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THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017
Keep your skin in the game Learn all about the largest organ of the human body in the July edition of Health Matters.
YOUR TOWN
Rescue mission After being rescued by a group of friends and treated at a Dr. Phillips pet hospital, Lincoln, a 4-month-old kitten, has been given a second chance at life.
DEOLIVEIRA FINISHES BASIC U.S. Air Force Airman Tatiana Goncalves Deoliveira graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. She completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Goncalves Deoliveira is the daughter of Tanya Goncalves of Windermere. She is a 2016 graduate of Hope Academy, Windermere.
DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER DR. PHILLIPS
With only a few minutes left of her shift at Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming in ChampionsGate, Maddie Laustra was going about the closing process when she saw a small black cat dart by the window. He was small, he was skinny and he was scared. His leg appeared broken in half and severely injured. So she did what any animal lover would do. She called to co-worker Sarah Raffel to man the store as she darted outside to help. SEE LINCOLN PAGE 6
Danielle Hendrix
Lincoln is battling worms, ear mites and a severely injured leg, but the once-feral kitten proves to his rescuers every day that he’s grateful to be alive.
OCPS: Education bill will dilute resources
IT’S A ZOO OUT THERE
NEWS EDITOR ORANGE COUNTY Many Florida school district administrators and board members resent the stamp of approval Gov. Rick Scott gave an education bill that several
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education advocacy groups see as a disaster. The multiple provisions in the 274-page charter school-friendly bill, known as House Bill 7069, sparked so much controversy in the Senate that it barely survived. While administrators appreciate some of the bill’s provisions — including the elimination of certain tests and the discontinuation
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Emily Nelson, a player on the Panthers’ flag football team, was shot four times. GABBY BAQUERO
School district officials said the charter school-friendly House Bill 7069, which took effect July 1, mandates an inequitable charter-to-public-school funding ratio. GABBY BAQUERO
Dr. Phillips High student recovering after shooting
NEWS EDITOR
Just weeks after playing in the state semifinals with her flag football teammates at Dr. Phillips High School, Emily Nelson, 16, is in a hospital learning how to use a wheelchair. Emily Nelson was shot four times by her ex-boyfriend June 11 outside her family’s apartment in Orlando. The ex-boyfriend has been arrested and is currently in jail, said her mother, Andrea Nelson.
DR. PHILLIPS
Goats, bunnies and other furry friends visited Lake Cypress Summer Camp last week. SEE PAGE 9.
SEE EMILY PAGE 4