WINDERMERE
Observer Serving Southwest Orange County
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 1, NO. 42
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THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2016
Gotta catch ’em all!
As luck would have it, West Orange is a perfect place for Pokémon Go players to play. PAGE 4
YOUR TOWN
COOLING OFF
STUDENT EMBARKS ON NEW ADVENTURE Hannah O’Malley, of Orlando, a master’s degree student in the Global Field Program from Miami University’s Project Dragonfly, is traveling to Thailand this month. She will study emerging models in conservation and education, as well as spiritual connections to nature. She is an education coordinator at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
Local family salvages luggage from plane crash Courtesy of Warren Kenner
In this heat, even the local wildlife needs a lazy afternoon at the pool. Keene’s Pointe resident Warren Kenner recently caught this curious armadillo taking a dip in his swimming pool. “You know it’s hot outside when you come home from church and find this in your pool cooling off,” Kenner said.
ARTS & CULTURE
THRICE AS NICE
Courtesy of Kristin O’Brien
Emily O’Brien, 9, is the daughter of Windermere Councilman Jim O’Brien.
Nine-year-old Emily O’Brien urged her family to retrieve and return the luggage from a plane crash at Lake Down to its owners. BY GABBY BAQUERO
Brazilian native pours faith, soul into new coffee house.
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Three teams from Windermere Little League will continue on to the Section 5 Tournamants this weekend at Lake Mary Little League. See page 17
The daughter of Windermere Councilman Jim O’Brien, 9-year-old Emily O’Brien, reacted to the plane crash in Lake Down that occurred July 8, by collecting and returning luggage found at the crash site. Although the plane was pulled out of Lake Down on Monday SEE COUNCIL PAGE 4