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Ocoee’s Starke Lake Studios hits all the right notes.

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New skin care studio blossoms in Winter Garden.

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James Holle hopes his knuckleball leads to success.

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+ We hear wedding bells!

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by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer

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Baer’s Furniture to open in Winter Garden

Hammers and nails were among supplies Vanuatuans needed.

Kyle Michael Johnson, son of Michael and Deborah Johnson, of Winter Garden, and Lauren Raye Davis, daughter of Gary and Delores Davis, of Eustis, are engaged.

Kyle attended Seminole State College and is employed by HGR Construction. Lauren is a graduate of the University of South Florida and is employed by HNTB Corporation. A fall 2015 wedding is planned.

A ribbon-cutting and a party are scheduled for July 2 at the new West Orange location.

WINTER GARDEN — Officials of Baer’s Furniture had been looking at opening a store in Winter Garden since 2004.

Now, more than a decade later, that store will open.

“We lost our Altamonte Springs store, so it made sense there, especially with the economy coming back,” CEO Bobby Baer said of his company’s new location at the northwest corner of the junction of West Colonial

+ Attention treasure hunters!

The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation has a treasure hunt that stretches throughout the city’s historic business district.

Participants receive a map with 12 clues.

The treasure boxes can be found in any order, with or without a GPS. Each one contains a stamp and inkpad, a history information card and a log book.

Children who complete the hunt can earn a prize by redeeming their completed brochure at the Heritage Museum, 1 N. Main St., or at the Central Florida Railroad Museum, 101 S. Boyd St. A treasure map can be picked up at either museum.

+ Reading buddies needed The West Oaks Mall is extending Sydney’s Reading and Learning Center program through the end of August, and volunteers are needed on the weekends.

To volunteer for a few hours on a Saturday or Sunday, call (407) 2478595 or email Thom@readtosydney.org.

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THE BASICS

BAER’S FURNITURE ADDRESS: 12105 W. Colonial Drive, Winter Garden PHONE: (407) 478-2237 WEBSITE: baers.com

Multiple cyclones ripped down massive trees in March in Vanuatu, a South Pacific archipelago nation.

A Winter Garden couple traveled hundreds of miles by boat to deliver food, medics and supplies to remote areas of Vanuatu.

GOVERNANCE

by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer

Ocoee City Commission passes 302-unit apartment plan

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nytime a devastating natural disaster strikes a far corner of the world — Haiti, Nepal and the South Pacific among recent examples — charitable organizations rush aid.

But sometimes that aid does not reach the remotest of the remote. That is when Sea Mercy and Donna and Jonathan Robinson, who have a home in Winter Garden, spring to action.

Through financial, material and physical aid of nations, companies and volunteers, three-year-old Sea Mercy executes a mission to deliver floating health care and emergency relief to distant island nations, such as Vanuatu, sometimes via small vessels such as the Chez Nous — the Robinsons’ catamaran.

In mid-March, Tropical Cyclone Pam decimated numerous Vanuatuan villages,

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OCOEE — With votes of 3-2 at its June 16 meeting, the Ocoee City Commission approved both the preliminary site plan and the development agreement for a 302-unit apartment complex called Oasis at Lake Bennet Apartments.

The developer, Picerne Real Estate Group, proposed building a multi-family four-story apartment complex on 13.01 acres within the Ocoee Town Center. To the west is Bluford Avenue; to the south is State Road 50; to the north is Maine Street; and to the east will be Richmond Avenue, across from

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The Robinsons ferried various types of doctors around the islands to treat far-off patients.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ROBINSONS AND SEA MERCY OR TO MAKE A DONATION, VISIT SEAMERCY.ORG.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 25 “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” Summer Movie — 7 p.m. Thursday, June 25, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Tickets are $6 with reserved seating and are sold online at gardentheatre. org/summermovies or at the box office, (407) 877-GRDN.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26 Striking Out Cancer — 7 p.m.

Friday, June 26, during the Winter Garden Squeeze baseball game at the West Orange High School field, 1625 S. Beulah Road, Winter Garden.

The Jimmy Crabtree Cancer Fund is the beneficiary of this game, and proceeds will help local families battling cancer.

Advance tickets can be purchased for $5 at jccancerfund. org/events/.

“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” Summer Movie and Trivia Night — 6:45 p.m. Friday, June 26, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Prior to the showing the movie, fans can test their knowledge against other Indiana Jones enthusiasts and win prizes. The movie starts at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $6 with reserved seating and are available online at gardentheatre.org/summermovies or by calling the box office at 407-877-GRDN.

Kissimmee Ave., Ocoee. The company is hiring electricians at all skill levels, from beginning helpers to superintendents. The starting wage is $10 an hour; includes paid holidays and benefits package. Visit brightfutureelectric.com for more information.

Groundbreaking for Veteran Home — 10 a.m. Saturday, June 27, at Cross Street and Briley Avenue, Oakland. Local elected officials will turn a spade full of earth to get the Home At Last project underway. Marine Staff Sgt. Brandon Wittwer and his family will receive the seventh HAL home in Oakland.

EcoSaturday: Beachcombing — 10 a.m. Saturday, June 27, at Tibet-Butler Preserve, 8777 Winter Garden Vineland Road, Orlando. Explore the unique adaptations of organisms found on Florida’s beaches. Meet a hermit crab, play in a sandbox, learn about sand dunes and identify common seashells that can be found on the beach.

Most appropriate for ages 7 and older. Classes are open on a first-come, first-served basis and are limited to 30 participants.

For information, call (407) 8766696 or visit

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Car Wash — noon to 3 p.m.

Saturday, June 27, at Tijuana Flats, 13770 W. Colonial Drive, Winter Garden. Proceeds to benefit Church of the Messiah’s Activate youth group, which is raising money for a mission trip in July to Cannonball, North Dakota, to work with the Standing Rock Lakota Indian Reservation. For more information or to make a donation, email activateym@gmail.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 28 Celebrate Pastor Bill’s Ministry — 3 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 4851 S. ApopkaVineland Road, Orlando. Join the church as it celebrates Bill and Kim Barnes’ 23 years of ministry. To RSVP for the reception, go to st.lukes.org/thankspastorbill.

TUESDAY, JUNE 30 “Penguins of Madagascar” Milk Money Movie — 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Tickets are $2 cash and include child-size popcorn and juice. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8 a.m. at the theater box office.

Diabetes Academy — 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, at Dr. P. Phillips YMCA, 7000 Dr. Phillips Blvd., Orlando.

The free program given by a Novo Nordisk diabetes educator will

SATURDAY, JUNE 27 Job Fair — 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at Bright Future Electric, 630

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inform attendees about managing diabetes and include discussions on tips for eating healthy and staying active, diabetes medication and how to use injection devices properly.

Following this class, NBA Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins will share his journey with diabetes at 6:30. For more details, call (407) 351-9417.

Paranormal Investigations: Breaking the Myths — 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, at the Winter Garden Library. Journey into the unknown with the Beyond Investigators team for a closer look at the myths surrounding the paranormal. Take a hands-on tour of the equipment used in the field. (407) 835-7323.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 West Orange Seniors Movie/ Lunch — noon Wednesday, July 1, at Tom Ison Center, 1701 Adair St., Ocoee. This month’s movie is “Catch Me If You Can.” Cost is $1. For more information, call (407) 592-4498.

THURSDAY, JULY 2 West Orange Republican Women’s Club Luncheon — 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 2, at Windermere Country Club, 2710 Butler Bay Drive North, Windermere. The guest speaker is Brittany Beary, the daughter of former Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary, who will discuss her time as an active service member in the Middle East.

Cost is $18 for the Fourth of July-themed picnic luncheon; membership in the club is not required. Reservations can be made by June 26 at worwfederated@gmail.com or by con-

tacting Carolyn Sparks at (407) 230-3856.

Retro Superhero — 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 2, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Travel back in time to view a superhero movie from the past. For details, call (407) 835-7323.

“Sunset Boulevard” Summer Movie — 7 p.m. Thursday, July 2, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden.

Tickets are $6 with reserved seating and are sold online at gardentheatre.org/summermovies or at the box office, (407) 877-GRDN.

FRIDAY, JULY 3 “Mommy Dearest” Summer Movie — 7 p.m. Thursday, July 2, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden.

Tickets are $6 with reserved seating and are sold online at gardentheatre.org/summermovies or at the box office, (407) 877-GRDN.

SATURDAY, JULY 4 12th Annual All American Kids Parade — 10 a.m. Saturday, July 4, starting at Winter Garden Masonic Lodge, 230 W. Bay St., Winter Garden.

Breakfast will be served (free for children) from 8-10 a.m.

Children can decorate their bike, scooter or walking shoes and join the lodge, Winter Garden Heritage Foundation and Winter Garden Downtown Merchants for a red, white and blue stroll along Plant Street.

For information, call the WGHF at 407-656-3244.

Party in the Park — 5 p.m.

Saturday, July 4, at Newton Park, 29 W. Garden Ave., Winter Garden. Fireworks start at 9:15 p.m. Attendees can bring a chair or blanket for this annual tradition, which will include live music, family activities and food. Parking is available at Health Central Park and Dillard Street Elementary. For information, call Winter Garden City Hall at (407) 656-4111.

MONDAY, JULY 6 Stories from Around the Globe — 2:30 p.m. Monday, July 6, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee.

Take a tour of the world and learn how children play all over the map. Become an international traveler with stories and games from different cultures.

For ages 6-12. For details, call (407) 835-7323.

TUESDAY, JULY 7 “Turbo” Milk Money Movie — 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Tickets are $2 cash and include child-size popcorn and juice. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, firstserved basis beginning at 8 a.m. at the theater box office.

Florida’s Natural Heritage — 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave., Orlando. Dr. Bill Grey, former professor of environmental studies at Rollins College, will present a program, “The Forest and the Trees,” to the Tarflower Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society. The meeting is free and open to the public.

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FUELED BY FAMILY One Winter Garden family is working with state leaders to create laws to better protect parents from abuse by their children.

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Speed humps would start near the south end of Williams Road, wind along Seidner Road and then continue around Lake Avalon with Davenport Road to its intersection with Avalon Road.

Engineers plan speed humps near Lake Avalon If approved, Williams, Seidner and Davenport roads could have 13 humps.

HORIZON WEST — Orange County officials presented a Municipal Service Benefit Unit plan June 11 at Korean Presbyterian Church that calls for 13 speed humps on Lake Avalon Rural Settlement streets around Lake Avalon.

Many residents of that settlement have concerns about non-residents speeding through their neighborhood as a cut-through, including an instance in which a car sped past Avalon Home & Property Owners Association President Carol Johnson, who was driving the same direction and about to turn into her driveway, she said.

Frank C. Yokiel, the project manager from the Orange County Traffic Engineering Division, proposed the installation of two speed humps along the southern half of Williams Road, one in the middle of each of the three easternmost segments of Seidner Road and eight on Davenport Road between its intersections with Seidner and Avalon roads.

Humps would be three inches high and 12 feet long, he said.

Yokiel had proposed a speed hump project for this neighborhood last year, but the community did not garner enough mail ballot votes — 66% of property owner votes needed for approval — among residents in the monthlong ballot period after the project passed the petition and public meeting phases.

“A year ago to the date, basically, we found out that the MSBU for the speed humps through Davenport-Williams did not pass,” Yokiel said. “It did not pass by one vote.”

Yokiel had to wait a mandatory period of one year before looking at it again, and residents once more had contacted him with their interest.

Although he was not sure a one-time tax on the settlement for the humps was the problem last year, Yokiel said there was a possibility that Orange County could fund the whole project. At a rate of about $3,000 per hump, the total cost would be about $39,000.

One resident said several neighbors who would have approved of the project last year were on long vacations when voting occurred.

As a result, county officials will consider moving the vote to late summer and extending the ballot period to as long as two months. If that vote passes, the Board of County Commissioners would hold a vote for final approval, including District 1 Commissioner S. Scott Boyd, who attended the meeting.

Boyd said he and other members of the Central Florida Expressway Authority had a high priority on an alternate southern route from State Road 50, with funding as the biggest current concern.

A better idea of the project should be available within eight months, Boyd said.

Such a plan could include partial-road tolls, and other considerations include Lake County’s sector plan, South Apopka-Vineland Road and Sand Lake Road, he said.

One couple opposed the humps because of damaging effects they could have to the products in trucks delivering to Razbuton Nursery, which abuts the southern side of Davenport Road west of Rex Drive.

Another resident said other truckers not making local deliveries were using Avalon Road and other nearby roads despite being told not to.

As for Rex Drive, residents raised concerns with speeds in excess of 50 mph on that road, as well, which extends south from Davenport Road.

Yokiel said studies on the area around Dangler and Spyglass Hill roads had occurred, too, and that residents in that area would receive a separate ballot for a similar process.

Once approved, the humps along Williams, Seidner and Davenport roads would take one or two months to implement, Yokiel said. Boyd said the humps could be in by Christmas.

Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@ wotimes.com.

WINTER GARDEN — Alice Flowers and Rosemary Slaughter-Pate were best friends as much as they were sisters. They worked for the same company, ate lunch together and took vacations together. They cooked big Sunday meals together and looked for an excuse to jointly entertain family and friends.

Flowers, a Winter Garden resident, expected her little sister to always be there. But on July 15, 2013, 51-year-old Slaughter-Pate’s life ended when her 19-year-old son, Everett Pate, fatally stabbed her in their Ocoee home following years of violence and threatening behavior.

Flowers and her daughter, Tiffany Kelly, are on a crusade to make changes to the laws concerning parent abuse.

They have created a nonprofit group called The Morning After Center for Hope and Healing Inc., a community organization designed to end family violence with a focus on childto-parent abuse.

The pair hosts meetings at the end of each month to allow families to come together to discuss their problems in an open — but confidential — support-group forum. They call it a judgment-free zone.

The next meeting is at 4 p.m.

Saturday, July 25, at Flowers’ home, 232 Daniels Pointe Drive, Winter Garden. Anyone interested in attending is invited.

INTRODUCING LEGISLATION

Last year, State Sen. Geraldine Thompson proposed legislation to add parent abuse as a category under domestic violence, much like child, elder, domestic partner and spousal abuse. If passed, it would be the country’s first parent-abuse bill. It won unanimous approval by the Department of Children, Families & Elder Affairs. “(But) there is still much work to be done for the bill to pass in both Houses and sub-committees,” Flowers said.

The University of Central Florida currently is conducting a study with Flowers and Kelly on child-to-parent violence and abuse, interviewing families who have been affected by this issue.

“We need families; we need data,” Flowers said.

Four families have been interviewed, she said, but organizers would like to talk to six more parents or caregivers in the next few months. Participants can remain anonymous and can elect to receive a $25 gift card.

To sign up, email themorningaftercenter@gmail.com or call or text Flowers at (321) 229-7688.

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Alice Flowers, seated, and her daughter, Tiffany Kelly, are working to change legislation in memory of Flowers’ sister, Rosemary Slaughter-Pate, who was killed by her own son.

LIVING IN FEAR

Slaughter-Pate had been having trouble with her teenage son, who was prone to fits of anger, at times holding her hostage, jumping on her vehicle to keep her from going to work, robbing her and pawning her items and threatening to harm her, Flowers said.

She had called the police several times on her son, but because he was a minor at those times, he was ultimately released back to her.

“You must take care of your child, no matter what,” Flowers said.

And she certainly tried to get him treated at local hospitals and mental health facilities.

“She was really trying to get him help,” Flowers said.

Last summer, the worried mother was trying to put some rules in place and trying to make him responsible, so when he came home late the night before her death, she wouldn’t let him in.

Out of fear, Slaughter-Pate had installed security locks on her bedroom door, but in the end, it was when she opened the back door to take her dog outside the next morning that Everett attacked. Flowers said

WHAT IS PARENT ABUSE? Parent abuse refers to the continual use of abusive tactics toward a parent, which enable minors to exercise power over a parent. The abusive tactics may be physical (e.g. punching, kicking), emotional (threats, attempts to humiliate and undermine) and/or economic (theft, damage to property) and, like other forms of family abuse, it is characterized by secrecy and shame. In particular, parent abuse involves a double stigma, because it combines the stigma of parenting a problematic child with the stigma of experiencing domestic violence in the home.​ Source: themorningaftercenter.org

after he killed his mother, he and two friends tried to make the crime scene look like a robbery and poured bleach on the body in an attempt to hide evidence.

Everett Pate was sentenced to 30 years in prison on second-degree murder charges.

Flowers wants her sister to be remembered as a trustworthy person with a big heart.

Kelly, Slaughter-Pate’s niece, called her “an angel on earth.”

They also don’t want her death to be in vain, so they share their message with interest groups and have spoken in Tallahassee several times, trying to get the laws changed.

In July, the family is plan-

ning a fundraiser and memorial. There are no definite plans yet, but they are thinking of coordinating a bike ride, since Slaughter-Pate was a cycling enthusiast, or maybe a dinner with music.

The money they raise will help the Morning After Center with its mission and will allow the family to keep spreading the word about parent abuse — with the goal of getting new legislation passed that protects abused parents.

Flowers said, “We want an early-intervention plan to help not only the parent but (also) the abusive child.”

Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.

TRIM TROUBLE by Peter M. Gordon | Contributing Writer

Tree trimming raises ire of Winter Garden mayor, citizens Duke Energy officials say their trimming tactics are done under the supervision of professional arborists and are not harmful to the trees.

WINTER GARDEN — It takes a lot to get Winter Garden Mayor John Rees upset. A recent visit to his neighborhood from Duke Energy’s tree trimming crews did the trick.

During a recent City Commission meeting, Rees expressed his disappointment with the way the trees looked after Duke’s crews were finished. He said those crews were “butchering” the trees.

“I realize they need to cut the trees back off the power lines,” he said. “I’m just looking for a happy medium.”

Rees called Duke Energy to complain, but one week after

his initial call, he still had not spoken to anyone from Duke.

Although complaints regarding the aesthetics of trimmed trees are a regular occurrence, Duke officials say they employ processes that are safe both for residents and for the trees.

Suzanne Grant, spokeswoman for Duke Energy Florida, said the tree cutting is work that must be done.

“Trees are the No. 1 reason we have power outages,” she said.

Grant said Duke hires local companies to cut the trees under the supervision of pro-

fessional arborists who ensure that all cutting is done properly. Even if residents don’t like the way their trees look immediately after cutting, Duke’s tree experts make sure the cutting is best for the trees in the long run, Grant said.

Its tree experts supervise a vegetation management method that uses a variety of strategies to control tree and foliage growth near power lines. The methods include planned tree pruning and removal, such as the recent cuttings in West Orange County. The company also monitors tree and vegetation growth and can use hot spot pruning and danger tree removal to eliminate immediate threats. In some circumstances, the company also mows grass and employs aerial

trimming of foliage by helicopter.

Duke employs scientific methods such as tree growth regulators, which chemically limit the directional growth of a tree so they don’t have to remove some trees near distribution lines. Duke also applies EPA-approved herbicides when necessary to prevent regrowth.

Grant said Duke alerts residents through door hangers when it is planning to cut trees in a neighborhood. Grant said she didn’t know why it took so long for someone to respond to Rees’ complaints but would look into it.

Complaints about Duke’s tree trimming in West Orange County are not confined to Winter Garden. Windermere

Mayor Gary Bruhn has similar issues with trimming in his town. He received complaints about trimming along Park Avenue and Maguire Road.

“We are a tree city,” he said.

Bruhn said he understands that trees must be cleared up to 8 feet away from power lines and that Duke has the legal right to trim trees and brush along their routes.

But like Rees, Bruhn would like a compromise between Duke’s needs to keep the power lines safe and unobstructed and citizens’ desires to preserve the trees they love.

No city in Orange County bears responsibility for tree-trimming around power lines. Duke plans and supervises those efforts. Still, some citizens complain to their mayor

and city commissions, thinking that their local officials can stop or change it.

This is not the first time residents complained about tree trimming; Rees said it has been an ongoing battle for years. Duke customers and citizens in other states made similar complaints about tree trimming in their communities.

Winter Garden city staff and Duke Energy are working to improve communication.

“We understand that Duke has the legal right to trim the trees and is obligated to do so,” Winter Garden City Manager Mike Bollhoefer said. “However, we are meeting with their staff to find creative ways to minimize the impact on the city’s tree canopy.”

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killing dozens, injuring more, displacing thousands and cutting off water, power and planes for the whole archipelago, according to CNN. Gusts reached 200 mph, equal to a Category 5 hurricane.

Meanwhile, the Robinsons were more than 500 miles away in Fiji, taking cyclone precautions before Pam jerked toward Vanuatu, Jonathan Robinson said.

“We wanted to help Vanuatu, so we contacted Sea Mercy,” he said. “We set off initially and then had to turn back because another cyclone was heading to Vanuatu. We were advised for safety to return to Fiji, which we did, and had to wait for that to pass before we left again.”

In a word, Donna Robinson called the trip “Hell.”

“I precooked three meals because usually on a journey you never know what it’s like, and you need to eat,” she said.

“It’s easier to just throw something in the microwave that’s already cooked. We had to do that every meal; we had to use them all up. We managed to make one stretch into two.”

But the Robinsons made it to their first stop, Aneityum — the southernmost island of Vanuatu — among a threeboat Sea Mercy team dubbed the Mosquito Fleet for its small size, crucial to getting aid where bigger ships cannot dock. The Robinsons worked with the World Food Program to get supplies where it could not, based on impossibly blocked roads and no option but the sea, Jonathan Robinson said.

With special fee waivers and visas from Vanuatu, the Robinsons delivered a Swedish pediatrician, an American emergency doctor, an American chiropractor and about 1.5 tons of goods, with other boats at similar capacities, they said.

“We’d loaded in Fiji with food provisions but also life provisions,” Jonathan Robinson said. “We had medical stores, survival stores and food stores. A lot of that was due to self-funding, people funding for Sea Mercy and some donations by people of Fiji. Sea Mercy relies entirely on donations.”

The Robinsons entered self-funded and paid from pocket once they sailed, ensuring no funds from ongoing Sea Mercy projects would shift to Vanuatu for its disaster, a common theme of donations jumping from dis-

Jason Darnell said false racial-profiling charges prevent him from finding police work.

WINDERMERE — Former Windermere Police Department Officer Jason Darnell, 29, faced an arrest in 2013 on charges of profiling black motorists in 2012 and telling colleagues at the department to do so, too.

Some officers said Darnell had stopped minority drivers without cause, but inconsistencies in testimony of then-Officer Alejandro Rivera led to the drop of all charges against Darnell just a month later. That included April 2013 charges of misconduct and threats against a public servant, after a colleague had told the Florida Department of Law Enforcement that Darnell had told him to stop minorities.

As a result of these charges and arrest Darnell has deemed false and damaging to his reputation, his attorneys, Benjamin Crump and Jose Baez, filed a lawsuit June 18 on his behalf against Daniel Saylor — Windermere’s former police chief — the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the town of Windermere and others.

Crump and Baez became famous nationwide during cases involving Trayvon Martin and Casey Anthony.

Rivera and former FDLE Investigator Alphonso Williams,

OCOEE / PAGE 1A which will be the City Center West Orange, on Lake Bennet.

Commissioners Rosemary Wilsen and Rusty Johnson opposed the motion. Wilsen said the appearance of the development concerned her, reminding her more of boxes than urban architecture. Johnson said the impact fees from this project — estimated at $3.35 million — should help widen Bluford Avenue to avoid future traffic problems there. Commissioner Joel Keller agreed that Bluford Avenue ultimately would need an expansion, likely to four lanes to match city growth.

A resident expressed dissatisfaction with the developer planning to save only about a dozen of many oak trees on site, as well as with the mentalities and lifestyles of transients she believes the complex would attract.

Development team members made a formal presentation, citing $632,000 in projected annual property taxes and a large, unmet demand for apartments in West Orange County, with Ocoee as an ideal location for such a complex.

They said the complex would have an urban design, high density, pedestrian connectivity and more than 10,000 square feet of amenities, such as a pool, a kitchen, a “Starbucks-like” coffee area, a club room, fitness and business centers, and a game room.

The final site plan should face the Ocoee City Commission at its July 7 meeting.

HEALTH INSURANCE

City staff approached the commission with a recommendation to add $1.7 million to the Health Insurance Fund, from which Ocoee covers its staff in self-insurance.

This sum became necessary after a recent influx of claims by city employees, as well as difficulties from having separate cycles for health insurance years and budget years,

who attorneys said both conspired against Darnell, and Windermere Police Chief Dave Ogden also are among defendants in the lawsuit.

Darnell said he had exposed corruption in the department, such as marking false overtime hours, which caused Rivera to retaliate with false charges.

Those charges have prevented Darnell from working as a police officer, Darnell said, and his attorneys said his reputation has been unfairly tarnished. This includes admitting to arrests on five felony charges for job applications and background checks, Darnell said. Those felony charges could have resulted in 55 years in prison.

The attorneys believe FDLE officials did not correctly perform their jobs, saying any legitimate investigation easily would have revealed the accusations against Darnell as false, which forced them to raise this suit.

An FDLE official said FDLE affirms its investigation.

Windermere Town Manager Robert Smith and Ogden said they must take time to review the lawsuit before making any comment on it.

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IN OTHER NEWS • The commission unanimously approved aligning its general municipal election with the Presidential primary March 15, an estimated savings of $60,000-$75,000.

• The Sorenson Property — 2.23 acres at 1042 Ocoee-Apopka Road — became part of Ocoee by annexation under A-1 agriculture zoning per unanimous commission approval.

• A first reading for an ordinance requiring emergency access to all gated communities occurred, with commissioners deliberating who should be responsible for payments to align systems. A second hearing on this is scheduled for the July 7 commission meeting. according to reports from Human Resources Director Gene Williford. The city already owes money to Blue Cross Blue Shield, Williford said.

CHARTER SCHOOL

West Orange Montessori Charter presented an unsolicited $650,000 offer for nine acres of city property, with State Road 429 to the north, Fuller’s Cross Road to the south, Ocoee-Apopka Road to the west and Ocoee Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church to the east.

A representative of West Orange Montessori Charter described the idea to build a preschool that would be the first LEED Platinum Certified U.S. school, which would draw national attention as the “healthiest, most environmental school in the country.”

Wilsen expressed concerns with children outside Ocoee getting first preference, but the representative said she could put Ocoee children atop the preference hierarchy as a condition of approval.

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Cyclones flattened villages all over the South Pacific. Donna and Jonathan Robinson helped many get back on their feet. aster to disaster with less concern about redevelopment, Jonathan Robinson said.

REBUILDING A VILLAGE

Although 100% of donations go to provisions, the Robinsons wanted to leave more than rice, noodles and tinned meat with the Vanuatuans, especially when they were offering the Robinsons breakfast, Donna Robinson said. The Robinsons provided buckets of crackers that could be reused to store rainwater, some villages’ main water supply, she said.

Despite some difficulties for the Robinsons in providing the rations they could, the people made it work, she said.

“Most of the villagers there are subsistence farmers who live on what they grow and trade with other people,” Jonathan Robinson said. “Their gardens had been destroyed by the cyclone. They weren’t asking for help at all, because it happens a lot. They just needed immediate aid to keep food growing. We’d prepared ourselves for sites of human misery and starving children. But these people were very upbeat, delighted to see us but independent, without a doubt some of the friendliest people I ever met.”

Thanks to tools such as hammers and nails from the Robinsons, villagers rebuilt houses together, one-by-one, he said: first the sick, then widows and orphans, with the chief’s house rebuilt last.

“Two months after the cyclone, the chief still didn’t have a roof on his house,” Donna Robinson said.

But with good organization and respect for each person, islanders have united to re-

build, from a 3-day-old to a 102-year-old who helped Americans build airstrips in World War II, Jonathan Robinson said.

AROUND VANUATU

Among many islands the Robinsons reached was Tanna, a population of about 29,000 that was hit the hardest, Jonathan Robinson said.

They took shelter from heavy rain and strong winds for four days before sailing to Erromango, where the local doctor said nobody had helped.

Despite reports showing Erromango as unsafe to anchor at, the Robinsons did and helped Erromango get supplies, clinics and a generator, Jonathan Robinson said.

Because not every village has a school, some children must travel to others, but cyclones made some roads impassable, so the Robinsons sailed children from one side of an island to the other for their first lessons in six weeks, he said.

“The reception we got when we came back into the village was tremendous,” he said. “But there, we were landing supplies and doctors. There was no way to get a boat to the beach — too rough — so we actually took dinghies against the rock, and they held us against the rock, where we passed food and people up to a higher rock.

We then climbed a small ladder, went across a bridge and then walked across the coral to get in. We landed about a ton of supplies doing that.”

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The Robinsons would like to establish a system for Vanuatu similar to Sea Mercy’s clinics in Tonga and Fiji,

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“The economy tanked for a while, and we always knew it would come back, and it’s a lot of potential for growth and customers from all the way in Altamonte Springs to Windermere, Dr. Phillips and all the way to the Clermont area.”

Among 15 Baer’s stores, only one was on lease — Altamonte Springs. After Baer realized a lease renewal would not happen, plans changed to moving from the Altamonte Springs location to Winter Garden.

“We had to take our time with Winter Garden; otherwise we would have been open already,” Baer said.

“They’re very fastidious at dotting the I’s and crossing the T’s and making sure all the official documents were in order.”

But moving products to the new showroom is an ongoing four-week process that Baer called rapid and likened to putting up 20 homes in four weeks.

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The Winter Garden Baer’s location is divided into many themed showrooms. grand opening, which will include a ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. and a party open to the public at 5 p.m., Baer said.

The store will feature a free total decorating and design service with everything for the home, from flooring and wood to window treatments, accessories and, of course, furniture, he said.

“We’ll have great grandopening pricing on everything we carry, with stock on at least 90% of everything in the store,” he said. “We’re proud of the stuff

in this store, with (products) from around the world. Every quality piece of furniture will be at the best price, and it’s a destination at 84,000 square feet — no place like it in Orlando.”

Those 84,000 square feet make this store the second-largest in the Baer’s empire to the Melbourne location, which is 100,000 square feet, Baer said. The store will start with just fewer than 50 employees among more than 800 for the company, which prides itself in being a family

which have been running only a year or two, Jonathan Robinson said.

“I’m writing in conjunction with the disaster-response director a manual for future disaster response,” he said, noting attempts to coordinate many involved and organizations in place on islands. “I just received an email from the third rotation of Sea Mercy vessels down there now, and we’ll be back there July 6. We went through response, and now they’re in recovery phase.”

The Robinsons will work with an established charity there to provide Australian medical professionals for islands, Jonathan Robinson said. He also plans to coordinate supply movement, continuing to transport tools, clothes and water-related items.

Clinics have served about 1,000 patients, with more than 20 tons of food and supplies delivered, he said.

Given their position in Fiji, the Robinsons stressed their inspiration to help as wanting others to help if they had been in need.

The Robinsons seek donations, crew and medical professionals for the next non-cyclone season, typically April to October, with more information at seamercy.org.

Even old reading glasses help, Jonathan Robinson said.

“The dates are already on the website for the next year,” he said. “We’re just looking for people to come and spend a couple of weeks in the South Pacific. We break up the clinics with some snorkeling or surfing, so it’s not all work, but it’s incredibly rewarding.”

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business beyond just the last name, he said.

“Jacki Heck was our general manager at the Altamonte Springs store, and she has been with us over 10 years and is the manager of the new Winter Garden store,” he said. “And Darrin Sutton, who was head of display at Altamonte Springs, will continue at the same job. We’re very proud to say over 30% of our employees have been with us for five or more years. We’re a family business and try to pay well. Half of our business is about our employees, how well they treat our customers and how well they can be part of a team.”

That team is celebrating its 70th anniversary, which Baer said has come from putting customers first with a great selection, wonderful quality and a value nobody can beat.

Baer also plans to hold a donation to four children’s charities in honor of the grand opening: Give Kids the World, Florida Children’s Hospital, Boys and Girls Clubs and Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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Natural Beauty

Sensitivities were the driving force behind Jessica Collins’ decision to make her own homemade skin care products, which she sells in her store.

WINTER GARDEN — When Jessica Collins reached her 20s, she expected her skin problems to be behind her.

Instead, they intensified. She spent hundreds of dollars in aesthetician visits and skin care products, which only made her condition worse.

She began researching the ingredients added to the lotions and crèmes and discovered there were many chemicals, including those to extend shelf life and to present an appealing color. So she created her own organic line of products, Wildflower Beauty by Jessica.

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The Winter Garden resident’s journey started with bottles of coconut oil and olive oil.

After discovering these were the base ingredients in prescribed skincare products, Collins grabbed some from her kitchen, applied the concoction to her face and neck, and within three days, she had smooth, clear skin.

“I still (use) it to this day when I give myself an athome facial,” she said. “I’ll use it as part of the regimen. Coconut oil is in every single one of my crèmes, and olive oil is in most.”

She studied emulsification and started experimenting, eventually coming up with a simple and organic hand lotion that worked for her. It contains five ingredients: besides the two standby oils, it has sweet almond oil, organic beeswax and purified water.

Collins put some in a jar and kept it on her desk at work so she could apply it to her hands throughout the day. Her boss asked about it, sampled the lotion and was hooked; she even asked Collins to make a gift basket for her mother for Christmas.

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Collins collected about $350 worth of Christmas orders.

Sensing she had created something special, Collins made more batches of her crèmes — hand, foot and body — and sold them every Sunday at the Mount Dora Farmers’ Market. They were popular with the shoppers, so she expanded to a booth at the farmers market in Winter Garden, setting up her display of soaps and crèmes and lotions every Saturday.

“All products are made by hand, from scratch, of the highest-quality 100% natural and organic ingredients without chemicals, additives, preservatives or synthetics,” Collins said.

And although she continues to use olive and coconut oils in her products, Collins said the ingredients are much higher in quality than the everyday cooking oils with which she first experimented.

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cer-causing agents,” she said.

When she looked at the ingredients label for a popular face crème on the market, she discovered chemicals such as petrolatum (which comes from crude oil), dimethicone (a derivative of silicone), sodium hydroxide (which can cause organ system toxicity and is restricted in use in cosmetics) and PEG-100 stearate (which is a suspected environmental toxin).

Collins said that is in stark contrast to her products, which contain no artificial fragrances, preservatives, chemicals or additives.

WILDFLOWER BEAUTY

Maintaining two market booths and a full-time job at Full Sail University and also finding time to make her products became too much, so she dropped the Mount Dora booth to devote Saturdays to making her product.

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Winter Garden market, Collins was ready to expand; she opened a small shop last month at 100 W. Plant St. Her shop, Wildflower Beauty by Jessica, has a calming aesthetic, with its lavender wall, pastel-colored cleansing pouches, gift baskets, an antique desk and — the store’s statement piece —a 1920s-era claw-foot bathtub.

Collins said she struggled with naming her company.

“I didn’t want the words skin, body or bath,” she said.

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She settled on the Wildflower Beauty name after hearing a song in which the man called his love a beautiful wildflower. Collins added “by Jessica” to give the name a personal touch.

Her handmade product line includes Country Cottage soaps (such as coconut milk and lemongrass, honey almond goat milk, shea butter rose and lavender and Southern gentleman’s cedarwood vanilla), lip balms, face and foot crèmes, salt scrubs, sugar scrubs and Mud Puppy dog-washing soaps, all of which can be put into gift baskets. Additionally, the shop offers gift items such as candles, locally crafted jewelry and one-of-a-kind pottery.

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“What goes on our bodies ultimately goes in our bodies,” Collins said. “Your skin is your largest organ, and it should be treated with great care, not with chemicals.”

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CLASS Parent Booster partners NOTES with Permission Click MONEY MATTERS by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer

Parent Booster USA’s thousands of clients can go paperless via Permission Click.

WINTER GARDEN — Among guesses for the first place for company heads from Winter Garden and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to meet, San Diego might not be near the top of the list.

But early this year, at a National Association of Secondary School Principals event there, Sandra Englund, executive director of Winter Garden-based Parent Booster USA, met Chris Johnson, co-founder and CEO of Permission Click, National Angel Capital Organization’s 2014 Most Promising Start-up of the Year.

By March, the two met in Florida while Johnson was on vacation, and they knew by then that their organizations would form some sort of partnership, Johnson said.

They officially announced their partnership May 27, with Permission Click providing digital records management opportunities for the more than 2,300 booster clubs and other nonprofit community associations Parent Booster USA trains in proper and legal operation and organization.

“Permission Click is a great advantage for parents, because we’re trying to relieve volunteer parents of what really is a full-time service of collecting money and all that goes into it,” Englund said. “Permission Click is just one more tool that we found would be helpful for parent volunteers and schools. We do a lot of training sessions and cash events, so doing that on paper is more than you expect. So the more tools you provide, the more it helps the schools and parents and students.”

Although its focus had been schools and their parent councils, booster clubs have

been on Permission Click’s radar for some time, because their major fundraising focus presents many situations that could go awry, Johnson said.

“With so much money going around, you never want to think someone might steal money, but in cash, it’s a real thing and a high risk,” he said.

“We just saw the opportunity for them to have the ability to transfer funds securely and

ganization management and IRS compliance as smooth and easy as possible for Parent Booster USA’s members, she said.

One such member is Titans Band Boosters, which raises funds for the band program at Olympia High School. Englund noted fundraising for West Orange High School’s new turf field as another type of instance in which this partnership could be helpful.

Englund and Johnson are eager to see the results of this partnership and possible fu-

Winter Garden-based Parent Booster USA has partnered with Permission Click for online services. easily and avoid situations where undesirable events might happen.”

Instead of having to worry about transitions of documents and money matters such as embezzlement, all information can be tracked online through Permission Click, with selling items and digital permission slips among other capabilities, Johnson said. Moreover, it is a free tool that can allow such processes to occur instantaneously, as opposed to the costs and time typically involved in paper-based fundraising, he said.

Permission Click is Payment Card Industry-compliant and protected by Stripe, which makes it even more secure for transfers. This approach is the best Englund has seen and should make or-

ture partnerships, with Permission Click already working on a big play in Florida. It is also the first partnership of Parent Booster USA’s “Showcase” initiative, which will feature solutions and providers of relief and added value to members.

As for this partnership, the two have been working to get thousands of organizations up to speed.

“One of the things as recently as yesterday that we set on a path ... was doing some joint sessions with more of an educational flavor for some best practices,” Johnson said.

“Parent Booster USA is going to put up some templates for access on Permission Click ... to help some of these groups hit the ground running.”

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+ UCP enrolling for fall classes

UCP of Central Florida, a tuition-free public charter school and pediatric therapy center, is accepting children for the upcoming academic year.

There are seven campuses in the tri-county area that serve children with and without disabilities.

The West Orange/Winter Garden school provides an inclusive education environment where students with special needs learn alongside their peers without special needs. UCP builds a foundation for success through a comprehensive offering of support, education and therapy to children ages birth to 21.

UCP is currently enrolling children for the 2015-16 school year for students through fifth grade. Free tuition is available for eligible students meeting criteria for select programs.

The campuses feature arts and technology integration within their educational programs and also have a low student/teacher ratio in each of their classrooms.

Physical, speech and occupational therapies are offered to children who attend UCP’s school and on an outpatient basis at all seven campuses.

Medicaid, commercial insurance and private/prompt pay options are available.

UCP of Central Florida specializes in maximizing student potential for children of all abilities by integrating various learning styles.

To begin enrollment, visit ucpcfl.org or call (407) 852-3300.

+ Local students receive honors Windermere resident Emily Ellis, a master’s student in the Global Field Program from Miami University’s Project Dragonfly, is traveling to Baja this summer. She will study the diverse desert and marine landscapes through ecological and social field methods. Miami University is in Oxford, Ohio.

Ethan Ausburn, of Ocoee, was inducted into Rochester Institute of Technology’s Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society.

He is an electrical/mechanical engineering technology major in the College of Applied Science and Technology. Alpha Sigma Lambda honors students who represent the guiding principles of activities, scholarship and leadership. Nominees are judged on scholarship, active participation and contributions in activities and leadership in academic and co-curricular student activities. Service to the community is also considered.

RIT is in Rochester, New York.

Angerene Mitchell-Matthews, of Winter Garden, was named to the Graceland University president’s list for the spring semester. Graceland is in Lamoni, Iowa.

Robert Hartman, of Ocoee, a senior, was named to the president’s list of Mercer University’s School of Engineering for the spring Madison Deveault, right, with Dr. Patricia Ramsey, is Whispering Oak Elementary’s 2015 Disney Dreamer and Doer.

Whiskers, the Westbrooke Elementary mascot, delivered fan letters written by students to Wendy Roque during Teacher Appreciation Week. semester. Jonathan Finucane, of Orlando, a sophomore, was named to the dean’s list of Mercer University’s School of Engineering for the spring semester. Mercer is in Macon, Georgia.

John Corkum, of Winter Garden, and Jeanne-Marie Potthast, of Windermere were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Benedictine College, a Catholic, Benedictine school in Atchinson, Kansas.

Caitlynn Watson, of Windermere, was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Augustana College.

The comprehensive college of the Lutheran Church is in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Marcus LeAndre Isom Jr., of Winter Garden, was named to Wofford College’s spring dean’s list. Wofford is a four-year, residential liberal arts college in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Isabela Araujo, of Windermere, was named to the dean’s list at Hofstra University for the spring semester. Hofstra is 25 miles from New York City.

Madeline C. Sundberg, Spencer S. Cast and Elizabeth N. Bragg, all of Windermere, were named to the dean’s list at Samford University.

Sundberg is a junior journalism/mass communication major, Cast is a senior communication sciences and disorders major, and Bragg is a sophomore health sciences major.

Samford is in Alabama.

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RIGHT UP THEIR ALLEY

TIPS FROM THE EXPERTS The seniors who get together for Wii Bowling in Winter Garden all have their own spin on the game. Here are some of their game-winning secrets: • As the game loads, swing your arm around to warm up a little.

• Find a spot on the floor to focus your gaze on, and swing your arm straight toward that spot.

• If you’re playing while seated, scoot all the way to the edge of your chair for maximum swing clearance.

• Keep a reliable stash of snacks on hand to refuel during the game.

• Don’t worry too much about keeping score. Just have fun.

The Winter Garden Parks and Recreation Department organizes a Wii Bowling league for seniors, and although the game is played on a television screen, it is hardly stationary for most players.

Marie Staight plays Wii Bowling with her friends most Fridays at the Jessie Brock Community Center. phies that are given out at an awards luncheon at the end of each season. But these aren’t the main draw.

“We have a few incentives along the way, but mostly they do it for fun,” said Carol Lippold, senior citizen program specialist for the Parks and Recreation Department. “They do it to get out and meet people.”

Many of the seniors who participate used to bowl, and some even competed in leagues. But it gets more difficult with age.

“When we get this old, the bowling ball gets heavier and heavier; you can hurt your shoulders,” Lippold said. “The nice thing (about the Wii) is that you don’t have to lift a heavy ball and you don’t have to have special shoes.”

The league has three seasons per year. Each season starts with an organizational meet-

ing where players choose their teams and sign up for their first game times.

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“You can still bowl, even when you’re 89,” she said.

The teams bowl three games per week, and they are able to choose the day and time that they will play. Two teams can play at a time because the community center has four controllers. If a team has to skip a week during a season, the players are able to play extra games each week until they are caught up.

The cost to play is $1 per week, which department staff originally intended to pool together and use for prize money. But the seniors collectively decided to donate the money to local charities. They have benefitted organizations such as Matthew’s Hope, Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida and Edgewood Children’s Ranch.

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WINTER GARDEN — “Be careful today, girls — I’m in a good mood,” Kathy Atthanasoff said as Marie Staight turned on the TV and started setting up Wii Bowling at the Jessie Brock Community Center. “I’m going to get some good scores.”

“I just want strikes,” Farida Sukhadwala said. “I don’t mind spares — but no splits.”

Elizabeth Rutherford said she was hoping for some hugs, which she always gets from Sukhadwala in celebration of strikes.

Before they start the game, they are sure to shut the door.

They tend to get animated, and visitors to the community center have asked staff about the noise more than a few times.

These four women get together every week to play the virtual bowling game that they have come to love. They are all advanced in years, but they don’t let that stop them from filling the room with laughter and a healthy dose of competitive nature.

They are members of the Winter Garden Parks and Recreation Department’s 50+ Wii Bowling League, which started in 2012 with five teams of two players each and is now up to about 15 teams.

Rutherford, 89, has been participating since around the time the program started. She had learned how to play at a neighbor’s house, but then she went to an informational meeting about the department’s league and signed up right away.

“I came, and I really got hooked on it,” Rutherford said.

“I think it’s good exercise. … It strengthens your arm.”

Rutherford plays while sitting down, like many of the players in the league. She said that because of the arthritis in her back, sitting down is easier, and she has played better since she started sitting. Her high score is 212.

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Larry Harrison and his son Miles Harrison decided to stop for a game as they were walking through the mall.

Table tennis club serves up special day for fathers, sons The West Oaks Table Tennis Club hosted an event at West Oaks Mall in Ocoee in honor of Father’s Day. There were tables set up in the atrium

Saturday, June 20, and Sunday, June 21, for anyone who wanted to stop by and play for a while.

Some dads played with

their sons and daughters, but other guests played with friends. Members of the club were present to offer tips and casual coaching.

The club meets from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and from noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at the mall.

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Steve Keith played casually with Michael McFarland.

Miguel Rodriguez saw the tables set up as he was walking through the mall and stopped to play with a friend.

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Bible study leaders at the Winter Garden VBS used visuals to teach the children about the journey of life with God.

‘X’ Marks the Spot First Baptist Church of Winter Garden and the First Baptist Church of Windermere kicked off summer with their respective Vacation Bible Schools.

This year’s theme was “Journey off the Map,” and the central verse was Isaiah 30:21, which says that God’s voice will lead the way for his people.

Join our Fundraiser for Matthew’s Hope and enjoy the fun!

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Every night of VBS included musical worship, crafts, a snack, Bible study and handson missional activities. The children moved from room to room in teams.

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The children colored designs to decorate their plastic cups at the Winter Garden VBS. Left: To illustrate the challenges of “sticking” to God’s path, the children at the Winter Garden VBS tried to bounce a pingpong ball onto a piece of duct tape.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 25 Chef’s Night Series — 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, June 25, at Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, 411 Mercy Drive, Orlando. Chef Kathleen Blake, owner of The Rusty Spoon in downtown Orlando, will prepare dinner in the community kitchen. Guests can enjoy a four-course dinner featuring a locally sourced pub-style menu of American cuisine rooted in European flavors. All proceeds benefit Second Harvest’s Culinary Training Program. Cost is $75.

Tickets can be purchased at foodbankcentralflorida.org. Call (407) 514-1048 for information.

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Starke Lake Studios, located in Ocoee, has recorded world-class artists for more than 30 years, but local musicians also receive the same level of service and professionalism.

FROM THE TOP by Catherine Sinclair | Staff Writer

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FRIDAY, JUNE 26 Between the Brushes — Adult class will be from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, June 26, and the children’s class from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 27, at The Art Room, 709 Main St., Windermere. Cost is $35 for each session.

Reservations required, (407) 909-1869.

“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” Summer Movie and Trivia Night — 6:45 p.m. Friday, June 26, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Prior to the movie, fans can test their knowledge against other Indiana Jones enthusiasts and win prizes. The movie starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 with reserved seating and available online at gardentheatre.org/summermovies or by calling the box office at 407877-GRDN.

The employees at Starke Lake Studios all have years of experience in the music industry. Top: Studio C is a small booth just for vocal projects.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 27 Travers Chandler and Avery County — 8 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Travers Chandler grew up in a musical family, learning to play guitar and mandolin at a young age.

He started out playing country music at square dances near his home. Later, he became a supporting musician for some of the leading traditional acts and then formed his own band in 2010. Tickets are $20. The Bluegrass Pass is sold for $75 and allows attendees to see all five shows at a significant discount. (407) 877-4736 or gardentheatre.org.

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Each studio has a corresponding control room.

OCOEE — Every day at Starke Lake Studios has the potential for a new soundscape. When staff walked into the studio one recent morning and reviewed the day’s schedule, they prepared to start with polka, move on to an Irish band, mix some gangsta rap in the afternoon and close with gospel in the evening.

“We’ve never been a one-genre place,” studio manager Andrew Hautzenroeder said. “We’re all about the artist and whatever they need. … It ends up bringing us a lot of insanely varied stuff.”

Glen and Kelly Gettings, who built the studio in 1982, had previously worked in the entertainment industry for Walt Disney World. Some of the early projects at Starke Lake Studios were movie soundtracks, such as the soundtrack for “Pocahontas.”

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WED, JULY 1 Artist Open Studio — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays at the SoBo Art Center, 127 S. Boyd St., Winter Garden. Bring your own art supplies and work with fellow artists. Seating and easels available on a firstcome, first-served basis. No instruction provided. Free for members free; $10 for guests.

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MONDAY, JULY 6 Magic of Glen Foster — 11 a.m. Monday, July 6, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Take a magical journey with award-winning comedy magician Glen Foster.

Program is for ages 6-12. For information, call (407) 8357323.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT by Catherine Sinclair | Staff Writer

AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT

New artistic director takes stage at Garden Theatre

Rob Winn Anderson is a nationally renowned playwright and has had a relationship with the theater for years.

WINTER GARDEN — The Garden Theatre has added a consulting artistic director to its staff, but he is no stranger to the venue’s history and unique programming.

Rob Winn Anderson’s original plays have been performed at the theater, and he has directed a number

of shows there through the years. Last season, he directed and choreographed “Hairspray,” and in the coming season, he will direct “La Cage aux Folles.”

“I’ve worked with the Garden Theatre for so long now, and we have such a strong relationship,” he said. “I admire

the people who work here a great deal. They are visionaries. When they say something will happen, it actually happens. People come forward with thoughts and dreams, and they actually make them a reality.”

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Rob Winn Anderson has written eight full-length plays and many 10-minute plays he mostly uses as practice for writing and to keep his creative juices flowing.

Inspiration can strike for Anderson at any time. Some of his ideas have come from radio talk shows, newspaper articles and books, as well as the life stories of real people he has met.

It usually takes him three to five weeks to produce a first draft after he feels ready.

“I will think for a very long time,” he said. “I don’t sit

down to write until I’ve sort of thought through the whole thing in my head, and that could take months. And then when I finally sit, I usually spit it out very quickly.”

His plays have been awarded by the SART ScriptFEST, Southern Playwrights Competition, Christopher Brian Wolk Award for Playwriting and Stanley Drama Award.

Synopses of and photos from Anderson’s original plays and more information about his work are found at robwinnanderson.com.

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Rob Winn Anderson is familiar with the stage, artists and audiences at the Garden Theatre, where he is now on staff.

ANDERSON / PAGE 13A Right after college, Anderson came to the Orlando area with his wife to perform at Walt Disney World. Four years later, the couple left to perform all over the world, including Japan, but ended up back in Orlando in the late 1990s.

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Since then, many high-profile musicians have recorded at Starke Lake Studios, including the Pointer Sisters, M.C. Serch, Three Dog Night and a number of ensembles from Walt Disney World and Universal Studios Resort. Recently, vocalists from Telemundo’s “La Voz Kids” worked on a project there.

But anyone can record at Starke Lake Studios. The only requirements are a two-hour minimum time block and the ability to pay the hourly fees.

No matter how many accolades an artist has to his or her name, he or she will be treated with the utmost service.

“We do our best for everyone,” Hautzenroeder said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re a major pop star or just some kid in a garage. For us, it’s always, we’re going to do a really killer job and make it sound as good as we can.”

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One of the most highly sought attributes of a recording engineer is that he or she is attentive to detail. It’s critical for producing a high-quality work of sound.

At Starke Lake Studios, the staff’s attention to detail reaches far beyond the soundboard.

There are coffee bars and mini fridges in every room. After the staff gets to know a client, when that client returns, his or her favorite beverage will be waiting in those fridges.

If an artist wants something specific for lunch, the requested meal will appear in-house as quickly as possible.

“We treat everybody like you’re in a five-star hotel,” Hautzenroeder said. “You have a concierge when you’re here working with us — you don’t worry about anything.

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Worship teams from a number of local churches have worked at Starke Lake Studios, including First Baptist Church of Orlando. Robert Elkins, pastor of worship and music at First Baptist, has been involved with several of these projects, including music for the annual Christmas pageant, a piano-focused album and some projects with a full orchestra.

“It’s always been a great place for us,” Elkins said. “It’s a great vibe, the scenery’s nice and the size is nice. … It’s got a very cozy feel to it, and they’ve just done a great job making you feel very comfortable.”

Elkins said the size of Studio A is a huge advantage when the church needs to record an entire orchestra or rhythm section at the same time.

Anthony Kearns, an Irish vocalist many regard as today’s best tenor in Europe, has worked at Starke Lake Studios. He left Hautzenroeder with some insight from the musician’s perspective. “(Kearns) told me … there’s nothing worse than recording,” Hautzenroeder said. “On stage, you have the energy of the crowd; you have support.

And in the studio, you’re under a microscope, and you’ve got an engineer who’s going, ‘That wasn’t good enough. Do it again.’ I can’t help that it’s uncomfortable, but I can help everything else about their experience, and that was always Glen’s philosophy.”

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Today, Glen and Kelly Gettings own Gettings Productions Inc., which manages live-show productions. Because they are primarily focused on the production company, it is up to Hautzenroeder and the rest of the staff at Starke Lake Studios to keep everything running smoothly.

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is on contract for at least the next year, after which the staff will evaluate how to move forward.

“Bringing Rob on in this capacity is a logical choice, given his broad creative experience and his wonderful connection to this theater and to its staff,” Friskics said. “We are very excited to see where this collaboration takes us, in terms of artistic choices, innovation and quality of our programming and shows.”

Anderson said some of his goals as consulting artistic director are to continue to do challenging pieces and shows that audiences might not always expect to work in such an intimate venue. He also wants to use digital technology to allow for bigger shows and more creativity. And, there could be extended use of the space in the future.

“The five shows (each season) are great, but it’s always terrific to be able to do more, because there’s just so much out there to do,” Anderson said. “I would love — and I know the staff feels this way, too — for this to become an important regional theater in the Southeast, that is known nationwide and that is known consistently for quality in its work. And I fully believe that all of that can be accomplished.”

Contact Catherine Sinclair at csinclair@wotimes.com.

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After 18 years as a performer, Anderson moved to the other side of the stage and started to direct and write plays.

Anderson was on board with the Garden Theatre since it was restored and reopened in 2008. He wrote and directed its opening show, which was a tribute to the theater’s longtime standing in the Winter Garden community.

“I got to interview people from the town who were around when the theater was built,” Anderson said. “We built the show kind of around the history of the Garden Theatre.”

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A longer lens compresses perspective, which is very flattering for portraits; allows you to concentrate on detail in a scene and ignore background clutter; and creates an apparent very shallow depth of field so you can isolate your subject even in a busy scene.

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Holding the camera stable when zoomed to longer focal lengths can be a challenge.

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FyzicalTherapy and Balance Centers is a medical & scientific based therapy organization that offers prescribed physical therapy, balance centers and physical fitness programs. Fyzical Orlando is the first clinic in their area and a member of the fastest-growing PhysicalTherapy Alliance in the United States. For more information please visit www.

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he West Orange Chamber of Commerce (wochamber.com) recently celebrated Shaklee’s 40 year anniversary. Nancy and Richard Brown who are celebrating 40 years as Independent Distributors with the Shaklee Corporation. Healthier lives are created by the #1 Natural Nutrition Company in the US as well as lifestyles enhanced by unlimited income and world travel. For more information please contact nobrown@embarqmail.com. Photo courtesy ofWOCC.

Celebrating FiveYearAnniversary for The Law Offices of Ginger R. Lore, P.A.

The West Orange Chamber of Commerce (wochamber.com) recently celebratedThe Law Offices of Ginger R. Lore, P.A.’s five

year anniversary.The Law Offices of Ginger R. Lore, P.A. is located in DowntownWinter Garden at 20 S. Main Street, Ste. 280,Winter Garden, FL 34787.They focus on estate planning, elder law, probate, and guardianship matters.They also help clients plan for the future and protect their families by drafting trusts, wills, and other documents.

They handle both advance planning and crisis matters. For more information, visit www.gingerlore.com. Photo courtesy ofWOCC.

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Legacy High starts baseball team from scratch The charter school has hired Jack Chambless as its first baseball coach and recently held a pair of mini-camp sessions to get prospective players familiar with one another.

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Jack Chambless, who played baseball in college and has experience as an assistant at the high school level, was hired recently

by Legacy to start its baseball program. The Eagles will begin play in the spring of 2016.

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W.O. athletes use summer to give back

OCOEE — Students who will be attending Legacy Charter High School in the fall met for a minicamp for the baseball program on the morning of June 12 — much as they had a week earlier on June 5.

The two mini-camp sessions, held at Winter Garden Little League’s senior league field and at Ocoee’s Sorenson Field, respectively, are a bit of an unusual measure for a high-school program during a time players can be busy with travel and club baseball.

Then again, for a program

that has never played a game and is starting completely from scratch, unusual will be the norm for a little while.

Legacy Athletic Director Jarrett Wiggers announced in May the hiring of Jack Chambless as the head coach for the Eagles’ first baseball team.

Chambless, who played college baseball at Eastern Oklahoma State College and Paris Junior College before playing semi-professional baseball, said the purpose of the minicamps was to accelerate one of the biggest challenges his new

program will face — building camaraderie and familiarity among new teammates.

“Clearly, to have a productive baseball team, the guys have to know each other,” Chambless said. “Some of these kids have played together but most of them are complete strangers so the big challenge is having a compressed amount of time … to get 15 guys to be effective in working with one another and buying into an idea of a more oldschool approach to baseball.”

Although the first regu-

lar-season game for Legacy is a ways off in the spring of 2016, Chambless already anticipates playing an old-school style of baseball predicated on hustle, speed, base-stealing and moving runners over in a deliberate manner. He also has been clear to the dozen or so players who have attended each minicamp about the kind of program he wants to run — one rooted in discipline and respect for the game — which helped make him the

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TOP GUN by Steven Ryzewski | Sports Editor

Camps such as the one recently hosted by Windermere Prep’s boys basketball program give high-school sports stars a chance to learn about leadership and the bigger picture.

WINDERMERE — A timeout was called with just seconds remaining.

The two huddles of opposing teams convened with Windermere Prep basketball standouts David Nickelberry and Xion Golding at the center of the respective gatherings. The two rising juniors each drew up a play, and the players — most of whom were about half their height — did their best to execute.

Of course, at a weeklong basketball camp such as the one the Windermere Prep boys basketball team hosted recently, it doesn’t matter who wins or loses. The summer camps, held by WPS and other private schools, such as CFCA and Foundation Academy, are a chance for these schools to develop young players and showcase their varsity athletes as positive role models for younger children.

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David Nickelberry shared his knowledge with campers.

for the schools to teach their varsity athletes about giving back.

“It’s huge for a couple reasons,” said Brad Augus-

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TOP TEAM by Steven Ryzewski | Sports Editor

Seniors top Windermere for District 14 crown In a game that, technically speaking, started June 9 and ended June 17, the Winter Garden Little League Reds senior team (ages 15-16) topped Windermere, 8-5, to win the District 14 Championship on its home field.

The game was suspended after one inning June 9 because of weather. Scheduling conflicts prevented the teams from returning to the field

until June 17, with the boys from Winter Garden holding a 4-0 lead as play resumed.

Things got tense for the Reds when Windermere scored three runs in the fourth inning, but that’s when the Winter Garden bats got going. Curtis Sams doubled in Viadel Ortiz Maldonado and then scored on a two-run

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The Winter Garden Little League Reds senior team bested Windermere to claim the championship.

Olympia High School grad James Holle sports his signature aviator sunglasses before a game between the Titans and Dr. Phillips this past season.

CAN’T TOUCH THIS Knuckleball pitcher James Holle, a 2015 Olympia grad, hardly played during his senior season for the nationally ranked Titans. But that didn’t stop him from securing a place to pitch in college and continuing to improve the craft of a rarely-used pitch.

James Holle is a bit of a blast from the past.

The recent graduate of Olympia High School drives a red 1987 I-ROC Z Chevy Camaro — with a T-top. With his full head of blond hair looking like it was imported straight from a 1980s Tom Cruise movie — a look that has earned him the nickname “Sunshine” around campus — and signature aviator sunglasses, Holle has a unique style all his own.

It takes a certain amount of confidence to pull off, which is fitting because, as a baseball pitcher who specializes in throwing the knuckleball, self-confidence is a prerequisite.

“He is a wonderfully weird kid,” said Justin Aldridge, who coached Holle during his junior year for the Olympia Titans junior varsity team. “He wears his jean jackets and wears his hair like he’s in the 80s — and that’s how he pitches. … It’s a weird pitch, and it’s not impressive if you’re not catching it or you’re not hitting against it.”

Aldridge gets credit as the coach who encouraged Holle to take the knuckleball

James Holle has been having success in recent weeks throwing his knuckleball in the JUCO Summer League for the Mustangs. and go all in on it. Aldridge, a West Orange High alum who played collegiately as a catcher/infielder at UNLV and then played professionally for a time, had tried to reinvent himself as a knuckleball pitcher after injuries limited his ability to play catcher any longer. That he would soon af-

ter become Holle’s junior varsity coach was a stroke of good fortune for both men.

“What I told him is, ‘If you’re going to throw it, you’ve got to throw it,’” Aldridge said. “‘Your first pitch is a knuckleball.’

When it started, it was rough, but the more you throw it, the better it gets.”

It was a risky move, in more ways than one.

The pitch is thrown to minimize the spin of the ball in flight, causing an erratic, unpredictable motion. It is slow but also tough to hit — and especially tough to hit well.

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Wiggersa said.

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someone that I knew right away would be a disciplinarian, fair and had high expectations for the boys. He’s very old school — and I love that about him, because that’s how I was coached.”

Chambless will bring along his two sons, Gehrig and Gabriel, who both were athletes at CFCA. Gehrig was the quarterback for CFCA last

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Monday loss makes it 11 in a row for Squeeze Winter Garden hopes to bounce back with a weekend series against DeLand.

Squeeze will host Suns at 7 p.m. Friday. den will play a three-game set against DeLand (5-7) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

As has been the norm this season, Friday’s game will be a home contest for the Squeeze at Heller Bros. Ballpark and will begin at 7 p.m.

In a tough season so far, scheduling has perhaps been the brightest spot for the second-year franchise in the Florida Collegiate Summer League.

“We have no back-tobacks, we have eight Friday nights — I just thought, ‘We’re going to pack the park,’” Winter Garden General Manager Adam Bates said, recalling the first time he glanced at the schedule.

“As a marketer, that’s the first thing I saw and said, ‘Let’s get these families out here.’”

Attendance hasn’t been an issue despite the losses.

Before the game was canceled because of weather, the Squeeze appeared poised to pack the park on June 19 — the Friday before Father’s Day — when the club had arranged for several promotions to coincide with the holiday.

Winter Garden will take on Leesburg (6-5) on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Tuesday’s game will be a home game, with first pitch set for 7 p.m.

Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@wotimes.com.

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wanted for his birthday was for them to get the “W.” They are the only district champion from Winter Garden — Windermere teams won the Junior (13- and 14-year-olds) and Majors (11 and 12) championships, while Dr. Phillips won the Minors (9 and 10).

The Winter Garden Reds include Johnny Parezo, Curtis Sams, Viadel Ortiz Maldonado, Bryan Cabreja, John “J.T.” Sweeney, Cody Bishop, Vinny Williams, Ryan Crigger, Perry Riggs, Boston Clark, Ronnie Reyes Lugo and Avery Funk.

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home run by Bryan Cabreja.

The next batter, John “J.T.” Sweeney, hit a solo homer to give the Reds an 8-3 lead they would hold on to for an 8-5 win.

“We waited all year,” Winter Garden manager Joel Sams said. “No one hit one out all year until this game — and then we got (two home runs) back to back.”

Sams, who has been involved at the Little League dating back 20 years, said this was the first time he has coached a team that won a district title. His birthday was the following Monday, and he told his boys that all he

“My sons expressed an interest, first of all, to be at Legacy — they go to church with a lot of the kids (who) are already here,” Chambless said.

“We got a chance to watch the football program and see the way that Coach (Jarrett) Wiggers and the football program conducts itself. (Gehrig and Gabriel) felt Legacy was a school they would like to ex-

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phy studio, they completed the move.

After arriving in Florida, James realized quickly that, although there were talented baseball players up north, there was a far greater density of them here. Once his fastball began to top out at a speed that wouldn’t allow him to be competitive, he began to look at the knuckler — which he used mostly with two strikes against a hitter — as a way to differentiate himself.

It took a lot of practice, but eventually, he became comfortable throwing it up to 100% of the time, if needed. That’s where the confidence came in — whether it’s to zone out fans in the stands wondering why he is throwing so slowly or opposing players who would not so subtly suggest he learn a “real” pitch.

“Really, whenever I’m throwing it, I’m really not thinking about it,” James Holle said.

“When I first started, it took a lot of confidence to throw this really slow pitch. … I can control the spin on it, but I can’t really control what it does.”

Leaning on support from his family, Holle persevered and “emailed every single junior college coach” he could. He has been given an opportunity and will be pitching for South Florida State College as a freshman. In preparation this summer, he has done well pitching for the Mustangs in the JUCO Summer League in Polk County — Holle leads the team in innings pitched (24.1) while having an impressive 2.87 ERA. “Now he’s been let loose,” Tim Holle said.

James is just excited to be pitching in games, again — and to have been given a chance.

He said he understands the market is slim for a player with his particular skill set — there is only a handful of pitchers in Major League Baseball who currently utilize the knuckleball — but that he’s all-in on it.

His former JV coach said it could just be a matter of the stars aligning that could lead to this local product inking a professional contract in the coming years.

“If the right person sees it and the right person believes in it, he can go as far as he wants to,” Aldridge said.

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There is a certain level of confidence required of someone to throw a pitch that slow in velocity to talented hitters.

Then there are coaches who don’t believe in the pitch, don’t like the pitch or simply are not confident enough in it to lean on a knuckleballn pitcher in a high-stakes environment.

With James playing his senior season for coach Chuck Schall and the Olympia Titans — part of a program that spent about half of the season at the top of the national polls — every game was a high-stakes game.

On a pitching staff with one player who just inked a contract with the Cleveland Indians (Juan Hillman) and several Division I signees, Holle didn’t get much of a chance to play.

It was something he took in stride, often helping his team by keeping stats in the dugout.

“I love my teammates … I loved being part of the team, and I was really proud to be part of it,” Holle said of his senior season. “As myself (as a player), I’m trying to get better, and I felt very limited in what I could do to get better.”

Holle’s positive approach to the situation was reinforced by his family and, specifically, his father, Tim. Tim Holle, a professional photographer, continued to dutifully shoot most of the Titans’ games this season even as his son sat buried on the bench. “(James) had a chance to go to another school and be one of the (starting) pitchers,” Tim Holle said. “He told us that this (Olympia) is his school — and we supported him 100%. … I support the program at Olympia 100%.

So does my son; so does my wife. We weren’t happy about the situation, by far, but we understood that we have top-rated pitchers.”

The family only recently completed its transition to Florida, one that originated with James’ desire to play baseball in the highly competitive Sunshine State. Coming from Indiana, the Holles first rented their son an apartment zoned for Olympia — which James chose based on academics without much familiarity with the baseball program’s history.

Once the family was able to sell its home and Tim’s photogra-

Winter Garden’s Brandon Murray hold on a runner during Monday’s game.

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS — Trailing 1-0 in the top of the seventh inning, the Winter Garden Squeeze loaded the bases with one out.

Facing off against the Altamonte Springs Boom, it looked as though the Squeeze — a team that has been offensively challenged this summer — might be poised to break through and reward starting pitcher Ian Doughty (New Mexico J.C.).

Doughty had tossed 5.2 innings for Winter Garden, allowing just the one earned run.

Two strikeouts later, though, the Squeeze still were scoreless and heading back onto the field, deflated.

Three insurance runs for the Boom (9-3) helped seal the deal as Winter Garden (1-11) suffered an 11th consecutive loss.

Since defeating Altamonte in the 2015 opener, the Squeeze has been unable to taste victory again. Although several of the losses early in the losing streak were by three runs or more, lately Winter Garden has been close — with back-to-back one-run losses this past week to its credit — showing signs of progress even as frustration builds.

The last-place Squeeze will get a chance to get back on track against the team nearest to them in the standings this weekend — Winter Gar-

season, helping to lead the Eagles to an 8-4 record, and also will play football for Legacy.

His sons’ pre-existing interest in attending the charter school nestled along the Winter Garden-Ocoee border, paired with the school’s intent to start a baseball program, made the opening a natural fit for Chambless.

VOLUNTEERS / PAGE 1B tine, an assistant coach for the Lakers who ran the camp.

“High-school guys tend to get so locked in. … (Volunteering) gives them the perspective that basketball is really a fun sport.

The other thing we stress is it’s relationships — I think it’s kind of a unifying thing (for the team).”

For Nickelberry, a talented forward who transferred to the Lakers from rival The First Academy, it was a rewarding experience at his new school.

“It makes me feel good — I’m happy that I can help kids and help improve their game,” Nickelberry said. “I had a team, and I had to coach them …

I could kind of correlate that to being a leader on the team (during the regular season).”

For schools such as WPS, CFCA and Foundation, the camps have added value, too.

They can be tools to bring ex-

posure to the prospective students and families, and many of those young players will grow up to compete for the same programs during their varsity careers.

“A lot of our guys (on JV or varsity currently) were those campers back in middle school,” Augustine said. “So it’s a unique opportunity for them to be able to invest back in those kids so that when they come back to campus three or four years after they graduate to watch a game, they’ll see those kids they worked with at camp. There’s something special about that.”

And as for the campers who get to interact and learn from the varsity players, it can be an inspiring experience.

“For the younger kids, it really is a treat,” Augustine said.

“To them, those guys are NBA players.”

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plore finishing their careers at.”

Challenges for the program will include fundraising, settling on a home field to play at and putting together a firstyear schedule. As a new program, the first season for the Eagles will be a probationary season within the FHSAA, and Legacy will not be eligible to compete in a district.

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While those — and more — challenges await, Chambless expressed optimism after two sessions with some of the players who will aspire to make the first roster for the Eagles.

“Their character and their willingness to be humble and cooperative has been just off the charts,” Chambless said.

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How did it feel to take first place in the offensive lineman competition, beating out some competitors from bigger schools?

It was pretty cool. I came in first, and then two other people from our team (Jordan Boast and Casey Lemke) came in second.

Through offseason lifting and the passing league events of the summer, the team spends quite a bit of time together. Do you enjoy that?

I like working out with the team because it makes me push myself more.

If I trained on my own, I wouldn’t push myself nearly as hard.

What’s your goal for the summer?

Just to get bigger and then grow as a team.

Do you enjoy strength training and putting in work in the weight room?

I enjoy it. I like to see the results, and then once you go out on the field, you can see how much better you get.

Do you play any other sports?

I also play soccer and tennis (for Foundation Academy).

Of the three, which one are you best at and which one do you enjoy the most?

I’m probably best at football, and I enjoy football the most.

Do those other sports help you stay well-rounded for football?

Soccer, you run a lot so it helps me keep my endurance up. And tennis helps with my footwork.

West Orange — that’ll be fun. I know a few (guys on the team there).

What was your favorite moment or game from this past season?

I’m going to say Trinity Prep was my favorite game. It was a close game, it was their Homecoming, and we picked the ball off to win the game with like 10 seconds left.

What do you like to do with your downtime?

I like to hang out with my friends, and I work at Chick-fil-A. Does it get a little hectic during the school year with school, sports and work?

Yeah, because right after football, I have to go to work and then after work you have to do homework, eat and go to bed.

Got any cool trips planned for the coming weeks of the summer?

Next week, I’m going to a (church) camp, and then we have Fourth of July week off. I’m going to the beach the week after.

See any good movies lately?

I just saw “Jurassic World” last night. I thought it was pretty good — it wasn’t too long, and I liked it. It was good compared to the other ones, as well. I’ve seen all of them.

What’s your dream car?

If it was today, I’d have to say a Ford F250, lifted, with big tires.

What’s the energy like among the guys at this point in the summer?

A bunch of people are back, and I think we’re growing closer over the summer.

We have a bunch of new assistant coaches.

Is there a game in particular you’re looking forward to this fall?

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DP boys hoops moves forward after wave of transfers WINTER GARDEN — The we’re having a great summer. summer team for the Dr. (The players transferring) Phillips boys basketball doesn’t change any of the program improved to 14-1 goals we have in our proon June 20 with wins over gram. I like the guys that we West Orange, Lake Nona and have, and we’re going to play Timber Creek. with the guys (who) want to Watching coach Anthobe at DP.” ny Long’s athletes Long’s goals havperform, you’d hardly en’t changed: Win the know that the team Metro Conference, had been dealt a sigwin the district and nificant blow just days then continue on to earlier. region and state. AlWord spread June though the Panthers 22 that the Panthers have won at least would be losing three 20 games in each of key players — 6-footthe past 22 seasons, STEVEN 6 wing Chaundee a state championRYZEWSKI ship has eluded the Brown, 6-foot-7 forward Malik William program throughout and 5-foot-11 guard Elijah its run of excellence.

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Coming back for Dr. The rumors turned out to Phillips are two-sport star be true: All three have enJaquarius “Q” Bargnare, rolled at The First Academy. along with Justin Tucker and For most programs, the Nick Smith. In addition to loss of three players of that growing as individuals, it will caliber would be a crippling be crucial for the trio to deblow. Brown, in particular, velop as leaders — helping to is an elite wing player who bring along talented players has attracted interest from such as Richard McKenzie Division I programs includand Jaquan Burton who now ing Alabama, George Mason, will get a larger opportunity Kansas State and Vanderbilt. to showcase what they can The talented wing played a do. key role in helping the proAlways classy and selfgram reach the state playoffs aware, Long acknowledged a season ago, where the that no one will be feeling Panthers upset top-ranked sorry for his program at Dr. Evans before being upset, Phillips, given it has benethemselves, by an upstart fited plenty from transfers, Boone team. itself, over the years. He said Although their departures the program always has certainly have removed Dr. been fortunate to have good Phillips from the converplayers and that will help it sation of being a state-title persist in spite of a notable favorite — at least until setback. games start in the late fall — “We’ve been good for 20 Long still remains optimistic years because we have great about the players who will be players rolling through our suiting up for his program. school on a continuous “I’d be lying if I didn’t say I basis,” Long said. “A lot of was disappointed, because programs (the transfers) they’re very good players and would cripple — but we’re very good kids,” Long said. still moving on and doing “We’re going to move on — what we do.”

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FUTURES WOOD-BAT LEAGUE by Emilee Jackson | Staff Intern

Tangelos packed with local prospects The Winter Garden Tangelos, the Futures Wood-Bat League affiliate of the Winter Garden Squeeze, is a team with a heavy presence of former varsity baseball players from West Orange.

WINTER GARDEN — Most weekday mornings this summer, before the clock hits noon, the Winter Garden Tangelos are usually full swing into a baseball game.

Under the umbrella of the Florida Collegiate Summer League, the Tangelos are one of seven teams in the Futures Wood-Bat League. Having brought in almost a full team of local players, they have a unique and local perspective that most of the teams do not have.

With 30 years of coaching under his belt, coach Jay Welsh has a wealth of knowledge as well as a deep tie to the community and to the plate.

“This Tangelos team has a very, very local feel to it because of coach Welsh,” Winter Garden Squeeze General Manager Adam Bates said.

“That’s why I went after him to be our coach, because he’s very tied to the 2014, 2015, and in turn the 2016 (high school) class — so that was very important.”

Recent West Orange High School graduate and Tangelos pitcher Ryan Ashworth said being able to play close to home over the summer gives the benefit of a good night’s sleep.

“It’s definitely a benefit when I can wake up at 9 and be here at 9:30,” Ashworth said. “It’s nice being in my own environment and being around some of the kids that I’ve known since I was 10 or 12 years old.”

Having a team made of players who have been together since their Little League years gives the Tangelos teammates the benefit of already knowing how to work together while they hope to make a good impression on college and professional scouts.

“It helps them get out of gate and gel more because

The Winter Garden Tangelos play their home games at West Orange High School. they’ve known each other,” Bates said. “They’ve either played with or against each other.”

Not only has Ashworth had the opportunity to play with old friends, but also he has been able to meet future teammates with whom he will be playing at Flagler College in the fall. With two other Flagler players on the team, Ashworth has learned what playing in college may be like.

“It’s given me a little bit more sight to see what the new talent is going into college,” he said. “Everybody here is on the next level. This is definitely showing me what the college atmosphere is going to be like.”

Having 25 games to work with each player, Welsh hopes to help them maintain their passion and build trust in their own abilities.

“The most important thing for the players … is the belief and the trust in themselves,” he said. “Because you can play this game somewhere for

as long as you want to play it.

The minute you stop wanting to play it, it’s time to pack it in.”

After playing in college, being a graduate assistant, coaching independent teams, little league, high school and now summer ball, Welsh said he has always made the choice to continue with baseball.

“The biggest thing I try to instill in them is to keep believing in yourself, and if you love the game, keep playing the game,” he said.

Tyler Hartman, left-fielder for the Tangelos, has exhibited just this. After being out of the game for a year, Hartman decided to return to baseball this summer.

“Being out made me realize that I knew I could play again, and given the chance, I can play here and get my reps back up and get me back ready to play ball,” Hartman said.

Because he coaches so many newly graduated high-

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MEET THE LOCALS Area players competing for the Winter Garden Tangelos this summer include: Ryan Ashworth, Trevor Markey, D.J. Morland, Ryan Welsh, Gunnar Bradshaw, David Lennon, Jake Smith, Kyle Corbin, Lane Cross, Tyler Hartman, Kyle Phillips, Alex Skinner school players looking toward started their college careers, Welsh tells his team that playing for the Tangelos is the first step in the process toward success.

“You start here and you play well this year, you play for the Squeeze next year, then maybe you take a year and play for Cape Cod or somewhere outside of Florida to get a different perspective, and then you’re on your way,” he said.

The Tangelos are expecting a successful summer season.

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Susan “Lily” Hollister works with clients on a one-one-one basis at her new Pilates studio in Winter Garden.

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Pilates Center of Winter Garden owner Susan ‘Lily’ Hollister is sharing her passion for understanding body movement and invigorating muscle systems to clients at her new business.

WINTER GARDEN — Susan “Lily” Hollister enjoys a slightly different brand of people-watching than most.

When the owner and featured instructor at Pilates Center of Winter Garden sees strangers walk by, she observes posture and movement patterns. In many ways, Hollister sees a person as a puzzle or a challenge — a keen eye reflective of her passion for changing bodies and awakening dormant muscle groups.

It’s an eye with which Kim Dannenberg, the owner of Gracie’s of Winter Garden and a client of Hollister’s for more than two months, is quite familiar.

“When you think you’re straight, she straightens you up,” Dannenberg said. “She has that eye — she keys right in on (the problem).”

Dannenberg, who has worked long and hard to take care of her body through activities such as running and strength training, said her first session with Hollister was eye-opening — and inspiring.

“I wanted something different … you have certain parts of your body that are so much stronger than the others,” Dannenberg said. “She knew from the first session which muscles were weaker. … It’s such an intense workout, in a different way than you could ever imagine.”

Hollister took up Pilates in 2001 when she was in graduate school at Lesley College in Massachusetts. Her first class was a life-changing experience that led to her training and beginning her own career under STOTT Master Trainer P.J.

O’Clair in Boston.

“The first time I took (Pilates), I said, ‘This is what I want to do for the rest of my life,’” Hollister said. “It just felt right. My body was just like, ‘Yes!’” Since then, Hollister — who also holds a degree in arts management and dance/choreography from Emerson College — has lived in several different places including Spain, California and, most recently, Austin, Texas.

All along the way, she has built up her credentials and now is certified on all levels.

Hollister settled in Winter Garden after falling in love with the city on a weekend trip and identifying a need for a Pilates center. Hollister’s services are currently on a one-on-one basis, meaning clients such as

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“She’s got me standing up straighter — she’s got me paying attention to my posture when I’m sitting at my desk or driving my car,” said Herlihy, who has been a client for about a month. “She’s had me work on muscles I almost didn’t

know were there and has found weakness in my body that I didn’t recognize.”

Hollister, who has worked with a wide spectrum of clients from professional athletes to individuals recovering from injury, said anyone can benefit from the curriculum and training. She notes someone could be doing something well — a lift, sport or other physical — but that that individual may not be doing it correctly or to the best of his or her ability. Hollister gets excited when talking about the way the body moves and how she can build certain areas for a client to help him or her reach their full potential — a process she pairs with an education for each client about why they’re doing what they’re doing.

“It’s not just that you move — it’s how you move,” Hollister said. “It’s about empowering (clients) to love movement and to understand movement better.”

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ON YOUR MARK >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The dog days of summer are here, so this week, we share some options to keep active and cool off at public pools.

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WHAT: The city of Ocoee’s aquatic facility on A.D. Mims Road is open throughout the summer to the public.

WHEN: 11:15 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 11:15 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesdays; and noon to 6 p.m.

Sundays through Aug 23 WHERE: 1820 A.D. Mims Road, Ocoee COST: Adults (18+) are $1.50; Children/infants and seniors (65+) are $1. Cost to bring a small cooler/bags with food is $1, single-handle cooler with food is $2, and large cooler/bags with food is $5.

FAMILY SWIM NIGHT WHAT: Cool off and splash around with the kids in the middle of your week.

WHERE: Farnsworth Pool, 1 Surprise Drive, Winter Garden WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Wednesdays through Aug. 5 COST: $2 per person ages 12 and older; $1 for ages 11 and younger. Family/individual passes are permitted.

AQUA FITNESS BOOT CAMP WHAT: Improve your speed, power and strength with this class that incorporates pyramid training, kickboxing drills, interval training and more. This class is definitely a challenge. Ages 16 and older are welcome.

WHEN: 6:30 to 7 p.m. Mondays through Aug. 10; 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Aug. 11 WHERE: Farnsworth Pool, 1 Surprise Drive, Winter Garden COST: $3 per class; $30 per Aqua Exercise Flex pass (12 visits per card)

LAP SWIM WHAT: The outdoor lap swim program gives adults the chance to take to the water for health and fitness without interruption from other swimmers.

Participants who swim 25 miles or more over the summer will receive a free Aqua Exercise Flex Pass for the following summer.

Ages 16 and older are welcome.

WHEN: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Mondays through Thursdays through Aug. 6; 8 a.m to 10 a.m. Saturdays through Aug. 8 WHERE: Farnsworth Pool, 1 Surprise Drive, Winter Garden COST: $3 per class; $30 per Aqua Exercise Flex pass (12 visits per card)

Summer season: time to tri

Summer is here, and that means many things.

But to me, it means one thing in particular: It’s time to tri!

Triathlon season is here, and I couldn’t be happier. It is time to get out and swim, bike and run your way to fitness — or possibly try a race for the first time. But what do you do if you have never participated in a triathlon? Do you have to have a fancy bike? Are you going to have to forego your usual running shorts for some of CORY those tight WARREN bike shorts you see everyone on a bike wearing?

We will eventually get to those questions. I am happy to tell you that if you want to run a triathlon for the first time, you can do it.

If you have ever trained for a 5K run, then you can do a sprint triathlon. A sprint usually involves a 400-meter swim, 12-mile bike and a 5K run. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Running is just one sport, and you are talking about adding swimming and biking.” Yes, I know: It seems like a big jump, but that is your biggest hurdle. Get over the fact that it is a multi-sport race and use that energy to get your running legs on a bike.

If you are a runner who wants to try your first triathlon, good for you. You should have a great time transitioning to a cyclist and, with the run often at the end of a triathlon, you will still be going strong when you hit the finish.

What’s that you say?

Not a strong swimmer?

Neither was I, and I was able to do a full Ironman triathlon with two kids under 3 in my house. The key is organization. Before you make a goal for yourself of “trying to tri,” make sure you have the support of your partner, the money to invest in the proper shoes, bike and clothing and lay out a training plan in advance.

Now I’ll answer one of those questions at the beginning of this column: bikes and bike shorts.

Although you will not need a bike that costs thousands of dollars to participate in a sprint tri, you definitely will want to invest a few hundred dollars (probably more like $500 to $600) on a solid road bike. Cannondale, Trek and many others make wonderful bikes.

You can visit your local retailer or even look on Craigslist for some great deals. Size and fit are everything with these bikes, so consult a professional for sure.

As for bike shorts … yep! You will want to be equipped with those. Although they can be a bit scary at first, you will get used to them.

There’s plenty more to share about how to go about preparing for your first triathlon, but it’s going to take more than one column — so stay tuned!

Cory is a husband, father of three, vegan triathlete and ironman.

His blog, Real IronDAD, is a lifestyle blog about food, family and fun that helps passionate people, mostly parents, who have over-scheduled, busy lives maintain a healthy balance of plant-based nutrition, fitness and overall wellness. Visit him online at realirondad.com and follow him as “realirondad” on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube or Instagram.

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REAL ESTATE by Michael Eng | Executive Editor

Chaine du Lac home sells for $1.3M

The home at 8012 Jozee Circle, Orlando, sold May 29, for $249,000. Built in 1980, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,817 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $137.04.

BELLA NOTTE AT VIZCAYA

The home at 8532 Via Bella Notte, Orlando, sold May 29, for $387,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 2,365 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $163.64.

CITRUS CHASE

The town house at 8563 Pomelo Tree Lane, Orlando, sold May 29, for $199,900. Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,536 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $130.14.

DIAMOND COVE

The home at 8306 Diamond Cove Circle, Orlando, sold June 1, for $301,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,946 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $154.68.

GRANADA VILLAS

The home at 8226 Alcoa Court, Orlando, sold June 4, for $264,000. Built in 1987, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,434 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $184.10.

The home at 8141 Terragona Court, Orlando, sold June 1, for $205,000. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,616 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $126.86.

SAND LAKE POINT

The home at 10005 N. Fulton Court, Orlando, sold June 2, for $324,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,108 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $153.70.

WINDERMERE WYLDE

The home at 8572 Lansmere Lane, Orlando, sold May 29, for $367,500. Built in 1981, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,758 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $133.25.

HAMMOCKS

The home at 807 Rosemist Court, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $223,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,897 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $117.55.

The home at 826 Hammocks Drive, Ocoee, sold June 1, for $187,500 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 1994, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,170 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $86.41.

HAMPTON WOODS

The home at 452 Buckhaven Loop, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $270,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,988 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $135.81.

LAKE SHORE GARDENS

The home at 709 Stinnett Drive, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $96,000 (REO/bank owned).

Built in 1978, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,979 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $48.51.

OCOEE HILLS

The home at 1101 Flewelling Ave., Ocoee, sold May 29, for $107,000 (short sale). Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,176 square

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The home at 3426 Cocard Court, Windermere, sold June 1, for $1.3 million. The Tom Coudriet-built home was featured on CNBC as a “most sought-after floor plan.” feet of living area. The price per square foot is $90.99.

OVERLOOK AT JOHNS LAKE POINTE

The home at 1266 Arden Oaks Drive, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $481,238 (short sale).

Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths and 4,009 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $120.04.

PEACH LAKE MANOR

The home at 704 Crystal Drive, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $51,000 (REO/bank owned).

Built in 1959, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,021 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $49.95.

REFLECTIONS

The home at 1755 Sparkling Water Circle, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $212,000. Built in 1995, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,884 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $112.53.

RESERVE AT MEADOW LAKE

The town house at 1329 Glenleigh Drive, Ocoee, sold June 3, for $140,000. Built in 2011, it has two bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,260 square feet. The price per square foot is $111.11.

The home at 510 Whiskey Creek Court, Orlando, sold May 29, for $197,000. Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,043 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $96.43.

VERONICA PLACE

The home at 868 Veronica Circle, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $205,000. Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,807 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $113.45.

VILLAGES AT WEST OAK

The home at 1747 Cambridge Village Court, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $128,500 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,592 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $80.72.

VILLAS AT WOODSMERE

The town house at 2296 Aloha Bay Court, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $166,095. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 1,540 square feet. The price per square foot is $107.85.

WATERSIDE

The home at 2137 New Victor Road, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $205,000. Built in 1995, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,715 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $119.53.

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The home at 2686 Glenbuck Court, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $265,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,994 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $132.90.

WESTYN BAY

The home at 901 Nola Drive, Ocoee, sold June 4, for $370,000. Built in 2004, it has six bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,586 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $103.18.

The home at 2853 Brigata Way, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $315,000 (short sale). Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,494 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $90.15.

WIND STONE

The home at 2433 El Marra Drive, Ocoee, sold May 31, for $261,000. Built in 2006, it has six bedrooms, four-and-onehalf baths and 3,920 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $66.58.

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MARBLE HEAD

The home at 8067 Canyon Lake Circle, Orlando, sold May 29, for $329,000. Built in 1991, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,283 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $144.11.

The home at 8105 Canyon Lake Circle, Orlando, sold May 29, for $325,000. Built in 1990, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,752 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $118.10.

The home at 8022 Canyon Lake Circle, Orlando, sold May 29, for $255,000 (short sale). Built in 1995, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths, a pool and 2,698 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $94.51.

NEWBURY PARK

The town house at 11781 Fitzgerald Butler Road, Orlando, sold May 29, for $190,000.

Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,516 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $125.33.

OAK MEADOWS

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Take a look at this 3 Bdrm. 2 Ba. VERY OPEN split plan with VOLUME ceilings, formal living/dining, FAMILY ROOM with large sliding glass doors over looking the covered screened lanai (pavers), open lanai (pavers) with sparkling salt pool and a VIEW that is UNBELIEVABLE. KITCHEN comes complete with GRANITE COUNTER TOPS, tile back splash, BREAKFAST BAR, walk-in pantry, BREAKFAST NOOK and all appliances. The AIR CONDITIONER IS 15 SEER energy efficient.

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Fallmonte Court, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $125,000 (short sale). Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,275 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $98.04.

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OAKLAND The home at 519 Johns Landing Way, Oakland, sold May 29, for $385,000. Built in 2003, it has six bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,694 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $104.22.

The home at 422 Orionvista Way, Oakland, sold May 29, for $350,000. Built in 2003, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 4,105 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $85.26.

Total Sales: 121 High Sale Price: $1.3 million Low Sale Price: $18,500 REO/Bank Owned: 15 Short Sales: Nine

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BAY LAKES AT GRANADA

The home at 3514 Starbird Drive, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $280,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,551 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $109.76.

The home at 151 Hopewell Drive, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $259,000 (REO/bank owned).

Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,759 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $68.90.

The home at 3522 Starbird Drive, Ocoee, sold June 2, for $240,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,334 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $102.83.

The home at 250 Beacon Pointe Drive, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $233,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,427 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $96.

The home at 3211 Fawnwood Drive, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $202,500. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,711 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $118.35.

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PE SA ND LE IN G!

A home in the Chaine du Lac community in Windermere topped all West Orange-area residential real-estate sales for May 29 to June 4.

The home at 3426 Cocard Court, Windermere, sold June 1, for $1.3 million. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, fourand-one-half baths, a pool and 7,331 square feet of living area on .99 acres. The price per square foot is $177.22.

OCOEE BRENTWOOD HEIGHTS

TERRIFIC PRICE-CUT ($20,000)

The home at 608 Sullivan Ave., Ocoee, sold June 1, for $89,800. Built in 1963, it has three bedrooms, one bath and 1,074 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $83.61.

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The home at 234 Covered Bridge Drive, Ocoee, sold May 29, for $328,500. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,369 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $138.67.

The home at 714 Gleaming Pebble Way, Ocoee, sold June 3, for $296,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 3,240 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $91.36.

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REAL ESTATE / PAGE 5B June 4, for $57,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,012 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $56.32.

PARK SPRINGS

The home at 7574 Park Springs Circle, Orlando, sold June 3, for $458,000. Built in 1993, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,007 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $152.31.

VALENCIA HILLS

The home at 7929 Murcott Circle, Orlando, sold June 1, for $165,000. Built in 1986, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,120 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $147.32.

VISTA ROYALE

The home at 7644 Torino Court, Orlando, sold June 2, for $342,000. Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,416 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $141.56.

WESTMOOR

The home at 201 Ashbourne Drive, Orlando, sold May 30, for $150,000. Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,450 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $103.45.

WILLOWWOOD

The home at 8532 Willow Wish Court, Orlando, sold May 29, for $425,000. Built in 1987, it has four bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 2,837 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $149.81.

WOODLANDS VILLAGE

The home at 4631 Woodlands Village Drive, Orlando, sold June 1, for $377,000. Built in 1985, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,729 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $138.15.

WINDERMERE CRESCENT LAKE ESTATES

The home at 2600 Crescent Lake Court, Windermere, sold May 29, for $485,000. Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms,

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DEER ISLAND

three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,451 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $140.54.

The home at 17698 Deer Isle Circle, Winter Garden, sold June 2, for $600,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,711 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $161.68.

ENCLAVE AT WINDERMERE LANDING

The home at 6355 Sawnson St., No. 3, Windermere, sold May 29, for $516,000. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,934 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $131.16.

FOXCREST

The home at 1045 Home Grove Drive, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $290,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,630 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $110.27.

ESTATES AT WINDERMERE

The home at 2315 Ridgewind Way, Windermere, sold May 29, for $492,500. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,935 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $167.80.

ISLEWORTH

The home at 5157 Latrobe Drive, Windermere, sold June 4, for $980,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,273 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $299.42.

KEENE’S POINTE

The home at 11872 Vinci Way, Windermere, sold May 29, for $900,000. Built in 2011, it has four bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths, a pool and 3,507 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $256.63.

LAKE BURDEN SOUTH

The town house at 7431 Ripplepointe Way, Windermere, sold June 4, for $245,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,825 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $134.25.

HICKORY HAMMOCK

WINTER GARDEN

HICKORY LAKE ESTATES

The Hickory Lake Estates home at 9346 Lake Hickory Nut Drive, Winter Garden, sold June 3, for $640,000. It features four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,527 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $181.46.

The price per square foot is $134.60.

The town house at 7703 Anselmo Lane, Windermere, sold June 1, for $205,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,644 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $124.70.

and 1,455 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $120.27.

The condo at 8168 Boat Hook Loop, No. 703, Windermere, sold June 3, for $172,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,442 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $119.28.

LAKES OF WINDERMERE

PRESTON SQUARE

The home at 7047 Nobleton Drive, Windermere, sold May 29, for $273,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 2,460 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $110.98.

The home at 12806 Cragside Lane, Windermere, sold May 29, for $267,500 (short sale). Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,230 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $119.96.

LAKE REAMS TOWNHOMES LAKES OF WINDERMERE The town house at 8752 — PEACHTREE Danforth Drive, Windermere, sold June 1, for $185,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,480 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $125.

The home at 8532 Greenbank Blvd., Windermere, sold May 29, for $275,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,394 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $114.87.

LAKE SAWYER SOUTH

LAKESIDE AT LAKES OF WINDERMERE

The home at 12844 Woodmere Close Drive, Windermere, sold June 1, for $298,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,214 square feet of living area.

The home at 13237 Penshurst Lane, Windermere, sold May 29, for $357,990. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,265 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $109.64.

The home at 15542 Lake Burnett Shore Court, Winter Garden, sold June 1, for $438,970. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,843 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $114.23.

The home at 15758 Citrus Grove Loop, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $347,130. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 3,302 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $114.49.

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The condo at 11562 Amidship Lane, No. 126, Windermere, sold May 29, for $175,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE CITY OF WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA Pursuant to the Florida Statutes, notice is hereby given that the City of Winter Garden City Commission will, on July 9, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. or as soon after as possible, hold the a public hearing in the City Commission Chambers located at 300 West Plant Street, Winter Garden, Florida in order to consider the adoption of the following ordinance(s): ORDINANCE 15-53 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA AMENDING SECTIONS 38-123 THROUGH 38-150 OF CHAPTER 38 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WINTER GARDEN CONCERNING LITTERING; PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS OF DOOR- TO-DOOR DISTRIBUTION OF LEAFLETS, PAMPHLETS, AND OTHER HANDBILLS; PROVIDING REGULATIONS OF DISTRIBUTION OF LEAFLETS, PAMPHLETS AND OTHER HANDBILLS UPON AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR REASONABLE REGULATION OF EXPRESSION AND SPEECH; PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN AESTHETICS OF THE CITY AND TO PREVENT THE ACCUMULATION OF LITTER AND THE AESTHETICS OF THE CITY BY PROVIDING A LEAST RESTRICTIVE MANNER OF SECURING EXPRESSIVE ITEMS; PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR VARIANCES; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

RESERVE AT BELMERE

The home at 1515 Lake Whitney Drive, Windermere, sold June 1, for $810,000. Built in 2005, it has five bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,041 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $200.45.

SILVER WOODS

The home at 9377 Palm Tree Drive, Windermere, sold May 29, for $288,000. Built in 1986, it has four bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths, a pool and 2,026 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $142.15.

SUMMERPORT

The home at 4319 Blue Major Drive, Windermere, sold May 29, for $361,500. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 2,931 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $123.34.

The home at 13766 Amelia Pond Drive, Windermere, sold May 29, for $307,500. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,620 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $117.37.

The home at 5026 Carillon Way, Windermere, sold June 1, for $282,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,361 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $119.44.

The home at 13825 Bluebird Pond Road, Windermere, sold May 29, for $272,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,081 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $130.71.

TENNYSON PARK

The town house at 14478 Bridgewater Crossings Blvd., Windermere, sold June 3, for $200,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 1,642 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $121.80.

TOWN OF WINDERMERE

The home at 605 E. Sixth Ave., Windermere, sold June 1, for $400,000. Built in 1954, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,013 square feet. The price per square foot is $198.71.

ORDINANCE 15-54 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA AMENDING SECTIONS 38-121 THROUGH 38-150 OF CHAPTER 38 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WINTER GARDEN CONCERNING LITTERING; PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL HANDBILLING AND REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSING FOR OFF-PREMISES COMMERCIAL HANDBILLING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR THE DELETION OF SURPLUSAGE AND FOR RENUMBERING; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WESTOVER CLUB

The home at 1912 Katie Hill Way, Windermere, sold June 4, for $394,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 3,092 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $127.43.

Copies of the proposed ordinance(s) may be inspected by the public between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday of each week, except for legal holidays, at the City Clerk’s office in City Hall, 300 West Plant Street, Winter Garden, Florida.

WILLOWS AT LAKE RHEA

The home at 11233 Willow Gardens Drive, Windermere, sold June 1, for $499,000. Built in 1994, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,289 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $151.72.

WINDERMERE DOWNS

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Interested parties may appear at the meetings and be heard with respect to the proposed ordinance(s). Written comments will be accepted before or at the public hearings. Persons wishing to appeal any decision made by the City Commission at such hearing will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose you may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based. The City does not provide this verbatim record. Persons with disabilities needing special accommodations to participate in this public hearing should contact the City Clerk’s Office at (407) 656-4111 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. For more information, please call Steve Pash at (407) 656-4111 ext. 2292.

The home at 6914 Helmsley Circle, Windermere, sold June 4, for $305,000. Built in 2009, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 2,534 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $120.36.

The home at 9666 Wild Oak Drive, Windermere, sold June 3, for $480,000. Built in 1975, it has four bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths, a pool and 3,667 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $130.90.

WINDERMERE SOUND

ALEXANDER RIDGE

The home at 2043 Solar Drive, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $360,000. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,265 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $110.26.

The home at 2079 Nerva Road, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $359,490. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,288 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $109.33.

AVALON RESERVE

The home at 1061 Vinsetta Circle, Winter Garden, sold June 4, for $427,499. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, three baths, two half-baths and 4,731 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $90.36.

The home at 9346 Lake Hickory Nut Drive, Winter Garden, sold June 3, for $640,000. Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,527 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $181.46.

RESERVE AT CARRIAGE POINTE

The home at 15444 Sandfield Loop, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $340,000. Built in 2013, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,587 square feet.

The price per square foot is $131.43.

STONE CREEK

BANANA BAY ESTATES

The home at 13509 Lake Luntz Drive, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $540,000. Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,849 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $189.54.

The home at 15340 Torpoint Road, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $193,900 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 1,857 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $104.42.

The home at 1630 Portcastle Circle, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $190,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,606 square feet. The price per square foot is $118.31.

BLACK LAKE PARK

SUMMERLAKE

The home at 774 Reflections Lane, Winter Garden, sold June 2, for $340,000 (short sale).

Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,876 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $87.72.

BRANDY CREEK

The home at 14565 Spotted Sandpiper Blvd., Winter Garden, sold June 3, for $345,500.

Built in 2012, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,702 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $127.87.

The home at 1180 Brandy Lake View Circle, Winter Garden, sold June 2, for $198,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,650 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $120.

SUNSET LAKES

CARRIAGE POINTE

TUCKER OAKS

The home at 1851 Jean Marie Drive, Winter Garden, sold June 1, for $190,000 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,062 square feet. The price per square foot is $92.14.

CAMBRIDGE CROSSING

The home at 12130 Rebeccas Run Drive, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $376,000.

Built in 2000, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,830 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $132.86.

COBBLESTONE OF WINTER GARDEN

The home at 434 Black Springs Lane, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $256,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,159 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $118.57.

COVINGTON PARK

The home at 706 Grandhaven Way, Winter Garden, sold June 1, for $250,000. Built in 2010, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 1,904 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $131.30.

DANIELS LANDING

The town house at 13217 Daniels Landing Circle, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $134,900. Built in 2004, it has two bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 1,421 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $94.93.

The home at 13555 Sunset Lakes Circle, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $464,000. Built in 1999, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,600 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $128.89.

The condo at 15344 Oak Apple Court, No. 161, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $125,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2008, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,216 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $102.80.

WALKERS GROVE

The town house at 925 Walkers Grove Lane, Winter Garden, sold May 31, for $230,000. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,805 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $230,000.

WATERLEIGH

The home at 15562 Waterleigh Cove Drive, Winter Garden, sold June 2, for $410,684.

Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 2,920 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $140.65.

WESTFIELD

The home at 1055 Shadowmoss Drive, Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $435,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,290 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $132.22.

WINTER GARDEN SHORES

The home at 535 N. Main St., Winter Garden, sold May 29, for $210,900. Built in 1948, it has three bedrooms, one bath and 1,456 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $144.85.

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CRYPTOQUIZ Each of the following cryptograms is a clue to the identity of a Tony award winner. Using the hints F=A and C=R, decipher the clues to name the entertainer.

1. F C T F X M K J F 2. D K M K K G C 3. E F Z T E G W W G C D U I 4. Y F X C O G J ’ D W O C G 5. B F C K S P F B G C

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25 Warranties, essentially 27 Cheap avenue in Monopoly 28 Computer info 30 Lake of the Four Forest Cantons 31 Indian state 33 “Big Three” conference site of 1945 36 Reason for an evacuation 37 ___ and downs (fluctuations) 40 Clapton who sang “Layla” 42 Bottom of the barrel 43 “___ the ramparts ...”

44 Average citizens 48 Big-eared equine 50 Spanish coins of yore 54 Go down with the ship 55 Benjamin of history 57 Digger of “The Life of Riley” 58 Comparatively polished 61 Baptism, for one 62 H.S. dropouts’ achievements 64 Start for “Paulo” or “Vicente” 65 Be fond of 67 “Li’l” one in the comics 69 ___ fide 70 Restaurant serving 73 A long time 74 Saarinen, the son 75 “Once ___ a time ...”

76 Andean civilization 77 Puts away, as money 79 Like grass on the other side?

81 Masseur’s workplace, often 82 Network of veins or nerves 83 Elliptical 85 Perish 89 Mea ___ 91 Quadrilaterals with no parallel sides 94 More healthy 95 One may be taken to the cleaners 96 Balloon filler 97 One-floor abodes, often 100 Dell products 102 Caribbean and others 104 Open carriage 105 Dinner crumb 106 Greet silently 109 Male seal’s bevy 111 Contents of Pandora’s box 114 Words after “gentle” 116 Go south, as a stock market 118 Passes, as a law 121 Used a treadmill 124 Hit the shore, as a ship 127 Forecast, of a sort 128 Space explorer Shepard 129 All excited 130 Persian Gulf emirate

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131 Accommodating answers 132 What father knows?

133 Big name in kiddie construction 134 Oater transport DOWN 1 Not him or them 2 Bedouin or Omani 3 “Two Years Before the Mast” author 4 Grave marker 5 Law school class 6 Picketer’s sign 7 Long, long time 8 Broadway’s “Sweeney ___” 9 English exam finale, often 10 Wine and dine 11 Big bird 12 Drs.’ group 13 Loose, crumbly deposit 14 Some dudes on horses 15 Placed in a grave 16 John of tractors 17 Makarova of tennis 18 Change, as a clock 24 Out of bed 26 Common vehicle 29 Natural ability

32 Annoy 34 Blue hue 35 Heir, for example 37 Pakistani language 38 Henry VIII’s last wife 39 Nose-in-the-air type 41 Bearing tendrils 45 Money, in Zambia 46 “___ and the King of Siam” 47 Animal house 49 Gave a villainous look 51 Famed fabulist 52 Grassy plain 53 “McSorley’s Bar” painter 56 Mauna ___, Hawaii’s highest peak 59 Clear, as 70-Down 60 Yachting event 63 Go on and on 66 With a 102-degree temperature 68 Songwriter Irving and philosopher Isaiah 69 News office 70 Platters 71 Enter, as into a computer 72 La ___ opera house 78 One way to get the gravy 79 Middle East strip 80 Bounce back, as sound

82 Afterthoughts at the roundup?

84 Poet, essentially 86 “There’s more ...”

87 Nostradamus, reputedly 88 At one time, at one time 90 Alaska oil conduit 92 Length X width, for a rectangle 93 Advil target 98 Try 99 In a hurry 101 Birdbrain 103 Impassioned 106 Like a witch’s face, in tales 107 “___ we all” (“We share that trait”) 108 Windmill parts 110 Fable finale 112 Adds fat for cooking 113 Troop’s information gatherer 115 Give away 117 Part of a book 119 Big horn 120 Hosiery woe 122 Bass or bitter 123 “___ in cat” (elementary lesson) 125 Holiday drink 126 It may be cast

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Established in 1978, West Orange Roofing specializes in leak repairs and re-roofing projects. They do a superb job. projects and do both residential homes and commercial roofs. West Orange Roofing uses the best materials and always does a wonderful job. In addition, they’re one of the few roofers in the area who is HAAG certified. They come highly recommended and many homeowners and

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Your Child Will Love “Dream Big Horse Club” With the kids out of school now for the summer, parents need to know there is still time to sign up your child for summer camp at Dream Big Horse Club. Plus, they also offer a wonderful Kid’s Farm Camp on Saturdays (all year round) that your child can attend throughout the year.

Dream Big Horse Club is a non-profit organization. Their camps focus on organic lifestyle, faith, farming and friendship, with the Kid’s Farm Camp taking place every Saturday (rain or shine) from 10 am to 2 pm.

Your child will experience life on a working farm, make new friends, and I’m certain, come home excited. At Farm Camp, they have art classes, organic gardening, horseback riding and animal care. They will also learn to make soaps, jellies and jams. And they’ll learn to play favorite old time games and much more.

Dream Big Horse Club provides a safe and loving environment for abused and abandoned horses. They work with these rescued horses and train them to be therapy horses.

In turn their “Horses with Halos” program is a therapeutic program for children and

adults who have suffered emotional, social trauma or abuse. Dream Big works with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Florida and other charitable organizations to help heal those in need. They also work with children who have autism and ADHD. At Dream Big, your child will learn and have

Surveillance Plus sells, installs and services surveillance camera systems and more. Pictured are Veronica and Stephen. phone and a lot more.

Surveillance Plus offers sensibly priced 4 to 8 camera home surveillance packages to fit every budget and need.

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In addition to summer camp, Dream Big Horse Club offers year round activities including Kid’s Farm Camp every Saturday.

Surveillance Cameras Make A Huge Difference Are you concerned about your home or business being broken into and robbed? If so, the smart thing to do is have surveillance cameras installed on your property. There is no greater deterrent to crooks. Homeowners need to know that surveillance cameras are today more affordable than ever before.

I encourage you to call or visit Surveillance Plus (phone 407-877-3500).

They have a 5,000 square foot showroom located at 67 South Dillard St. in Winter Garden. Now celebrating their 13th year, Surveillance Plus is open to the general public. Founder Veronica Royce along with Stephen Froelicher and their terrific staff will educate and show you your surveillance options. In their showroom, you can see, touch and learn about all the newest and best surveillance camera systems. Surveillance Plus handles residential and commercial surveillance needs with an emphasis on affordable high definition technology that’s simple to use – surveillance cameras that can be viewed, monitored and controlled via a smart-

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professional installation and service, and do it all, serving thousands in the area – homeowners, businesses, HOAs, industrial centers, municipalities and more. Surveillance Plus is a leader in the community.

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a lot of fun. Kid’s Farm Camp hours are every Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm. The cost is $40. Call Laurie at 352-321-8604 for details. Dream Big Horse Club is located at 17825 Terra Vista Court in Winter Garden (off Avalon Road), www.dreambighorseclub.org

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“CHC” Offers High-Quality, Affordable Healthcare High-quality health care, affordability and convenience are reasons why many local residents are choosing to use Community Health Centers for their medical, dental and pharmacy care needs.

Established in 1972, Community Health Centers (CHC) is a private, non-profit organization that provides healthcare to low income and underserved children and adults in Central Florida. Today, CHC operates 11 centers throughout Orange and Lake Counties, serving people of all ages, ethnicities and cultures – many of whom have limited resources and face geographic, language and financial barriers to accessing healthcare. CHC provides care to more than 54,000 Central Floridians.

The important thing is Community Health Centers is open to everyone. CHC provides children and adults of all ages from infants to seniors with comprehensive, high-quality and affordable medical, pediatric, dental and pharmaceutical care. At their Winter Garden center, CHC also has a wonderful and very affordable optometry center, and they have their own lab, X-ray and low-cost pharmacy on-site, which allows them to keep costs lower and pass along the savings to you.

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Community Health Centers offers high-quality healthcare for the whole family including medical, dental, optometry and more. nient, providing you with timely and affordable pediatric and family medicine physicians as well as superb pediatric and adult dentistry all in one location.

Why drive to five different places when all your family’s healthcare needs are available at CHC. Community Health Centers accepts Medicaid, Medicare

and most insurance plans. For patients without insurance that meet income guidelines, they offer a sliding discount program.

Community Health Center’s Winter Garden center is located at 13275 W. Colonial Drive (phone 407-905-8827). Online, go to www.chcfl.org.