06.02.17 Winter Park/Maitland Observer

WINTER PARK/MAITLAND

Observer Serving Winter Park, Maitland and Baldwin Park

Edgewater High Eagles take final flight. PAGE 3.

YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. VOLUME 29, NO. 22

FREE

Remembering our fallen Winter Park honors those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. 5.

Singing for his supper On any given week, Winter Park-based musician Casey Brents and his guitar can be found throughout Central Florida.

DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER

G

rowing up, Winter Park-based musician Casey Brents hadn’t

considered a future breaking into the music scene.

In fact, he didn’t have a guitar until his parents got one for him at age 16.

SEE PAGE 4

Danielle Hendrix

Although Casey Brents loves covering songs by artists such as John Mayer and Jason Mraz, he hopes to sharpen his songwriting skills and perform his own music.

•

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

YOUR TOWN WANT TO HELP FIX WINTER PARK PARKING? Have an opinion about the parking situation in Winter Park? The city will host a Downtown Parking Summit from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday, June 8, at the Winter Park Welcome Center, 151 W. Lyman Ave. This process is intended to help city consultants KimleyHorn develop a strategy.

Representatives will review the existing parking, meet with stakeholders and create recommendations.

Observer increases circulation, is now free The Winter Park/ Maitland Observer is free and available in select locations throughout the communities.

MICHAEL ENG EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Everyone loves free.

And beginning with the June 2 edition, that’s exactly what the Winter Park /Maitland Observer will be.

As part of its ongoing efforts to revamp the newspaper, Observer Media Group Inc. has transitioned the Winter Park/Maitland Observer into SEE OBSERVER PAGE 4

County celebrates new affordable housing option

DAWG DAYS OF SUMMER

Goldenrod Pointe Apartment Homes is a 70-unit complex located south of University Boulevard.

TIM FREED STAFF WRITER

USPS 00-6186 Publisher statement on page 4.

A new affordable living apartment complex has opened its doors to low-income families — part of an ongoing effort to combat homelessness in Orange County and give families in need a helping hand.

The 70-unit Goldenrod Pointe Apartment Homes off Palmetto Avenue just south of University

Boulevard celebrated its opening with a ribbon-cutting May 18.

The complex has 20% of its units reserved for very lowincome and homeless families and individuals ready to re-enter the housing market. As a tenant’s income progresses, the rent will adjust, freeing up the dedicated units for use by other very lowincome and homeless families.

SEE GOLDENROD PAGE 4

With new coaches and a focus on excellence, the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs are ready for 2017. 8.

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

YOUR CALENDAR

SATURDAY, JUNE 3

SUMMER READING KICKOFF “BUILD A BETTER WORLD” 10 a.m. Saturday, June 3, at the Winter Park Public Library, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park. Celebrate as with the library and “Build a Better World” through reading. Bring the family to enjoy free games, a rock wall, the Human Snow Cone Machine, giant Jenga and Connect Four, a petting zoo, carnival games, face painting and balloon twisters. Readers of all ages can register for the Summer Reading Challenge and get a free book to get them started. Free. No registration required. For more information, call (407) 623-3300.

TUESDAY, JUNE 6

ROLLER COASTER PHYSICS 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, at the Winter Park Public Library, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park. The Orlando Science Center will show fifth- through seventh-graders how the forces of inertia, gravity and friction affect motion while building a roller-coaster model. Registration is required. For more info or to register, please call (407) 623-3300, Ext. 4, or visit wppl. org.

|

OrangeObserver.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

THURSDAY, JUNE 8

SIP, SHOP AND STROLL 5 p.m. Thursday, June 8, along Park Avenue, Winter Park.

Experience the charm of Park Avenue on this uniquely Winter Park wine walk presented by the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce. Discover new merchants, check out the latest fashions, gift ideas and seasonal menu items and enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres along the way. Cost is $25. For more information, call (407) 644-8281.

POPCORN FLICKS IN THE PARK 8 p.m. Thursday, June 8, at Winter Park’s Central Park, 150 W. Morse Blvd. Watch a free screening of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” in Winter Park’s Central Park. Presented

by Winter Park CRA and produced by Enzian Theater, this film series features classic films for the whole family. Bring a blanket, a picnic or snacks, and some family and friends.

(407) 6290054.

SUNDAY, JUNE 11

JUNETEENTH: REMEMBERING ROSEWOOD 2 p.m. Sunday, June 11, at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center, 642 W. New England Ave., Winter Park. In 1923, a white mob stormed the small, prosperous AfricanAmerican community of Rosewood, near Florida’s Gulf Coast. Fueled by racial resentment, the mob ter-

rorized the black residents before burning the town to the ground.

Retired educator Lizzie PRB Jenkins tells the story of Rosewood, where her aunt, Mahulda Gussie Brown Carrier, survived that violent night in January 1923. For more information, call (407) 5392680.

MONDAY, JUNE 19

SAVE THE RAIN FOREST 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 19, at the Winter Park Public Library, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park. See the Amazon rainforest come alive as puppeteer and storyteller Katie Adams recreates the survival story of amazing, endangered animals.

Registration required. (407) 623-3300, Ext. 4, or wppl.org.

MONDAY, JUNE 26

BOOK DISCUSSION AT THE UNIVERSITY CLUB OF WINTER PARK 1 p.m. Monday, June 26, at the University Club of Winter Park, 841 North Park Ave., Winter Park. Participate in a book discussion of “Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill,” by Candice Millard.

Imperialism and courage are on display in this narrative of the young Winston Churchill’s exploits during the Boer War. The New York Times called the book, the third from Millard, “tremendously readable and enjoyable.” (407) 644-6149 or uclubwp.org.

THURSDAY, JUNE 29 ZOOM AROUND THE WORLD 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 29 at the Winter Park Public Library, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park. Registration required; register both adults and children who will attend. Presented by the Central Florida Zoo. (407) 6233300, Ext. 4, or wppl.org.

“Excellent product, knowledgeable and friendly salesman, competent and efficient installation team...

I highly recommend RBA.” - Melissa D. (FL Homeowner)

200 600

$

$

OFF OFF Every Every Window* Window*

plus

OFF OFF All All Patio Patio Doors* Doors*

NO Money Down | NO Payments | NO Interest For A Full 12 Months!* *Minimum purchase of 3 windows and/or doors required.

RBAFLA.com

Call for a FREE in-home consultation!

(407) 734-2971

With Renewal by Andersen, you get an exclusive replacement window that is durable, customizable, and beautiful. Plus, the great combination of our exclusive Fibrex® material, High-Performance™ Low-E4® glass, and expert installation means your windows will have excellent NFRC ratings. *DETAILS OF OFFER - Offer expires 6/30/2017. Not valid with other offers or prior purchases. Available only at participating locations. Minimum purchase of 3 windows and/or doors required. No money down, No payments, No interest for one year available on approved credit only. Ask a sales associate for complete details. Renewal by Andersen retailers are independently owned and operated, and are neither brokers nor lenders. License number available upon request. “Renewal by Andersen” and all other marks where denoted are trademarks of Andersen Corporation. © 2016 Renewal by Andersen of Central Florida.

242014

2

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

OrangeObserver.com

|

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

3

Outside the classroom Winter Park High senior Patricia Abely recently was recognized for creating an outdoor classroom.

TIM FREED STAFF WRITER

When it comes to elementary school education, one Winter Park Wildcat is taking it outside.

Winter Park High School student Patricia Abely recently was named a finalist in the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, receiving a bronze medallion at the high school.

The award was the result of several weeks of hard work during the summer of 2015, when Abely helped raise the money for an outdoor classroom at Winegard Elementary.

The Winter Park graduate had heard about the school’s desire for an outdoor learning space from her friend’s mother, a counselor at the school.

“She told us that they were looking for some outdoor learning environments to get the stu-

dents more engaged,” Abely said.

“I thought this would be the perfect thing to teach them not just about science and the outdoors but (also) just being a fun place to learn.”

As a longtime Girl Scout, Abely was no stranger to community service. The plans were set in motion in late spring/early summer of that year.

The school had several rundown picnic tables at the back of the campus. Those were restored, repainted green and given a personal touch with student finger paintings of butterflies, flowers and caterpillars.

A butterfly garden was planted near the classroom space as well, complete with labels identifying butterflies and plants.

The $1,500 project was made possible by a fundraising effort Abely organized by hosting a summer camp at her house, where

an average of seven children each day took part in crafts and games.

But Abely wasn’t the only one creating an outdoor classroom.

Her twin sister Kathryn also took charge of an outdoor amphitheater area with bench seating. She also got some help from Winter Park art students to paint several rocks with animal designs, which were placed throughout the outdoor classroom area.

Students find the rocks in an educational scavenger hunt, where they learn interesting facts about raccoons, bears, eagles and more.

“We placed them all outdoors around the elementary school,” Kathryn said. “They learn the scientific names and everything.

It was just a really cool experience with the children.”

Since that summer the Abely sisters made the outdoor classroom a realty, it has grown and evolved. White boards now stand at two locations at the classrooms.

“Now that the white boards

Tim Freed

Patricia Abely considers the outdoor classroom at Winegard Elementary the most meaningful community-service project of her life.

are there, teachers are using the outdoor classrooms to instruct,” Winegard Elementary Principal Meigan Rivera said. “It’s very helpful, because then the students have a different learning experience. It gets them engaged in what’s going on, because they’re in a different place than in the classroom at the desks.”

Patricia Abely watches as stu-

dents wander around the outdoor classroom and take soil samples for a project — learning and having fun all at once. It fills her with a sense of pride, she said.

“It’s probably the most meaningful community service I’ve done in my life,” she said.

Contact Tim Freed at tfreed@orangeobserver.com.

Marshalls, HomeGoods open in Winter Park The two retailers are the newest step in revitalizing the Center of Winter Park shopping plaza.

TIM FREED STAFF WRITER

Edgewater High School graduates gathered backstage at the CFE Arena before saying goodbye to high school. Faculty wished them luck in their future endeavors.

Eagles take flight M

ore than 300 Edgewater High School seniors celebrated the end of their high-school careers at commencement Friday, May 26, at the CFE Arena. From hugs and well-wishes to selfies and cartwheels, graduates, faculty and friends bid farewell to high school.

“Every graduate is leaving school with a plan,” Edgewater High career specialist Ben Tarantur said.

— GIA DOXEY

ONLINE Edgewater High School graduates Ambria Breyuna Griffin, left, and Olivia Gros waited patiently to walk across the CFE Arena stage. Gros will study criminal justice at Valencia College and plans to transfer to UCF.

See more photos at

OrangeObserver.com

Marshalls and HomeGoods have arrived in Winter Park.

The Massachusetts-based retailers both made their debut in Winter Park May 18, opening at the Center of Winter Park plaza, site of the former Kmart at the corner of U.S. 17-92 and Lee Road.

The two stores — totaling 40,600 square feet — are marketed as “off-price retailers,” where shoppers can find clothing at Marshalls or home décor at HomeGoods for 20% to 60% below the prices of department and specialty stores.

The duo carries everything from jackets, handbags, ties and shoes to furniture, rugs, kitchen essentials and bedding.

“We’re happy to be here,” Marshalls store manager Hector Sanabria said.

The stores are another step toward revitalizing a plaza where a closed Kmart sat since early 2014. The site has been split into four store spaces — two of which becoming Marshalls and HomeGoods while the two reaming slots will be a DSW and a Ross.

Winter Park also voted in December 2015 for improvements to the façade of the buildings, as well as new landscaping to give it more of a Winter Park charm.

A fresh look for the plaza was met with open arms by the city.

“To the P&Z Board, this is a welcome and much needed renovation and rebranding of a 1960s shopping center,” city officials wrote in a document for a Dec. 14 Winter Park City Commission meeting. “The board desired further improvements for more of a ‘Winter Park’ character with enhanced pedestrian circulation, enhanced landscaping and storm water retention, which will result

SQUARE 1 EVICTED

The words of Twenty One Pilot’s electronic reggae tune “Ride” pipe in through outdoor speakers at the plaza at 900 S. Orlando Ave. The music gives off a fun, playful atmosphere — a way to draw potential customers.

But there’s no one coming to the restaurant on the corner of Minnesota and Orlando avenues. The lights are off inside, and there’s no signs of life during lunch hour.

Square 1 Burgers has been evicted from its Winter Park location after reportedly owing more than $22,000 in back rent, according to Orange County court documents.

“SQUARE 1 failed to pay all the minimum rent and additional rent and charges when due according to the terms of the lease from April 1, 2017, and each month thereafter,” states a complaint from landlord and plaintiff Destination Studios LLC. An eviction notice posted on May 18 shows the business was given 24 hours to clear out and give the landlord possession of the property.

The Tampa-based restaurant chain is known for its wide variety of proteins, from Angus and Kobe beef to buffalo and lamb. The shuttered Winter Park location was the only one in the Orlando area. It was in business for just over a year, opening in March 2016.

Attorneys from both parties did not return messages seeking comment by press time.

in some loss of parking to accomplish those goals.”

The new stores join Blaze Pizza and Zoe’s Kitchen as new plaza tenants.

Contact Tim Freed at tfreed@orangeobserver.com.

4

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

|

OrangeObserver.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2017

Winter Park musician chases dream CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Now, you can find him playing gigs around Central Florida at least twice a week. Sometimes, you’ll catch him and his guitar at restaurants in Winter Garden or Winter Park. Other times, he’ll get a call to play in Orlando, Lake Nona and even Daytona.

“I never really even considered it as an option until years and years later, but I always had the personality of an entertainer,” Brents said. “It seems like everywhere I’ve been, there’s always been a huge music scene, and I’d just never been plugged into it.”

Although he had had the thought of doing something with music performance stowed in the back of his mind, he mainly stuck to buying musical equipment and tinkering with it.

But when the Great Recession hit at the end of 2007, the wheels came off. Brent went through bankruptcy and lost his house.

Everything he had been trying to do failed.

It was time for a change.

“I went to a couple of open mics,” he said. “The first I ever went to was on May 7, 2009, and I played for 15 minutes, and I

CASEY BRENTS

Facebook: facebook.com/ casey.brents YouTube: bit.ly/2qSIu5Z INSPIRATIONS AND FAVORITE ARTISTS: The Beatles Billy Joel George Harrison Jimi Hendrix Journey Peter Gabriel Propagandhi

bombed it. It was horrible. “(But), it was super liberating just to be able to run with that crowd, so I kept going back,” he said. “Eventually, I didn’t bomb it, and someone from the Mellow Mushroom or something said, ‘You should come play at the restaurant for $100.’”

While living with a friend after losing the house and learning to live on a tight budget, there wasn’t a great deal of pressure on him to produce music and collect gigs.

However, whatever opportunities tossed his way were opportunities he took to heart.

And it’s paid off. After the reces-

sion, Brents met his wife, and they now live just outside Winter Park. With more gigs comes more exposure, and he continues to put his talent out there to share with people whenever he gets a phone call.

“My favorite gigs ... to play are wherever people will let me,” he said. “I’m just so fortunate to even be able to do it. Just the idea that I would be able to sing for my supper is just unfathomable. It’s awesome. I would like to be able to own it more in terms of originality.”

Brents gets much of his inspiration from artists such as Billy Joel, The Beatles and Propagandhi, among others. He enjoys covering songs from popular artists such as John Mayer and Jason Mraz, but his ultimate dream is to be able to make his own music and have it impact others positively.

“The goal is to get really good at writing songs and putting out original content and try to roll that in,” he said. “It’s tough, because I’m not sure exactly what it is that people want. I feel like I’ve always had a tendency toward a ‘thinking man’s’ music — pensive and thoughtful stuff. I like intellectual stuff, and I wonder whether or not

Goldenrod now open CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

The 14 reserved units will have standard rental housing obstacles removed, including waiving application fees, deposits and credit screening. Referrals for the units will come from network providers.

“We’re committed to creating a variety of housing options that will foster a more inclusive housing market,” Orange County Mayor Jacobs said. “This new apartment complex is another great step forward as our region continues to offer more affordable housing options, ensure that our working families can find housing and provide our homeless families with the resources and support they need.”

Orange County earmarked $2 million for the project, with half of it coming from INVEST funds and the other half from State Housing Initiatives Program funds.

“We’re looking at all the tools available to help drive our policy and code, and encourage the pri-

“People who’ve had some bad luck or either a health problem or an emergency in their family that’s caused them to have to leave an apartment under difficult times … this gives them a second chance.”

— Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs

vate sector in a joint venture with us to build more inclusive communities,” Orange County Housing and Community Development Manager Mitchell Glasser said. “Inclusive communities include those that have a variety of housing types and incomes … and affordable housing is part of

that picture.”

Orange County also has contributed $1 million in INVEST funds to the Wayne Densch Center, a 77-unit permanent supportive housing community for homeless families and individuals.

Construction for that facility is slated for this September, but the Goldenrod Pointe Apartments already are open to residents in need.

“People who have had some bad luck or either a health problem or an emergency in their family that’s caused them to have to leave an apartment under difficult times … this gives them a second chance,” Jacobs said.

Announced during Jacobs’ 2015 State of the County Address, the $300 million INVEST in Our Home for Life initiative began a series of projects across Orange County to provide long-term benefits to Orange County citizens.

Contact Tim Freed at tfreed@orangeobserver.com.

“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

Friedrich Hayek

Publisher / Dawn Willis, dwillis@OrangeObserver.com Executive Editor / Michael Eng, meng@OrangeObserver.com Associate Publisher / Tracy Craft,

“My favorite gigs at the moment to play are wherever people will let me. I’m just so fortunate to even be able to do it.”

tcraft@OrangeObserver.com Design Editor / Jessica Eng, jeng@OrangeObserver.com Staff Writer / Tim Freed, tfreed@OrangeObserver.com Advertising Executive Pam Zerblas, pzerblas@OrangeObserver.com

there’s any market for that.

“I think there’s real value in that — if you have a spontaneous idea or something seems cool, do it and don’t let yourself think of all the reasons it won’t work,” he said. “You can talk yourself out of all the best ideas you have. I do it because I love to do it, and I’d do it anyway — even if there wasn’t any money in it.”

Contact Danielle Hendrix at dhendrix@orangeobserver.com.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Tim Freed

Observer “Road to Serfdom,” 1944

Observer

Goldenrod Pointe Apartments offer a new option for affordable housing.

WINTER PARK/MAITLAND

a free weekly. In doing so, it has increased the newspaper’s circulation to 10,000 and its weekly readership to 25,000. This new model — similar to OMG’s other publications throughout Florida — enables a far greater reach for advertising customers.

“We are excited to expand our reach and assist our local partners and businesses to connect with the amazing communities we cover,” Publisher Dawn Willis said.

In addition to home delivery in selected neighborhoods, the Winter Park/Maitland Observer will be available at 110 different locations, including seven boxes along Park Avenue in Winter Park.

With the increase in readership, the newspaper’s content will have a greater reach.

“Our goal is to become the No. 1 source for Winter Park, Maitland and Baldwin Park news and information,” Executive Editor Michael Eng said. “These changes will allow our journalists to reach more of the community.

We know our role comes with tremendous responsibility. We take that responsibility seriously and are committed to providing a reasoned, accurate and complete news report each and every week.”

If you would like to subscribe to the paper, please email subsciptions@orangeobserver.com or call (407) 401-9929 for details.

OMG’s papers include: Sarasota Observer, Siesta Key Observer, Longboat Observer, East County Observer, Business Observer, all based in Sarasota; Plant City Times & Observer; West Orange Times & Observer, Windermere Observer, based in Winter Garden; Ormond Beach Observer; Palm Coast Observer; and Financial News & Daily Record, Jacksonville.

Creative Services Kathleen Carreiro, kcarreiro@OrangeObserver.com Tony Trotti, ttrotti@OrangeObserver.com Customer Service Representatives Allison Brunelle, abrunelle@OrangeObserver.com Sarah Felt, sfelt@OrangeObserver.com

TO ADVERTISE

For display or digital advertising, call Associate Publisher Tracy Craft at (407) 401-9929. For classified advertising, call (407) 401-9929. Our fax number is (407) 656-6075.

LEGAL ADVERTISING To place a legal notice for Orange County, please call Kim Martin at (407) 654-5500 or email to legal@businessobserverfl.com.

SEND US YOUR NEWS Let us know about your events, celebrations and achievements. Send your information via email to Michael Eng, meng@OrangeObserver. com. Mailed letters must be typed and include the author’s signature and phone number. Letters to the editor are subject to editing.

TO SUBSCRIBE

The Winter Park/Maitland Observer is published weekly, on Fridays.

Subscriptions are $25 per year. To subscribe for mailed home delivery, call (407) 401-9929; email to subscribe@OrangeObserver.com; visit orangeobserver.com; or visit our office, 180 S. Knowles, Winter Park, FL, 32789.

WINTER PARK/ MAITLAND OBSERVER

The Winter Park/Maitland Observer (USPS #00-6186) is published by the Observer Media Group, 180 S. Knowles, Winter Park, Fl., 32789. Periodical postage paid at Winter Park, Florida. POSTMASTER send address changes to the Winter Park/ Maitland Observer, 180 S. Knowles, Winter Park, FL, 32789.

Observer Media Group Inc. 1970 Main St. • Sarasota, FL 34236 941-366-3468

Editor and CEO / Matt Walsh Vice President / Lisa Walsh Chairman / David Beliles Publishers of the

Longboat Observer, East County Observer, Sarasota Observer, Siesta Key Observer, Palm Coast Observer, Plant City Times & Observer, Ormond Beach Observer, West Orange Times & Observer, Windermere Observer, Winter Park/Maitland Observer, Business Observer, Jacksonville Financial News & Daily Record, Jacksonville Realty-Builder Connection, LWR Life Magazine, Season Magazine

WHERE TO FIND US For a complete list of pick-up locations, visit OrangeObserver.com.

OrangeObserver.com © 2017 The Observer Media Group Inc. All Rights Reserved

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

OrangeObserver.com

|

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

5

Charles Haugabrooks performed rousing renditions of “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,” “I Believe in America,” and “God Bless the USA.”

Emily Hedengren was handed a flag by Winter Springs High School Army ROTC student Anthony Garcia in honor of her fallen brother, Frederic R. Harbot.

A wreath was placed to honor America’s fallen soldiers.

SOME GAVE ALL Winter Springs High School student Vanessa Velazquez led the presentation of America’s colors.

Emcee Bud Hedinger kept the event moving along smoothly.

I

t was an emotional yet patriotic scene May 29 at Glen Haven Memorial Park, as local residents honored America’s fallen soldiers at a Memorial Day service.

The event commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War and featured the VFW Post 2093 Community Band, vocalist Charles Haugabrooks and emcee Bud Hedinger.

Veterans Arthur Ripley and Tom Kovalchik stood when their military branch song played.

— TIM FREED Above: Former Winter Park Mayor Allen Trovillion was one of several World War II veterans honored at the service.

Left: Winter Springs High School Army ROTC students conducted several flag ceremonies during the event.

ONLINE

See more photos at OrangeObserver.com

PARIS CAN WAIT Starring Diane Lane & Alec Baldwin Fri – Sun: 3:45PM, 6:30PM, 9:15PM Mon – Thurs: 6:30PM, 9:15PM

Pulse Tribute Event: THE BIRDCAGE Fundraising Event for the Better Together Fund Sat: 12PM

Popcorn Flicks in the Park: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND FREE in Central Park!

Thurs: 8PM

1300 SOUTH ORLANDO AVE, MAITLAND, FL 407-629-0054

Saturday Matinee Classics: BLACK ORPHEUS Sat, June 10th at 12PM 236347

Andrew Shogren and Jan White, of the Florida State Reenactment Society, wore their Civil War uniforms as they paid tribute.

6

PLAY ON!

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

|

OrangeObserver.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

The possibilities are endless

LOUIS RONEY

Y

ears ago in London, I was chatting in an immaculate kitchen with an old friend I shall call Frohe. Frohe had a Kleenex in her hand. I sat on a stool and sipped her rich coffee.

“Do you have a cold?” I asked.

“No, why?” Frohe responded.

“The Kleenex.’’

“Oh, I’m just putz‘n,’’ Frohe said. “I’m always putz’n — you know, cleaning things.’’

Frohe reinforced my longheld conceit that heredity is much stronger than some will admit. Frohe is American. Her parents had come to midwest America from Holland. Frohe’s Dutch antipathy to dirt, buried deep in her psyche during those distant, less self-conscious days in Fun City, may have surfaced with Netherlandish zeal. That Frohe might someday reveal herself as a “Putzer cum laude” had remained dormant in my thoughts through the

intervening years.

You see, in Europe in the 1950s, I was indoctrinated to believe that the Dutch are so clean that all other people are to them untouchables of a sort.

If cleanliness is next to godliness, people who don’t putz enough have, ergo, fallen from grace. Of course, this is the way the compulsive Putzers of the world want them to feel.

I know. I have been intimidated by Putzers.

In 1956, I lived in baronial bachelor splendor in a penthouse atop an apartment building in Basel, Switzerland.

Having just arrived from New York City, I was conscious of the immaculateness of Switzerland. In the lobby, I remarked to Fräulein Holzkopf, the shapely young Baslerin who was the concierge, that under her eye the whole establishment “glowed like a new penny.”

She mumbled in German something to the effect that, to us un-putzed, slovenly Americans, anywhere away from the United States must seem indeed clean and ordentlich.

“Have you been in the United States, Fräulein?” I asked.

She said something to the effect that she had never ever had the slightest desire to set foot on American soil.

Perhaps feeling that, despite my execrable choice of nationality, she had been excessively

inhospitable to me, the pretty Mädchen suddenly added with surprising noblesse oblige.

“While we Swiss are very highly clean, I would tell you for real cleanliness, you must go to Holland,” she said. “There, the housewife is in the morning on her knees scrubbing with a brush the sidewalk before her house. Quite wonderful!”

I glimpsed Fräulein Holzkopf’s trim knees in their sheer nylons and surmised that although she might admire her Dutch sisters, she did not emulate them by putz’n sidewalks.

“That is normal where I come from,” I said softly.

“You mean to scrub the sidewalks?”

“Natürlich!” I said. “The custom started in New York, a Dutch colony ... Peter Stuyvesant and all that. And they are still doing such a thing?’’

“Well,” said Fräulein Holzkopf, smiling a warm Snow White smile with her mouth, while her eyes were blue ice.

“Good discipline makes good people. We Swiss are the best example.”

I let that one pass and walked down to the opera house.

A few weeks later in New York, I passed a trick shop at Broadway and 47th. In the window was a remarkable array of repulsive rubber minimonsters: snakes, enormous spiders, squids, and imaginary

creatures that were indescribably horrid. I bought one of the latter, a sickening black and green thing out of a swampy nightmare.

On my return to Basel, I greeted my beautiful concierge, who assured me that I must be “truly glad to be back in clean, beautiful Switzerland, where life is not filthy, and everything is ‘in Ordnung.’”

One morning several days later, up in my snug aerie, I took my rubber monster out of its paper bag. I laid the tentacled creature close to the drain in my spotless bathtub. I spooned a few globs of tomato ketchup on the thing, and made a ketchuptrail right up to the drain hole.

Then I took my “Tosca” score and strolled down to the opera house for rehearsal. When I returned several hours later, Fräulein Holzkopf screamed at me across the lobby.

“Mr. Roney, we do not know what we can say,” she said.

“Such a thing has never ever before happened. This is most terrible.”

“What’s wrong?”” I asked.

“You didn’t see it?”

“See what?”

“In your bathtub,” she said.

“This thing. It is here on the shelf.”

Sure enough, on the shelf behind Fräulein Holzkopf was the thing, sealed in a ketchupsmeared glass jar.

“You have found such a thing in my bath?” I asked.

“The maid has found it. She has called me immediately. I could not believe I was seeing it.

We do not know what it is.”

“Switzerland is a land of surprises, Fräulein,” I said as I stepped into the elevator.

When I stopped by late in the afternoon, I saw that the jar with the thing was gone.

Fräulein Holzkopf noticed me staring at the empty shelf.

“We have called the University of Basel,” she said. “They now have it in the biology department.”

“That is very interesting,’’ I said. “I am sure that you will let me know promptly what the university has to say.’’

The next day, the gnädiges Fräulein let me know exactly what the professors had said. In guttural words she added a few choice remarks of her own.

Of course, by then, I had sung my last performance in the local opera house and was headed for new, distant horizons, perhaps not so prideful about their putz’n, but nevertheless rich with frail human possibilities.

An international opera star for more than 40 years, Louis Roney has entertained on stage and on screen. He founded and directed the Festival of Orchestras, bringing the world’s best symphony orchestras to Orlando.

See more photos at OrangeObserver.com

240857

Cool cats party at jazz jam

Visit our website to learn more. overnight boarding

Johnny Magnuson jumped in for a saxophone solo during the set.

indoor swim therapy canine massage fitness weight loss

— TIM FREED

Orlando Estate Sale Ladies 240816

www.OrlandoEstateSaleLadies.com

RockysRetreat.com 407-295-3888

• Fully Licensed,Bonded and Insured • Rated AA with the Better Business Bureau • No Up Front Cost to You

Call for a complementary consultation

321-663-6981

• 127 Fairbanks Ave., Ste #135, Winter Park, FL 32789 •

240910

Next to College Park at

2826 Shader Rd. Orlando, 32808

Jerry White and Roberta Eachus kept the dance floor going strong at the event.

ONLINE

W

inter Parkers danced the night away and got their jazz fix at the Get Your Jazz On event Thursday, May 25, at The Alfond Inn. The Tommy Bridges Jazz Band and Johnny Magnuson, aka Johnny Mag Sax, played a slew of classic jazz tunes for the audience.

dog daycare

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

JUNE 2 TO AUG. 20

JUNE 4

ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART’S 2017 FLORIDA PRIZE The Orlando Museum of Art will open its fourth annual exhibit of the OMART Florida Prize at 7 p.m. June 2 (a ticketed event).

The exhibit features 10 of the most progressive artists working in the state today; one artist will be selected to receive a monetary award, while each will be represented by a significant body of work at the museum through Aug. 20. Call (407) 8964231 or visit OMART.org.

JUNE 3 TO SEPT. 4

‘IDENTITY: AN EXHIBITION OF YOU’ “Identity” at the Orlando Science Center is a three-part interactive experience that explores our unique identities. In the age of the “selfie,” the new exhibit helps answer the question, “How well do we know ourselves?”

By checking our physical (e.g. fingerprints), psychological (personality types) and social identities (our relationships), we learn how we are different and how much we are the same.

Highly recommended at 777 E. Princeton St., Orlando. Call (407) 514-2000 or visit osc.org.

JUNE 4

THE 2017 APPLAUSE AWARDS The Dr. Phillips Center Applause Awards program honors excellence in high-school musical theater. Theater professionals and educators serve as judges to review high-school productions with their shared comments as a way to support the

7

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

MAKE YOUR DREAMS OF HOMEOWNERSHIP INTO REALITY! GET ON PATH TO BUY THE HOME YOU’VE ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

MAITLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CELEBRATES AMERICA “May the Fourth (of June) be with you” as the Maitland Symphony honors American composers with “A Salute to America.” We all love Aaron Copland (in this case — “HoeDown”) and selections from William Grant Still’s “Afro-American Symphony.” Additional offerings feature well-known American big-band, movie and folk melodies. Celebrate America’s best with the Maitland Symphony at 7:30 p.m. June 4 at Maitland Presbyterian Church, 341 N. Orlando Ave., Maitland. Tickets are $10 at the door or in advance at eventbrite.com/e/maitland or call (321) 303-1404 or visit PAMaitland.org.

Homeownership is a dream that FCB can help you make happen, and it’s easier than you think!

FCB’s Affordable Home Loan Program can help you overcome: • • •

Limited assets for a down payment Low credit Income and budget challenges

Our local underwriting team offers personalized service that helps you get approved, fast decision making, and low fixed rates with flexible terms so you can easily manage your first mortgage.

We also offer a range of resources that can help you get mortgage-ready:

JUNE 3

‘ELLINGTON FOR LOVERS’ The debut solo performance of the Dr. Phillips Center Jazz Orchestra is reason enough to be happy, but Artistic Director Rodney Whitaker makes this performance even more special by presenting a program called “Ellington for Lovers.” Ellington’s music always sets a mood for romance from “Sentimental Mood” to “Do Nothin’ Til You Hear From Me,” “All Too Soon” and “Sophisticated Lady.” At 8 p.m. at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Call 844-513-2014 or visit drphillipscenter.org.

|

JUNE 2 TO JULY 2

‘ANIMAL CRACKERS’ From 1928, Mad Cow Theatre brings us the crazy, laugh-outloud Marx Brothers musicalcomedy, “Animal Crackers.”

Low-brow humor rules as “Animal Crackers” takes us into Margaret DuMont’s dignified weekend party, only to see it made more interesting by Groucho and other questionable guests. Dignity is banished in this farce that recalls how much fun it can be to poke fun at pretension. Fun fact: The script includes No. 53 of AFI’s Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time. Call (407) 297-8788 or visit madcowtheatre.com.

•

First-time homebuyer workshops that qualify you for key programs like Down Payment and Closing Cost Assistance, where available.

•

FCB’s comprehensive new website, FCBMortgageCentral.com, with a range of free tools that help you get to closing days faster.

Stop by your local banking center or call us today so we can help you make homeownership a reality for you!

Juan Omar Matos Affordable Housing Specialist 369 N New York Ave Winter Park, FL 32789

FCBMortgageCentral.com

P: 407.909.2598 F: 407.386.8291 E: jmatos@fcb1923.com NMLS# 1243666

241423

JOSH GARRICK

teacher and student performers.

Tabulated results determine awards in a constantly surprising, one-time-only show that features performances from the lead actor, lead actress and best musical nominations. At 6 p.m.; highly recommended. Call 844-513-2014 or visit drphillipscenter.org.

CONTACT JOSH GARRICK AT JOSHGARRICK9@GMAIL.COM.

CULTURE FOR YOUR CALENDAR

OrangeObserver.com

All credit applications are subject to credit and underwriting guidelines and approval. Non-business purposes loan only. 4908 0317

Presents:

State of the City with Charles Rudd, Community Redevelopment Agency Manager, City of Maitland

The only constant is change. As construction and redevelopment re-shape the City of Maitland, learn first-hand updates on the Downtown Master Plan, construction progress on Independence Lane, as well as updates on other area projects.

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Miss Marla, Director

407-844-4414

at

SeminoleMusicTogether.com

Music & Movement activities include singing & dancing & playing with instruments and props.

For children birth – five years old with the adults who love them!

Summer Sign Up

Baldwin Park • Winter Park SeminoleMusicTogether.com Dr. Phillips • Apopka • Oviedo 407-844-4414 Register now for Spring & Summer classes

Music & Movement activities include singing & dancing & playing with instruments and props.

$20 for members $25 for future members

Reserve your space today, seating is limited!

236312

Baldwin Park • Winter Park • Apopka • Ocoee • Orlando • Oviedo

R.S.V.P. to: Jeff@MaitlandChamber.com

237580

For children birth - five years old with the adults who love them!

Charles Rudd

8

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

|

OrangeObserver.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

Play ball!

Coaches and players from last year’s championship Altamonte Springs team are bringing their swagger to the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs this summer.

TIM FREED STAFF WRITER

College baseball players hope to sharpen their skills and eventually chase a championship as the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs begin another season Friday, June 2, in the Florida Collegiate Summer League.

With a new lineup and coaching staff, the Diamond Dawgs expect to bounce back after a tough season last year in which they finished at the bottom of the league with a record of 17-25. The Dawgs missed the postseason, and the Altamonte Springs Boom went on to win the championship, raising

“A lot of these guys have things they need to work on. … Hopefully, when they go back to school next year, they’re a better ball player.”

— Head coach Chuck Schall

the trophy at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.

The coaching duo that led that Boom team to a title is now leading the Dawgs. Head coach Chuck Schall and pitching coach Jim Newlin hope to develop and grow the young players — and lead them to a championship.

“It’s enjoyable for me to get a group of kids together in the summer, see the relationships that you make and just put the team out there and try and help them develop,” Schall said. “A lot of these guys have things they need to work on. … Hopefully, when they go back to school next year, they’re a better ball player.”

In addition to the coaches, shortstop Cristian Rivera, from Weber International University, and pitcher Jaylyn Whitehead, from UCF, also have traded their Boom jerseys for Dawgs duds.

Rivera seeks to improve his overall quickness as a shortstop, while Whithead hopes to get stronger and make the jump from relief pitcher to starter.

Whitehead may be well on his way. Last year, he posted a 3.2 ERA and a league-leading strikeoutto-walk ratio of 27/3 in 35 innings.

“He’s really got a good sequence

Tim Freed

Luis Olivier, Riley Wash, Jaylyn Whitehead and Cristian Rivera hope to develop their skills on the baseball diamond this summer with the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs.

of pitches that he’s worked on hard,” Newlin said. “He’s got a good changeup, he’s got a good breaking ball, and he’s around the zone. We’re going to take a look at him.”

Schall called returning shortstop Rivera a “sparkplug guy” who brings a lot of energy to the team.

“I’m going to count on some leadership from him for the rest of these guys,” he said.

Rivera and Whitehead already experienced the thrill of winning it all, but they want to do it again.

“It’s a good way to get reps for when you go back to your school, but when we get into playoff

time, it’s really cool,” Whitehead said. “Our last team was so close together where we didn’t want to leave each other yet, so we really fought to keep playing.”

Schall got his first glimpse of the entire team during Tuesday’s practice at Bishop Moore Catholic High School. The first few weeks will be all about building chemistry, defining roles and seeing where it leads them.

“We’re seeing what we’ve got,” Schall said.

Contact Tim Freed at tfreed@orangeobserver.com.

IF YOU GO DIAMOND DAWGS SEASON OPENER TEAMS: Diamond Dawgs vs. Deland Sunds WHEN: 7 p.m.

Friday, June 2 WHERE: Conrad Park, 555 S. Woodland Blvd., DeLand INFORMATION: bit.ly/2rF9JSL

ay D T r’s ES e h

T N CO

t Fa

FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017

GOOD MORNING WINTER PARK

Win A

8:00 AM NETWORKING | 8:30 AM FORUM

Winner will receive a Big Green Egg & Nest (a $1039.99 value!)

Winter Park Welcome Center 151 West Lyman Avenue Winter Park, FL 32789

The Best Ace Hardware Project Dad

Please Register: www.winterpark.org (407) 644-8281

sponsored by Ace Hardware and Observer Media Group

“Why My Dad is the Best Ace Hardware Project Dad” Rules: Ages 5 through 18 can enter. Letter cannot exceed 500 words. Include name and age of child entering, dad’s name, a contact name and phone number and email address.

Printed forms may be submitted in-store at Ace Hardware Winter Garden and Maitland locations or at the Observer office: 720 S. Dillard St. • Winter Garden, FL 34787 or via email to: contest@orangeobserver.com by Friday, June 16th at midnight.

Enjoy Complimentary Breakfast. Event is Free and Open to the Public.

Pick up a form at these locations...

SUPPORTED BY: 500 S. Dillard St • Winter Garden, FL 34787 (407) 656-2593 Hours: M-F 6-7:30, Sat 6-7, Sun 6-6 720 S. Dillard St. • Winter Garden, FL 34787 407-656-2121 • Hours: M-F 8:30-4:30PM Dropbox also located outside.

1607 S. Orange Ave • Maitland, FL 32751 (407) 645-3366 Hours: M-F 6-7:30, Sat 6-7, Sun 6-6 7 additional locations in Central Florida

242635

BREAKFAST SERVED BY:

Listen as Orange County Commissioner Emily Bonilla, District 5, explains Orange County current affairs, plans for Sunrail in Winter Park, and what she's doing to protect Winter Park.

237586

PRESENTED BY:

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

W EAT HER

OrangeObserver.com

FORECAST

I LOVE WINTER PARK

FRIDAY, JUNE 2 High: 89 Low: 74 Chance of rain: 50%

SATURDAY, JUNE 3 High: 87 Low: 75 Chance of rain: 60%

|

9

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

SUNRISE / SUNSET

Sunrise Sunset

Friday, June 2

6:28a

8:19p

Saturday, June 3

6:28a

8:19p

Sunday, June 4

6:27a

8:20p

Monday, June 5

6:27a

8:20p

Tuesday, June 6

6:27a

8:21p

Wednesday, June 7

6:27a

8:21p

Thursday, June 8

6:27a

8:22p

MOON PHASES

SUNDAY, JUNE 4 High: 89 Low: 74 Chance of rain: 60%

Austin Patton, of Orlando, submitted this stunning photo taken along West New England Avenue.

The Winter Park/Maitland Observer is hosting this weekly contest, and winners will have their photograph featured. To enter, email your photo, along with your name, city and a caption, to Tim Freed, tfreed@orangeobserver.com; put “Photo Contest” in the subject line.

June 1 First

June 9 Full

June 17 Last

June 23 New

RAINFALL Wednesday, May 24

0.00

MONDAY, JUNE 5

Thursday, May 25

0.00

High: 88 Low: 75 Chance of rain: 60%

Friday, May 26

0.00

Saturday, May 27

0.00

Sunday, May 28

0.00

Monday, May 29

0.00

Tuesday, May 30

0.85

YEAR TO DATE:

MAY TO DATE:

2017 4.68 in.

2017

2016 17.49 in.

2016 5.45 in.

1.34 in.

241318

240887

O N L I N E See other winning photos at OrangeObserver.com

106 Summa cum ___ 109 Flaky cake made of nuts and honey 113 Gangster’s pistol, in slang 114 “I shall return” or “I do” 117 North-south thing with a couple’s night out inside 121 Not a people person 122 Artisan who crafts on a wheel 123 Removes chalk from a board 124 Thesaurus listing 125 Fleet of foot 126 Ruler via birth

DOWN

1 Numbered musical composition 2 Supplies with personnel 3 Opposed to, to Pappy Yokum 4 Mouth-burning 5 With skill 6 Hindu monk (var.)

7 Utilized a rocking chair 8 Some red wines 9 Denser or dimmer 10 One yearning to be an adult 11 ___ Major (“Big Bear” constellation) 12 Stick in the overhead 13 Period of fun for kids 14 What a car tire is attached to 15 News note or agenda thing 16 Word sung twice after “Que” 17 Adam Jones is one 18 Pearly substance?

19 Killed, as a fire-breathing ©2017 Universal Uclick dragon 32 What bouncers demand 62 “A long time ___ in a 87 Everlasting, to a poet 24 “Let it stand,” to an editor ACROSS to see of old galaxy far, far away ...”

25 Like a batted ball between 1 Nebraska tribe members 34 Author Deighton 88 Plumlike fruit 63 Compete the lines 7 Nine-member court grp.

35 Kelvin scale measure89 Layer of lettuce, as in 64 Some batteries 31 Straps for a jockey 13 Penal institutions ment with an MPG part in a salad 65 Wedding rings or wed33 Mr. Wonder with Grammys 20 Shrine with a Buddha an angry state ding entertainers 90 Wizard of Oz creator 35 Lob’s path 21 “Fat” guy of cartoons 44 Requiring an umbrella 68 Quite healthy 92 Like some track meets 36 Neighbor of Java 22 Not figurative 45 Six-Day War nation 70 Frankenstein’s lowly or personalities 37 Phillips of “I, Claudius” 23 Country with a bit of skin 46 “___ thousand times ...” assistant 94 Frozen dessert with fruit 38 Progressive movement? art inside its 50 (enthusiastic reply) 72 ‘Tis opposite flavoring 39 Latin ballroom dance 26 Tax form ID 47 Falcon’s grasper 74 Start for Bravo 97 Perform incorrectly 40 Skin, as potatoes 27 L.A. summer hrs.

48 Suffix that adds 10 to 8 75 Female or male, e.g.

98 Attention getter with a 41 Cosmopolitan’s magazine 28 Type of bride in a Julia 50 Pell-___ (hastily) 76 Frat dude or dude kin woman’s garment inside a rival Roberts film title 52 Like a spoken agreement 77 Simon’s show, “American letter part 42 Not new 29 New Zealander of Poly56 Stuff not allowed in ___” 102 Baseball’s Braves, on 43 Very hard to find nesian descent court with a form of be in a 79 Time for factories with scoreboards 48 Six-toed bird of Australia 30 “___ no business like young lady a “3” prefix inside a court104 Growing season, briefly 49 “One or the other, I don’t show business” room event 61 A clobbering, in sports 105 Concepts of perfection

care” 51 Prefix meaning “left” 53 ___ B’rith 54 Open ___ of worms (cause trouble) 55 “___ we forget” (Kipling) 57 Two in Mexico 58 Mineo of films 59 Number in an obituary 60 Masculine and macho 65 Soft white cheese 66 “___ That a Shame” 67 Lymph ___ 69 Around which some things rotate 70 Intense wrath 71 Ending of some D.C. web addresses 72 One barely walking 73 Excuses as defenses 75 Shoplifts 76 Sandwich ends 78 Firecracker with no fire 80 An official language of Pakistan 81 Social slight 82 ___ Romeo (Italian car) 83 Prayer addressee 84 Not just overweight 85 Hops oven 86 Lacking clothes 91 Dad’s mate 93 Stick in one’s purse?

95 Not for the public 96 Worked a bike 97 Genre of Agatha Christie 98 Mass of igneous rock under the Earth’s surface 99 Bureau or demo ending 100 Story spanning generations 101 On the agenda 102 False name 103 Invasive yellow-flowered plant 107 Art ___ (architecture style) 108 “___ go bragh!”

110 Laotian cash 111 Part of a tied shoelace 112 Required poker bet 114 Credit card choice 115 Vending machine bills 116 East’s opposite 118 Aye negater 119 Needing water 120 Office PC linkup letters

CELEBRITY CIPHER

By Luis Campos Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present.

Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

“KOWS FGSMV’K LG PUZTNUXF. KCUK’M KCS GVS XSUR PRSMMOVL ... OK FGSM HGA VG LGGF KG NGXXH. TSSD OK WGIOV’” – ESMMS R. WUXKOV “VK’L LWF KEWK KEN GWVJ ODWINL VJ UCP ICDKCPN KEWK XN FNLVRJWKN KU GNNK JNX ONUODN WPN AWPL WJF JVREKIDCAL.” – WBVB WJLWPV Puzzle Two Clue: B equals Z

STUFF STUFFED IN STUFF by Timothy B. Parker

Puzzle One Clue: Z equals C

CROSSWORD

©2017 NEA, Inc.

SUDOKU

Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

©2017 Andrews McMeel Syndicate

6-1-17

10

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

|

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

OrangeObserver.com

Friday, June 2, 2017

Announcements LIVELINKS IS the best chatline for meeting real, fun-loving singles. Call 855-334-7726 and make a REAL connection.

6/1fcan REPLACEMENT WINDOWS FROM $199 ENERGY STAR RATED, Double LOW-E Hurricane Strength Manufacturer-trained Installers. BBB+ Rated, Lifetime Warranty. Credit Cards Accepted, Veterans/Senior Discounts. Call Rich 866-2727533 6/1fcan

Auctions AUCTION YMCA Camp McConnell 211± Acres Family Lodge, Horseback Riding, Nature Trails & More! Thur, 6/22 10AM ET Micanopy, FL. United Country Auctions of the South, Stephen Burton, FL LIC# AU 649 / AB 3416. United Country Land & Lifestyle Property. Jib Davison, Broker 10% BP Visit website for complete terms AuctionsOftheSouth.com 800-448-2074 6/1fcan

Health & Medical VIAGRA!! 52 Pills for Only $99.00. Your #1 trusted provider for 10 years. Insured and Guaranteed Delivery. Call Now 1-800-224-0305 6/1fcan

Schools/Instruction HEAVY EQUIPMENT operator training in as little as 3 weeks! Backhoe, Loader, Dozer, Excavator, & Crane. VA benefits eligible. (877) 636-9995 or visit careers.heavyequipmentcollege.com 6/1fcan

Help Wanted DRIVER TRAINEES Needed NOW! Become a driver for Werner Enterprises. Earn $800 per week!

Local CDL Training 1-877-214-3624 6/1fcan

Open House WPO house LP # 243232

Open Houses FANNIE HILLMAN & ASSOC LP # 243231

Just Solds

Continued Growth!

WINTER PARK/MAITLAND

Observer

SATURDAY 12-2 - 1635 Oakhurst Avenue, Winter Park, 32789. 4BR/4BA | 2,683 SF | $635,000. Call Nicole Howell at 321-217-7918 SATURDAY 2-5 - 417 Monticello Drive, Altamonte Springs, 32701. 4BR/2.5BA | 2,077 SF | $319,500 Call Lauren Clark at 407-622-9100 SUNDAY 12-2 - 1590 Dale Avenue, Winter Park, 32789. 5BR/5BA | 5,085 SF | $1,799,000. Call Carol Wittman at 216-832-3123 SUNDAY 2-4 - 8041 Lake Waunatta Drive, Winter Park, 32792. 4BR/4.5BA | 5,329 SF | $835,000. Call Gwyn Clark at 407-616-9051 SUNDAY 1-4 - 1365 Chatfield Place, Orlando, 32814. 2BR/2.5BA | 2,060 SF | $385,000. Call Linda Eriksson at 407-637-1501 SATURDAY 12-2 - 1635 Oakhurst Avenue, Winter Park, 32789. 4BR/4BA | 2,683 SF | $635,000 Call Nicole Howell at 321-217-7918 SATURDAY 2-5 - 417 Monticello Drive, Altamonte Springs, 32701. 4BR/2.5BA | 2,077 SF | $319,500 Call Lauren Clark at 407-622-9100 SUNDAY 12-2 - 1590 Dale Avenue, Winter Park, 32789. 5BR/5BA | 5,085 SF | $1,799,000. Call Carol Wittman at 216-832-3123 SUNDAY 2-4 - 8041 Lake Waunatta Drive, Winter Park, 32792. 4BR/4.5BA | 5,329 SF | $835,000 Call Gwyn Clark at 407-616-9051 SUNDAY 2-4 - 1110 Ivanhoe Blvd, Orlando, 32804 3BR/3.1BA |3,187 SF | $670,000. Call Beverly McNeil at 407-619-9238 SUNDAY 1-4 - 1365 Chatfield Place, Orlando, 32814. 2BR/2.5BA | 2,060 SF | $385,000. Call Linda Eriksson at 407-637-1501 SUNDAY 12-2 - 1562 Arbor Park Drive, Winter Park, 32789. 3BR/1.5BA | 1,275 SF | $340,000 Call John Harbuck at 407-538-2841 SUNDAY 1-4 - 1911 Stonehurst Road, Winter Park, 32789. 4BR/4.5BA | 5,097 SF | $1,795,000. Call MaryStuart Day at 407-620-8683 SUNDAY 2-4 - 490 Fairfax Avenue, Winter Park, 32789. 4BR/3BA | 3,358 SF | $1,195,000. Call Tami Klein at 407-538-4688 SUNDAY 2-4 - 2325 Chantilly Avenue, Winter Park, 32789 . 4BR/3.5BA | 3,782 SF | $975,000. Call Wendy Crumit at 321-356-8590 SUNDAY 2-4 - 505 Oak Lane, Maitland, 32751 3BR/2.5BA | 2,571 SF | $435,000. Call Megan Cross at 407-353-9997 SUNDAY 3-5 - 749 Terra Place, Maitland, 32751 3BR/3.5BA | 2,645 SF | $549,000. Call John Harbuck at 407-538-2841 SUNDAY 2-4 - 1110 Ivanhoe Blvd, Orlando, 32804 3BR/3.1BA | 3,187 SF | $670,000. Call Beverly McNeil at 407-619-9238

This week’s Celebrity Cipher answers

Puzzle One Solution: “Time doesn’t go backward. That’s the one real blessing ... it does you no good to worry. Keep it movin’.”

– Jesse L. Martin Puzzle Two Solution: “It’s sad that the main places in our culture that we designate to meet new people are bars and nightclubs.”

– Aziz Ansari

This week’s Sudoku answers

YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

TO ADVERTISE OR SUBSCRIBE CALL

407-901-9929

WINTER PARK/MAITLAND

Observer STAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY.

©2017 NEA, Inc.

This week’s Crossword answers

Sign up for our

FREE E-NEWSLETTERS! 242548

Visit WPMObserver.com/eNews to subscribe.

2017

Observer

Central Florida Senior

JUNE 2017

Open arms and ballpoint pens The Writers’ Critique has been meeting at Maitland Senior Center for nearly three decades.

BY GIA DOXEY STAFF INTERN

T

he soft whistle of a train sounded through Maitland on a sunny spring morning, as a group of writers entered the Maitland Senior Center.

It was Thursday, and the Writers’ Critique group met as they have for at least the last 27 years.

Those opening lines are known as setting the scene, perhaps with a soft tone, some alliteration and hopefully with diction appropriate to the characters about to come before you.

DJ Towle facilitates her fellow writers — a group of more than 20 on her email list and growing — but this is not her group, she said.

THE ORIGINATOR

Maitland superstar Jane Staly launched the group in the 1970s, Maitland Senior Center Recreation Specialist Brennan Dierks said. Between meetings, she was a renowned civil rights activist and mental health counselor. In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded her the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award on her 90th birthday, and the city of Maitland

Gia Doxey

HAVE A STORY TO TELL? WRITERS’ CRITIQUE WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays WHERE: Maitland Senior Center, 345 S. Maitland Ave., Maitland INFORMATION: (407) 539-6251 or itsmymaitland.com

SEE PAGE 12

THE MAYFLOWER RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

Because there’s nothing “old” about

With an award-winning lifelong learning program, a focus on brain health and physical fitness, and a host of elegant amenities, The Mayflower provides an intellectually stimulating, resort-style environment for residents like Dr. Rita Bornstein.

THE MAYFLOWER The Only 5-Star Rated, Gold Seal Health Center in Winter Park

1620 MAYFLOWER COURT

|

•

Named Central Florida’s #1 Luxury Retirement Community

WINTER PARK, FL 32792

|

407.672.1620

|

THEMAYFLOWER.COM

88141 PRAD WPO 6/2017

Dr. Rita Bornstein

236466

ALWAYS LEARNING SOMETHING NEW

12

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

|

OrangeObserver.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

SENIOR SNEAKERS

Just start moving; I dare you

D

o you know who you think you are versus who your friends or people around you think you are? What’s your perception of yourself? Are you timid or outgoing? Strong or weak? Driven or lazy? Engaging or aloof?

I recently came across a video on YouTube by Dove (the soap) that put a smile on my face and made me think about how people perceive themselves versus how others perceive us. Behind a curtain, people described what they look like to an FBI-trained forensic artist as he sketched out

with whom I’m speaking.

I bet you can accomplish more in the gym than you think. So, I dare you to break your perception of how little you think you can accomplish with your health and exercise and start moving.

Start with Day 1 and move to Day 2. A personal trainer is a great person to help you realistically gauge where you are and where you can go with your body. If you need a little inspiration, go to YouTube and search Dove Real Beauty Sketches.

Just start moving. I dare you.

ferent perspective?

Remember when you thought 50, 60 or 70 years old was old?

It doesn’t seem so old anymore.

Our perspectives have changed based on our experiences (plus we realize that 50, 60 and 70 years old isn’t so old after all).

I bet you’re stronger, younger and more capable of what you think you are. If you’re not exercising regularly, I bet you can.

Patrick McGaha Jr. is the member experience manager at Anytime Fitness in Winter Park. He helps build a welcoming environment in the club conducive to helping members and clients reach their fitness goals. To get your fitness and nutrition related questions answered by a certified personal trainer, or for a free personal training session, call (321) 9725833 or email askatrainer@ anytimefitness.com.

Are we more driven and capable of what we think? Whenever I tell people I’m shy and introverted, I always, 100% of the time, get a disagreement from the person

Group cultivates writing talent

ANYTIME FITNESS

the past. That experience has shaped our perception that we can’t do it now. Maybe we’re not strong or driven enough. It’s not something I can accomplish. I’m too old to start now. I’m not cut out for it. The lazy lifestyle that I’m leading today is where I’m destined to be.

But, would our friends and family have the same thing to say about what they think we can achieve? Are we more driven and capable of what we think?

Whenever I tell people I’m shy and introverted, I always, 100% of the time, get a disagreement from the person with whom I’m speaking. For some reason, people see me as outgoing and engaging … most of the time.

A funny thing happens when I hear that from people: I start to think that I might be more outgoing than I think. I start to act more outgoing and engage in more conversations. Why does it take someone else saying something about us to see a dif-

237661

BY PATRICK MCGAHA JR.

their description. After, using the same scenario, someone else described how they saw that same person. The two different sketches were revealed to the individuals described in each photo, and they were astounded at how different the sketches were. Others described the subjects in the video to be more beautiful than the person thought of themselves.

This got me thinking about how people also perceive our personalities and capabilities.

Am I selling myself short? Am I capable of more? Do my friends and family know something I don’t know about myself? I haven’t done a study on this, but I bet the theme from the Dove video rings true with our personalities. Our experience, thoughts and inner dialogue guide our perception of ourselves and our capabilities.

Many people struggle to exercise regularly or eat healthily because they failed before or haven’t in

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11

proclaimed March 11 as Jane M. Staly Day in the same year, according to her obituary. Staly died in January at 96 years old, and a collection of her works in Maitland Historic Museum is in progress.

“Jane knew how to keep people coming,” Towle said. “When she was sick, she asked me to lead the group, and I said no — not until she really needed me to. She was at the last meeting before she died.”

The facilitator still won’t sit in Staly’s chair.

Since Staly’s passing, new men and women from all walks of life continue to share their written word in hopes “to be assisted by readers,” member and teacher Patricia James said.

SHARP AS A TACK

Members include Robert “Bob” Coombs, author of “The Sylvia Riddle,” a 186-page epic poem; dentist Alan Guy, who can write a complete story, even a novel, in fewer than two days; copy editor, author and mother Teresa Bruce; world champion pingpong player and published author Pat Hildebrand; poet David Gurney; and DJ Towle, a former travel journalist who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

Six to nine regular attendees take turns critiquing one another’s writing each week with open arms and ballpoint pens. Writers take notes into consideration and have the option to redistribute an edited version. Submissions up to six pages are acceptable with a double-spaced and 12-point type format required.

“We’re sharp as a tack,” Towle said.

Towle said new members were unsure what elements to look for as they critiqued, so she created a packet of ideas. Thursday’s workshop was about making amendments and suggestions to the final copy. No grammar or punctuation edits were allowed this round — only content clarifications — reiterating that critique is an artform in and of itself.

“This is a (free) non-membership group about the joy of writing and making our stories the best they can be,” Towle said. “It’s all about growth.”

They critique all kinds of writing

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

OrangeObserver.com

|

FRIDAY, JUNE2, 2017

13

A wedding for the ages “W

e’re going to the Brookdale, and we’re gonna get ma-aarried, going to the Brookdale of Love.”

The flowing of happy tears, the reassuring gazes, the intertwining of hands. Signs of true love abounded at the remarkable nuptials of Penny Linder and Buddy Bach on Wednesday, May 10, as the happy couple wed in the presence of more than 200, including family members and friends. What sets this adoring couple apart from other brides and grooms is their place of residence. With Penny in her 70s and Buddy in his early 90s, the two have been assisted-living residents for many years, with Brookdale Island Lake in Longwood serving both as home and wedding venue.

The couple first met a little more than five-and-one-half years ago at a weekly Sabbath service hosted by the Jewish Pavilion, held onsite in the community’s social hall.

Buddy was a new resident, while Penny had resided at the seniorliving community for several

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12

except poetry, because the ways of critiquing are different.

Towle assured the group she would keep an open mind.

“The rules are there are no rules,” she said. “After all, Dr. Seuss would never have been published if he couldn’t make up words.”

The devil is in the details, as one headline read, and the group shared different views on style, voice and point of view. Every word mattered; every person heard.

“Jane made this a safe space, and that is what this group will continue to be,” Towle said.

Guy made sure every story had a beginning, middle and end, while Bruce recognized the nuances, struggles and contradictions conveyed in a story.

“Sometimes, it doesn’t make sense, but that’s what it is,” Bruce said in terms of terminology about arc.

Existential questions arose.

“Are there any new stories?”

Towle asked.

She believes there are different ways to tell a story, while Guy said he heard there are seven basic plots to every story.

“Do we get graded on this course?” Guy asked with a chuckle.

At the end of the day, the group said no one should be defensive of their writing. Staly’s name popped up in conversation.

“Jane would say, ‘It’s your story,’” Dowle said.

Coombs is new to the group and appreciated for his interesting writing style.

“I did a quick Google search, and I’ve been here for about four months,” he said.

He goes to learn and make companionships with the group.

Coombs currently is working on a thriller.

Group members have come and gone, but “Jane is always here, even today,” Towle said.

Although Jane’s arc is complete, the writer’s group is just getting started.

years. A girlfriend of Penny noted her interest in the “new kid on the block,” but Penny could sense Buddy was not yet recovered from the loss of his beloved first wife.

Not long after their first meeting, Buddy left town for several weeks to visit an ailing family member. When he returned, he began to see Penny in a new light, suddenly noticing the “beautiful girl” who had been sitting at his dining table since he had moved in.

“After some time away, Buddy had become ready to open his heart once again,” Penny says.

“From that time on, we were inseparable as a couple. He is like an angel, and I am so lucky to have him in my life.”

Buddy’s displays of affection toward his new bride demonstrate that he feels the same way, too.

The loving pair supports one another through the aging process. When Buddy comments he is 86, Penny reminds him he is, in fact, 92. Together, they chuckle that sometimes “the memory is not what it used to be.”

Penny asks Buddy if he has any tissues on hand for her.

“Don’t I always?” he replies, pulling several from his pocket.

While Penny uses a walker and a wheelchair at times, Buddy is right behind her, ensuring her safe arrival.

“The rules are there are no rules.

After all, Dr. Seuss would never have been published if he couldn’t make up words.”

Recently, the couple decided to make their relationship official and had been making wedding plans during the past several months with the help of Brookdale Island Lake Activities Director Annie Lee. Lee served as wedding planner extraordinaire, covering every available surface of the social hall in the couple’s signature lavender colors, including a handmade chuppah (marriage canopy).

The bride’s and groom’s children and grandchildren served as the wedding party, with Buddy’s son-in-law, Joe Lupis, acting as best man.

Rabbi Arnold Siegel officiated the ceremony, sharing the crowd had gathered to celebrate “love, hope and the future.”

As Buddy stomped on the ceremonial glass gifted from his friends at The Jewish Pavilion, Rabbi Siegel remarked that the many shards of glass were as abundant as the couple’s love.

The Jewish Pavilion has been bringing community to the doorsteps of elder-care residents since 2001. Residents of all faiths enjoy our programs. You can personally make a difference. Become a fan at facebook.com/jewishpavilion.

For more information or to make a donation, visit JewishPavilion. org.

Courtesy photo

Newlyweds Buddy Bach and Penny Linder start their new chapter together following a May wedding.

A Senior Living Community where Hospitality is a Way of Life.

• Assisted Living - Rehabiliation and Skilled Nursing Care • Variety of Apartment Suite Selections, some with Lake Views • Restuarant Style Dining • Laundry, Housekeeping, Maintenance Services • Transportation to Outings and Medical Appointments • Beautifully Landscaped Courtyard

Call us today, stop by for a visit, join us for lunch, or all of the aboe.

You are always welcome!

1301 W. Maitland Blvd.

Maitland, FL 32751 407-645-3990 www.SavannahCourtMaitland.com

— DJ Towle, group facilitator

237636

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Assisted Living Facility License No. 8447 Skilled Nursing Facility License No. 1635096

I made sure my lifeline was there for me.

When her father’s symptoms worsened in the night, Andrea felt helpless. Then she remembered what his nurse told her about Care Connection—Cornerstone’s call center for after-hours urgent care—and realized she wasn’t alone. A simple phone call linked her to a local team of Cornerstone nurses that were ready to help her when she needed them most. We know that you can’t plan a crisis. But you can plan on Cornerstone being in your corner, 24/7.

866.742.6655 // cornerstonehospice.org Cornerstone is committed to caring for all hospice patients regardless of payer source or ability to pay. 100% covered by Medicare & Medicaid

237631

PAMELA RUBEN

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

|

OrangeObserver.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

Aging gracefully

STAY IN SHAPE, SENIORS!

In honor of National Senior Health & Wellness Day, local health experts give their best tips for seniors who want to stay fit and active.

DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER

Falls, obesity, joint and bone problems, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are all common health problems that affect senior citizens as they get older.

But with proper nutrition and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended 150 minutes per week of exercise, most of these health concerns can be reduced — and even avoided.

One Senior Place in Altamonte Springs always is looking for new ways to educate their senior clients on health matters in hopes of improving quality of life and disease prevention. In recognition of National Senior Health & Fitness Day Wednesday, May 31, OSP hosted a morning filled with expert health presentations and resources designed specifically for seniors.

Orlando-based family physician Dr. Sarkis Barupian, certified in geriatric medicine, spoke to attendees about proper nutrition and diabetes prevention. On the fitness side, Fitness Xperts Altamonte Springs owners and personal trainers Rich and Ariana Hakman shared ways for seniors to get active and demonstrated some exercises and fitness techniques.

NUTRITION

“As you get older, things change,” Barupian said. “If you balance the stress of life with proper nutrition, physical activity, medication and prevention, you can eliminate a lot of the complications. For instance, diabetic complications include those (dealing with) the liver, kidney and heart, but if you take care of yourself, you don’t have those problems.”

Barupian believes it is important to give people the information and tools they need to spark and engage in conversation with their doctors, who then can work with their patients to devise the best plan of action for their health and nutrition.

“Good nutrition associated with exercise probably eliminates more than 50% of all medications prescribed today,” Barupian said. “(Proper) nutrition is essential, because it helps eliminate toxins and gives the body a chance to heal itself. I’m a strong believer that nutrition and exercise are essential in the balance.”

EXERCISE

When balancing nutrition and exercise, Ariana Hakman echoed Barupian’s sentiments, adding that Type 2 diabetes often is preventable with nutrition and exercise.

“Most of the top health concerns for seniors can be reduced or elim-

inated with regular exercise, with a lot of focus on being consistent,” Hakman said. “As people age, it’s less important the intensity of the exercise and more important they’re consistent with it. Find an activity you really enjoy, focus on that and add things as needed just to balance out your routine.”

Although the CDC’s recommended 150 minutes of physical activity each week seems like a lot, Hakman said breaking it into smaller chunks of time throughout the day would make the task seem less cumbersome.

“You can break it down into 10or 15-minute sessions — a 15-minute walk or 10 minutes of strength training (for example),” Hakman said. “We recommend they do upper body and lower body at least two times a week, because it helps maintain bone density and muscle mass, which prevents falls and broken bones. They (should also)

have a balance of aerobic, flexibility and endurance exercises, and some strength and resistance training.”

Proper nutrition and exercise also can assist seniors with their mental health and slowing down cognitive decline. Hakman said group classes can reduce depression by 30% and that consistent exercise may even play a role in slowing down the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

“The main (important) thing is really quality of life,” she said.

“As you age, you can either be sick or be healthy as possible. We all want to decrease our mortality rate, but while we’re alive, we want to be able to do things and not be restricted (physically or mentally).”

Contact Danielle Hendrix at dhendrix@orangeobserver.com.

Here are six things personal trainer Ariana Hakman said seniors who want to stay fit, active and healthy can do.

1. Walking at a brisk pace.

2. Water aerobics — it puts no pressure on the joints.

3. Cycling on a stationary bike — allows for maintaining good mobility.

4. Focus on balance.

“The more you maintain your balance and muscles, the less likely you are to have a fall,” Hakman said.

5. Flexibility, such as light yoga or stretching.

6. Strength. Hakman recommends using light weights with upper- and lower-body exercises.

DR. BARUPIAN’S TOP RESOURCES For seniors who have diabetes, heart issues or general questions about or interest in health and well-being, here are Dr. Barupian’s go-to resources: n General diabetes information — diabetes. org n American Heart Association — heart.org n Modern Medicine — modernmedicine.com n American Academy of Family Practice — aafp.org

237615

14

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

|

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

15

Call Today for your FR EE Consultati on

237673

OrangeObserver.com

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

|

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

OrangeObserver.com

407-841-9788

237674

16

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

SENIOR CALENDAR

OrangeObserver.com

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS ONE SENIOR PLACE

One Senior Place is located at 715 Douglas Ave., Altamonte Springs. For more information, visit oneseniorplace.com.

Memories in the Making takes place at 1 p.m.

Wednesdays. People experiencing early stages of Alzheimer’s and dementia can express themselves through watercolor painting and drawing. RSVP by calling (407) 951-7992.

Musical Minds Choir rehearses from 10 to 11:30 a.m. every Wednesday. It currently is looking for new members. For more information or to enroll, email MusicalMinds@cfcommunityarts.com.

Senior Club meets from 10 a.m. to noon on Mondays.

This club features coffee, games and senior resource information.

CASSELBERRY

CASSELBERRY RECREATION CENTER

The Casselberry Recreation Center at 200 N. Triplet Drive hosts a number of exercise classes available to seniors.

Chair Yoga, at 10 a.m. Mondays, will get you moving again. The cost is $2 per class.

Gentle/Restorative Yoga is from 8:45 to 10 a.m. Sundays. The cost is $10. Senior citizen discount is $5 per class. Alice Gomes, (609) 290-8195 or email alice@ imagineyoga.net.

Yoga Technique is from 8:45 to 10 a.m. Saturdays.

The cost is $10 per class.

Senior citizen’s discount is $5 per class.

Chairobics is from 11:05 a.m. to noon Mondays and Wednesdays. The class is free. For more information, contact Claudia Laine at (407) 718-9066.

Tai Chi for Beginners is at 1 p.m. Mondays. The cost is $5 per class or $20 per month. Eric Raboy, (407) 731-9130.

Tai Chi for Intermediates is at 1 p.m. Tuesdays. The cost is $5 per class or $20 per month. For more information, contact Eric Raboy at (407) 731-9130.

Tai Chi for Advanced is at 1 p.m. Thursdays at Wirz Park. For more information, contact Eric Raboy at (407) 731-9130.

Tap Dance for Beginners is at 11 a.m. Tuesdays.

Bingo is from 9 to 11 a.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays.

The cost is $3 per session.

Duplicate Bridge is from noon to 4 p.m. Mondays.

Shore up your skills in this

classic game. Casual bridge is from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays. Progressive bridge is from noon to 4 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays.

Line Dancing is from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays. Classes are subject to change. Karen Sorrentino at (407) 2627700, Ext. 1575, or ksorrentino@casselberry.org.

GOLDENROD

GOLDENROD CIVIC CENTER

The Goldenrod Civic Center is located at 4763 Palmetto Ave., Winter Park.

Hand and Foot Games are held from 1 to 4 p.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays.

For more information, call Madeline Koehler at (407) 657-6862.

MAITLAND

MAITLAND SENIOR CENTER

The Maitland Senior Center is located at 345 S. Maitland Ave. and is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. For more information

about these and any other events at the Maitland Senior Center, call (407) 539-6251 or visit itsmymaitland.com.

Art Class meets from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesdays. Get help with techniques. Seating is limited. Cost is $16 per month. Supplies are not provided.

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

17

Chair Yoga with Donna takes place at 11:30 a.m.

Thursdays. Cost of the class is a $2 donation to the teacher. Space is limited.

Recorder Classes with Ann take place at 12:30 p.m.

Fridays. Free. Call the Senior Center at (407) 539-6251 for specifics on this class.

Conversational French meets at 1 p.m. Mondays.

Spend time chatting with others and making friends.

Tai Chi with Esther takes place at 9 a.m. Tuesdays.

Cost of the class is $10 per month to the teacher. Wear a white shirt, black pants and comfortable shoes.

Beginning Bridge takes place at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays. Class has limited seating. Cost is $2.50 per class per person.

Conversational Spanish takes place at 1 p.m. Tuesdays. Spend time chatting with others and making new friends. Must be fluent in Spanish to participate.

Beginning Spanish is from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursdays. Cost of the class is $4 per class.

Call to inquire about availability.

Current Events Discussion is at 9:45 a.m. Tuesdays.

This lively group discusses local, state, national, and international events.

Bridge Group meets at noon Mondays. Spend time playing bridge and making new friends.

iPad Classes are at 10:45 a.m. Mondays. Cost of the class is $5 to the teacher.

Brookdale Celebrates takes place at 1 p.m. the last Tuesday of the month at Brookdale Island Lake.

Celebrate birthdays, play a game and win prizes. For more information, call (407) 767-6600.

|

Movie Screenings take place at 1 p.m. Fridays.

Check the center’s calendar online to see what movies are showing. Please call to reserve your seat.

Writers Critique meets from 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays. Share your autobiographical, functional or opinion pieces with others.

Yoga with John takes place at 9 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Wear comfortable clothes and bring your own mat. Cost of the class is $3 to the teacher.

RDV SPORTSPLEX ATHLETIC CLUB

The RDV Sportsplex Athletic Club offers senior memberships for area residents ages 60 and older for $59 a month. Membership includes free classes.

For more information, visit tinyurl.com/RDVsenior.

18

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

|

OrangeObserver.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

SENIOR CALENDAR

ORLANDO

The Alzheimer’s & Dementia Resource Center is located at 1506 Lake Highland Drive, Orlando. For more, visit adrccares.org.

Support Group for Caregivers meets at 10 a.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Reeves United Methodist Church, 1100 N. Ferncreek Ave., Orlando.

MEET & MIX DANCE CLUB

The Meet and Mix Dance Club hosts ballroom dancing for seniors with a 12-piece dance band from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Marks Street Recreation Complex, 99 E. Marks St., Orlando. Singles and couples are welcome and refreshments are served. Call (407) 254-1066.

MUSICAL MINDS CHOIR!

For information or an Your Guide to Reverse Mortgage Loans appointment, call:

236184

Frank Bodnar Reverse Mortgage Lender NMLS #327917 (c) 407-761-4927 121 S. Orange Ave. Suite 1500 Orlando, FL 32801 FrankBodnar@gulfbank.com

WHIRL & TWIRL SQUARE DANCE CLUB

ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA CENTER

Join the Central Florida Community Arts Musical Minds Choir!, CFCArts and Watercrest Senior Living Group invite all individuals with early stage memory loss from Alzheimer’s or dementia to join in choir rehearsals with their significant other or caregiver, regardless of experience or skill level at rehearsals. The Musical Minds Choir rehearsals are at Central Christian Church, 250 S.W. Ivanhoe Blvd., Orlando. Contact info@ cfcommunityarts.com or call (407) 937-1800.

The Whirl & Twirl Square Dance Club hosts dances throughout the month at 6949 Venture Circle, Orlando.

Square dancing is fun exercise for your body and your mind.

Call (407) 679- 2882 or visit oridasquaredance.com/whirlandtwirl.

ORLANDO AMERICAN MAH JONGG

Orlando American Mah Jongg players meet from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays at Westerly’s Restaurant, MetroWest Golf Club, 2100 S. Hiawassee Road, Orlando. This group is for players who have their current National Mah Jongg league card.

Visit meetup.com/OrlandoAmerican-Mah-Jongg-Players.

BELLES AND BEAUS DANCE CLUB

The Belles and Beaus Dance Club hosts ballroom dancing with a live band from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Marks Street Recreation Complex, 99 E. Marks St., Orlando. Adult singles and couples are welcome. Cost is $4 per member and $5 per guest. (407) 6444200.

Your Guide to Reverse MortgageTheLoans Your Adult Club Socials

YOUR ACTIVE CITY SENIORS

holds dances from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Fridays at Marks Street Recreation Complex, 99 E. Marks St., Orlando. Cost is $4 for members and $6 for guests. (407) 339- 5393 or (407) 889-4047.

YOUR FLEXIBLE

Reverse Mortgage

GULFBANK.COM/FRANKBODNAR FHA loan designed for homeowners 62+ years old which allows borrowing against home equity to help fund your retirement

How a Reverse Mortgage Could Help You....

Aging-in-place: Remodeling & Home Care

Defer Social Security or Pension

Pay Off Existing Mortgage

Purchase New Home: Right-size or Up-size

Fund Existing Long Term Care Regular Tax-free Cash Flow

“What-If” Safety Net - Health Care...

Kathleen Flammia, Florida Board Certified Elder Attorney

Divorce Settlement

Frank Bodnar

Medicaid Planning/Nursing Home Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Probate, Trust Adminstration

407-761-4927 GULFBANK.COM

Check flammialaw.com for upcoming dates and informational videos, or call 407-478-8700 to set an appointment

241888

GULFBANK.COM

FREE monthly GULFBANK.COM “Senior Survival Workshops”

FrankBodnar@gulfbank.com

Normal credit qualifications, other terms & conditions apply. See Lender for complete details.

237083

121 S. Orange Ave, Suite 1500 Orlando, FL 32801 gulfbank.com • 321-319-6105

Kathleen Flammia, Florida Board Certified Elder Attorney Law Office of Kathleen Flammia, P.A. 2707 W. Fairbanks Ave, Suite 110 • Winter Park, FL 32789 407-478-8700 • www.flammialaw.com

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

OrangeObserver.com

Orlando’s Beardall Senior Center is located at 800 Delaney Ave. Call (407) 246- 4440 or visit cityoforlando.net/fpr/ senior-programs.

AARP Tax Services are available from noon to 4 p.m.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Balance and Fall-Prevention Class takes place at 1 p.m.

Thursdays. This 30-minute class emphasizes practical strategies to reduce fear of falling and increase activity levels.

Cost is $3 per person.

Clogging takes place beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays. Beginners can learn at 6:30 p.m., and advanced is at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $4 per class.

Dances will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Thursdays and the second and fourth Saturdays of the month for $4.

Mah Jongg Classes take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays.

This game will help you shore up your skills and keep you sharp. Free.

Savvy Seniors meets at 2 p.m.

Wednesdays. Want to learn how to use new technology? Boone High students teach seniors tricks of the trade. Space is limited, so grab your seat early.

Shuffleboard games take place at 7 p.m. the first and third Saturday of the month. Free.

Studio Art Class takes place at 1 p.m. Thursdays and 9 a.m.

Saturdays. Cost is $31.50 per month.

Yoga is from 9:15 to 10 a.m. every Friday. Gain range of motion, flexibility, strength, balance and live a better life. It’s $5 for the class.

OVIEDO

ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA CENTER

The Alzheimer’s & Dementia Resource Center organizes support group meetings throughout Central Florida.

Meetings take place at 1:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month at the Oviedo YMCA, 7900 Red Bug Lake Road. Call (407) 843-1910.

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

19

SENIOR CALENDAR

BEARDALL SENIOR CENTER

|

WINTER PARK

ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA CENTER

Support Groups for Caregivers meet at 10 a.m. the first Tuesday of every month at Easter Seals Daybreak at the Miller Center, 2010 Mizell Ave., Winter Park.

Men’s Group meets at 10 a.m. the first and third Thursday of every month at Denny’s, 2684 Lee Road, Winter Park.

WINTER PARK FLORIDA BLUE CENTER

The center is located at 434 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park.

Call (321) 441-2020.

ADVERTORIAL

Strength training at any age can help improve muscle mass and bone density Allison Olcsvay Three years ago, Georgia Ellison was facing the same prognosis that she has watched her mother suffer with for decades. The progressive osteopenia would someday develop into osteoporosis, bringing on devastating broken bones and pain.

“My mother is 93 now, and I’ve watched her suffer so much; I just don’t want that to happen to me,” Ellison said.

Medication to strengthen her bones never produced significant results, and after years of taking them, she decided to try a new course of action.

Following the recommendation of a friend she signed on with Elite Strength and Fitness of Winter Park and began following a twice-weekly strength-training regimen designed to increase her muscle mass and bone density.

At her next DEXA scan to measure density, Ellison’s doctor noticed a big change and she was able to stop taking her medication.

Success stories like Ellison’s don’t come easy though; it took months of intense workouts with the guidance of personal trainers to get there.

At 64, Les Rinehart, one of Elite’s trainers, knows the challenges his clients face.

After 33 years in the fitness industry, the former strength coach for the Charlotte Hornets retired in 2007, only to come out

of retirement a few years ago to join Elite because, he said, he saw the value in what they offered their clients.

“The equipment here is top of the line and the techniques produce results like no other,” Rinehart said.

At Elite, education is as important as the equipment. Before clients spend anytime working out, they share their medical history, goals and concerns with trainers who develop a plan that covers time inside and outside of the gym.

“Clients’ needs are evaluated and we give them a detailed analysis of what they need to do, especially at home, to accomplish their goals,” said owner Monte Mitchell.

Homework might include keeping food and exercise journals to learn more about their habits, especially if weight loss is a goal.

The gym also offers a 12-week group nutrition workshop to their members, guaranteeing results for their clients, provided they follow all the recommendations made during their consultation.

70-year-old physician Dr. Maria Bors has been a client of Elite for seven years and finds that training there fits quite nicely into her busy lifestyle.

“The 20-minute workouts are easy for me to fit in and I find them easy to commit to,” Bors said.

Rather than working out with sweaty, bulked-up gym rats, Elite’s clients find an almost Zen-like atmosphere, with trainers attentive to their every motion.

Speaking in tones of calm assurance, trainers offer equal parts encouragement and challenge, pushing clients to new levels.

The workouts are physically demanding, but not in the way one might expect.

Motions are slow and intensely controlled, demanding maximum effort from muscles while barely breaking a sweat.

“Many clients don’t even change out of office clothes,” Rinehart said. “They simply don’t need to.”

Before beginning with Elite, Bors suffered from daily back pain, but after just a few months in the gym, she experienced a noticeable change in pain levels and now rarely suffers at all.

“It’s been remarkable for me,” she said. “I can feel how strong I am, especially when I am traveling carrying luggage. I have a strength I never had before.”

“The strength training is very good for preventing bone loss,” said Bors, “which is something we all need as we age.”

Mention this ad for a free consultation. You can schedule this consultation by calling Elite Strength & Fitness at 407-740-7750

236930

407-740-7750 • 1312 Palmetto Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789 • www.elitestrengthandfitness.com

WINTER PARK / MAITLAND OBSERVER

|

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

OrangeObserver.com

241122

20