06.04.15 West Orange Times & Observer

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New French bakery opens in Winter Garden. PAGE 13A

Ocoee, Olympia seniors celebrate commencement. PAGES 8-9A

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Dr. Phillips resident Rene Roy served in 14 different locations in seven countries during World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 380th Fighter, 160th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron.

Samuel Bieberle is the 21st Boy Scout in Troop 145 to become an Eagle Scout. The troop meets at Oakland Presbyterian Church. With Bieberle are troop committee chair Todd Shaw, left, Bieberle, Theresa Nead from the Central Florida Council and Troop 145 committee member Pamela McDonald.

HORIZON WEST — The Central Florida Expressway Authority, created by state statute in June 2014, celebrated its first project opening May 27, at the interchange of State Road 429 and Schofield Road. Officials from Orange and Lake counties gathered to cut the ribbon for four ramps and two ramp plazas after just 10 months of construction. This beat the mandate in the CFEA’s agreement with the prior property owner by more than a year, said Welton Cadwell, a Lake County commissioner and chairman of the CFEA. “We beat it by a year — that’s the type of folks you’ve had running the expressway authority and managing these projects,” Cadwell said. “One of our purposes as the expressway authority is connectivity

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in Central Florida, and this is just one more piece. This is important to me because, as the crow flies, Lake County is right

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Rene Roy stands by the tailpiece of a German ME-109 that was shot down in a nearby field.

HOMETOWN HERO by Amy Quesinberry Rhode | Community Editor

WAR STORY DR. PHILLIPS — Rene Alexander Roy Sr. recalls the hard labor of working on the family farm in Bennington, Virginia, where he grew up with three brothers and five sisters. His childhood revolved around his farm chores and his schoolwork, until he quit high school after one year to enlist in the military. He was only 17, so his mother had to sign for him. Now 90 and living in Southwest Orlando, Roy reflected on life during and after the war. He was assigned to the U.S. Army Air Corps, and af-

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Commissioner Scott Boyd detailed how getting this interchange ahead of growth would be critical to future Horizon West traffic.

DEVELOPMENT by Peter M. Gordon | Contributing Writer

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Officials open State Road 429 interchange at Schofield Road The ramps will help connect Horizon West with the rest of the region.

+ Bieberle earns Eagle status

The city of Ocoee is sponsoring its annual Calendar Photo Contest celebrating the beauty and uniqueness of Ocoee. Winning photographs will be published in the city’s 2016 Community Calendar. Photographers will be given photo credit in the calendar. Amateur and professional shutterbugs are invited to submit color pictures of people at work or play in Ocoee, scenic, landmark or historic places around town, or a favorite snapshot of life in the city. There is a limit of three photo entries per photographer. Photos must be submitted in digital format with high resolution 600-dpi TIF or JPEG file on CD. Photographs may be mailed or delivered to City Hall, Community Relations, 150 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee, Florida 34761. Calendar photos will be selected on the basis of originality, creativity and the quality of reproduction. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 10. Photo entry forms are available at ocoee.org and at City Hall. For more information, call (407) 905-3100.

road more traveled by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer

A friend gave Rene Roy a hand-drawn map showing Roy’s route in the European Theater.

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City leaders stressed the new garage needs to fit the downtown aesthetic.

Leaders award contract for parking garage The Winter Garden City Commission will work with Finfrock to trim the proposed cost. WINTER GARDEN — City commissioners awarded the contract to design and build Winter Garden’s downtown parking garage to Finfrock, an Apopka company. The review committee judged bids by three main criteria: look of the garage and fit with neighboring structures, function and price. Based on those criteria, four of the five committee members made Finfrock their first choice. City Manager Mike Bollhoefer said Finfrock’s design best fit the

character of downtown. “Our No. 1 concern was that this garage ... fit into the city of Winter Garden,” he said. Finfrock’s estimated cost for the project was almost $1 million more than the lowest bidder. City staff will work with Finfrock over the next four weeks to finalize the design and reduce project costs. Bollhoefer expects adjustments for actual costs and other design changes will bring the

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