p.m. Sunday, June 4, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee.

Studies show that regular yoga practice can strengthen muscles, improve bone density, increase cardiovascular health and reduce stress. All levels and body types are welcome. Take comfy clothes and water. Yoga mats will be provided. Children 12 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. (407) 835-7323.

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f your child has insisted on having a fidget spinner of his or her own in the last couple of months, you’re not alone.

The small, ceiling fan-like toy has taken the spotlight as the newest trendy object that kids are loving. Fidget spinners have three prongs that revolve around a circle at their center, which has bearings and allows the prongs to be spun.

However, they’re not marketed as a “just another toy.” Manufacturers claim that fidget spinners help relieve stress and anxiety and can help kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder better manage their restlessness, providing an outlet for nervous energy.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a survey of parents of children with ADHD shows that about 11% of children between the ages of 4 and 17 — that’s about 6.4 million — have been diagnosed with ADHD. With so many children diagnosed, parents are continuously looking for ways to help relieve their children’s symptoms.

But according to interviews with psychologists from NPR and Business Insider, the toys are just that — toys, not treatments.

Many psychologists say that although the toys are marketed as being helpful for hyperactivity, there is no scientific evidence to support these claims.

Orange County Public Schools officials said so far, the toys do not seem to be an issue in the district and counselors have not had to address it.

However, some schools have decided to be proactive in preventing distraction and are not allowing the toys to be out during the school day. At Rock Springs Elementary in Apopka, a message was posted on the school’s website May 5 announcing

that the spinners are no longer allowed in school.

“Effective today, fidget spinners will no longer be allowed at Rock Springs Elementary. Please have your student keep them at home,” the message read. “If they are seen at school, they will be taken away and given back at the end of the day. Fidget spinners are now causing issues on buses, in the cafeteria and in the classroom. Students are using the fidget spinner as a toy, and all toys are to be kept at home.”

Becca Mauk’s daughter goes to Ocoee Elementary, where administrators say the spinners are allowed but preferably not during instruction time.

“I’m divided on (the spinners),” Mauk said. “I feel children spend many hours sitting in a classroom not moving when it is age appropriate for them to be able to move around and fidget, if you will.

During their already-limited free time, I think they should be able to use them. Taking them out in classrooms during lessons is an altogether different story.”

But some teachers are using the phenomenon as a teaching moment. At Audubon Park Elementary, third-grade teacher Damary Whelan had her students participate in a fidget spinner-centered lesson and STEM lab.

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“I started to notice that all of my students were bringing fidget spinners to class; I’m sure almost every teacher in the country also noticed this,” Whelan said. “Instead of banning them, I decided to embrace them. I did some research and found articles and labs that could easily be implemented into the standards that I was teaching.”

With Whelan’s lesson, the students began by reading articles about the pros and cons of fidget spinners and the history and purpose of the device. The class then split into two teams and had a structured debate about the benefits of fidget spinners in the classroom.

Students also completed a STEM challenge in which they spun the spinners on their fingers and then on the table, timed how long they spun for and recorded their data. They converted and graphed the data using minutes or seconds, compared results with classmates and determined variables such as bearing type, spinner quality and human error.

“I was able to cover reading, math, history, science and writing,” Whelan said. “The students got the fidget spinners out of their systems, and their presence in the classroom has steadily declined.

In fact, I haven’t seen one fidget spinner today.”

Baldwin Park resident Juli Textor’s son is a student in Whelan’s class and enrolled in the school’s gifted program. He loves the spinners, she said, and enjoyed the learning experiment.

“As a former teacher, I was concerned about it going to school and becoming a distraction, but I personally think they are pretty cool little gadgets,” Textor said. “He loves them — still wants a new one just about every week.”

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WINTER GARDEN MAY 3

13500 block of West Colonial Drive. At about noon, an officer responded to the convenience store in response to a shoplifting complaint. Upon arrival, the officer was informed a male had walked in through the rear door, headed toward the beer refrigerator, grabbed an 18-pack case of Corona Extra costing $21.99 and then exited through the rear door. An employee working the cash register had witnessed the incident, as well as an employee located outside the store. While riding a bicycle, the man was caught and arrested by assisting officers. He was positively identified by one of the employees as the suspected shoplifter.

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13250 block of Daniels Road.

At about 4:40 p.m., an officer patrolling Winter Garden Village plaza noticed a woman running out of a lingerie store while holding a large bundle of clothes against her chest. The woman then dropped the clothes in the middle of the street. The officer intercepted the woman at the Winter Garden Mall security office and engaged in a foot pursuit of the woman through the parking lot and finally caught up to her near a burger restaurant, where she was handcuffed. A lingerie-store employee informed the officer the woman had been seen walking in the store in a rush, scooping up all the clothing from the front table and then making her way to the back area of the store, where she took numerous tank tops. She then ran out of the store with merchandise, which totaled $2,077.55. The woman was charged with grand theft in the third degree.

OCOEE MAY 6

North Clarke Road. At about 2 a.m., an officer was dispatched to a location near the intersection of Clarke and New Victor roads in reference to two white males seen starting a fire on the side of the road. When the officer arrived, he saw both males lying on the ground next to a small pile of brush that was on fire and could have caused the Spring Lake area to catch fire, as well. Upon questioning, both males said they had just left a bar and did not want to go back home. The officer tried putting out the fire but did not succeed, so the officer called in the fire department to help. One of the males confirmed he had started the fire. The officer asked if he was aware of the Orange County’s burn ban. The male laughed and replied, “Yeah, what are you going to arrest me for starting a (expletive) fire?” The male was arrested.

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Fidget spinners are the newest kids’ phenomenon, but there are mixed reviews regarding their purpose, and at least one school has banned them.

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Salute to our heroes An Apopka resident is joining the list of military personnel who have given the keynote address at Winter Garden’s annual Memorial Day program.

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Retired Army 1st Sgt. Daniel Kalagian is the keynote speaker for Ocoee’s Memorial Day ceremony.

KALAGIAN TO SPEAK AT OCOEE CEREMONY Retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Daniel Kalagian, commander of the West Orange VFW Post 4305, will be the guest speaker at the city of Ocoee’s Memorial Day program at 11 a.m. Friday, May 26. The event will take place at the Ocoee Lakeshore Center, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive. The public is invited to attend.

The ceremony will include a processional to the Ocoee Memorial Wall, where a wreath will be set in place.

The wall is inscribed with the names of Ocoee residents who gave their lives for freedom.

Allyson Bellochi, a senior at Ocoee High School, will sing the national anthem, and Charisma Tran, Miss Young Preteen Earth United States, will sing patriotic songs. Ely Martinez, a junior at Ocoee High School, will play taps to honor fallen soldiers.

In addition, there will be ceremonial flag presentations by the Ocoee Police and Fire Department honor guards.

Kalagian was born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and dreamed of being a soldier and police officer. He was able to do both.

He was on active duty in the 1980s and later started his 23-year career with the Bridgeport Police Department as an officer and detective. After Sept. 11, 2001, he served in Iraq and in Guantanamo Bay. He was named VFW commander last December.

He also leads a service platoon with The Mission Continues, a veteran-led nonprofit that helps veterans transform their drive to serve from the military to the civic community.

After Ocoee’s ceremony, refreshments will be served.

For information, call (407) 905-3100 or visit ocoee.org.

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WHEN: 11 a.m. Friday, May 26 WHERE: Ocoee Lakeshore Center, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive DETAILS: Retired Army 1st Sgt. Daniel Kalagian, commander of the West Orange VFW Post 4305, will be the guest speaker.

hen Theo Graham was city commissioner of Winter Garden in 1991, he expressed an interest in creating a memorial to honor the city’s war veterans who didn’t make it home alive. He and the city started a fund in hopes of raising enough money to build a granite or marble monument for a park in Winter Garden.

Their goal was $20,000.

Two years later, the funds had been donated, the monument was built and the city of Winter Garden dedicated it at the Memorial Day ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park.

The guest speaker in 1993 was Vice Admiral Aime R. Bernard, who served in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, a uniformed volunteer component of the U.S. Coast Guard.

When the memorial was unveiled, the names of 24 Winter Garden residents killed in action were etched in granite with their military branch and rank and the war in which they died. Many of their surviving family members were in attendance.

Graham said he embarked on this project so people wouldn’t forget the sacrifices made by individuals in their community.

Placing the monument in a city park ensured residents would see it often.

Each of the names was read by a local resident who served in that particular war but returned home: C.D. McAllister for World War I, Franklin Cappleman for World War II, Selby Burch for the Korean War and Ward Britt Jr. for the Vietnam War. A bell tolled after each name.

Those listed on the memorial are: n Army — Hugh T. Gregory, Paul Parker, Jack Gray, Roy Cosgrove, Provia Ison, Rodney Connell, John Vick, William C. Bray, W.H. Crawford, Arthur P. Nolan, Elton E. Smoak, Charles Fields, Buford G. Johnson, Herbert L. Thompson, Charles W. Love Jr., Nathan E. Peacock Jr., Charlie Rainey and (added later) Gary Maloy and George R. Tamsitt; n Air Force — George B. McMillan and Marion E. Reed; n Marines — James B. Hennis, Walter L. Jordan, David W. Tubb, Buford L. Burns and Cecil R. Moorman.

It is tradition to place memorial wreaths at the base of the monument, and the honor has typically gone to elected officials, local veterans or representatives from area veterans organizations.

Through the years, guests have been invited to speak to the crowd each Memorial Day. In addition to Bernard, past speakers include Lt. Gen. Thomas McGehee, Col. Thomas Ferebee, Col. Richard Ezzard, Lt. Col. Phillip A. Kulbes, Lt. Col. Ben Griffin, Ward Britt Jr., Capt. John Langford, Capt. W.N. “Bill” Sims, William E. “Bill” Maxwell, Sgt. Robert Barfield, Maj. Gen. Douglas Metcalf, Robert B. “Bob” Sindler, Maj. George R. Harvey IV, Capt. Reynaldo Montero, Sgt. John Hanke, Capt.

Steven Alvarez, Capt. Michael Waldrop, Chief Petty Officer Dan Kuhl, Capt. Jason Walker, Lt. Gen.

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JACK STULTZ

This year’s guest speaker is retired Army Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz, who lives in Apopka.

He was commissioned in the U.S. Army in May 1974 after graduating from Davidson College in North Carolina. After completing the Engineer Officers Basic Course and Airborne School, he was assigned to the 20th Engineer Battalion at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where he rose to the rank of captain and commanded another engineer battalion.

In 1979, Stultz transferred into the Army Reserve and was assigned to a training division in North Carolina. In 1990, he deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield/ Desert Storm, providing transportation support for the assault into Kuwait and Iraq. He redeployed in July 1991.

He has served in Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Forge/Joint Guard. He deployed to Kuwait as the forward commander of the 143rd Transportation Command, and in 2003 he moved into Iraq with the initial assault and established the first Theater Logistic Support Base at Tallil Air Force Base.

Stultz returned to Apopka in 2004 after 22 months in theater.

He returned to active duty the following year as deputy commanding general at Fort McPherson, Georgia. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 2006 and assigned Chief Army Reserve/Commanding General U.S. Army Reserve Command. He was responsible for 205,000 soldiers serving around the world.

He served in this position until his retirement in July 2012 with more than 38 years in uniform.

Stultz currently serves on the Board of Directors of VSE Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia.

In 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Stultz to serve on the National Commission on the Future of the Army.

He and his wife, Laura, have four children and seven grandchildren.

Contact Amy Quesinberry at AmyQ@orangeobserver.com.

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Retired Army Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz will speak at Winter Garden’s Memorial Day service.

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MEMORIAL DAY TRADITIONS AND ACTIVITIES Every Memorial Day, families and communities across the nation take time to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. Americans observe this special holiday in many different ways. Here are a few: n Display the U.S. flag n Visit gravesites n Participate in the National Moment of Remembrance n Visit local veterans homes and hospitals n Wear Memorial Day poppies Source: PBS.org

WINTER GARDEN WHEN: 8:30 a.m.

Monday, May 29 WHERE: Veterans Memorial Park, 420 S. Park Ave. DETAILS: The program will include special guest speaker Jack Stultz, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, as well as music and refreshments.

WOODLAND MEMORIAL WHEN: 10 a.m.

Monday, May 29 WHERE: Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 400 Woodlawn Cemetery Road, Gotha DETAILS: Speakers include Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings and Lt. Col. Robert Carter, of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research.

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Naviance to help students navigate college, careers STAFF WRITER ORANGE COUNTY Imagine your child being able to graduate from high school with a complete, comprehensive résumé suited for his or her academic or vocational career track ready to go.

With the help of the West Orange Chamber of Commerce’s education committee, Orange County Public Schools and OCPS District 4 School Board Member Pam Gould, every child in the district will be able to do so through a program called Naviance.

Naviance, a college and career readiness platform, can be used in all grade levels and is meant to help students align their strengths and interests with their postsecondary goals.

In Orange County, students would begin using the web-based software program in sixth grade.

When using the program, students have access to features such as college research and matching tools, course planning, career assessments and personality tests.

Additionally, the portal allows school counselors to track student progress, and communicate with students and families.

“We need kids to understand job skills,” Gould said. “They need to come out of high school prepared, knowing how to write a résumé, go into an interview, problem-solve and have a much more applied skill set, along with their academic and scholarly skill set.”

Gould said the district has been looking for ways to bring in such

tools for the past few years as it starts to look at pushing a focus on career-skills training. The chamber’s involvement was key, she said, because the education committee began looking at what skills local businesses are seeking.

“I get so many comments about kids who can’t even do simple budgeting,” Gould said. “I don’t expect them to come out of school with a finance degree, but we do expect them to do simple checks and balances. Things like that have been lost in mandates.”

With this program, Gould said, students will be able to build academic and extracurricular portfolios as they learn about various college and career options.

Another key feature is a custom scholarship search. Students will be able to input the criteria they meet and the program will pull up a list of scholarships for which they are eligible. Eventually, the district hopes that the program will be able to do the same on the vocational side, so students can use the search for jobs, Gould said.

“I wish my two students had had a tool like this — we were having to build it all in bits and pieces from the knowledge we had,” she said The first phase of the program — college and résumé-building — is currently being built for OCPS’s use, with the career and vocational phase to follow.

Naviance could be ready for Orange County students to use within the next school year.

ABOUT NAVIANCE The collegeand careerreadiness software provider was founded in Washington, D.C., in 2002 and partners with high schools and other K-12 institutions globally.

For more information about Naviance and its capabilities, visit naviance. com.

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During their May 16 commission meeting, Ocoee city leaders received an update regarding several state bills that either passed both legislative chambers and await the Florida governor’s signature or failed.

The brief synopsis, courtesy of the Gray Robinson lobby firm and State Sen. Randolph Bracy, held both good news and bad news for the Ocoee commission and its future initiatives.

The good news was that its request for $700,000 in state funding to construct a multi-jurisdictional law-enforcement training center, based in Ocoee, had passed both chambers.

“What we did is we put in a grant through the state, but that’s under the budget the governor hasn’t signed,” said Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson. “We don’t know if (Gov. Rick Scott) is going to approve it or not. … So we’re waiting to see what’s going to happen.”

The center, which Johnson estimates would cost a total of $3 million, would be open to police from Winter Garden, Ocoee, Oakland, Windermere, Orange County and others. The idea evolved from an original proposal to build a gun range for law enforcement.

“We’re just waiting to see if it gets signed or not, because we won’t be able to do it without that funding,” Johnson said.

A second funding request the city placed March 15 involved the $44 million downtown revital-

n Ocoee city leaders passed the second reading of an ordinance that changed the start times of commission meeting to 6:15 p.m. The earlier start time is effective immediately. n City officials approved the selection of Zyscovich Inc., as the contractor of choice to create the design criteria package for the new Ocoee City Hall. The estimated cost of the contract is $300,000. n Ocoee commissioners approved the second reading of an ordinance that makes several changes to the pension benefits for police and firefighters. n The city authorized the purchase of the property at 2 N. Bluford Ave. for $344,350.

Staff recommended several uses, including the options to house underground electrical power facilities in order remove the overhead power lines from Bluford Avenue.

ization project, specifically the project to construct the Franklin Street trail, which would connect downtown Ocoee to downtown Winter Garden. According to the document detailing the official funding request, the first segment of the trail would cost about $2 million but Ocoee requested $954,000 from the state.

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Knox Medical, a Miami-based company that manufactures medical cannabis, plans to open five more retail dispensaries throughout the state in the next eight weeks.

With its 35,000-square-foot greenhouse and lab based in Winter Garden’s Knox Nursery at 940 Avalon Road, the company, led by CEO Jose Hidalgo and COO Bruce Knox, will be opening locations in Orlando, Jacksonville, Lake Worth, Tallahassee and St. Petersburg in the next eight weeks.

The company’s latest storefront, located on 34th Street in Gainesville, just opened its doors on Wednesday, May 17, and Knox said the roughly 2,500-squarefoot Orlando dispensary, which will be located at 1901 N. Orange Ave., is slated to open June 2.

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Each dispensary will sell cannabis oils, drops and capsules for medical purposes to qualified patients with a prescription.

Currently, the company services close to 1,000 patients who have a variety of illnesses, including cancer, epilepsy and Crohn’s disease, Knox said.

Although the expansion is simply part of the company’s overall growth plan — which Knox said may involve branching out to surrounding states and countries in the future — the decision of where to locate the dispensaries is based on population and politics.

“It’s really also about the jurisdiction and who doesn’t have the zoning moratoriums,” Knox said.

“The city of Winter Garden, the town of Windermere, Orange County — they all have moratoriums in place forbidding it, so it’s really about who has crafted reasonable zoning regulations to allow cannabis dispensaries.”

The company has been focusing on changing the common perceptions that Knox suspects might be influencing the decisions of lawmakers.

“The municipalities are afraid of the Colorado or California style, with all the pink buildings or bright-green neon flashing signs that say, ‘Get your whatever here,’” Bruce said. “It has an illicit drug feel, but that’s not what’s happening in Florida.”

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ing to blackened limbs. Cramer had called that spot home for the last 27 years.

“My whole life is … in that … pile,” he said.

The fire started in the front of house, but the cause is still under investigation. So far, Cramer was told the cause wasn’t electrical.

When neighbors heard of Cramer’s loss, many rallied on Facebook to get him any food, clothing and supplies.

“The people in my neighborhood have been very helpful,” he said. “They have gone overboard to help me, but I don’t need help anymore.”

For the first week, Cramer lived in his truck. Then someone purchased him a tent, which he now has set up in his yard. At this point, Cramer said he has everything he needs and doesn’t need any more assistance or donations.

A Dumpster and storage pod sits in front of his fence. When he isn’t at work, he spends his time sifting through the ashes of his home. Known for being a collector of a variety of items, Cramer said he lost most, if not all, of his collections in the fire.

Pursuant to the Florida Statutes, notice is hereby given that the City of Winter Garden proposes to adopt the following Ordinance: ORDINANCE 17-06 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA, CREATING ARTICLE XIV OF CHAPTER 118 OF THE CITY OF WINTER GARDEN CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR THE EAST PLANT STREET CHARACTER AREA AND THE EAST PLANT OVERLAY DISTRICT, GATEWAY OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND PACKING PLANT OVERLAY DISTRICT CONCERNING PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN SOUTH DILLARD STREET AND S.R. 429 (WESTERN BELTWAY); ADOPTING DESIGN STANDARDS, REGULATIONS AND ZONING OVERLAY MAPS FOR SAID OVERLAY DISTRICTS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, AND SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The City of Winter City Commission will hold the 1st reading and public hearing on the aforesaid Ordinance in the City Commission Chambers located at 300 W. Plant Street, Winter Garden, FL on June 8, 2017 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon after as possible, to also consider the adoption of the ordinance(s).

The City Commission will hold the 2nd reading and public hearing on the aforesaid Ordinance in the City Commission Chambers located at 300 W. Plant Street, Winter Garden, FL on June 22, 2017 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon after as possible, to also consider the adoption of the ordinance(s).

Copies of the proposed ordinance may be inspected by the public between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday of each week, except for legal holidays, at the Planning & Zoning Division in City Hall, 300 West Plant Street, Winter Garden, Florida. For more information, please call Steve Pash at 407-656-4111 ext. 2292.

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Interested parties may appear at the public meeting and hearing to be heard with respect to the proposed resolution(s). Written comments will be accepted before or at the public meeting and hearing. Persons wishing to appeal any decision made by the City Commission at such meeting and hearing will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose you may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based.

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Persons with disabilities needing special accommodations to participate in this public hearing should contact the City Clerk’s Office at (407) 656-4111 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

Monday through Friday of each week, except for legal holidays, at the Planning & Zoning Division in City Hall, 300 West Plant Street, Winter Garden, Florida.

“It was like a museum in there,” Cramer’s co-worker, Shawn Miller, said about Cramer’s home.

For now, Cramer continues to dig through the wreckage in search of anything that may have survived. Thankfully, he had insurance, he said, which is helping him through the recovery process. The insurance company even offered to put him up in a hotel, but he prefers to stay close to home, even though it’s not habitable.

Once he is finished sifting through the ashes, he plans on leveling the charred remains and rebuilding on the same piece of land.

His home was roughly 900 square feet, and Cramer said that he hopes to rebuild it slightly larger — closer to 1,000 square feet with a large two-car garage.

“I never expected to ever have to deal with this,” he said. “It makes all the other bad things I’ve experienced seem like small potatoes.”

In spite of the challenges, Cramer said he is trying to remain positive.

“I’m good,” he said. “I’m in good spirits.”

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care and the other says Tijuana Flats,” Rumer said. “So for those they told us upfront two of the users that are going in there.”

The site plans for the northeast corner outline a shell retail building — owned by Equity Investment Services — which will be leased out to multiple tenants.

Nick Barbato, vice president of Equity Investment Services, confirmed they already have brokered a deal with the four food tenants.

This will be Mexican chain QDOBA’s first location in West Orange. Barbato said the company still is negotiating with other potential tenants for the remaining 3,000 square feet of space available.

“I can’t share who those are just yet, because we’re still nego-

tiating with a couple of interested parties looking to take that space,” Barbato said. “But we’re negotiating with one tenant that would take the entire space. And then our secondary option would be to subdivide the space and do two smaller units, so we’ll have between five to six tenants.”

Barbato added his company is not looking for additional restaurants — because the parking is limited. Rather, it would like to fill the space with retail and medical uses.

Because construction is ahead of schedule, Barbato expects to deliver the space to the tenants by the fourth quarter of 2017. Tenants will be able to open for business by the first or second quarter of 2018.

Contact Gabby Baquero at gbaqero@orangeobserver.com.

Your Body in Balance

The City of Ocoee Districting Commission is seeking public input to review and discuss the redistricting options for the City’s commission voting districts.

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As required by the City Charter, commission district boundaries must be reviewed every five years. After reviewing population, growth trends, demographics, and other data, the Districting Commission will present two different options designed to balance the population in the four commission districts. The maps that will be presented can be viewed in advance online at www.ocoee. org by clicking on the “Districting Commission” link on the home page or by visiting the City Clerk’s Office at Ocoee City Hall, 150 North Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee, FL 34761. Persons with disabilities needing assistance to participate in this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office 48 hours in advance of the meeting at 407-905-3105.

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TRY THIS Brewery Yoga at the Crooked Can 11 a.m. Saturday, May 27, at Crooked Can Brewing Company, 426 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. This one-hour yoga class will be held on Crooked Can’s silo lawn and is open to anyone interested in yoga, from beginners to expert yogis. The cost is $10 per person, which includes a beer of your choice. For anyone under 21, the class is $5. For more information, call (407) 395-9520.

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5 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 26, at the Oakland Town Center, 221 N. Arrington St., Oakland.

Scheduled for the fourth Friday of every month through October, the town of Oakland and HapCO Music Foundation will host an evening of jazz in the Town Center. This month’s event will feature jazz musician Justin Mendez. Food from Melts on Main Street will be available for purchase.

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Most will do so for the chance to meet celebrities such as comic-book legend Stan Lee or actors such as Tim Curry, Felicia Day and Richard Dean Anderson.

However, others — the cosplayers — will do so to become part of

the spectacle itself.

Morphing into another character via elaborate costumes is a talent that has grabbed the interest of many who consider themselves a part of the cosplay subculture.

And although the unique hobby requires significant time and financial investment, for 20-year-old Ocoee resident Rachel Alexis Bahr, it is quickly becoming one of her favorite hobbies.

“I’m the type of person (who) would really admire the costumes

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8 p.m. Thursday, May 25, Friday, May 26, and Saturday, May 27; and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 27, and Sunday, May 28, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden.

Tickets cost $33; $29 for students and seniors. (407) 877-4736.

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and everything, but I didn’t know that cosplay was even really a thing until my friend introduced me to it,” Bahr said. “But as a little girl, I just wanted to be a princess, so now I can kind of do that without going through Disney.”

Bahr, who works as a character performer for birthday parties and events with Enchanted Entertainment LLC, spends much of her time in costumes and pretending to be someone else. But the challenge is a welcome experience for Bahr and others like her who relish the chance to don atypical garb worn by characters in popular anime, comics, video games and movies.

As a beginner, Bahr mostly has been buying her costumes and wigs online from Facebook groups. However, she also is teaching herself to sew, so she can create more detailed costumes and tailor the outfits into her own version.

For a Christmas comic convention, she made a Christmas-themed version Harley Quinn and Anna from the 2013 Disney animation film Frozen.

For her Harley Quinn shirt, she put “Santa’s Lil Helper” and for Anna’s costume, she used a vintage German dress that once belonged to her grandmother.

“Another character that I really like is Anna from ‘Frozen,’” Bahr said. “I think it’s because I have the same personality as her. She’s just funny and quirky and awk-

ward, and it’s just fun to put on her persona and jump and dance around.”

Although she relates to the character of Anna, Bahr’s absolute favorite character to play has been Harley Quinn, and, in the future, she aspires to create character costumes for other strong female characters.

“I read the comics before ‘Suicide Squad’ came out,” she said.

“She’s such a fun personality and a (strong) woman, but she’s not just a villain. A lot of people just see her as The Joker’s little toy, but that’s not what she is at all, and I feel like she kind of is exactly how society sees women.”

Although she’s only been cosplaying for less than two years, Bahr has witnessed outrageous costumes at some conventions she’s attended that inspire her to improve her own costume design skills. She posts photos of several of her creations on her Facebook page, Princess Lexi Cosplay.

Some people, she said, spend up to $1,000 on their costumes to win cash prizes in contests, but she mostly sticks to shopping for fabrics in Plato’s Closet and Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts to create hers. The biggest challenge with handmade costumes is making sure they fit right once completed.

“But in the end, seeing that final product is completely worth it,” she said.

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hen I interviewed Marilyn Hattaway last month to introduce her to the community as the new development director of West Orange Habitat For Humanity, she was eager to share information about the May 13 Strong West Orange Women Build event.

It intrigued me, and I thought it might be something in which I would like to participate. I’ve been around construction sites my entire life because Daddy owned his own company.

It also seemed like a good chance to make some new friends and get reacquainted with a program in which I was

involved 20-something years ago.

I served on the board of directors for several years when West Orange Habitat was started in 1990. I was there when we selected the first two families to receive homes, built side by side on Jefferson Street. I was there when these homes were dedicated and the keys were handed over to the excited homeowners — single mothers with young children whose futures suddenly seemed brighter.

I wanted to experience that feeling of being “there” again as folks saw their dreams become reality, so I signed up to be one of 25 Strong Women assigned to put the finishing touches on a Habitat house in Oakland.

Women interested in helping a mother attain her dream attended the “let’s get pumped up and change lives” meet-up at the Habitat ReStore several weeks ago. This place is amazing; It’s set up like a regular furniture showroom, except everything has been donated from people in the community.

There are some nice pieces in the ever-changing display, the prices are right, and proceeds go right back into the nonprofit organization.

My first task was to set up a fundraising page, which I did, and multiple people came through for me, helping me surpass my $1,000 goal.

There was such a tremendous response from local women that Hattaway had to choose a second Habitat house for us.

Just around the corner from Kelly Arbogast’s home is one on Postell Avenue that will belong to Elancie Pierre-Fils.

The day of the build arrived, and 40 women of all ages and incomes met in the front yard of Arbogast’s new house on West Henschen Avenue. We were all given T-shirts in support of the day, and just like a team roster, all of our names were printed on the back. Who doesn’t feel empowered when their name is on a shirt?

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to the side held 40 shiny pink hardhats, also bearing the name of the women.

We showed up in work clothes and with a “let’s get it done” attitude, ready to complete these two homes. A few male Habitat representatives were on-site, too, but we shooed them away from doing any real work.

This was our build, after all.

I worked on Pierre-Fils’ house, taping up the front windows and painting the trim with Janet and scooping mulch into wheelbarrows with Jamie and Taylor. Others landscaped the front and sides of the home.

At the other house, landscaping and painting were tackled. We accomplished a lot that day.

The two single mothers and their boys were there, too, eager to pitch in.

Arbogast, who has two boys, ages 12 and 14, has multiple sclerosis. She is unable to put in all of the required 300 sweat-equity hours on her home, so she has been working at the ReStore. Both of her sons will have their own bedrooms.

Pierre-Fils has one 12-yearold son. She said he is excited to have his own bedroom for the first time in many years.

The five-hour work session netted nearly $40,000 for West Orange Habitat for Humanity, which has built 34 houses in 27 years. The goal was $25,000.

What a wonderful community we live in. I would jump at the chance to help on another house project and make another family’s dream come true.

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BEFORE THE STORM WATER HEATERS/ POOL AND SPA HEATERS

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Gas Gas ranges with pilot lights require no additional care. Continue to cook as usual. When the electricity is off, surface top burners with electric ignition can be easily lit. Simply: • Light match (preferably a wooden match) • Hold match next to the top burner cap • Then turn the control knob to the “light” or “high” setting.

The burner will light and you can adjust the flame.

Most ovens and broilers on ranges with electric ignition cannot be used when the power is off.

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A portable grill should either be moved inside or securely tied down outside. A grill with a patio base should either be bolted down or disconnected and brought inside.

A grill with a permanent post is usually secure and does not need any additional tie down. The lid of any gas grill remaining outside should be securely tied closed to prevent it from snapping open.

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Most dryers have a safety valve which automatically shut off the flow of gas. In addition, your gas dryer needs electricity to operate.

IF ASKED TO EVACUATE:

Leave the gas on. Turning off the gas could result in unnecessary delays in restoring your service. It is not necessary to turn off the gas at your meter or, if you use propane, at your tank. Should Lake Apopka Natural Gas deem it necessary to turn off the service, Company representatives will inform you. By leaving the gas on, you will be able to cook and, as long as there is a reliable supply of water, you will have hot water. Leaving gas on also helps you avoid reconnection fees.

AFTER THE STORM Clean-up efforts after previous hurricanes show that more gas lines are broken during clean-up than during the actual storm. Before removing fallen trees, call for a FREE utility line location by Dialing 8-1-1.

IF YOU SMELL GAS:

Do not do anything to cause a spark (i.e., using a garage door opener, portable phone, etc.). Immediately evacuate the premises and call Lake Apopka Natural Gas District’s 24/7 emergency number at 800.542.3344 or 9-1-1. It is important to call from a telephone away from the building where you smell gas. In the case of a gas leak, our first responsibility is to make sure the area is safe. Service will be restored as soon as possible. All District personnel carry identification and will, upon request, show their identification before entering your home.

IF FLOODING OCCURS:

If your home or business was flooded and gas appliances were underwater, do not attempt to operate the appliances. Water can cause damage to the internal safety mechanism and create a hazardous condition. Call Lake Apopka Natural Gas or a qualified appliance contractor for a safety inspection and to relight the pilot lights on your appliances.

Check yard for loose items. Move and secure items not firmly installed before the storm arrives. This includes grills, patio furniture, swings, pool equipment and supplies, even water hose reels. Items such as these can be blown around by hurricane winds causing unnecessary damage to your home, propane tank or gas meter.

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Most water, pool and spa heaters have a safety valve which will automatically shut off the flow of gas if the pilot light goes out. Tankless water heaters need a UPS backup device, connection to a 120V standby generator or a 12V inverter.

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Celebrating Ribbon Cutting of Comprehensive Health Orlando

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he WWOCC Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting celebration for Comprehensive Health Orlando, located at 1069 S. Clarke Road in Ocoee. Comprehensive Health Orlando is a comprehensive multidisciplinary practice. It allows a team of healthcare professionals, with various specialties and training, to work together for the greater good of their patients. This allows patients to get all the care they need under one roof, which lowers cost to the patient and helps to achieve greater patient outcomes. To learn more, visit www.comprehensivehealthorlando.com. Photo courtesy of WOCC.

he WOCC Ambassadors held a “We Noticed” celebration for the Edgewood Children’s Ranch Thrift Store supported by Armstrong Air & Heating, in recognition of its recent improvements. The store has a brand new marquee sign for better visibility, and the exterior of the building received a beautiful, fresh coat of paint! To learn more about the Edgewood Children’s Ranch Thrift Store, visit their location at 1010 S. Dillard Street in Winter Garden, or visit www. edgewoodranch.com. Photo courtesy of WOCC.

he WOCC Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Geneva Financial, located at 12100 W. Colonial Drive in Winter Garden. Geneva Financial offers the best mortgage tools available on the Internet - easy, convenient, online shopping for the best loan programs and most current rates available, together with the assistance of an experienced live loan officer to guide you through the often difficult and confusing process of choosing and getting the exact loan to meet your specific needs. To learn more, visit www. genevafi.com. Photo courtesy of WOCC.

Celebrating Groundbreaking of Injector Support & Service

Celebrating Ribbon Cutting of Kona Ice

Leadership West Orange completes Quality of Life Day

he WOCC Ambassadors held a groundbreaking ceremony for Injector Support & Service, located at 340 Crown Point Road in Ocoee. Injector Support & Service (ISS) serves its customer base by providing professional, timely and superior support and service for medical contrast injectors. To learn more, visit www.injectorsupport. com. Photo courtesy of WOCC.

he WOCC Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting celebration for Kona Ice of NW Orlando’s newest location at 129 McKey Street in Ocoee. At Kona Ice, we don’t want to be just a business. We want our roots to be dug deep into our communities. We want to give back. In short, we want to make a difference and flavor our world. To learn more, visit www.kona-ice.com. Photo courtesy of WOCC.

he 2016-17 Leadership West Orange class, the “West Orange Crushers,” recently participated in Quality of Life Day. The group visited Orlando Health-Health Central Hospital, enjoyed an aerial tour West Orange in a helicopter, and competed in a scavenger hunt that took the teams to West Orange Chamber members throughout the region! Thank you to series sponsor Florida Hospital Winter Garden for making this program possible! Photo courtesy of WOCC.

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Kona Ice adds cool factor to downtown Ocoee Ravi and Preya Shivdat opened a new Kona Ice storefront on May 7.

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BRITTANY GAINES STAFF WRITER OCOEE After several years operating their Kona Ice trucks, Ravi and Preya Shivdat decided to open a brick-and-mortar location in downtown Ocoee.

Located on McKey Street, the Kona Ice shop had its grand opening on Sunday, May 7, and the owners are already optimistic about the store’s success.

“We had a lot of people who would ask, ‘Where are you (located)?’” Preya said. “So it made sense to transition to a brickand-mortar, because so many people wanted it.”

Kona Ice is known for its trucks and has few store locations in the United States. The Shivdats’ location will be the only store in the country that will be open year-round.

Ravi and Preya Shivdat started their franchise three years ago after moving back to West Orange.

“We wanted to make our way back home after living up north for a while,” Preya said. “(Opening the franchise) was probably the craziest thing we’ve ever done.

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“I know what Plant Street used to be and what it is now,” Preya said. “Ocoee is going in the right direction, and we want to be part of that growth.”

But opening the store while still operating three trucks and raising two boys is nothing short of challenging.

“It’s a juggle every single day,” Preya said.

The couple is excited to feature new flavors and ice cream at the store that they can’t showcase on their trucks. They also hope to continue doing fundraising events for various schools in West Orange. Last year, they donated about $40,000 to various schools.

“The goal is to make this a spot where neighbors will come in and meet, where home-schoolers can come in and have their lessons, where church-goers will come to meet,” Preya said. “We want that sense of community.”

Contact Brittany Gaines at bgaines@orangeobserver.com.

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DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER OCOEE In honor of fast-food restaurant chain Hardee’s rolling out its new Baby Back Rib Burger, the Ocoee location rolled out the red carpet, figuratively, for a special visit from celebrity businessman Daymond John.

John, a television personality on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” paid visits to two local Hardee’s locations — one on Silver Star Road and the other on West Colonial Drive — Monday, May 15, to talk with employees and franchise owners about the new burger.

In 2013, former Detroit Lions star Al “Bubba” Baker appeared on “Shark Tank” with his boneless ribs, called “Bubba’s-Q Boneless Ribs.” He made a deal with “Shark” Daymond John on the show to receive $300,000 for 30% equity in his company and is in the process of owning a patent on his deboning process for the ribs.

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Hardee’s Ocoee staff members, franchise owners and their families enjoyed meeting Daymond John.

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The burger sells as a single patty for $5.99, a double patty for $6.79 and a one-third-pound Thickburger for $6.79. It is only available for a limited time.

“It’s very exciting; it’s not very often you get someone of his stature in our restaurant,” said Aihab Gerges, who owns the Ocoee

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John, who used to work at the front counter at Church’s Chicken and as a waiter at Red Lobster, said he really wanted to see the employees at Hardee’s and speak with them about the burger and the industry.

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Ocoee Middle track star Fletcher Charles won three medals and was part of the team’s victory as runner-up in the county championship for boys track. Page 23.

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n the end, whether the West Orange softball team would repeat as FHSAA Class 9A State Champions came down to one half-inning — and what a half-inning it was.

Unlike a season ago, when the Warriors had taken the field for the final inning of the state championship game comfortably leading Tampa’s Alonso High 6-0, the lead was just 1-0 when Palm Harbor came up for its final at-bat in the bottom of the seventh May 20.

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FINAL: West Orange 1, Palm Harbor 0 WINNING PITCHER: Lauren Mathis — 7.0 innings pitched, 13 strikeouts, four hits, one walk OTHER KEY STATS: Lexie Blair — triple, run scored; Morgan Arcia — RBI (sacrifice-fly)

plete-game shutout in a state final in as many seasons, senior ace Lauren Mathis started the inning well, striking out Bailey Wilson.

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Senior shortstop Amanda Fleming tags out a runner for Palm Harbor.

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Consecutive state titles cap historic run for West Orange

STEVEN RYZEWSKI SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

When digesting what the West Orange softball team has accomplished by winning back-to-back state championships, it helps to know a little history.

Take, for instance, the significance of the Warriors’ state championship last spring.

When West Orange topped Tampa’s Alonso High in the 2016 FHSAA Class 9A State Championship, it marked the first time a public school from Central Florida had won a softball state title since Seminole County’s Lake Mary did it in 1998.

Winning a single state title was, is and always will be a significant accomplishment on its own.

So, when the Warriors held on for a thrilling 1-0 victory over Palm Harbor in the 2017

FHSAA Class 9A State Championship Game last Saturday night in Vero Beach, it added another wrinkle to a historic run.

West Orange is now the first public school in Central Florida to win back-to-back softball championships since the sport was converted from slowpitch to fastpitch by the FHSAA in 1998. Also, since that transition, the Warriors are only the second program to win consecutive titles in the state’s largest classification.

The run the Warriors are enjoying over the past two seasons — and you also could include their 26-2 season in 2015 that ended in the regional final — is nothing short of remarkable.

During West Orange’s championship seasons in 2016 and 2017, the team has a 58-4 record. Since 2015, the Warriors are an astonishing 84-6.

Alumni of the program are littered across the college softball landscape, with more on the way.

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BY THE NUMBERS

WINS: 28 LOSSES: 3 WINNING STREAK: 17 games (March 2 to April 20) RUNS FOR: 241 RUNS AGAINST: 30 OFFENSIVE LEADERS Hits — Lexie Blair, 53 RBIs — Lexie Blair, 39; Morgan Arcia, 38 Home runs — Morgan Arcia, 5 Runs scored — Lexie Blair, 43 Doubles — Lexie Blair, 15; Morgan Arcia, 14 Triples — Hailey Penrose, 5; Lexie Blair, 5 Average (min. 50 at-bats) — Lexie Blair, .515

Feb. 15 — L, 1-0 at Timber Creek Feb. 17 — W, 14-0 at Lake Brantley Feb. 21 — W, 5-0 vs. Eustis Feb. 24 — W, 19-2 at Wekiva Feb. 27 — W, 4-0 at Lake Minneola March 1 — L, 2-1 at Ocoee March 2 — W, 2-1 vs. Apopka March 4 — W, 4-0 vs. Oakleaf March 7 — W, 5-1 vs. Lake Brantley March 10 — W, 12-2 at Olympia March 14 — W, 3-1 vs. Wewahitchka March 15 — W, 11-0 at East River March 23 — W, 10-2 vs. Lake Minneola (MAIST) March 24 — W, 12-0 vs. Apopka (MAIST) March 25 — W, 6-3 vs. Bishop Moore (MAIST) March 29 — W, 15-0 vs. Evans March 31 — W, 6-2 at Apopka April 4 — W, 5-3 vs. Scott County (Kentucky) April 6 — W, 14-0 vs. Wekiva April 7 — W, 15-0 vs. TFA April 13 — W, 15-0 vs. Olympia April 18 — W, 15-0 vs. Edgewater April 20 — W, 11-2 at Dr. Phillips April 21 — L, 3-1 vs. Winter Springs

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“We consistently get players coming into the program, and it helps with the longevity of success,” LaNeave said. “(We) get waves of five or six really talented players (who) come in — and there’s five or six (who) are already there.”

It really is a run to be remembered — and the timing of this success is nothing if not poetic, also, with the opening of Windermere High this fall.

LaNeave estimates the Wolverines will take five of his junior varsity players from this spring and one varsity player.

Beyond the immediate loss of those players, there is the bigger-picture reality that this softball-rich area is being split in two. Of West Orange’s standout players who have gone on to play in college these past few years, LaNeave estimates half would have been zoned for the new school.

“It will be difficult moving forward, with the new school, to put the collective talent on one team on one field,” LaNeave said. “We’re losing some pretty good players.”

And although the inevitable West Orange-Windermere rivalry will throw a new — and fun — wrinkle into this area’s rich softball tradition, no one will forget the teams West Orange has put on the field these past three seasons.

And neither will the FHSAA record books.

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Then things got interesting.

First, Katherine Gunther reached base on an errant throw.

Next, Kimmy Singer singled, putting runners on first and second, with the runner on second base representing the tying run — and it got better.

The next batter, Makenna Utegaard, singled to left field, where Lexie Blair was quick enough to the ball that the pinch-runner running for Gunther was held at third.

Nevertheless, Mathis and the Warriors suddenly were facing a predicament where Palm Harbor had the bases loaded, with just one out, the tying run at third and the winning run at second.

Put mildly, things were tense.

Fortunately for the Warriors, Mathis was ready for the moment.

The University of Georgia signee responded first by getting Jalynn Ford to strike out swinging, bringing up Jada Radecki in an at-bat to decide the season.

On the third pitch, Radecki connected on a line-drive that found its way into the glove of senior shortstop Amanda Fleming, and the celebration was on at Historic Dodgertown — West Orange High’s softball team (283) had repeated as state champs.

“It got a little hairy there, because they were starting to time (Mathis) up,” head coach Todd LaNeave said. “But — she’s still tough to hit. … If anybody was going to get it done, Lauren Mathis was going to get it done.”

For Mathis, it was a memorable way to end her varsity career.

“To be honest, it was all a blur,” Mathis said. “I just turned around and remember throwing my glove down and running to my catcher (Maggie Wheless) and hugging her.”

Throughout the night West Orange had struggled to hit Palm Harbor’s Savanna Bennett — both teams ended the game with just four hits, apiece. The only run of the game came as the Warriors were making their way through the order for the third time, in the top of the sixth, when Blair ledoff with a triple. Two batters later, with one out, senior Morgan Arcia came up and hit the most important sacrifice-fly of her varsity career.

“I just had to make sure I got it to the right side, deep enough for Lexie to come in,” Arcia.

It was — and Blair did — and that would prove to be the extent of the scoring for the game.

Afterward, as West Orange players, coaches and families celebrated the team’s second-straight

2017 WEST ORANGE WARRIORS VARSITY SOFTBALL TEAM 3 — Lauren Evans, sophomore 5 — Hailey Penrose, senior 6 — Lexie Blair, junior 7 — Katie Benedict, sophomore 8 — Amanda Fleming, senior 9 — Cassie Rivard, sophomore 11 — Lauren Mathis, senior 12 — Landry Newgent, junior 13 — Maggie Wheless, senior 14 — Cerynn Siemer, junior 15 — Lexi Mosur, junior 16 — Claire McDonnell, sophomore 17 — Julia Sniffen, junior 21 — Amanda Denis, sophomore 24 — Courtney Barrieau, junior 25 — Morgan Arcia, senior COACHES: Head coach — Todd LaNeave (fourth year) Kelsey LaNeave Jodi Bayles Amy Berland ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Adam Miller PRINCIPAL: William Floyd

championship — the program’s third, overall — it was a euphoric occasion.

“It means the world to us,” Arcia said. “It’s a great feeling to go back-to-back, do it all again and to be here with everyone.”

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Fletcher Charles Ocoee Middle School’s boys track team earned runner-up in the county championship two weeks ago, and seventh-grader Fletcher Charles was instrumental in helping lead the team. Charles earned three medals himself, and coach Marcus Spencer lauds him as a great student.

What got you into running track?

It was really last year. Coach Spencer and Coach Lee told us to run a lap, and after we ran a lap, I just kind of blew everybody out, and they (the coaches) were shocked. That was my first season, in sixth grade. They really push me every practice.

How did it feel to be part of a team that earned county runner-up?

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What’s your mindset going into a race?

Just win. Execute the start, and as Coach Spencer and Coach Lee said, when you’re in the back stretch, you just have to breathe and make sure you get a good start. Don’t focus on what’s behind you; just go straight ahead and make sure you keep your form.

Have you thought about what you’d like to do when you get older?

It depends, but I’d like to go professional in basketball, football or track somewhere down the road.

What other sports do you watch, and what is your team?

Basketball. It used to be the Lakers, and I still enjoy watching the Lakers, but Kobe just had that killer in there. He’s my favorite of all time.

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Do you have a favorite class?

I’m going to say gym. The coaches are great. They’re always giving us speeches and (encouraging us) to push ourselves. Every time we go against each other in competition, it’s so we can get to be great, and as we get older, we can remember the memories and stuff. That’s what I always think about, and my mom, when she says, “Just be careful out there, listen to the teachers and be respectful.” So that’s what I’m trying to do.

If you could have any food you wanted in front of you, what would it be?

I’m a big gummy bear fan, I love gummy bears and how they’re so chewy. Our team also smashes pizzas; we love pizza.

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On this Memorial Day we commemorate and remember those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms and our nation.

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WOODLAWN MEMORIAL PARK CEREMONY Veteran organizations, Scouts, rifle volley, Taps, the tolling of the replica Liberty Bell in memory of the dead of all wars, and a possible fly-over.

Guest speakers include Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Carter, the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research.

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Please join us for a special Memorial Day honor and celebration those who Memorialevent Dayin Is Only Once AofYear have proudly served our country.

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CHURCH DIRECTORY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 125 E Plant St., Winter Garden 407-656-2352 Sundays 8:30 am Traditional 9:45 am Bible Study 11:00 am Contemporary Awana - Wednesdays - 6pm Pastor Tim Grosshans www.fbcwg.org 2nd Campus: “FOUNDATION WORSHIP” Sundays 9:45 am - All Ages at Foundation Academy High School 15304 Tilden Road - Winter Garden www.FoundationWorship.com 407.730.1867 STARKE LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH PO Box 521, 611 W Ave, Ocoee Pastor Jeff Pritchard (407) 656-2351 www.starkelakebaptist.org

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Winter Garden, FL 34787 Services 9:30 and 10:30AM 407-952-0510

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