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County: Drained pond not a sinkhole Orange County officials are conducting a study to learn why a pond in Independence lost water. SEE PAGE 3.

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emergency order July 6 requiring the opening of brick-and-mortar schools in August, the Orange County School Board met to discuss reopening plans.

The School Board did not make any decisions or take public input SEE JENKINS PAGE 4

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Kesha Patel uses a henna cone to create patterns, both simple and intricate, on her clients’ skin. Above: Kesha Patel’s designs can be as intricate as the client wishes.

County school officials said the proposed option would offer flexibility for students and families.

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YOUR TOWN CHAMBER TO HOST ‘SPARK PEACE’

Simon T. Bailey is sharing a global and national perspective on why the murder of George Floyd ignited protests around the world during a live-cast virtual experience hosted by the West Orange Chamber of Commerce. He also will facilitate a discussion to identify ways to positively grow and move forward in race and business relations in West Orange County.

The virtual experience takes place from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday, July 16. There is no charge to register. Folks with questions on the topic can email them to sduva@ wochamber.com by Monday, July 13.

Horizon West resident and henna artist Kesha Patel finds her creative outlet and self-expression in the ancient art form. SEE PAGE 4.

School Board discusses OCPSLaunchEd@Home

Keene’s Pointe estate tops weekly transactions. 8-10.

Community rallies around WOHS student injured in crash West Orange volleyball player Lucy Noegel is ready to begin her journey of healing and getting back on the court.

DANIELLE HENDRIX ASSOCIATE EDITOR

WOHS graduate Amber Wilkison completed her Girl Scout Gold Award project. SEE PAGE 7.

Those who know West Orange High School junior Lucy Noegel know her as a trooper.

Lucy is an honors student who is active in her church youth group and plays volleyball at both the club and highSEE WARRIOR PAGE 2

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Lucy Noegel — back row, second from left — plays on the 16U Elite team at Five Stars Volleyball Club.

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HOW TO HELP Lucy Noegel is on the mend following a car crash that left her with various broken and fractured bones. She is working toward mobility, and the Noegel family hopes she can be discharged next week so they can return to Winter Garden and continue her recovery.

Christina Noegel said the family feels and is grateful for the community’s love and prayers. A GoFundMe has been set up to assist the family with medical bills. To donate, visit bit.ly/3irKw5g.

school levels. She has a mentality geared toward hard work and perseverance.

The 16-year-old’s ability to persevere is shining through now more than ever.

On June 29, Lucy and her mom, Christina Noegel, were in a car crash that left her with serious injuries.

The Noegel family was on vacation in Georgia when the crash occurred. The two were in a turn lane when they were hit from behind, sending them into tina Noegel said. “What I rememoncoming traffic where another ber and what she remembers is car struck the passenger side of getting in the helicopter and flythe vehicle — Lucy’s side. ing to the trauma hospital that we “Apparently, we spun several went to.” times before landing in the ditch, Christina Noegel was briefly where they then had to bring the unconscious and suffered9:39 relaORHE-0204 ER_ObserverMedia_Halfpg_HW_PRESS.pdf 1 5/6/20 AM Jaws of Life to get her out,” Chris- tively minor injuries. Lucy, on the

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other hand, sustained multiple fractures and breaks in her pelvis, hip, backbone, femur, knee cap, ribs and face.

She was in the intensive care unit for a few days but has since been moved to a regular patient room. Now, she already is working hard toward mobility.

“It’s a hefty list, but she has a very positive attitude and is a real hard worker,” Christina Noegel said. “She definitely has perseverance. She knows it’s going to be a long road. She’s had quite a bit of pain with just getting up and moving, and learning how to shift herself from bed to wheelchair. She’s on the beginning end of the mobility, because with the majority of her injures being in her pelvis, hip and backbone, stability is an issue with her torso.”

Christina Noegel said doctors are anticipating Lucy being in a wheelchair for six to eight weeks before she can move forward with her journey to begin walking again. Already, Lucy has

been discussing things she and her you’re going to help to motivate dad will build in her room to help the girls.’ I really want her to be her with upper-body strength. part of the group when we come There’s a community of fam- back to the court again. I know ily, friends and teammates rally- she’s working hard right now.” ing behind Lucy and her family, The Noegels hope Lucy can be too. Vicky Veloz, Lucy’s 16U Elite discharged next week so they can coach at Five Stars Volleyball Club, return home to Winter Garden and said the team is close and the club continue her recovery surrounded community is supportive. by their community.

“Lucy is a very special player,” “You have to be mentally strong Veloz said. “She’s playful, funny in order to go through this,” Veloz and is a friend to every single per- said. “Like I told her mom, ‘I’m son. This year was her year. … She with you guys all the way through was one of our best ones. You could — it’s a promise.’ We’re looking count on her. Every single time she forward to seeing her back.” made a point, the whole team just screamed so hard because she did it. … The way they are as a family and Lucy being the player she is, that’s why everybody is trying to support her as best as they can.”

Veloz describes Lucy as the person anyone can rely on — both on and off the court. She added that Lucy’s fighting spirit and mentality — along with love and support from her friends and teammates — will be what spurs her along the road to recovery. Although Lucy Family Owned & Operated might not be able to play volleyball for 83 Years! for a while, Veloz is determined to ensure she still is active with the team.

“I want to make sure she feels like (we know), ‘OK, this happened, you’re going get better, you’re going to push yourself to get back to normal but you’re still part of the team,’” Veloz said.

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Among those attending the dedication were Jo Barsh, Family Services chair; Ursula Hunter and her children, Torrance and Torriah; Ray Holden, president and COO of Miller’s Ale House; and Alberto Herran, board president of West Orange Habitat for Humanity.

Sweat equity Ursula Hunter is the latest homeowner to move into a house built through West Orange Habitat for Humanity after providing 309 sweat-equity hours and fulfilling other requirements.

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even-year-old Torriah Hunter had to be lifted up to cut the ribbon draped across the front door of her new house during the dedication ceremony Thursday, July 2. With pink scissors in hand, she concentrated on her task while her family looked on.

Torriah; her 8-year-old brother, Torrance; and her mother, Ursula Hunter, are the recipients of the latest West Orange Habitat for

Humanity home, built on 10th Street in Winter Garden. The trio is ready to make many memories in the 1,500-square-foot, threebedroom, two-and-a-half-bath home.

“This (new) house means everything to me,” Hunter said.

“It’s a dream come true. … The most important thing that I (have looked) forward to the most is being able to sit at the dining room table with my family, something I haven’t been able to do.”

The single mother isn’t the only

one in her family anxious to make this house a home. “(My kids) are so excited,” Hunter said. “That’s the main thing, seeing the smiles on their faces because I did this for them.”

The pale green, two-story home is the third of three West Orange Habitat has built along Green Oaks Row. When Hunter moved in several weeks ago, she joined her two neighbors, Shellonda Hill and Victoria Grace, also Habitat homeowners.

The dedication program included Hunter’s family, friends and community members. Several speakers addressed the crowd, including Ray Holden, president and COO of Miller’s Ale House, which sponsored the construction of the house.

Winter Garden City Manager Mike Bollhoefer was pleased to welcome Hunter and her children to the neighborhood, which he said is in the planning stages of a revitalization program.

“It’s going to be a magical, incredible process,” he said.

Houses like the ones on Green Oaks Row are just one part of the transformation. West Orange Habitat has another home under construction around the corner from these and two more planned on East Bay Street and Dunbar Avenue.

Hunter introduced two new Habitat families who are working toward owning their own home — Vaquoda Bradford and her daughter and Antoinette Edwards and her two sons — and told them: “Stay focused, stay encouraged and don’t let anything discourage you.”

New Habitat homeowners receive several presents at their house dedication, and Hunter was gifted with a handmade cutting board, Bible, American flag and pink tool kit. Holden gave

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her a stack of gift cards to the Ale House; and Fred Borsoni made a green Adirondack chair, which he does for all home recipients.

Hunter has it on her front porch next to her dining room window and door.

The Sanford native has lived in Winter Garden for 18 years and is grateful she can remain in the city. She has been living with close friends in Winter Garden, the three of them sharing a bed in one room.

Prior to occupying the home, Habitat residents must invest 300 hours toward homeownership by helping his or her home and others, attending financial literacy classes, working in the ReStore and speaking at events. Children who get good grades can have those converted to hours, too, so they can feel they contributed toward their home.

“I put the pressure on my kids,” Hunter said. “‘Do you really want to know how you can help me get hours? You have to get good grades.’

And they were so excited to help.

Their report cards were absolutely excellent. I got 25 hours total from them. I’m so grateful for that.”

Hunter was earning hours long before her house was started; she put in a great deal of work on her neighbors’ houses.

She has earned hours one weekend at a time. She has pushed brooms, dug in the dirt with shovels and swiped paint brushes for hours. On a family-and-friends day, she moved even closer to her 300-hour goal.

“I just want to thank everyone who (has been) invited in my home, in this project, from Day 1,” Hunter said. “Anyone who laid hands, anyone who prayed, who gave a hand up. And I want to thank my Habitat family. ... I’m just grateful to them for helping people in need.

I never really realized people like that existed.”

County to find cause for water loss in Horizon West pond After a county-owned pond in the Independence community seemed to fully drain itself, officials have hired a consultant to conduct tests.

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Orange County officials are working to determine what caused sudden water loss in a Horizon West pond recently.

Late last month, residents in the Independence neighborhood reported the water in a pond next to the community’s Falcon Square clubhouse was dropping.

According to residents, the pond — located on Avenue of the Groves — is home to various fish, birds, turtles and other wildlife. Within a few days of the water loss, though, it was almost fully drained.

The pond is county property,

and officials have been evaluating it for a couple of weeks now to find a cause behind the drainage.

“We have been checking the site daily and have not seen any expansion of the pond boundary itself,” said Kelly Finkelstein, senior public information officer for Orange County. “The area has not shown any indication of getting larger and is confined to the county parcel across the street from any apartments or homes. We secured the area with fencing last week to eliminate potential hazards.”

Mike Drozeck, stormwater manager for Orange County, is working with a consultant from CDM Smith to perform tests on

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the area to identify the cause and loss of water from the pond. Finkelstein said the consultant is evaluating the pond, already has met county officials on site and has geotechnical experts who will be working expediently to provide

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This includes four cone-penetration test soundings to depths of up to 100 feet around the pond; a standard penetration test boring to a depth of up to 200 feet as close as possible to the pond; a piezometer to a depth of up to 150 feet to monitor Floridian Aquifer potentiometric elevation; and one piezometer to a depth of 30 feet to monitor the water table.

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“After the geotechnical investigation is completed to determine the cause of the water-level drop in the pond, remedial recommendations will be developed,” Drozeck said. “It is estimated that the aforementioned work will be completed in two months.”

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Skin-deep designs DANIELLE HENDRIX ASSOCIATE EDITOR

If someone woke Kesha Patel at 2 a.m. and asked her for a henna design, she wouldn’t be mad.

Instead, she would gladly mix up a henna cone and go to work on the blank canvas in front of her.

Like many artists, Patel is passionate about her craft and proud of her work. The Horizon West resident and henna artist has been creating henna since she was a little girl growing up in India.

Henna is a dye prepared from the plant Lawsonia inermis, a flowering plant that can be found in hot climates such as Pakistan, India and Australia. It contains lawsone, a reddish-orange dye that binds to the skin’s keratin and safely stains it — resulting in a temporary tattoo.

As a child, Patel and her friends plucked the leaves from the henna plant and created the dye themselves before going to work drawing out designs on one another.

“I loved to draw, that was my hobby when I was little,” she said. “I used to draw when I was in school. We had special subjects like drawing, and I did it very well, so that inspired me to do henna, too, when I get some cones of henna. … The color, when you see the color on your hand, it looks very nice. I love henna.”

Over the years, Patel’s practice has served her well. Her friends and family always come to her to have their henna done — whether it’s for special occasions or just for fun.

Patel gets her henna powders from India and mixes in essential oils to create the henna base.

Then, she fills the plastic cones, like one would with frosting prior to icing a cake.

“I don’t use any dyes, no chemicals,” she said. “My henna is totally pure and natural. … (With) real tattoos, it’s for your whole life. But the henna is not forever — it’s like two weeks, and you can enjoy it for two weeks and you can do a different design every time.

The other thing is it’s not painful.”

When she lived in India and wasn’t working, she passed time by doing henna on others for fun.

After moving to the United States more than a decade ago so her sons could go to school here, her family members encouraged her to try doing henna for a living.

“I started doing it for people, and then people liked my work,” she said. “One of my friends when I was in India is a very well-known henna artist, so I learned from her also. I love henna, and when I came here, I started doing it for my living. I got phone calls from everywhere, and I travel everywhere for henna. My husband had

HENNA BY KESHA Kesha Patel has been doing henna for most of her life and loves introducing people to the art form. She does bridal henna, engagement henna, sangeet and mehndi nights, belly henna, and henna for special occasions like birthday parties, bachelorette parties and graduation.

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me open my own website. Now I specialize for brides, and when I moved here, popular makeup artists called me and they wanted me to join with them.”

Her favorite type of henna to do is bridal patterns. In India, most brides get extensive henna patterns done on the hands and feet that go to the elbows and sometimes the knees. Guests might also receive smaller designs on the backs of their hands.

It could take from eight to nine hours for Patel to complete an intricate bridal pattern, but she never tires of it. In fact, she’s learning new henna techniques, such as portrait henna. She can take a passport-size photo, trace it on paper and then recreate the portrait on a client’s hand.

Although she’s only been in the Horizon West area since October,

Observer Patel already is starting to build up a clientele. However, COVID-19 threw a wrench in that progress earlier this year.

“I was working with some popular makeup artists, and then unfortunately this thing came up in March,” she said. “It’s very hard for everybody. And all the weddings got canceled. Still, I put it on NextDoor, and I get some little parties, like the girls get together and call me for henna.”

Designs can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours, depending on the size and intricacy of the pattern requested.

Sometimes, Patel said, clients come in with a design they want, and she recreates it. Other times, they let her create her own artwork.

Creating henna for a living isn’t always easy — especially during a global pandemic that interrupted various special events people might request henna for — but it’s the love of the art and support of her family that keeps Patel going.

“My husband — he always supports me,” she said. “He has been very much by my side and … he always helps me a lot in this business because he knows that I love this. My kids always look out for me, and they also take care of me very well. With my husband and kids’ support, I’m able to do this. … I don’t feel like I’m working for my living. I enjoy doing it.”

during the July 7 workshop; rather, it served as a point of discussion for reopening plans. Board members discussed three options: traditional face-to-face instruction, virtual learning and OCPS’ own innovative option.

“The reopening guidelines were shifted yesterday under the commissioner’s emergency order,” Jenkins said. “Still in place are some of the expectations from previous direction that we received, including that we create local safe-schools plans to maintain in-person learning, create a framework for local planning by creating a crisis-response team, and establish support and partnerships in communities to make local decisions.”

Other guidelines the district must follow is the implementation of guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and FLDOE where possible; requiring input from

various stakeholders; providing personal protective equipment for employees and enhancing sanitization requirements. Any plan must be also be fluid and allow for modifications where necessary.

Under the DOE emergency order, the two pre-approved reopening models of instruction are face-to-face and virtual — in Orange County, that could be the county’s virtual school or Florida Virtual School.

But school districts and charter schools that want to consider innovative alternatives must submit their own reopening plan for approval. OCPS could be among such districts.

“We believe we have a plan that should easily meet the requirements of the state,” Jenkins said.

OCPS’ plan is called OCPSLaunchEd@Home. It is fully accredited and would provide location flexibility for students with standard school hours, live lessons daily and the continuity of

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OCPSLaunchEd@Home would be an option for families who would like to keep their connection to their enrolled school but don’t yet feel comfortable sending their student back to campus. It would require a minimum one-semester commitment, following a traditional schedule using synchronous web conferencing and transitioning back to school when possible.

It differs from virtual learning in that virtual learning is self-paced and only some web-conference meetings are necessary.

Should the district submit the OCPSLaunchEd@Home plan to the state, the DOE will consider factors such as the projected percentage of students who would use it, quality of proposed progress-monitoring data and efforts to close achievement gaps.

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AsidefromtheOCPSLaunchEd@ Home option, face-to-face learning could come with new requirements. The School Board discussed ideas from employees, parents and students submitted via the district’s Think Tank. More than 6,000 ideas and comments were gathered in relation to things like social distancing, cleaning, physical barriers, health screening and school-year schedule.

“This is an issue we have never dealt with before, and so we are having to feel our way through some of the issues,” Jenkins said.

“We all agree that these are different times and challenging times, but we believe we can get through it and come to some conclusions to provide for both our employees and our parents. … Our utmost commitment is to the safety and well-being of our employees, of our children and of our community, and we are still committed to providing high-quality education for our children, as well.”

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Matthew’s Hope to open Hope Chest store next month The retail space will give the ministry an opportunity to showcase its woodworking talents and give homeless residents a chance to earn money and gain customer service skills.

AMY QUESINBERRY COMMUNITY EDITOR

Matthew’s Hope has been operating a successful Hope Chest for two years out of the woodworking space in the ministry’s facility on East Story Road. At times, the location has made it difficult for customers to see exactly what is on sale.

Come August, the homeless ministry will have its own retail space in the TriCity Shopping Center, 1027 S. Dillard St., at the northeast corner of Dillard and Plant streets. It will give the homeless carpenters a place to see their custom furniture on display and give them a sense of self-worth — and also provide additional income for Matthew’s Hope.

The ministry’s founder, Scott Billue, said because of COVID-19, Matthew’s Hope has seen a 63% increase in the number of homeless people seeking assistance in the last four months. When businesses and organizations had to temporarily close their doors in March, many of the people who were getting food elsewhere started turning to Matthew’s Hope.

This has depleted the supply of food and personal-care items, he said.

them an opportunity to become independent and self-sufficient.”

Guests to the store will have the opportunity to relax in The Gathering Place, maybe sip a cup of coffee. Once a month, the Matthew’s Hope Chest will host community events such as wine tastings and speakers.

Another aspect of the boutique will be vendor cubbies in a showroom space.

Entrepreneurs with merchandise to sell can create a small display that directs shoppers to their website. They, in turn, make ongoing donations to Matthew’s Hope.

“It’s for people who have something cool to sell but they don’t have enough to open their own store,” Billue said.

The plan is to keep the shop open six days a week.

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Bruce Przybyla, left, is one of several Matthew’s Hope guests who work in the Hope Chest workshop. Scott Billue is the founder of the homeless ministry.

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Billue hopes to see the Hope Chest opened

by August. It will be divided, with handmade furniture and household items on one side and an upscale boutique on the other.

“What we wanted to do was find some place with a lot of window space … that we could display the pieces like that $3,500 swing, stuff that people could see and they could actually come in and sit on it and feel the quality of it,” he said. “We’re building some very nice stuff. We’ve gotten good at repurposing things that are pretty cool.”

Merchandise will range from papertowel holders and wine-bottle stands to farm tables and a piano wine bar to dressers and low firepit chairs. Carpenters are turning old baby cribs into bookcases and mini bars, and they are creating unique planters.

About 97% of the items for sale are solid wood, and buyers have the choice of taking home a piece that is unfinished, prepped or completely finished.

“We’re very particular on our wood,” Billue said. “We want to set ourselves apart from the others. We’re teaching the guys the value of their product.”

The boutique will offer the clothing and household items donated to Matthew’s Hope that aren’t appropriate for the homeless population, such as suits, designer jeans, decorations and wall hangings.

“It will not be a thrift store, and we will not accept donations there,” Billue said.

“We’ll have a boutique where people can come in and find those designer jeans, designer shoes. We get stuff with the tags still on it. … We can sell, say, the designer jeans for $15, and I can take that and buy the jeans we need. The idea is to create income.”

This latest Matthew’s Hope project also creates more opportunities for homeless people to work. They and volunteers will staff the shop.

“We’re going to need people to clean, to sell, to sort, so that creates more opportunities for folks who might not get opportunities somewhere else. … This just gives

The Matthew’s Hope Chest will have a website dedicated to its wood products for sale, but customers also can request a special piece by emailing sharlene@ matthewshopeministries.org. Buyers should include any inspirational photos, dimensions, what type of wood they prefer and a budget.

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Labor of love West Orange High graduate Amber Wilkison recently completed her Girl Scout Gold Award project, a new training facility for Soul Haven Ranch.

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Amber Wilkison has had an extensive career as a Girl Scout — 14 years.

From the time she was a 5-yearold Daisy Scout to now — a Class of 2020 graduate of West Orange High School — Wilkison has been passionate about the organization with which she has spend most of her life.

As an Ambassador Girl Scout, the Ocoee resident has been working toward the Gold Award, something only 6% of Girl Scouts achieve each year.

Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors who earn the Gold Award complete a project that drives lasting change in their community.

“When I started the project, it seemed like such a big and overwhelming build to take on, but knowing how much this training facility would benefit the community, it motivated me to embrace the challenge and get it done.”

— Amber Wilkison

For Wilkison, she found inspiration for her Gold Award project in something she’s found joy in for years. The 18-year-old always loved horses and has taken riding lessons for years. It was both a hobby and a form of relaxation for her, and over the course of her involvement with horses, she learned about equine therapy.

“I was able to witness how much equine therapy helped people who were physically or emotionally challenged,” she said.

“I knew that Soul Haven Ranch took their minis on therapy visits to many local areas, and (I) wanted to contribute to expanding the capacity Susan Nastasi’s Soul Haven Ranch could provide in our community.”

Wilkison met with Nastasi to talk about her ideas and anything Soul Haven Ranch needed. She said Nastasi told her she would love to have a training facility built to open up the opportunity for more people to work with the miniature horses and participate in a program to become a certified pet handlers.

“In turn, more individuals could participate in taking the horses on voluntary pet therapy visits, as she has more requests than she can accommodate,” Wilkison said.

“Susan explained about the need for the horses to be desensitized from noises and objects that make

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Amber Wilkison received help from her dad, John, and brother, Nolan.

them nervous or could spook them so that they remain calm while out on visits or attending community events. We drafted out a designated placement area on Susan’s ranch to build the training center and the training-course activities the horses would be taken through.”

After receiving approval from the Girl Scout Council, Wilkison met with Nastasi to finalize the plan. She began gathering the sup-

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plies needed using the funds she had earned from Girl Scout cookie sales, as well as recruiting help with the physical labor required.

“I am very grateful for a very supportive business community,” she said. “The manager at the Lowe’s of Winter Garden was able to give me a very generous discount on the fencing materials, and Florida Metal Craft on Dillard Street greatly discounted the cost of making the 36-by-24-inch alu-

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minum sign for the training center.”

She received help from her father, John, and older brother, Nolan, in constructing the 120-by-30-foot fenced area. The training center includes various obstacles that handlers and the miniature horses can practice going through. It took dozens of hours of work, but the project was rewarding for Wilkison.

“I am not well-versed in construction, so my dad helped me learn about measurements, joining fence railing, digging and securing the posts, and construction of the framed entrance to the training center,” she said. “It was a true labor of love, and I thank them tremendously for all of their help.”

Building began on May 23, with completion on June 18 with the hanging of the training-center sign. Wilkison was happy to apply the skills she’s learned through Girl Scouts — and from her mother, Denise, also her troop leader — to create something that will be used and cherished for years to come.

“When I started the project, it seemed like such a big and overwhelming build to take on, but knowing how much this training facility would benefit the community, it motivated me to embrace the challenge and get it done,” she said. “Now that I can stand back and look at how the training center turned out and see how very happy Susan is with the results, it is a very rewarding accomplishment that I will always be proud of. I hope that people in our community will get involved in Susan’s pet therapy program and share even more therapy love among the many individuals in our community that appreciate these on-site miniature horse visits.”

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The home at 13303 Charfield St., Windermere, sold July 1, for $460,000. Built in 2009, it has five bedrooms, three-andone-half baths, a pool and 3,494 square feet. The price per square foot is $131.65. Days on market: 24.

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The home at 5542 Myrtle Pine Lane, Winter Garden, sold June 30, for $519,900. Built in 2017, it has five bedrooms, three-andone-half baths, a pool and 3,457 square feet. The price per square foot is $150.39. Days on market: 15.

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Days on market: 283.

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The home at 15306 Sandfield Loop, Winter Garden, sold July 2, for $508,000. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, four-andone-half baths and 3,919 square feet. The price per square foot is $129.62. Days on market: 82.

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The home at 15144 Southern Martin St., Winter Garden, sold June 29, for $660,000. Built in 2017, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,729 square feet. The price per square foot is $176.99.

Days on market: 27.

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The home at 4651 Blue Major Drive, Windermere, sold June 30, for $455,000. Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,965 square feet. The price per square foot is $153.46. Days on market: 44.

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The home at 8745 Bayview Crossing Drive, Winter Garden, sold July 2, for $632,000. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, three-andone-half baths, a pool and 3,925 square feet. The price per square foot is $161.02. Days on market: 90.

WOODBRIDGE ON THE GREEN

The home at 14040 Fairway Willow Lane sold June 30, for $657,850. Built in 2012, it has four bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,778 square feet. The price per square foot is $174.13. Days on market: 62.

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The home at 2010 Standing Rock Circle, Oakland, sold June 30, for $408,000. Built in 2020, it has four bedrooms, three-andone-half baths and 3,055 square feet. The price per square foot is $133.55. Days on market: Zero.

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The home at 2927 Westyn Cove Lane, Ocoee, sold July 2, for $382,500. Built in 2016, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,400 square feet. The price per square foot is $112.50. Days on market: 267.

MEADOW RIDGE

The home at 405 Anessa Rose Loop, Ocoee, sold June 29, for $422,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,545 square feet. The price per square foot is $165.82. Days on market: 26.

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Days on market: 67.

The home at 11923 Camden Park Drive, Windermere, sold July 2, for $418,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths, a pool and 2,820 square feet. The price per square foot is $148.23. Days on market: 95.

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The home at 5816 Marleon Drive, Windermere, sold July 2, for $845,000. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, five-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,708 square feet. The price per square foot is $227.89. Days on market: 11.

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The home at 678 Cascading Creek Lane, Winter Garden, sold July 2, for $490,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,659 square feet. The price per square foot is $133.92. Days on market: 16.

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The home at 14529 Black Lake Preserve St., Winter Garden, sold July 1, for $440,000. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths, a pool and 2,575 square feet. The price per square foot is $170.87. Days on market: 32.

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The home at 755 Canopy Estates Drive, Winter Garden, sold June 30, for $994,000. Built in 2016, it has six bedrooms, five-andone-half baths, a pool and 4,473 square feet. The price per square foot is $222.22. Days on market: Three.

CAMBRIDGE CROSSING

The home at 12043 Windermere Crossing Circle, Winter Garden, sold July 1, for $485,500. Built in 2000, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,002 square feet. The price per square foot is $161.73. Days on market: 42.

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The home at 1947 Bay Clover Drive, Winter Garden, sold June 29, for $485,000. Built in 2007, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,877 square feet. The price per square foot is $168.58.

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The home at 14051 Lake Tilden Blvd., Winter Garden, sold July 2, for $516,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,420 square feet. The price per square foot is $213.22.

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The home at 706 River Grass Lane, Winter Garden, sold June 29, for $375,000. Built in 2013, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,256 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $166.22. Days on market: Eight.

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The home at 17818 Westbay Court, Winter Garden, sold June 27, for $765,000. Built in 1994, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,478 square feet. The price per square foot is $308.72.

Days on market: 54.

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The home at 825 Lost Grove Circle, Winter Garden, sold June 29, for $442,000. Built in 2009, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,385 square feet. The price per square foot is $130.58.

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The home at 1643 Juniper Hammock St. sold June 29, for $515,000. Built in 2019, it has five bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,628 square feet. The price per square foot is $141.95.

Days on market: 58.

The home at 1522 Juniper Hammock St., Winter Garden, sold June 30, for $509,594. Built in 2020, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 4,192 square feet. The price per square foot is $121.56.

Days on market: 32.

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The home at 985 Prosperity Drive, Winter Garden, sold June 30, for $444,900. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,022 square feet. The price per square foot is $220.03. Days on market: Five.

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The home at 252 Stanton Estates Circle sold June 29, for $765,905.

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“It was formed by a group of friends with a shared love of STEM and cultivated by a school more than willing to help them shine,” he said.

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Thornebrooke’s A Team comprises seven members — six fifth-graders and one second-grader. The fifth-graders are Lucia Sanchez, Emerson “Emmie” Elliott, Breckan Russo, Joshua Scherer, Natasha Stewart and Maxwell O’Connor, and the secondgrader is Emilia Sanchez.

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The three segments included a helium powered gondola, a boat floating along a true milky way and a homemade robot rover with an ultrasonic cutoff. The team had been working on the project since September.

When asked about what made them want to be a part of the team, they all responded by saying that they wanted to be with their friends and how they all shared the love of STEM and performing arts.

“My teammates feel like family, and they all have each other’s backs,” Lucia said.

Lucia said her favorite moment was after the regional competition, when they were waiting for their results.

She said they were all a bit down because of one of their machines was not working as planned, but she added they all came together.

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Sanchez said Thornebrooke’s Gifted Program teacher, Jaime Kenter, has been a huge promoter of the Odyssey program in the school.

“Thornebrooke has inspired many new teams to participate, most of which have made it all the way to the State Championships,” Sanchez said.

Besides being the Division 1 champion, the Thornebrooke A Team also won the Ranatra Fusca Award, given to 15 teams out of the 843 participating. The award recognizes exceptional creativity and risk-taking solutions, and the A team was the only one out of 101 Florida teams that received this prize.

Sanchez said he will remember this particular team’s resiliency in the face of adversity.

During the regional competition, the team dealt with props falling over and other technical difficulties. That resilience shined through again when the Odyssey of the Mind championship was forced to be online because of COVID-19 mandates.

“The most memorable part about this year has been the resilience I have seen from my team,” Sanchez said. “This has been a magnificent enriching experience for me, as well, and I have learned so much from the team. I am so proud of them, and I look forward to seeing what they do next year and beyond.”

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One could simply “flush the refuse from preparing meals and scrape the leftovers down the drain — everything from potato peelings to corn husks, and even bones, are ground into fine particles and disappear.”

Dickson’s, which advertised this new product in the July 14, 1950, issue of the Winter Garden Times, was located at the corner of Boyd and Plant streets. The GE sign still hangs on the corner of the building.

80 years ago

Hopes for an emergency seaplane base on Lake Apopka suffered a setback when a report was received from the U.S. Navy Department.

A military flag dedication, a ceremony seldom witnessed by persons not connected with military service, was held at Ocoee Trade School. The flag was donated by Gen. Charles P. Summerall, Florida’s only general, now in command of the Citadel, famed military school.

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The U.S. Army engineers have been petitioned to make a study of water levels and controls in all lakes and streams in the Oklawaha River Valley from Moss Bluff Dam to Lake Apopka and to approve an inexpensive, temporary dam to be constructed in the ApopkaDora Canal, so as to relieve the present low-water emergency in Lake Apopka.

FROM THE ARCHIVES Between about 1907 and 1912, at least two major fires burned in the vicinity of Plant and Main streets in Winter Garden. The original wooden shops and offices, along with a packinghouse located on the north side of the Tavares & Gulf railroad tracks, were gone by 1912 — and brick structures rapidly grew to replace the former business buildings. James Lafayette Dillard was responsible for the construction of many of the structures that still stand today.

The photograph shows the newly minted intersection, looking south along Main.

The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation has reprised its exhibit “Up from the Ashes: Winter Garden Before and After the Fire of 1912” in the Art in Public Places gallery located in City Hall’s rotunda, showcasing 24 images that document the city’s earliest architectural history. The exhibit will be on display through Aug. 31.

The mission of the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation is to preserve the heritage and architecture of Winter Garden while creating new cultural experiences. The Foundation also preserves the material culture of West Orange County, using it to educate the area’s youth on the community’s rich history.

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Winter Garden’s Wrigley Bates, 13, is using the summer to work on his pitching. Page 16.

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It’s all in the hips

Although sports are now slowly trickling back, the loss of athletics has had psychological impacts in the local sports community.

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n mid-March, the sports world began to shut down.

First it was the NBA, then the MLS. From there, it snowballed — by the time March had ended, there were no sports.

Since then, sports has slowly trickled back, with national leagues such as the National Women’s Soccer League and UFC hosting action in empty arenas. MLS, NBA and MLB plan to start in the next month, and here in Orange County, the Winter Garden Squeeze are back to playing.

Despite things slowly getting back to normal in the sports world, the pandemic continues, and it has rattled many athletes, said Dr. Patrick Cohn — a sports psychologist and owner of Peak Performance Sports LLC in downtown Windermere.

For the past 30 years, Cohn has worked with various athletes ranging from youth sports to NASCAR winners and NHL play-

ers, and understands why something as big as the coronavirus would have significant psychological impacts on athletes.

“The big thing I’m hearing from athletes today is returning back, because they’ve had such a layoff,” Cohn said. “I compare it to being out for an injury. When you get injured and you’re out for three months or four months, when you come back, you’re uncertain about a lot of things, which means they have doubt. The doubt is all about, ‘Is my performance going to be there for me? Am I still going to have my position?’

“Certainly there is a lot of apprehension about, ‘What are the new rules? Are fans going to be able to watch?’” he said. “There (are) a lot of unknowns still for a lot of the athletes that haven’t returned yet.”

That fear of the unknown — whether it be from an injury or fol-

lowing a long layoff due to a pandemic — also is linked to negatively affecting an athlete’s confidence.

Many athletes go by unwritten rules or standards for their performance, and when those expectations are not met, it can be devastating to an athlete, Cohn said.

“Those unwritten rules or standards they have for their performance are very high — especially if they’re perfectionists or they’ve had some success,” Cohn said.

“When they don’t reach their own standards that are in the back of their own mind, they tend to start questioning themselves.”

The solution to this is simple in nature and involves what Cohn refers to as the confidence-expectations connection. It can be difficult in practice, but if an athlete can work with it, it will help. It’s a technique Cohn has used with athletes such as NASCAR star Kevin Harvick.

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For once in what feels like 10 years, I’m currently not having a heat stroke.

It’s 7 p.m. on this rainy Sunday, and me and my buddyslash-golf guru Thomas Lightbody are back out at Orange County National Golf Center & Lodge — this time to work on chipping and putting.

The rain has left, but off in the distance, black clouds loom as a heavenly wind blows softly on my collarless shirt — which is technically against the rules here. Although they should be happy I didn’t show up in my usual home garb of a makeshift sleeveless N.C. State shirt and no pants — they don’t want that blight unto their world.

But back to the jest of this column: I’m here to chip and putt, because nothing will help me more in this game than to learn how to hit a ball out of the woods.

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To start off the evening, the name of the game is chipping.

Now, I’m already almost a professional at this given the obnoxious amount of time I’ve spent knocking around brightly colored practice balls around my backyard, so this shouldn’t be too difficult. I was, sort of, slightly correct in that assumption.

First, however, I watch as Lightbody goes through the motions and talks through what he’s doing.

“The biggest thing with chipping and putting — chipping especially — is good ball contact,” he said.

“Otherwise, you’re going to end up on the other side of the world or one foot in front of you. And it’s all tempo, too. Do you see how I kind of open up my stance a little bit? Because what happens is this right here will have a tendency to go right, so I’m aiming left.”

He squares to the red-orange neon golf ball and makes contact. It lands within a few inches of the hole that sits about 10 yards out.

Following the shot, he follows up with a few more pointers, such as trying to leave the ball shorter than long, choking up on the handle and keeping my feet closer together.

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Winter Garden’s Wrigley Bates, 13, isn’t letting the ongoing coronavirus pandemic slow down his game as he looks to be the next great pitcher. This summer, he is working on his pitching game at home and with Team Orlando Baseball.

How, and when, did you first get into baseball?

I have an older brother, and we had a big backyard in my old house, and we would always play Wiffle ball and he was older than me, so he was always better than me. He learned how to play baseball around the age of 3, and as I got older, he would always play with me and teach me — then I got to Little League.

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What has been the biggest change you’ve seen in yourself since you first started playing baseball?

I feel like I’ve grown as a teammate. I’ve learned to play really good team ball, and play for the team and not play for myself. When you want to hit a home run or a double off the wall, but in the time you need a bunt to get your teammate over and to just keep the rally going — it’s what’s on the front of the jersey and not the back.

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teammates. If you give up five runs in the first inning, you know your teammates are going to bounce back and give you five more — then it’s a whole new ballgame, and you’re starting back 0-0.

Is there a highlight moment for you during your time playing baseball?

In Little League, we had AllStars, and I made the All-Stars every year — I loved playing All-Stars, because it was during the summer and I got to play with my best friends — we were in 10-year-old year, and we were down 10-0 in the first inning. Everyone was down after that, but we ended up pitching our way back. We did end up losing, but it wasn’t the fact that we lost. We kept on fighting back.

What’s your favorite part about pitching?

My favorite position right now is probably pitcher, because you face different atters, so you have to mix up your pitches, your timing and when you’re going to throw it. And it’s not just pitching; you always have to back up the (defense) — you have to be another infielder.

What are you trying to work on this summer?

I’m really trying to get better at pitching. (My dad, my brother and I) built a pitching mound.

We put that in our backyard, and we’ve been having pitching lessons with a Minor Leaguer from the Nationals who went to West Orange High School — named Andrew Karp — so he has been coming over and giving me some pitching lessons to help me get better.

What’s the hardest part about pitching?

The pressure you have on you, because if you start throwing balls and all of a sudden you’ve thrown a lot of walks, it gets in your head, and it’s hard to bounce back from that. You never want to let your team down, so you always have to do your best.

How do you deal with having a bad game?

I feel like you have to rely on your

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be when you come back, because that can unravel for them,” he said. “There is a big relationship between expectations and confidence. The other piece of it is patience. … Being able to have patience that your performance is going to come back, as well.”

Another issue Cohn has seen, unsurprisingly enough, are athletes who lose motivation.

For many athletes, especially those in sports that go yearround, the pandemic has shut down competitions their normal competitions. A lot of work that was put into a sport now has no payoff as it relates to competition. To add on to issues brought on by the virus, there are high school juniors and other student-athletes who are losing out on time to impress college scouts.

Despite these continuing setbacks, there is a silver lining.

Athletes are generally resilient in nature, Cohn said.

“There is a huge effect on

athletes, but I think the good news is many athletes are flexible,” Cohn said. “If you have a rain delay, well, you have to deal with it — so they have learned to deal with that stuff. But this is unusual; this is not a rain delay.”

THE NEED FOR SPORTS

Athletes may be feeling the psychological tolls of being deprived of their sports, but for many nonathletes, the pain is just as real.

Rachel Russell — a licensed mental health counselor at Hope Counseling Clinic in Winter Garden — recalls what sports meant to her sons when they were younger and how important a role sports play in the lives of many people. Sports offer shots of serotonin — what Russell also refers to as “happy pills” — for fans.

“I now have kids who are in their 20s, but when they were teenagers, that was a huge thing,” Russell said. “Every weekend, we’d go watch them play sports.

There are so many people miss-

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With these newfound nuggets of information, I line up to the ball — everything is in place — and give it a good ol’ whack.

It pops into the air a bit, and rolls several feet too short — in his now-famous words to me, Lightbody said, “Keep your head down.”

OK, keeping the head down; let’s see how this works. Like magic, I make solid contact and the ball rolls to within two or three inches of the hole. The shot is met by a round of loud applause from the calvary of cicadas sitting off in the trees — or maybe they’re just getting weird and mating (I’m just gonna inflate my ego and go with the applause delusion).

“You can knock 20 strokes off your game if you can get what’s known as up-and-down,” Lightbody said. “If you go from

here to the green, and then to the hole, that’s an up-anddown. Let’s be realistic: Not a lot of us are going to stick to green every single time. So realistically, if you can be good at your short game, then (you can) just put it up there the right way.”

THE KEY IS CONSISTENCY

After 25 minutes or so of chipping, we switch over to putting, which logically should be the easiest part of the game. Once again, it is more challenging than I anticipated I place the golf ball down on the putting green, and Lightbody places two tees down on both sides of the ball. The idea is to keep my putter head between them when I make contact with the ball. I square up and give it a light tap, only for it to die short of the hole because I didn’t follow through.

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And it goes beyond just individual people — there are entire communities that are based around teams and athletes, Russell said. With COVID-19, you lose out on tangental activities such as family bonding time and the ability to get together with friends to enjoy socializing.

“It’s a big pastime for a lot of people,” Russell said. “It becomes a big social gathering, and with that you’re taking away huge portions of people’s lives. Even the subtlety of parents watching their kids play sports — how it brings a family together — and how we have just been devoid of that.”

While sports begin to trickle back, there still are some ways that people can bond over sports, although they may not be completely conventional, said Jesse Radloff — a licensed mental health counselor at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital.

Radloff pointed to the rise of competitive e-gaming — specifically the Orlando Health’s partnering with Magic Gaming — in filling a void for people looking for a need for competition.

“It’s not flesh-and-blood sports, but I can go on Twitch, and I can at least watch people compete, Radloff said. “It’s at least something to tide people over.”

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Bert is survived by his loving wife of 66 years and best friend Rose Marie (Laswell) Chesnut; daughters, Teresa Mast, Susan Bradley; and grandchildren, Tyler Mast and Jennifer Mast.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Hazel Irene (Hall) Chesnut, and father, Gordon Boyd Chesnut.

Bert graduated from Paoli High School, Indiana Central Business College, and attended Indiana University for additional accounting education.

He began his career in 1952 and recently retired in 2019. His passion for work and continued education lead to his impressive 67-year career.

Bert was a member of the National Society of Public Beryl Brown, 87, died Thursday, July 2, 2020. Woodlawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home, Gotha Alex Chandra, 17, of Winter Garden, died Sunday, June 28, 2020. Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home, Winter Garden.

Elizabeth Laburda, 81, of Winter Garden, died Sunday, July 5, 2020. Winter Oak Funeral Home & Cremations, Winter Garden.

Nereida Mantilla, 68, of Winter Garden, died Sunday, June 28, 2020. DeGusipe Funeral Home & Crematory, Ocoee.

Accountants; Elks Club of Pompano Beach, Florida; and Corinthians of Lighthouse Point, Florida.

Bert’s career started in public accounting for a regional firm, from which he grew his own firm and later sold to pursue his interest in Bar Maid Corporation. Bar Maid was a manufacturer of Electric Glass Washers for the bar and restaurant industry. Bert was instrumental in the company’s development, including product design, manufacturing process and sales distribution network.

After 18 years of successful growth, Bar Maid was sold with anticipated retirement.

At age 57, Bert and Rosie moved to Central Florida, where Bert entered phase three of his career with the start of another accounting practice and management of several real estate investments. He continued with these passions until his retirement in 2019. Bert was a trusted

adviser and touched many lives through his life and career.

Bert enjoyed offshore fishing, billiards, NASCAR, basketball and, of course, an occasional Canadian Club on the rocks, with a splash of water. His greatest passion was his family, specifically his two daughters and grandchildren. The highlight of his day or week was attending events including his family.

A memorial service was held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Winter Garden, Florida.

Wearing of masks at the service was kindly requested by the family. Committal and burial will be held in Paoli, Indiana.

Memorial donations may be made to Cornerstone Hospice Foundation, Tavares, Florida, or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, on his behalf.

William Wesley Melton, 61, of Winter Garden, died Sunday, July 5, 2020. Winter Oak Funeral Home & Cremations, Winter Garden.

Jorge J. Salcedo, 60, of Winter Garden, died Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home, Winter Garden.

Voicu Mondoc, 39, of Winter Garden, died Friday, July 3, 2020. Winter Oak Funeral Home & Cremations, Winter Garden.

Laverne C. Peavey, 94, of Winter Garden, died Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Winter Oak Funeral Home & Cremations, Winter Garden.

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