06.23.17 Winter Park/Maitland Observer

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FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2017

Rollins remembers George Herbst

The late Rollins College vice president George Herbst helped create today’s campus.

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Have you walked the campus at Rollins College? One man played a significant role in shaping most of what you see today.

Rollins College lost an icon last month with the passing of former Vice President for Business and Finance George Herbst — the man behind one of the largest construction booms in the college’s history.

Herbst died May 15, 2017, from complications with cancer. He was 78.

The former vice president served at Rollins College from 1996 to 2008, working closely with Rollins’ 13th President SEE HERBST PAGE 6 Photo by Troy Herring

Winter Park High School graduate Madelyn Bell was one of 12 female student-athletes named to the Florida High School Athletic Association’s 2017 All-State Academic Team. SEE PAGE 4.

Showalter track now open for public use Winter Park officials hope renovations to Showalter Stadium will attract more athletic events to the area.

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Ronnie Moore, assistant director in the Department of Parks and Recreation for Winter Park, was a key figure in the renovations.

It’s a new day and a new look for Showalter Stadium.

After about five months of renovations were completed in late October, the redone Bob Mosher Track at Winter Park High School is now open for the first time to

the general public.

Taking over the stadium last year, the city of Winter Park decided to perform upgrades to get the facility back into shape to attract more athletic events and allow for recreational use.

The first stage featured removSEE SHOWALTER PAGE 4

YOUR TOWN CITY HONORS PULSE VICTIMS Winter Park honored the 49 victims killed in the Pulse nightclub shooting by placing 49 American flags outside of city hall.

June 12 marked the one-year anniversary of the massacre. It was the deadliest shooting in the nation’s history.

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BOOK DISCUSSION AT THE UNIVERSITY CLUB OF WINTER PARK 1 p.m. Monday, June 26, at the University Club of Winter Park, located at 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.” For more information, call (407) 6446149 or visit 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. Meet animals from the far corners of our planet without leaving the library. You might even meet emperor scorpions, a red-billed hornbill, a bearded dragon or a sugar glider.

Registration required; register both adults and children who will attend. Presented by the Central Florida Zoo. For more information or to register, call (407) 623-3300, Ext. 4, or visit wppl.org.

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Recollections of things past

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aving spent my youth in Winter Park (1931 forward through grammar and high school) furnishes me with an endless supply of factual memories.

I remember lots of individual people among the snakes, frogs, turtles and alligators that shared the town’s real estate and lakes with me. Fleet Peeples, my Scout Master, Rollins aquatics professor and motorcycle daredevil, was a prominent actor on the Winter Park stage.

In those days, a majority of the local citizenry were wellto-do Northerners — people who most Florida kids rudely referred to as Yankees or snowbirds, because they usually came to Winter Park in November and most would leave after Easter. Little did I know

then that I would go on to Massachusetts to a Yankee college and see a lot of the wide world as a U.S. Navy officer before ending up living in Greenwich Village, in Yankee New York.

My Ohio-bred wife is a born Yankee, as are both my daughters who live in Connecticut.

My own favorite spot on earth is in the middle of Manhattan.

However, certain circumstances as well as affections draw people back to Winter Park, a town attractive to both kids and the elderly.

In this town, the lakes do not draw many serious fishermen the way they once did. Also, although we kids used to swim in Lake Virginia on the Rollins shore daily, hardly anyone does his swimming these days, except in swimming pools. I remember state-wide competitions held at the Dinky Dock and seeing competitors who later became Olympic champions there.

The once-wild parts of the Winter Park landscape, home to the denizens of a tropical forest palmetto jungle, are now imposing estates with beautiful lakefront lawns and carefully tended flowering plants. Huge orange groves are now gated villages with homes for hun-

dreds of people.

In the 1930s, all of Winter Park’s streets were paved with loose brick, which allowed the torrential summer rainwater to penetrate the streets and flow down into the water table. For that reason, as I remember, there were no sewers in Winter Park at that time.

The enormous beautiful oaks that lined our downtown streets, we learned, had been placed there by the early settlers from New England. Rollins College and its colorful President Hamilton Holt, were an unusual local phenomenon. My father taught several languages and formed a championship fencing team at Rollins.

One day, Dr. Holt met me at the end of one of the long, wooden docks that used to run out into Lake Virginia and chided me by saying, “So you are going to Harvard, eh?”

“Yes sir,” I replied. “ They are awarding me a full scholarship.”

“Shame,” he said. “I could have gotten Yale to do the same for you.”

“But which is the greater university?” I dared to ask this Yale man.

Dr. Holt had a prodigious collection of stamps, a section of which he once lent to President

Franklin Roosevelt and reportedly never got back.

The Rollins campus was replete with shiny new convertibles, which the wealthier students seemed to feel a necessity to bring to college with them. I had my bike!

Rollins had a large, not quite finished wooden hotel, The Pelican, on the beach in New Smyrna. All Rollins students, faculty and their families were free to use The Pelican, which had fresh water showers outside. Women slept on the second floor, while men slept on the first floor on cots provided by Rollins. (Bring your own bedclothes.)

Almost annually, Sir Malcolm Campbell set world speed records with his race cars on nearby Daytona Beach.

Rollins had a football team in those days, a winning outfit coached by former Tennessee star Jack McDowell. With the Animated Magazine and visiting dignitaries to boot, Winter Park was a jumpin’ town!

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.

MONDAY, JULY 3

INDEPENDENCE BASH 6 to 11 p.m. Monday, July 3, in the Village Center and Harbor Park. Presented by the Baldwin Park Joint Committee and sponsored

by Westminster Communities and Lake Baldwin Church, this event is a community highlight, with more than 100 vendors, a kiddie fun zone, a beer garden, food trucks, Baldwin Park’s own Room2 band and, of course, a 15-minute fireworks show at 9:15 p.m. It draws more than 20,000 attendees. Sponsorships and vendor spots available. For more information, visit baldwinparkevents.com/ independence-bash.

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.

TUESDAY, JULY 4

22ND ANNUAL FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, July 4, in Winter Park’s Central Park. Festivities will begin from the main stage with an “Oath of Allegiance” naturalization ceremony for 20 citizenship applicants. Mayor Steve Leary then will offer remarks and congratulate our new American citizens on their historic milestone.

Wear your red, white and blue, bring a blanket or beach chair, and gather with family and friends to enjoy this Winter Park tradition. For more information, call (407) 599-3463.

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WATERMELON 5K 7 a.m. Tuesday, July 4, at Park Avenue in Downtown Winter Park. Start your Independence Day the right way — with a 5K. Join friends, family and neighbors for a morning celebration featuring ice cold watermelon and American pride. Cost is $30 to $38. Military personnel and family receive a $10 discount (through July 2) and a special bib. For more information, call (407) 896-1160.

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The architect arrives

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learning facilities throughout his career, including the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., the Idea Store in London, the Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library in Washington, D.C. the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver and the Folkstone Library in Kent, England.

Adjaye’s work can be spotted in cities across the globe. The architect recently was knighted

by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and was named in TIME’s “100 Most Influential People.”

Adjaye Associates will be working alongside HuntonBrady Architects, with Adjaye’s firm taking the lead on the design.

“This is where we identify the pieces of the puzzle,” HuntonBrady Architects Vice President Maurizio Maso said. “We’re not solving the puzzle yet. We’re trying to find out all the needs, the adjacencies and the possibilities of joint use. After that, Sir Adjaye and his associates will commence the design.”

Ideas already are pouring in for Adjaye, who said he’s drawn to the weather and the city’s history as possible design points.

“It’s super early, but I’m loving the lushness of the geography,” Adjaye said. “I love the peripatetic nature of the weather. It kind of slightly reminds me of London, even though its much much hotter and more humid. It has the same personality.

“I love discovering the many layers of history,” he said. “There’s tough history and good history here, and I want to look at it. … I want to look at the whole thing,

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Residents got a chance to chat with the architect for the new Winter Park Public Library for the first time Tuesday, June 20.

and I want to digest it and feel really embedded with it. Then, I’ll start sketching.”

Adjaye said his team will take the input from residents and return in September to present a proposal to the Winter Park City Commission. They’ll host various stakeholder meetings as well.

The overall design phase will take a year, followed by another 18 months for construction, he said.

The architect described what he wants residents to feel when they step inside this new building.

“I want them to feel edified, to feel empowered,” Adjaye said.

“I want them to feel a sense of democratized plain, that this is not just for anyone, but for everyone. I want them to feel ennobled as citizens, to be proud citizens.

That’s what a good public building can do.”

Contact Tim Freed at tfreed@orangeobserver.com.

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A Winter Park attorney will spend time in prison after reportedly taking money from clients who hired her in good faith.

On June 13, U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton Jr. sentenced Julie Kronhaus to 10 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud. She also must pay more than $2.7 million in restitution.

The 52-year-old attorney defrauded her clients and banks of about $2.7 million from June 2009 to February 2015, according to her plea agreement.

Before pleading guilty in January, Kronhaus faced up to 20 years in federal prison for the wire fraud and up to 30 years for the bank fraud.

“I hope to get back to a point in my life as quickly as possible where I can work to make up the financial losses to my victims and their families,” Kronhaus wrote in a letter to Judge Dalton requesting leniency. “I know my victims have good reason to be angry with me for their misplaced trust and my theft of their monies. I have every intention of paying them back in full.”

As an attorney, Kronhaus acted as a trustee for her clients, holding their money in various bank accounts depending on the purpose. However, instead of using the funds for their intended uses, Kronhaus would transfer the money into her firm’s bank accounts and pay for her personal expenses. That included making substantial payments to her American Express bills, along with items such as travel, clothing, dining and entertainment.

Kronhaus also engaged in a check-kiting scheme, where she would write checks with accounts that had insufficient funds. She would deposit the worthless checks into her trust account at another bank to give the appearance that there were sufficient funds in the account. Kronhaus then issued checks from her trust account to her clients, taking advantage of the bank’s float time.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney James Mandolfo.

Contact Tim Freed at tfreed@orangeobserver.com.

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he journey of designing a new Winter Park Public Library has officially begun — and it started with residents’ ideas.

Winter Park residents had a chance to meet the man who will design the city’s new library/event center, when architect Sir David Adjaye hosted a meeting on June 20 at the Rachel D. Murrah Civic Center.

The community also had a chance to give its input on several different aspects of the new facility, including building amenities, technology, park features, the library itself and the event center.

Large sheets of paper catalogued desired features and ideas — everything from a “homework center,” “interactive fountains” and a “reference to Martin Luther King Jr.” to having “cool furniture to nap in,” an “aerial yoga space hanging from hooks” and a “rooftop garden.”

Adjaye said public input is critical to the design process.

“It’s important that the residents feel like they’re being listened to,” Adjaye said. “This is not tokenism; this is real. Those notes are going to be collected, and we’re going to digest them.

We want to really use them as part of our programming document.

“The inspiration for projects doesn’t come from the kind of document that’s formally given to you. It comes from the conversation,” he said. “I need this.

Otherwise, the juices don’t flow.

I need to be engaged.”

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Julie Kronhaus defrauded her clients and banks of about $2.7 million in a six-year period.

Sir David Adjaye gave a presentation on his previous library and museum projects at the June 20 meeting at the Rachel D. Murrah Civic Center

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Winter Park attorney sentenced to 10 years

Residents were able to meet Sir David Adjaye, architect for the new Winter Park Public Library, for the first time.

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Meet Maddy Bell Troy Herring

Winter Park grad Maddy Bell will be continuing her academic and lacrosse career at the Naval Academy.

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here are those in the world known as Renaissance women or men — people who can do it all.

Maddy Bell fits that definition well, although she likely would never characterize herself that way. She is known in Winter Park for her versatility as an athlete, academic, musician and allaround humanitarian who volunteers her time to help others.

This year, that versatility earned her a spot on the Florida High School Athletic Association’s 2017 All-State Academic Team.

Representing Winter Park High School, the recent graduate was one of only 12 female studentathletes in the state selected for the award — which she received during the 23rd Annual Florida Dairy Farmers Academic All-State Awards Banquet in Gainesville.

And although Bell fits the award’s athletic and academic parameters perfectly, it came as a surprise — even after Athletic Director Mike Brown told her.

“They made the announcement seventh period over the school intercom, but I was actually at home, because I left early — I was sick,” Bell said. “So all these kids were texting me – they were like, ‘Hey congrats!’ And I was like, ‘What? What’s going on?’”

ON THE FIELD, IN THE POOL

In her four-year stint on the girl’s lacrosse team and the swimming team, Bell became a leader on both squads.

Playing back in the goalie

position, Bell capped off her highschool lacrosse career by being named co-captain and helped take the Wildcats to a district championship — the best season she experienced during her time with the team.

Her success on the field earned her the Orlando Family Magazine’s 2017 Spring Sports Star Athlete for lacrosse.

Bell also represented Florida as a two-time goalie for the Brine National Tournament Team.

The ability to play such an important role on her team carried over from the field to the pool, where Bell was a member of the Wildcats’ swim team.

During her senior year, Bell was named co-captain and swam in the 100-meter breaststroke and 100-meter freestyle, as well as the 200-meter and 400-meter relay — for which she made states for the first time in her swim career on the individual level.

Her achievements included not only one of her best swim seasons, but also led to Bell taking home the 2016 Metro Conference ScholarAthlete of the Year for swimming.

Awards are just a sort of icing on the cake for Bell, who enjoys the small things that comes with being on a team, which includes maintaining a strong yearlong work ethic.

“I’d basically swim for the swim season (fall) and then in the spring, I would do lacrosse season, and then over the summer I’d swim club just so I would be in shape,” Bell said. “That’s just kind of how I’ve been doing it.”

ARTISTIC ENDEAVOR

It should be no surprise that such a desire to perform at the highest level does not simply stop at athletics.

Since she first picked up an instrument in the fourth grade, Bell has had a knack for music — especially as it relates to string instruments.

Bell has been playing her current instrument of choice, the cello, since middle school. The sound of the classical instrument is specifically what drew her to it, she said.

The instrument itself is just one aspect that brought Bell to music, with other factors such as self-expression and music theory playing big roles.

“It’s cool, because the whole experience is that you feel like you are actually putting forth something that comes from you,” Bell said. “You get to listen to cool pieces — talk about them and interpret them — and then the whole orchestra works together to hopefully make something that is, hopefully, beautiful.”

In her first two years, Bell participated in the concert orchestra, which featured solely one of the four traditional string instruments before spending the last two years as a member of the Park Philharmonic Orchestra. She also has performed as a member of the Chamber Concert Orchestra.

GIVING BACK

The ever-moving Bell also has becomeafamiliarfaceasavolunteer for multiple organizations — including working with Habitat for Humanity in Winter Park/

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ing and replacing the concrete track that encompasses the field with a new rubber track, which is much more forgiving on the body.

The new rubberized track cost $380,000.

“Now that we kind of have it back in place, we want to go back and enhance the service,” said Ronnie Moore, assistant director of the Winter Park Parks and Recreation Department. “When the school had it, it was primarily for the school. With it being a city facility, we have tried to enhance it where some of the youth groups can use the stadium for games and some of the community activities can take place there.”

Along with the new track, a professional-grade turf field

replaced the traditional grass field that had been used. Although the cost may seem large at $900,000, the field is efficient because it requires less maintenance.

Furthermore, it is a safer playing surface for athletes.

The last addition of this initial stage is an upgraded high-tech scoreboard that features a video screen, which cost $170,000.

All the funding for the different pieces at Showalter were provided from a collaboration between the city of Winter Park, Orange County Public Schools, Rollins College (for the turf field) and the Winter Park High School Foundation.

Getting the new track set up and going after taking control of the facility became a big priority for Moore and the Parks and Rec-

reation staff.

The biggest problem that was leftover from when the school ran it was that there was no staff to oversee the track’s usage, which led to a lot of issues. To fix the situation, the City created the membership program to oversee who uses the facility.

Once the issues of safety and upkeep were managed, the next step was to address track coaches and trainers who wanted to operate business at Showalter.

To organize instructors, the city requires those interested to pay a fee of $50 per month or $500 annually.

With everything set in place for both track and other sports such as lacrosse, football, and soccer, Moore is excited about the future of not only bringing in bigger

Maitland; acting as a team leader and organizer for BASE Camp for the Children’s Cancer Foundation; and playing a captain’s role with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

Bell became a part of the organizations through her membership in the National Honor Society.

Part of her role as NHS president was to organize a team for the club, so she roused up other students to volunteer for Relay and BASE. Her involvement with Habitat came naturally; a friend had been the one to start up a club at the school.

After joining and helping to build a house for a local family, Bell experienced what was, for her, one of the best memories as a volunteer.

“At the dedication, when the family came up and spoke about it, I was in tears, because it was so beautiful,” Bell said. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m so happy for them.’ It’s just nice to help, especially when you are with a group friends — it’s just a good time and you’re helping someone in need.”

Currently, Bell is volunteering through the YMCA to help teach children how to swim in Eatonville.

AD ASTRA

After the long approval process, Bell will be moving up north to attend the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, where she will continue her lacrosse career while studying engineering. She fell in love with the school after attending a summer lacrosse camp up in the area.

“I remember being really impressed with the academics alone, and also it was very STEMfocused, so I liked that too,” Bell said. “So it was a learning over time — the history of the school, what the responsibilities are after you graduate, which is you have to serve for at least five years.”

After touring Princeton, Navy and the University of Pennsylvania, Bell officially committed at the end of her sophomore year.

Looking ahead, there is a lot to do, but Bell ultimately hopes to make her way to the stars as a member of an elite group.

“What I have in my head is go through the Naval Academy, become a pilot, hopefully go to the Naval Test Pilot School, and then I have this crazy dream of becoming an astronaut,” Bell said. “That’s one of my major life goals.”

Contact Troy Herring at therring@orangeobserver.com.

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sporting events but also what an open track can do for the community.

“For 20 years, the state track meet was here, where everybody from this area could come out and see the best talent, so we are looking to bring it back to a community facility where all can use and enjoy and appreciate,” Moore said.

Contact Troy Herring at therring@orangeobserver.com.

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els, the exhibit is free and open to the public at the Osceola Center for the Arts, 2411 E. Irlo Bronson Highway, Kissimmee.

Call (407) 846-6257 or visit osceolaarts.org.

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THROUGH 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.

THROUGH JULY 9

DAVID HARE’S ‘SKYLIGHT’

A multiple award-winning British drama, “Skylight” presents the aftermath of an extramarital romance and the way it affects everyone it touched. After the affair, feelings of betrayal and guilt send lovers Kyra and Tom in opposite directions.

Eventually Tom (and his son) confront Kyra for an ending that is both “thrilling and dangerous.” At the Mad Cow Theatre in Orlando. Call (407) 297-8788 or visit madcowtheatre.com.

THROUGH JULY 23

‘ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP’ It’s a magical sandstorm of Arabian Tales as Aladdin seeks help and advice from wise genies, a powerful Sultan and his own mother to find a way to meet the princess. In Orlando Shakes’ telling, Aladdin learns it takes more than a wish to make a good impression. At 10:30 a.m. Call (407) 447-1700, Ext. 1 for more information.

THROUGH AUG. 4

‘HERBLISH: A CHROMATIC JOURNEY’ Conceptual and commercial art photographer “Herblish” exhibits a collection of portraits that explore the relationship between color, shape and texture — and the human face.

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STUDENTS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO HONOR PULSE 49 To honor those who lost their lives in the Pulse tragedy, The 49 Fund recently awarded eight scholarships, in the amount of $4,900 each, for local college students. Attorney Barry Miller, president of The Closing Agent and the GLBT Community Center, launched fund in March to provide scholarships to LGBT students in Central Florida on an annual basis.

MASCOT GAMES Returning to the Amway Center, the Mascot Games feature 30 mascots from sports teams across the country, competing in a variety of games. These family-friendly games create real sports competition, as mascots from the MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA and Arena Football League battle like gladiators to become champion of the mascot world.

Proceeds benefit New Hope for Kids, which provides support to children grieving the death of a loved one. Tickets start at $12. Visit mascotgames.org or newhopeforkids.org.

JUNE 24

THE WORLD BALLET COMPETITION’S 11TH ANNIVERSARY GALA PERFORMANCE The Linda Chapin Theater at the Orange County Convention Center, with a stage perfect for ballet, has hosted The World Ballet Competition and Gala every year since 2007. The competition and gala not only bring acclaim — and an economic boost to Orlando — but also offer cash awards among the highest of any international dance competition. The gala that concludes the weeklong competition is an extraordinary evening of talent including winners from the week of competition and guest artists from around the world. Gala performance takes place at 7:30 p.m. Visit worldballetcompetition.com.

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From fire hoses to paint brushes

Nick Seyler first started painting after a back surgery forced him to stay home for months.

When he’s not working as a firefighter/paramedic, Winter Park resident Nick Seyler creates abstract paintings.

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When Nick Seyler isn’t at the fire station, he can be found tuning out the world in his art studio at home.

For as long as he can remember, he’s always had a pen or paintbrush in hand, but it wasn’t until a few years ago that he began to take his art seriously.

It all started in 2012, after a back surgery forced him to stay home for several weeks. Unable to work, Seyler began painting to pass the time.

“I was off work for fourand-one-half months, so that’s when I really got engaged in painting,” he said.

His style is abstract, and he works solely with acrylic paints.

“It’s the freedom of the whole thing and not having an agenda,” Seyler said about creating abstract paintings. “It’s having fun with no rules.”

And once he delved into the art world, there was no turning back. He even tore down the wall between two bedrooms in his home to create his own studio.

His goal was to paint every single day — at least on the days when he wasn’t on shift at the Brevard County Fire Department.

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It was 10 years ago when Seyler decided to become a firefighter.

“My step-brother got me interested in it,” he said. “We were living together at the time, and at night, he’d come home and talk about (being a firefighter). It sounded pretty cool.”

He started out as an emergency medical technician with Brevard County before eventually going through paramedic training.

“It’s the greatest job in the world,” Seyler said. “It’s not really going to work at all. It’s hanging out with your buddies because you live in a house with a big ol’ garage with some big ol’ trucks. It’s been an awesome 10 years.”

After a decade with Brevard County, a firefighter/paramedic position opened up in Seminole County, and Seyler jumped at the opportunity. It

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Seyler creates his paintings from his home studio.

not only was a chance to work his home county but also a chance to work with his stepbrother.

“I always had it on my radar that I wanted to come back and work (for Seminole),” he said.

“So the timing was right, and the stars aligned.”

LETTING LOOSE

On the mornings when his shift ends, Seyler goes straight home to his studio.

“My favorite time to paint is right after work in the morning when I get off shift,” he said.

“It’s a way to disconnect from life, in general. I can go in there and spend hours and hours. I’m not really thinking. I can just go in there and let loose.”

It’s also a way to de-stress from the shifts when he and his team are faced with difficult calls, he said.

Since he started painting seriously, he’s participated in the Windermere Art Affair and has work on display in several restaurants around town. And usually when a client contacts him about one of his paintings, they often request for a particular painting to be recreated in a color scheme of their choosing.

But not all of his paintings come out perfect the first time, he said.

“Sometimes, I’ll paint something, look at it for a week, decide it sucks and paint over it,” he said.

At the end of the day, it’s about creating a piece on which he can be proud to sign his name.

“I’m not really painting for anything or anybody,” he said.

“I do it for myself.”

Contact Brittany Gaines at bgaines@orangeobserver.com.

“It’s the freedom of the whole thing and not having an agenda. It’s having fun with no rules.”

— Nick Seyler

CONTACT To contact Nick Seyler about his art, email him at njseyler@gmail.com.

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Rita Bornstein to shape much of the campus that students and faculty enjoy today.

“George cast a long shadow out here,” said Scott Bitikofer, assistant vice president for facilities management at Rollins College.

“You could certainly look back at some of the physical campus and the projects he was responsible for, but at the same time, I think you can also look at the personnel that are still here — a decade after his retirement from Rollins — that continue to serve and carry on the work that he and Rita started.

“There’s not a lot of the campus that he didn’t affect over time,” he said.

Herbst was at the helm of the college when it built, expanded and renovated more than 30 facilities, including the president’s residence at the Barker House, the Alfond Sports Center, the Cornell Campus Center, Sutton Place Apartments, the Rinker Building and properties along Fairbanks and Comstock avenues.

Some of his other projects, including the SunTrust Plaza and parking garage and the Lake Island Park Softball Complex, benefited the rest of the city, as well.

Even Rollins’ arched entryway along Fairbanks was placed under Herbst’s watch.

“People forget that the soccer field used to be covered by a vinecovered chain-link fence, and the entrance to the college had a tilting brick sign that announced Rollins College,” said Bitikofer, who worked with Herbst for about 10 years. “You can’t throw a rock without hitting something that he had a hand on out here.”

Herbst also served on multiple Winter Park boards and chaired the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce. He was named Winter Park’s Citizen of the Year in 2005.

Bitikofer remembers Herbst as a driven man who was “all

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business” and striving to make the college better. He was also a developer of young talent.

“He picked me from relative obscurity and put me in charge of one of the largest apartments on campus,” Bitikofer said. “I’m starting my 20th year now, so he opened the door for me.”

Herbst also helped maintain Rollins College’s Spanish Mediterranean architecture, which dates back to the 1930s.

This earned him an Award of Merit from the American Institute of Architects’ Orlando chapter.

“He was very diligent as the guardian of that heritage of ours architecturally,” Bitikofer said.

“He infused in a lot of us that same value. Long after he departed this campus, that legacy continues.”

According to the Rollins Oral History Project, Herbst earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, and received an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.

He was an administrator in K-12 schools before spending seven years as vice president for finance and administration at Cranbrook Educational Community in Michigan. Herbst assumed a similar role at the University of Dallas before coming to Rollins.

The final years of his career were spent at Stetson and EmbryRiddle Aeronautical universities.

“He was a special man,” Bitikofer said. “I always counted him as a friend and appreciated all that he did for me and for Rollins College.”

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“Man Carving His Own Destiny” is featured in the sculpture garden at the Albin Polasek Museum.

Winter Park’s Arts and Culture Subcommittee launched to promote the city’s creative offerings.

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Photos by Troy Herring

“Evoking Memories” by Albin Polasek is on display in the sculpture garden.

“The nonprofits and the cultural groups in town actually have a close bond with each other; all of us have a common purpose and we really admire each other,” Komanski said. “We knew we would always be stronger if we could put together a core group.”

Years ago, Komanski said, an attempt to put together a committee was made but fizzled under a variety of obstacles, including changes in local government.

An important aspect of finally having a consortium is creating a cohesive plan to market their organizations. A big problem that entities, such as the Polasek, have faced has been people simply not knowing the museums are there.

“We are trying to brand this in a way so we can inform our own citizens of all the things we are doing and make it easy to find information,” Komanski said.

“Also, do more of an outreach out of the community to let visitors know, that are interested in art and culture, there is an alternative to theme parks.”

Although the goal of marketing the different arts organizations plays a vital role in the subcommittee’s desire to bring people in, there is also a more holistic goal.

Catherine Hinman, director of public affairs and subcommittee representative for the Morse Museum, believes bringing visitors to the arts groups will have positive impacts on the individuals themselves.

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“The arts do inspire … and essentially really improve your life,” Hinman said. “Our collectors that assemble our collection, would say, ‘Make art a part of your life.’ Most people in Winter Park have moved here because, I think, those are the town’s values.”

Although members still are ironing out details, Hinman said the group currently is planning out a special weekend in February 2018 to celebrate the arts.

“Our plans for the February weekend — Feb. 16, 17, and 18 — is to have free admission,” Hinman said. “The hardest people to attract to these resources, as much as we want them there, are locals. Seventy-five percent of the people who visit this museum are tourists, but we are still here — we were founded for and exist for, the local community.”

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Winter Park is full of quality art museums and culture — but the city wants to take it a step further.

Turning Winter Park into a destination for the arts has become an important aspect from the 2015 Vision Winter Park process. The yearlong initiative was conducted as a means to attain a vision for the future of the city.

Public input and focus groups developed multiple concepts to help build the city’s future, and from that initiative sprung the idea to develop a special committee on the arts.

In August 2016, the City Commission decided to act on the new concept and a month later, the Arts and Culture Subcommittee held its first official meeting.

“It truly is very hyper-local — it’s very focused on Winter Park entities and programs only,” said Clarissa Howard, Winter Park’s director of communications.

“It’s to enhance and improve the awareness and visibility of the nonprofit arts and culture organizations that offer programming in the city limits.”

As a subcommittee on the arts, the initiative works under the guidance of the city’s Public Art Advisory Board.

The official members of the subcommittee include seven organizations — the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Creadlé School of Art, Public Art Advisory Board, and the Winter Park History Museum.

The seven members of the subcommittee, selected by the City Commission to vote on subjects as a centralized group, actually represent 22 different art entities.

One of the representatives of the group is Debbie Komanski, executive director and CEO at the Polasek.

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Volleyball Club qualifies for national tourney The team will compete in the four-day Junior Olympics national tournament in Minneapolis.

TIM FREED ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Winter Park is headed for the national volleyball stage.

The Winter Park Volleyball Club Elite Black 12U girls team made club history last month, qualifying for the USVA National Tournament on their first attempt and becoming only the second team in club history to qualify at all.

Winter Park’s squad, comprising players from both Orange and Seminole counties, blew the competition out of the water at the 2017 Mizuno Big South National Qualifier in Atlanta. The team went undefeated with a 9-0 record through three rounds.

Out of 82 teams, Winter Park Volleyball Club won first place to capture the American division and earn a trip to Minneapolis for the four-day Junior Olympics national tournament.

“We went to a third set in the game to get (to nationals),” left back Sarah Webb said. “When we won that point, we were all just screaming. We were so happy.”

“To win a qualifier in their very first attempt is pretty much unheard of,” head coach Shawna Webb said. “Teams and players can go their entire careers and not win a qualifier to get to go to the

Junior Olympics. It’s a really big deal.”

The club earned their first nationals bid last year with the 17-year-olds. The 12-year-old squad this year will be one of 48 teams competing for the national title on June 26-30, Shawna Webb said. After winning Big South, the girls know they’re for real, she said.

“Once you win a bid somewhere and you get to go to nationals, that means that your team has kind of arrived,” she said. “Your club is on the map for being a true competitor. It’s incredible for a program once you get there.”

The team hasn’t been lounging around since their success in winning the American division. They entered a National division qualifier tournament — which is considered more difficult — the next weekend and finished third out of 30 teams. They only lost to OVA, the top team in Florida, and A5, the top team in Georgia.

Sarah Webb said the team’s topnotch chemistry has helped them get this far.

“We’re all really good friends,” Sarah Webb said. “When we’re best friends, it helps how we play volleyball, because then we communicate more and tell each other how we feel about each other and how they play. It’s just really great.”

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Shawna Webb said she has heard many times from competing teams that hers doesn’t get rattled either, no matter the score. They are ready to chase the national title with everything they’ve got, setter Lis Jermano said.

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Maitland 12U All-Stars pumped for pool play Apopka, Oviedo and Forest City.

“We are set up really nice because we end up with three full catchers, and we have probably have a pitching staff of six solid pitchers,” Johnson said. “I’m pretty excited to finally have that many pitchers at one time at our disposal.”

Strong, efficient pitching has become a major aspect of the game Johnson and his crew have been working on for almost two years with their players. Johnson noticed Maitland’s biggest rival, Oviedo, started incorporating a pitching program that seemed to be really doing a number on opposing teams – including his own.

The kids on this year’s 12U team have played against Oviedo in the last two district-championship games at both the 10U and 11U level.

Because base-stealing is not a part of the Little League game, the game tends to come down to a hitting or pitching duel, Johnson said.

Influenced by the effectiveness of Oviedo’s program and wanting to focus on pitching, Johnson implemented a new pitching system.

“For the last several years, they have really focused on pitching and teaching all their kids proper mechanics and technique,” Johnson said. “That is something we have brought in in the last year-and-a-half — a focus on a stronger pitch management. Controlling what the kids are throw-

Maitland has improved its pitching and hitting in anticipation of facing Oviedo in District 23 pool play.

TROY HERRING ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Now is the time that little leaguers in Maitland wait for all year.

After playing their hardest throughout the short — but productive — 14-game season, the wait was on to see who will make the team.

On June 1, after all the votes had been cast, that question was answered by the announcement of the 2017 Maitland 12U All-Star team.

Having only two weeks to prepare for District 23 pool play, which begins on June 24 at the Apopka Little League Field of Fame, the team is already in full practice mode as they prepare for what they hope

will be the first tournament of many to come.

And no one is happier for the start of postseason play than coach David Johnson.

“I’m kind of glad that the season is over,” Johnson said. “We were short this year in 12-yearolds. We only have six, so it’s nice to see all those 12-year-olds playing on one team.”

The regular season, which began in February, was tough because of the lack of players.

The 11U and 12U teams each had to be split evenly, which meant there were only two teams each that played against one another once a week. Teams also would scrimmage other district teams in the area.

With the season in the rearview mirror and the chance to play with a full lineup looming, Johnson is optimistic as his team begins pool play against squads from

ing, watching their arms, keeping them healthy and building strength.”

However, that doesn’t mean Johnson is ignoring the offensive side of the game. With the possibility of facing Oviedo again likely, Johnson knows it will take some solid offensive output to keep up with Oviedo’s solid pitching staff.

“We are working on our hitting,” Johnson said. “I think we have three players on our team this year who have hit quite a few home runs, so working with those three and getting some players to get on base behind them — I think we’ll do well.”

With a lineup featuring more effective pitching, a couple of extra kids able to play and a generally improved team, Maitland could find themselves in the district finals.

Although Johnson likes to approach each game as a singular obstacle, the chance of playing Oviedo in the finals is too good an opportunity to exact a little revenge.

“Our goal right now is to make the finals in this round and try to have a showdown with Oviedo again, (because) we have done it every year since these kids were 10,” Johnson said. “We have to get ourselves in a position to do that first, and then hopefully, we save enough pitching to do something a little different this year to throw them off and get out ahead.”

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FRIDAY, JUNE 23 High: 90 Low: 74 Chance of rain: 20%

SATURDAY, JUNE 24 High: 90 Low: 74 Chance of rain: 20%

SUNRISE / SUNSET

Sunrise Sunset

Friday, June 23

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Saturday, June 24

6:29a

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Sunday, June 25

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Monday, June 26

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Tuesday, June 27

6:30a

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Wednesday, June 28

6:30a

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Thursday, June 29

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MOON PHASES

SUNDAY, JUNE 25 High: 90 Low: 75 Chance of rain: 20%

Clyde Moore, of Winter Park, submitted this photo of a sunset behind the Hillstone Restaurant.

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 30 First

July 8 Full

July 16 Last

July 23 New

RAINFALL Wednesday, June 14

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MONDAY, JUNE 26

Thursday, June 15

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High: 89 Low: 74 Chance of rain: 60%

Friday, June 16

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Saturday, June 17

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Sunday, June 18

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Monday, June 19

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Tuesday, June 20

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YEAR TO DATE:

JUNE TO DATE:

2017 15.22 in.

2017 8.66 in.

2016 22.85 in.

2016 5.36 in.

88 Far from plentiful 89 Be a great sweet-talker 90 The you of art?

91 Title words with “Grecian Urn” 94 Common snack items 95 Supervisor or taskmaster 99 Pastor on Sunday morning 101 Kid ‘n Play threw one 103 Everyone-story link 104 Diner sandwich option 105 Close-up map, often 106 Part of a script 107 Common drinks for Brits 108 Portable Mongol tents 109 True-blue or hot-shot people?

110 “Open” waters?

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.

“VOBYT AYK MWZ HNJZKM, B AYK BT MWZ EBJJNZ YTJ PYON AYK MWZ VYVX. B AYK MWZ MOHRVNZEYCZO.” – JZTTBK ABNKHT “TIAARM ARWVT KWHHO XEART ...

EX ARWVT UBEVU XB XKR ZRWPK ...

XB NETVRODWVN, KWFEVU SIV.” – ZMEWV LEDTBV Puzzle Two Clue: F equals V

38 Floating Arctic ice formations 39 Headquarters of a major operation 40 Part of a case?

42 Halloween broom-rider 44 Where figurative knots are tied 46 Insects traveling in columns 48 Ralph of “The Waltons” 50 Bowl-shaped vessel 52 Knocks out in the ring, slangily 53 Gate squeaker 54 Walk inside 55 Harsh in taste 56 Fund contributor 58 Deals with great stress 60 Turns whitish DOWN 62 Emcee’s prologue 1 Not too many 63 Every one features many 2 Hyperbolic sine birthdays 3 Trim fruit skin 64 Hightailed it 4 Warehouses, bins and other 65 Accumulated, as a bar bill depositories 66 Blazing 5 Applied a soothing oint67 Small container for liquids ment to 68 Sierra ___ (African country) 6 Abalone found near the 69 Some fall months, briefly Channel Islands 71 Eagle home 7 “... and ___ the twain shall 72 Deprive of weaponry meet” 75 Manufacturer’s assurance 8 Rural version of a hotel 77 Morning alarm clock results 9 Colorful marble 79 It has many keys 10 Some puzzles based on 80 Some casualwear pictures 81 Aircraft carrier, for one 11 Use up, as energy 82 Village of yore 12 1/12 of the AA recovery 84 Pleasant cooking smells program 86 It provides shade in the 13 Commit a blunder ©2017 Universal Uclick outfield 14 Dinner surface officers manner 49 Part of many roller 87 Some bedding ACROSS 15 Far from chubby 70 What bowlers are as31 Declare to be true coasters 89 Place to place a stetho1 Some snakes you 16 Wheel-ratchet engager signed to 32 Magnificent meal fit for 50 High-fiber cereal scope shouldn’t handle 17 Seaman’s direction 71 Provider of surplus a king 51 Scratch, as a counter 90 Shower of shows 5 Type of boom from a jet 18 Overly bookish type 33 Overnighted 52 Supplier of hot showers thrust 91 U.S. workplace safety10 Button for three zeros?

24 Like a properly maintained 73 Born, in Paris 34 Couldn’t resist gravity 56 Lifeboat hoister regulating org.

15 Wingtip-to-wingtip stat infield 37 Word from a waffler 57 Reporters of tomorrow’s 74 Some linemen 92 Something to shake hands 19 Italian carmaker, that’s 75 Low dam across a stream 26 Litters’ littlest 38 Readies for market, as news? about an order 29 Experimental place 76 Brownie ingredients, a calf 59 Cuzco founders 93 Gaelic language 20 Place for hoop making 32 Volume control, in broadsometimes 41 Fisherman’s catch basket 60 Riddles that cause 94 Russian ruler of old 21 ESP word casting 77 On the highest point of 42 Walk, as across a creek head-scratching 95 Another English river 22 Small glen 33 Enjoy to the last drop 78 Expected in 43 Sudden outbursts of 61 Good thing to eat with 96 Great Lake name 23 What registration leads to 34 Mischievous rascal cheers 62 Prefix with state or act 79 Repeat without thinking 97 Mountain of Italy 25 Anheuser-Busch or 35 Some vocal numbers, in 81 Launder 45 It’s midway between 63 Like a wild-eyed, ener98 Some bread loaves Coors, famously operas 82 English river epsilon and iota getic person 100 Gambler’s last resort 27 Anyplace at all 83 Type of dog for a pioneer? 36 Divide voters to one’s 47 Hangs out to dry 64 Iced coffee drink 102 Love of Lennon 28 Drink rudely 85 Stop hearts with fright advantage 48 Red for beef, white for 66 Infuriate 30 Calmed in a deceptive 37 Trusses for horses or lions 87 Ocean liners?

67 High-ranking military fish

ER TRIPPING by Timothy B. Parker

Puzzle One Clue: C equals K

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SUDOKU

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

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This week’s Celebrity Cipher answers Puzzle One Solution: “Brian was the oldest, I was in the middle and Carl was the baby. I was the troublemaker.”

– Dennis Wilson

Friday, June 9, 2017

Friday, June 9, 2017

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SUNDAY 1-3, 2709 Parkland Drive, WP 3BR | 2BA | 1,326 SF | $425,000 Charming Winter Park Home

SUNDAY 1-3, 519 Darcey Drive, WP 3BR | 3.5BA | 3,045 SF | $725,000 Stunning Brookshire Heights

SATURDAY 2-4, 2709 Parkland Drive, WP

SUNDAY 2-4, 1576 Harris Circle, WP

SATURDAY 11-2, 7214 Della Drive, ORL

SUNDAY 2-4, 287 Evansdale Road, LM

3BR | 2BA | 1,326 SF | $425,000 Charming Winter Park Home

2BR | 2BA | 1,262 SF | $225,000 Dr. Phillips Townhome

5BR | 5BA | 4,535 SF | $1,599,000 Exquisite Clayton Home

4BR | 4.5BA | 2,754 SF | $599,900 Little Lake Mary Pool Home

SATURDAY 2-4, 649 Cherokee Circle, ORL

SUNDAY 2-4, 1823 Laurelton Hall Lane, WP

SATURDAY 2-4, 1760 Fawsett, WP

SUNDAY 2-4,1611 Lookout Landing, WP

5BR | 3.5BA | 4,448 SF | $1,085,000 Just Listed | Lake Cherokee

5BR | 6.5BA | 4,637 SF | $1,950,000 New Rex-Tibbs Construction

SUNDAY 2-4, 240 Brewer Avenue, WP 3BR | 2BA | 1,580 SF | $449,900 Price Reduced | Motivated Seller

SUNDAY 2-4, 116 Valencia Loop, AS 3BR | 2BA | 2,632 SF | $419,000 Spring Valley | Cabin-like Home

SUNDAY 2-4, 1203 Preserve Point Drive, WP 5BR | 4.5BA | 5,856 SF | $1,999,500 Lakeviews | Custom Cahill Home

SUNDAY 2-4, 1635 Elizabeths Walk, WP 4BR | 4BA | 3,677 SF | $1,250,000 Just Listed | Outdoor Kitchen

5BR | 4BA | 3,393 SF | $939,000 Single Story Living

4BR | 4BA | 3,930 SF | $1,350,000 New Price | Waterviews SUNDAY 2-4, 1728 Grand Rue Drive, WP 4BR | 2.5BA | 2,784 SF | $375,000 Legacy Park | Casselberry

SUNDAY 2-4, 1760 Fawsett, WP 5BR | 6.5BA | 4,637 SF | $1,950,000 New Rex-Tibbs Construction

SUNDAY 2-5, 2521 Tuscaloosa Trail, WP 4BR | 2BA | 2,146 SF | $415,000 Dommerich Hills Home

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Puzzle Two Solution: “Summer means happy times ... it means going to the beach ... to Disneyland, having fun.” – Brian Wilson

3151 LAKE TWYLO ROAD, ORLANDO, FL 32817

This week’s Sudoku answers

SUNDAY1 - 3PM 4bed/2.5bath 2409sqft $309,000 JEFF FRIEDMAN 407-719-0135

1110 IVANHOE BLVD. #4, ORLANDO, FL 32804

SUNDAY 2 - 5PM 3bed/3.5bath 3,187sqft $670,000 BEVERLY MCNEIL 407-619-9238

350 KILLARNEY DR, WINTER PARK, FL 32789

SATURDAY 12 - 2PM 4bed/4bath 3,643sqft $995,000 JOHN HARBUCK 407.538.2841

1691 OAKHURST AVE, WINTER PARK, FL 32789

SUNDAY 2 - 4PM 5bed/4bath 4112sq ft $1,149,999 KEVIN KELLY 407-781-6238

4900 PETRA CT., WINTER SPRINGS, FL 32708

SUNDAY 1 - 3PM 4bed/2.5bath 2763sqft $389,900

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BARBARA FRIEDMAN 407-222-6059

This week’s Crossword answers

1210 RAINTREE PLACE, WINTER PARK, FL 32789

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 2 - 4PM 4bed/3bath 2,964sqft $825,000 GWYN CLARK 407-616-9051

870 MAYFIELD AVE., WINTER PARK, FL 32789

SUNDAY 3-5PM 6bed/6bath 5797sqft $1,999,500 SHIRLEY JONES 407-719-9180

505 OAK LANE, MAITLAND, FL 32751

SUNDAY 1 - 3PM 3bed/2.5bath 2571sqft $440,000 MEGAN CROSS 407-353-9997

1261 ARLINGTON PL, WINTER PARK, FL 32789

SUNDAY 1 - 3PM 3bed/3bath 2375sqft $699,900 SHERYL KASHUK 407-616-7207

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