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THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2017
YOUR TOWN STUDENTS ACE BOOK CAMP Twenty-five Bridgewater Middle students completed a two-week summer book camp with The Crazy Book Ladies, teachers Monique Foister and Melanie Williamson. The Media Center was transformed into a swamp to mimic the setting of the selected novel, “Terror at Bottle Creek,” by Watt Key, a survival story set on the Gulf Coast of Alabama. The finale was a Skype visit with the author. Students enjoyed a swamp fest featuring gator bites, cattails (aka corn dogs), frog (chicken) legs and wish hog mash (mac and cheese).
Windermere to build veterans monument
GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR
The new monument will feature columns that represent each branch of the U.S. military.
HORIZON WEST Both residents and homeowners associations located in the more affluent areas of Orange County Sheriff’s Office’s Sector 3 have been purchasing home-surveillance systems and saving money to hire extra OCSO patrols. But it’s not a sudden increase in crime that has residents handing over their hardearned cash, but rather, it’s the
GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR
It’s been in plans for three years, but the veterans monument to be located in front of the Windermere Town Hall has been given full approval. All that stands in the way now is a difference in opinion about its location, as tense discus-
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Anthony Lightman, left, and Matt Durfee reached the Uhuru Peak after five days of hiking.
Windermere’s Joe Foglia records impressive career.
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Bay Hill resident Matt Durfee and Isleworth resident Anthony Lightman spent a week climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in April.
SEE STORY PAGE 4 The weeklong climb took Matt Durfee, left and Anthony Lightman through a tropical forest, a desert and moorland.
The three-person architect, design and construction team headed by Bill Cresswell, Stephen Withers and Steve Fasen presented a mock-up design of the monument in July’s Town Council meeting.