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CDPA gets all dolled up for American Girl summer camp. PAGE 20A
NFL’s Devin Hester to host football camp at Olympia High. PAGE 1B
West Orange celebrates July 4 with food, fun. PAGES 8-10A
OUR TOWN
coming soon by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer
Park opens next month on Johns Lake The new West Orange park will offer activities such as canoeing, hiking and bird observation. WINTER GARDEN — A project that started with Orange County’s April 2007 purchase of 138 acres on the east shore of Johns Lake will result in a new park sometime next month.
+ We hear wedding bells!
After Orange County acquired that land — previously owned by Ronald L. Stucki — officials published a plan for the Johns Lake Conservation Area in September 2011, including plans for a public park
with access from 880 Avalon Road (County Road 545). From the western side of Avalon Road — just west of Black Lake and just south of Marsh Reed Drive — the southern boundary of the
property extends straight west from Avalon Road at the stream that flows between Black Lake and Johns Lake. That boundary meets the western property edge in line with the point at which Ava-
lon Road turns south from Johns Lake. The western edge ends even with Johns Lake Pointe Boulevard, which represents the northern border
SEE PARK / PAGE 4A
FAN-DEMONIUM
James and Lori Plaut, of Winter Garden, announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, to Robert Michael Marshburn, son of Robert W. and Susan Marshburn of Fernandina Beach. Sarah, a graduate of Florida State University and John Tyler Community College, is an emergency department and trauma registered nurse at Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Robert graduated from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Florida Coastal School of Law. He presently works for Travelers Insurance as a claims adjuster in Naperville, Illinois. He is also a captain in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. The wedding is planned for Oct. 10.
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Anri Brits, the daughter of the Rev. Ferdi and Louise Brits, of Orlando, and Eddie Roberts, son of Dr. Ed and Jolene Roberts from Windsor, Ontario, were united in marriage. The newlyweds have moved to Ossining, New York, to start their residency as medical doctors in the Phelps Memorial Hospital. The Rev. Brits is the pastor at the Presbyterian Church of the Lakes and also conducted the service.
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Matt Jylha.
See the photo on PAGE 5B.
governance by Amy Quesinberry Rhode | Community Editor
CONSTRUCTION by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer
Rosen JCC continues addition Oakland awards spring 2016, JCC leaders expect their wastewater contract Bysecond phase of expansion to be complete. The agreement paves the way for the town to offer sewer services to its residents and businesses. OAKLAND — Oakland town leaders selected an engineering firm to carry out the first phase of a centralized sanitary sewer system for the town, which has always operated on septic. Mike Parker, Public Works director, announced at the June 30 Town Commission meeting that Central Florida Environmental, of Casselberry, won the bid and is expected to begin work within a month. The town solicited bids in the spring, and five were sub-
mitted by the deadline. The contract calls for a regional lift station and force main to be constructed on Old Highway 50 near the West Orange Trail’s Killarney Station. Parker said the lowest bidder’s submission package was incomplete, so the town had to go with the next-lowest, which was $44,000 higher but came from an award-winning local civil and utility construc-
SEE OAKLAND / PAGE 4A
WEST ORANGE — The Rosen Jewish Community Center has broken ground on the second phase of an
The idea behind this expansion, which leaders expect to be complete by spring, is to transform current programs and facilities to better serve the greater
expansion project of more than 22,000 square feet as of a June 24 groundbreaking ceremony.
SEE JCC / PAGE 4A
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An artist rendering shows the outside of the Rosen Jewish Community Center once phase two of its expansion is complete.
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+ Roberts-Brits vows exchanged
West Orange County was represented in Winnipeg, Canada, during group play of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup last month. The Rizzos, of Windermere, and the Nuetzis, of Ocoee, traveled together to support the United State Women’s National Team, taking in a total of four games while they were north of the border. Showing off their spirit are Isabel Nuetzi, left, Callie Rizzo, Rymer Rizzo, Olivia Nuetzi and Reilley Rizzo. The USWNT went on to win its first World Cup title since 1999 with a 5-2 victory over Japan July 5. To read more about the trip, see page 1B.
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