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Galactic goo!

Lifebridge Church’s Vacation Bible School was out of this world. SEE PAGE 10.

Windermere Club home set ablaze The house went up in flames following a suspected lightning strike.

HANNAH SWAYZE NEWS EDITOR

A Windermere family’s home is a “total loss” after what fire officials suspected was lightning strike last week.

At around 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 18, Orange County Fire Rescue Department received reports of a possible lightning strike and fire in the Windermere Club neighborhood.

Fifteen units responded to the home at 12891 Butler Bay Court, where they reported seeing flames on the back side of the home and smoke coming from the attic. Neighbors gathSEE HOUSE PAGE 4

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Peter and Nina Khan, seated and right center, have embarked on a musical journey together through The Elite Show Band.

Have they got a show for you!

Windermere area residents Peter and Nina Khan lead The Elite Show Band, which performs across the globe.

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Renovations underway at Golden Bear Club The course, which is a Jack Nicklaus signature design, should see bunker improvements completed in 14 weeks.

HANNAH SWAYZE NEWS EDITOR

Changes are coming to the golf course at the Golden Bear Club in Keene’s Pointe.

Bunker renovations have been underway for two weeks now. The rest of the renovations will take about 14 weeks,depending on the

weather, according to the club’s head golf professional, Steve Dobson.

Mostly, the renovations revolve around the bunkers on the course, improving the drainage and making the course more “playable.”

“The course is 20 years old now and bunkers sit, and they have drains in them, but after SEE GOLF PAGE 2

Queen of the greens Windermere resident Morgan Baxendale is on course for success at Vanderbilt and beyond.

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EFFICIENT IRRIGATION WORKSHOP 6 p.m. Thursday, July 25, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Orange County Utilities will discuss irrigation system management, timer setting and different styles such as drip and micro-irrigation. Seating limited; registration required at (407) 835-7323.

SPACE CARNIVAL 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 25, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. Reach for the stars! Challenge your family to all types of games and see how you measure up.

Recommended for families.

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FRIDAY, JULY 26

IRONMEN OF GOD COFFEE 7 to 8 a.m. July 26, above Axum Coffee, 146 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Join with other Christians in this independent men’s ministry focused on serving the men in the community. The guest speaker is Pat Williams.

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3D PLANETS 11 a.m. Saturday, July 27, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Create your own unique planet out of paper and experience the wonders of the cosmos in your own bedroom.

(407) 835-7323.

ALINA CELESTE SING-ALONG 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 27, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. Internationally touring family musician and teaching artist Alina Celeste combines classic folk

songs with simple and melodic original tunes. Recommended for preschool and elementary age. (407) 835-7323.

TUESDAY, JULY 30

CINÉPOLIS SUMMER KIDS SERIES 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 30, and Thursday, Aug. 1, at Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas, 14111 Shoreside Way, Winter Garden. Enjoy a special screening of “Dr. Seuss’ the Grinch.” Tickets are $6 and include a snack pack with popcorn, fruit gummies and a small drink. (321) 250-3580.

DATE NIGHT NOSTALGIA 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, at Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas – Hamlin, 14111 Shoreside Way, Winter Garden. See “The Godfather” in this Cinépolis Handpicked series of cult classics and nostalgic oldies.

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LIGHT YOUR UNIVERSE: CONSTELLATION CANDLE JARS 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Explore the night sky and all the constellations it has to offer. Call (407) 835-7323.

MILK MONEY MOVIES: “TANGLED” 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 30, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Sponsored by the city of Winter Garden, this summer series of family-friendly flicks costs $3 admission and includes a child-size popcorn and fruit juice combo. For tickets, visit gardentheatre.secure.force. com/ticket.

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20 years — like anything — like the shower drain you have in your house, eventually it will become clogged (and) it’s going to need to be re-plumbed,” Dobson said. “It’s going to need to be replaced.”

The bunkers on the course are in various stages of renovation. Some are ready for concrete and some are just having the drains removed for the bunkers to be reshaped to prepare them for a new layer of concrete.

“They’re using a new process with these bunkers that they didn’t have available to them 20 years ago,” Dobson said.

“Its called capillary concrete, which is hydrophobic concrete.

Basically, what happens is it’s a really airy concrete that if you spray water in it, it goes right through it. And what that does is it keeps bunkers from holding water.”

Dobson said that going back in and using traditional techniques would have been an improvement as well, but the club decided to go with the new concrete base.

“In Florida it’s important, obviously, because we get really heavy rain, especially in the summer time,” Dobson said.

“And the quicker your bunkers dry, the better condition they’ll stay in.”

Golf-course renovations at the Golden Bear Club are more involved than simply sending out a crew to clean up the edges and remove pipes. The course is a signature Jack Nicklaus design, created by the golfer himself. So, any and all changes to the course has to be approved

by Nicklaus Design.

According to the Nicklaus Design firm’s website, Nicklaus has designed 300 courses around the world. There are only two others in the Orlando area.

Some of the bunkers will be renovated and reshaped, while other will be eliminated completely and turned into grassy knolls.

In addition to the capillary concrete bunkers, Dobson said the club will be constructing about 15 Durabunkers, which are made of stacked, synthetic sod shipped from Europe — a whole different process to create cleaner, sturdier edges.

“They stack it up and then they cut it and … it creates a more European look to the bunker,” Dobson said. “Its got more playability and it’s designed to

last, basically, forever.”

By the end of renovations, the course will essentially be a different course and will likely have to be re-rated, Dobson said.

“The whole reason for redoing bunkers is to make (the course) more playable if you tend to get to get a lot of rain … sand in the bunkers will become hard, become compressed and inconsistent,” Dobson said. “So the biggest thing with bunkers is consistency. You want every bunker you go into have the same sand, the same playability.”

For members of the club, Dobson said the course is still completely playable and none of the course is closed. The course is merely considered “under repair.”

“We put in a local rule where if you go in, you get a free drop outside of the bunker,” Dobson said.

The Golden Bear Club is a private club, but is accepting new members. It is located at 6300 Jack Nicklaus Parkway in Windermere.

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First responders tended to “wounded” teachers and students.

First responders escorted survivors to safety during the active-assailant scenario drill.

An OCPS District Police officer assumed the role as the shooter in the active-assailant scenario.

WHO WAS THERE: Participants in the two-day exercise included: n Central Florida Disaster Medical Coalition n Central Florida Intelligence Exchange (CFIX) n City of Ocoee Fire Department n City of Ocoee Police Department n City of Orlando Fire Department n City of Orlando Office of Emergency Management n City of Orlando Police Department n City of Winter Garden Fire Rescue Department n City of Winter Garden Police Department n East Central Florida Regional Planning Council n Emergency Response Educators and Consultants Inc. n Florida Department of Education n Florida Department of Health in Orange County n Florida Division of Emergency Management n Florida Highway Patrol n Medical Examiner’s Office n Orange County Emergency Management n Orange County Fire Rescue n Orange County Medical Director’s Office n Orange County Public Schools n Orange County Public Schools District Police n Orange County Sheriff’s Office n Orange Technical College n Town of Windermere Police Department n U.S. Attorney’s Office n Middle District Florida

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‘Ready for the unthinkable’

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range County Public Schools is preparing for a day it hopes will never come.

First responders from Orange County, Ocoee, Orlando, Winter Garden and Windermere took part in a two-day emergency training exercise hosted by Orange County Public Schools — an effort to help better prepare police, fire rescue and schools for school shootings and other emergencies.

It all began with a public safety drill Wednesday, July 17, at Windermere High School, where first responders reacted to an active assailant scenario. Actors, school administrators and principals played the roles of teachers and students in class, while an OCPS District Police officer acted as an assailant armed with an automatic firearm that shot blanks.

The scenario involved the assailant wounding a student resource officer in the school’s courtyard before making his way through several floors of a classroom building.

Within 10 minutes, first responders entered the building, rescued and treated wounded students and teachers, and neutralized the assailant.

“This is the first time we’ve done a full-on, full-scale activeassailant drill,” OCPS Chief Communications Officer Scott Howat said. “The goal today was really preparedness, to test our capabilities, to see where our strengths and weaknesses are and where we need to improve. …

Orange County Public Schools hosted a two-day emergency training exercise with local first responders at Windermere and Ocoee high schools.

This is all about testing capabilities and making sure we are ready for the unthinkable.”

Just a 10-mile drive away from Windermere High, Dr. Phillips High School is sifting through what it learned as a result of the drill.

Principal Suzanne Knight said it was eye-opening to act as a student during the active-assailant scenario — and that the exercise gave her and her administrative team plenty to think about moving forward with their approach to lockdowns.

“We talk about what we would do and ‘here’s the plan,’ but as the presenters shared — which came to be true — you really don’t know what you’re going to do until it actually happens,” Knight said.

“It was really weird and intense when we heard the shots. We didn’t react how we had planned to. … It gave me a different perspective than being the principal, like what do my teachers (and students) go through when we had to go into a lockdown?”

A student-reunification training exercise took place the following day on Thursday, July 18, at Ocoee High School, where actors and administrators posed as students arriving at a designated reunification point following an evacuation.

At the beginning of the school year, students fill out blue information cards that include details like the student’s name, the student’s grade, the parent or guardian’s name and emergency contacts.

When parents arrive at a reunification site to pick up their students after an emergency, they’re required to fill out a similar white card, which is then cross-referenced for safety and security purposes.

Actors and administrators also took on the role as parents picking up their students during the July 18 drill, giving OCPS a chance to test their reunification process in a realistic scenario.

West Orange High School Principal Bill Floyd recalls just a few years ago in 2013 when a student was shot at his school at the bus loop during dismissal. There wasn’t any kind of OCPS reunification plan in place then, he said.

Seeing a new plan at the OCPS level being developed brings Floyd a sense of confidence and comfort, he said.

“In 2013, we were essentially left to our own to figure out how to handle a situation of that nature as a receiving center,” Floyd said. “We had minimal help but absolutely nothing like what I’m seeing today (at the reunifi-

cation exercise).

“We’re a thousand times better equipped now. … God forbid it ever happened, we would be prepared,” he said.

Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs remembers the 2013 incident as well, having served as the Orange County mayor at the time.

“Until very recently, we never dreamed in this country we would have to practice for these things, but we do,” she said. “It’s getting it right at this part of the process that matters. … Never be blindsided — I think the district is leading the way when it comes to this and I think that parents and citizens across the county should be very, very proud.”

“God forbid it ever happened, we would be prepared.”

— Bill Floyd, West Orange High School principal

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Khan family connects through music

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Peter and Nina Khan and their two sons, Romeo and James, have started a new chapter for their family in the Windermere area.

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“We feel that music is the common thread in our lives that has given us our life, has given us the opportunity not just to meet each other, but to be with each other, to make our own schedule and to travel the world.”

— Peter Khan

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Music might be a hobby for some. For others it might even be a career. But for the Khan family, music means so much more — it’s what first brought them together.

Windermere-area residents Peter and Nina Khan together lead The Elite Show Band — a musical outfit of up to 14-plus members that performs everything from rock and pop to jazz and Big Band music.

With Nina singing and Peter on guitar and vocals, the band has traveled the world, with gigs across North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

They’ve also appeared on television on the Travel Channel and BBC. While Peter and Nina have seen the world together, the couple chose the Windermere area as home — moving there in April to raise their two boys, James and

Romeo.

“I don’t know if it’s the sunshine or the vitamin D or whatever, but people are very friendly here — we love the diversity (too), that’s a huge deal for us,” Nina said.

DESTINY ON A DISNEY CRUISE

Peter and Nina might never have met if it wasn’t for their musical abilities and performance backgrounds. The two first met on a cruise ship when they were hired separately to perform by Disney Cruise Lines in 2004 — Nina had a background in musical theater and Peter was playing in a band.

“I wasn’t really crazy about working on a cruise ship, honestly,” Peter said. “It’s not something that I had planned, but I guess timing was everything.”

“It wasn’t in my plan either to ever be on a cruise ship — I never thought that was something I’d ever do,” Nina said.

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After going their separate ways, two years went by before Peter and Nina met once again while performing on another Disney cruise.

The two connected and fell in love. Nina decided to make a career change from being the MainStage dance captain to join Peter’s band. The couple formed their own company, got married and thus The Elite Show Band was born.

From 2007 to 2011, Peter, Nina and The Elite Show Band continued to perform and travel on cruise ships up until their son, James, was born.

At that point, the family chose to stay on dry land, slowing down a bit and transitioning to performing at weddings and corporate events.

“We said ‘OK, we got to be like a normal person,” Nina said.

“We were playing six to seven nights a week — four to five hours of high-energy stuff,” Peter said.

THE POWER OF MUSIC

Peter and Nina still spend plenty of time on the stage performing for crowds of spectators, but music follows the couple back to their home with their two young boys. A love for music resonates through the Khan house. The children get ready in the morning listening to music from “The Lion King,” and James is already interested in drums.

Music has been an amazing blessing for the Khan family, Peter said.

“We feel that music is the common thread in our lives that has given us our life, has given us the opportunity not just to meet each other, but to be with each other, to make our own schedule and to travel the world,” Peter said. “We love music — we know it resonates and we know it changes people.”

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ered outside to watch the scene unfold.

Dave Skebba, a neighbor who lives six houses down the street, said he was on the phone when he heard a loud boom, which he assumed was a lightning strike.

“It sounded like a bomb,” Skebba said.

Carrie Proudfit, a public information officer for OCFRD, said the department does suspect a lightning strike was the cause of the fire in the home, because of multiple reports of lightning in the area at the time.

“The good news is that all of the homeowners are accounted for,” Proudfit said on the scene on Friday.

She said OCFRD has had several reports of lightning strikes leading to fires in the county.

“We always want to remind homeowners (not to) underestimate a lightning strike,” Proudfit said. “If you think your home was struck by lightning, get out, call 911, get to safety (and) let us get out here.”

The home was confirmed to be that of the Jordan family by a

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The home sat a day after the fire in between two more thunderstorms.

family friend, Dena O’Malley. She said the family of five had just left for vacation when they received the call about their home.

Before the fire was even out, the small community stepped up to support the family, half of whom had already left on vacation.

Before the day was over, community members started several projects to help support their neighbors, including a GoFundMe page, a lemonade stand and a pizza fundraiser to help prepare the family for the approaching school year.

The community raised more than $6,800, exceeding a goal of $4,000 in just three days.

While the home was destroyed, O’Malley said the family did recover a few sentimental items from the wreckage on Saturday, including a wedding video, a home video of the oldest son as a baby and other irreplaceable items like a vintage nativity scene.

Along with O’Malley, members of the community are planning an even in support of the Jordan family from 4:30 to 9 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 8, at BurgerFi in

The Grove, located on the corner or Apopka-Vineland and Conroy Windermere roads. A portion of the proceeds from that night will be donated to the family.

O’Malley said the Jordans plan on attending the event for part of the night, so neighbors will have the opportunity to offer encouragement and support.

“I think they need support in trying to figure out what’s next,” O’Malley said.

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Windermere thespian aces ACT Senior Blake Croft earned the highest possible composite score on the test.

ERIC GUTIERREZ STAFF WRITER

When Blake Croft took the ACT for the first time, he went in expecting to get a feel for the test so he would know what to expect for the next time he took it to get a higher score. But there won’t need to be a next time.

The Windermere High senior managed to earn the highest possible composite ACT score of 36 the first time he took the test. When Croft initially found out his score, he could hardly believe it at first and the reality of his accomplishment took a while to set in.

“I was asleep when my score came out, and my mom woke me up,” Croft said. “I was tired and a little upset at her because she woke me (up) on my sleeping-in day, but I got to the computer and kind of freaked out. (I was) kind of tired, so I wasn’t exactly sure how to react. I was just super excited.

My mom and I just shared this awesome moment … (because) we don’t have to stress as much about college and all that now.”

According to a national report on the ACT website, 1,914,817 students from the graduating class of 2018 took the ACT. Of those students, only 3,741 students achieved the highest possible ACT score of 36. In other words, of all the students from the class of 2018 who took the ACT, only about 0.1954% of those students earned the highest score.

It’s typical for most students who take the ACT to dedicate some time

“The biggest thing is pay attention in your core classes because that’s what helped me ...”

to prepare for it. There are numerous books, practice tests and other resources to help students prepare for the ACT. Although those resources were available to Croft, he didn’t do anything to prepare for the ACT itself.

Instead, he took measures to prepare himself for the SAT — which he took twice — and that preparation ended up helping him out with the ACT as well.

“I prepared for the SAT about six months before (I took it),” Croft said. “I read the ‘Black Book,’ (which is) like an SAT-prep book. I took that (test), and I got a 1550 on the SAT. And then I took it again and I got a 1540. … I thought I would take the ACT and just try it, and then maybe I would prep if I didn’t get the score I wanted. But the first time I took it, I got a perfect score.”

When Croft isn’t focusing on his studies, he can be found at Windermere High’s Performing Arts Center.

The performing-arts student also is the president of the school’s Thespian Troupe 8483. Although he’s passionate about theater, he understands the importance of academic achievement and offers a tip to any student hoping to score high on the ACT or SAT. “The biggest thing is pay attention in your core classes because that’s what helped me the most,” Croft said.

“In the math section, I knew everything from algebra 1, geometry, algebra 2 and pre-calculus and statistics.

From those five (core) classes, I knew everything I had to know for the ACT. So I would suggest pay attention in school.”

— Blake Croft

Blake Croft is the president of Windermere High’s Thespian Troupe 8483. He played the role of Vernon Hines in the WHS theater department’s fall 2018 production of “The Pajama Game.”

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Secondhand sports equipment goes mobile with app Windermere resident Mike Mason created the SecondPlay Sports app as a way for families to buy and sell used sports equipment.

DANIELLE HENDRIX ASSOCIATE EDITOR

For some families with children who play organized sports, gearing up their athletes is not cheap.

Sometimes, in fact, the cost is what prevents children from being able to play organized sports.

This realization is what spurred Windermere resident Mike Mason to use his experience with business, hospitality and technology to create the SecondPlay Sports app.

SecondPlay Sports is a mobile app that provides an easy and convenient way for families to buy and sell youth sports equipment. Users simply need to download the mobile app, snap a few photos of the equipment they want to sell, add some details and post.

Users also can buy equipment from local families.

Mason’s four daughters grew up playing sports, and he realized just how much gear they had stockpiled when he walked into his garage one day and saw shelves full of it.

The SecondPlay Sports marketplace within the app lists items for sale.

“I really struggled trying to figure out how to get the gear into the hands of kids who could use it,” he said. “There’s really nowhere online to get rid of it. I certainly could have donated it, but I really felt like the gear had a story and it’d be cool to have my youngest daughter’s glove — (which she) caught her first fly ball in — put into the hands of another girl who might do the same thing.”

SecondPlay is Mason’s second technology company. His first venture, Zentila, was an award-winning SaaS platform that opened in 2012.

When Zentila was recently sold, Mason began looking for another idea to work on.

As Mason researched more about organized sports and the challenges facing families regarding related expenses, he found that participation nationwide continues to be a challenge — and one of the reasons behind that is cost of equipment. That’s when he had the idea to create a marketplace for used sports equipment.

“The idea was I could potentially impact a family and be able to get their kid into sports,” he said. “You can come into this technology marketplace and possibly gear up your kid for $75. The more research I did, the more I learned of the issues facing school districts and funding and participation fees.

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With that finding, SecondPlay Sports morphed into a twofold venture. It’s a place for families to buy and sell used sports equipment, but Mason also designed it to be a place for sports teams and leagues to benefit through use of the app. Those selling their sports equipment can choose to donate a portion or all of their proceeds to a sports team or school system.

“You can go in, select a team to gift all or part of proceeds to, and that team would benefit through the sale in the app,” he said. “That helped to solidify the idea that if we could potentially affect the funding level for a team, maybe the participation fees could go down or be eliminated, if we can do this right.”

The app is free to download and use, and listing an item also is free. Revenue comes from participating organizations and sports teams. Schools, teams and leagues can sign up with SecondPlay and pay an annual license fee, which varies depending on the size of the team. Teams are then able to benefit from the sales in the app — a sort of fundraising option — and can encourage parents, teammates and community members to use the app.

SecondPlay Sports is available on both the App and Google Play stores.

Search filters in the app help users find the exact equipment for an athlete based on sport,

SECONDPLAY SPORTS

The app, available on both the App and Google Play stores, is free to download and use. Teams and leagues normally would purchase an annual license to be able to benefit from the app’s fundraising aspect, but Mason is offering the signup and feature free through the end of the year.

For more information, visit secondplaysports.com.

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Right now, Mason said, he is focusing on spreading word of the app and garnering inventory for users who are interested in buying equipment now. As a special launch offer, interested teams and leagues can sign up to use the app’s fundraising benefit for free through the end of the year.

“For me (the short-term goal is) building up Central Florida and getting to a place where we’re seeing the activity and impact of how SecondPlay is helping families to put their kids in sports,” Mason said. “I believe most families with kids in sports have garages filled with gear. Our hope is we can begin to put more kids into sports, get them off the couch and into sports. That’s really, for me, the overarching goal of SecondPlay Sports.”

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HANNAH SWAYZE NEWS EDITOR

Orange County commissioners approved a preliminary subdivision plan for phase three of Storey Grove — a section of the Springhill Planned Development in Horizon West — at their meeting on Tuesday, July 16.

The subdivision, located in Village H, will span 34.86 acres and include 65 single-family residences south of Water Spring Boulevard and west of Avalon Road. This is in addition to the recent phase of Storey Grove that also was created for 65 separate units.

District 1 Commissioner Betsy VanderLey said this is a very early

step in the overall process.

“A PSP basically says, ‘This is where the roads are going to be, this is how we’re going to connect with the surrounding infrastructure, the lots are going to lay out like this,’” VanderLey said.

Next, the applicant, Waldrop Engineering, will have to return for building permits and more before the project is completely finished.

“These are pretty straightforward,” VanderLey said. “Because of the growth in Horizon West, this is really similar to … a number of other projects that have come through in Horizon West over the last year so it’s not an unusual ask.

There was nothing particularly

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controversial about it or anything.

It’s pretty straightforward. … Just shy of 50% of all residential building permits in unincorporated Orange County were pulled in this area so, clearly, if you’re a builder this is a really great area to be in.”

This expansion to the subdivision is just one of many projects popping up in the fast-growing Horizon West area.

The area also is scheduled to be the location for 14 new schools — 10 elementary schools, two middle schools and two high schools — in the next five years.

Opening this fall — merely streets away from the subdivision — is Water Spring Elementary School with a student capacity of

837 students. It’s one of the three Orange County public schools opening for the 2019-20 school year in Horizon West.

With the significant growth comes the area’s fair share of growing pains.

VanderLey said Orange County uses a few strategies in the area to provide sufficient infrastructure to the previously undeveloped area.

In Horizon West, the county utilizes tools not available in other parts of the county, including the ability to require developers to contribute to adequate public facilities. They can require developers to improve roads or set aside land for parks and schools.

“With those tools, it gives us a lot of leverage to tell the developer, ‘OK, if you want to develop, then you have to contribute your proportionate share of the cost it would be to set aside that land or improve that road,’” VanderLey said. “We do that routinely in Horizon West, and very often we actually turn back to the developer who tends to already have equipment and people on the ground and ask them to improve the roads for impact-fee credits.”

This particular phase of the subdivision will receive impactfee credits for road construction.

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Flagging down community support The Windermere Wolverines color guard needs help with sewing flags and raising funds to compete at Bands of America Grand Nationals in November.

DANIELLE HENDRIX ASSOCIATE EDITOR

When many people think of a high-school color guard, they think of the members spinning flags on the field with the band at halftime.

What they don’t often see, however, is the blood, sweat, tears and finances that go into the making of a successful color guard. They don’t see the countless hours spent practicing — both in the gymnasium and outside in the heat during band camp — or the celebration amongst teammates when someone achieves a new rifle toss.

Just take it from rising sophomore Emily Sadlier, who is heading into her second year as a color guard member.

“One thing my coach always says is it’s more than just spinning flags on a field,” Emily said. “You learn so many life lessons on how to manage time and responsibility and what it’s like to be a leader and part of a team.”

And, especially in the case of Windermere High’s color guard, most people haven’t seen the guard more than triple its size in just the two years it has existed.

As with Windermere High — and the rest of Horizon West, in general — growing pains have been

front and center in many topics of conversation.

“The biggest thing we struggle with is having equipment for the kids,” said James Couick, the color guard instructor at Windermere High. “Last year we grew so much (and) we got a lot of equipment donated to the program, but we’ve had to borrow from other organizations and we’ve had to be creative with how we do practice flags. We have show silks and practice flags, and you have to have both so the kids don't damage the silks. We’ve had to use show silks for practice sometimes and have had to sacrifice things.”

The guard has done the best it can with the equipment and resources it has, but the fact that the guard has grown from six members in the inaugural 2017 season to 31 members this fall brings its challenges.

“We’ve had a lot of growth in the performers — they worked hard, and we’ve had a supportive community and parents,” Couick said. “It grew tremendously, not only in size but in ability and commitment. A lot of kids grew to love the activity. We’ve done our best.

It’s a lot about the equipment and the extra things that we constantly have to purchase. Last year we had enough for 15 to 20 kids, and we've

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Windermere High’s color guard has doubled from 15 members last fall to 31 members for the upcoming season.

had to double that. We have a lot of supportive parents and people in the community who help us, but it’s still hard to put that on them over and over again.”

In addition to color guard — which takes place during the band and football season — there is winter guard, the competitive season that ramps up after color guard is over for the year. This year, Windermere’s marching band and color guard will be competing in the Bands of America Orlando Regional Championship in October in order to compete at the BOA Grand Nationals in Indianapolis in November.

“We’re going ... there to put our name out there for Windermere High School and establish who we are and the growth we’ve made over the last two years now,” Couick said. “It's with a lot of wonderful, amazing and talented bands across the country, and we

get to compete with some of the top bands in the country. It’s a great honor and experience for the kids to be able to go on that trip.”

Between participation fees, the need for more equipment and the travel costs associated with going to compete in Indianapolis, the color guard and the band need the community’s help.

It takes a village, but the Wolverines are banding together and hope the community will join them in their efforts to sew flags and get the necessary funds raised.

Any support means the world to a program that, for many of the members, feels like family.

“My teammates are my best friends, basically,” Emily said.

“They're more than just my teammates, they're my family. When we come to guard, we have that family aspect. I wouldn't trade it for the world.”

SUPPORT THE WOLVERINES With the color guard having doubled in size this year from last fall, it is in need of more equipment — including help sewing their own flags — and will be raising funds to cover travel costs to Indianapolis in November, when it competes at the Bands of America Grand Nationals.

To learn more about upcoming fundraisers or to donate to the color guard or band, visit windermerewolverineband. com/fundraising. For questions or to express interest in helping with sewing flags, fill out the Contact the Director form on windermerewolverineband.com.

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After starting in 19th place at the Iowa 300 on Sunday, July 21, Windermere Prep alum Spencer Pigot raced up the board and finished at No. 5 when the checkered flag dropped. The top-five finish was Pigot’s second of the racing season, and the third time he has finished in the top 10 in 12 starts. Up next for Pigot is the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on Sunday, July 28.

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The first Academy alum and Wofford basketball legend Fletcher Magee recently signed with Spanish pro basketball team Monbus Obradoiro. Magee, an Orlando native, became the all-time leader in three pointers made (509) during his four-year stint at Wofford College.

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Windermere Prep basketball’s Zavien Williams has been tearing it up with his 1 Family travel-ball team.

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Philadelphia Phillies outfielder and TFA alum Adam Haseley knocked in the first MLB homer of his career in a 7-6 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, July 18. In the bottom of the second inning and with his Phillies down 2-1, Haseley made hard contact with a fastball that stayed high in the strike zone — knotting the game up at 2-2 before the Phillies went on to get the win. The following night in a 6-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, Haseley hit his second home run in two games and a RBI double.

The Windermere Little League 9-10-11 All-Star team won the Southeast Region Tournament of State Champions.

TROY HERRING SPORTS EDITOR

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ut on Field 4 at RichEllen Park in Clarksville, Tennessee, something big was unfolding for Windermere Little League’s 9-10-11 All-Star team.

With two outs in the top of the sixth, all WLL needed was one out to take home the Southeast Region Tournament of State Champions title — the endgame of the Minors division.

WLL didn’t have long to wait on that last out, as a called strike three flew by catcher Nyree James, giv-

ing the batter a chance to advance to first. In the blink of an eye, James jumped on the ball — tossing it into the glove of Riley Winters at first.

It was all over — they had come out on top 12-3 to lay claim to the title.

Gloves flew into the air as players left the dugout and mobbed one another at first base, while hollering and cheers broke out from the stands filled with parents and family.

“It was very exciting and I was full of adrenaline,” said Julissa Frias, the team’s power-hitting shortstop. “At first I thought these must be good teams, so we are

going to have real competition. I wasn’t really expecting a lot, but also expecting a lot at the same time.”

As Head Coach Jared Czachorowski walked onto the field, he took in the moment that his team had spent the last month or so working toward.

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“We made a lot of right moves with pinch hitting — usually whoever came in to pinch hit got a nice SEE WINDERMERE PAGE 12

Drive to win

Vanderbilt golfer and Windermere resident Morgan Baxendale recently qualified to take part in the 119th U.S. Women’s Amateur in West Point, Mississippi.

TROY HERRING SPORTS EDITOR

If you stop and ask Morgan Baxendale what’s on her mind, there’s a good chance you’ll get a simple answer: golf.

It’s the sport she’s dedicated most of her life to, and it’s the sport that has taken her to heights she dreamed of when she was just a kid.

But there’s one specific thing that’s occupying her mind, and that’s the upcoming 119th U.S. Women’s Amateur at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi.

In less than two weeks, Baxendale will find herself in the Magnolia State, sharing the course with some of the best amateurs in the world as they take in the almostweeklong tournament that was one of the United States Golf Association’s first three championships.

“I’m feeling, actually, really excited about it,” said Baxendale, a Windermere resident and junior at Vanderbilt University.

“It’s something I haven’t qualified for since I started qualifying for USGA events, and that was probably when I was 12 or 13, and I’m SEE BAXENDALE PAGE 12

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What’s been the biggest difference between baseball here in the states and back in Venezuela?

It’s the level (of play). In Venezuela the level is really high, and it’s really hard. In Venezuela you need to work hard.

Venezuelan and he hits a lot.

Is baseball something you’d like to do going forward?

I want to go professional.

(I’ll play for) whatever team comes and picks me.

What’s been your favorite part about playing baseball?

Hitting — I’m good. And I like when somebody hits it really far and I’m like, “Oh my god.”

If you could get words of advice from a MLB player, who would you choose?

Miguel Cabrera or Albert Pujols, or Mike Trout.

What’s the hardest part about playing this game?

Throwing to second — you have to be really quick. And you have to block the ball, and that really hurts.

If you could play and excel in any other position, where would you want to play?

I think, maybe, infield — like second base. Though I’m really good in the outfield.

Going into the All-Star season, was there anything you were looking to work on?

Throwing to second, because it’s just hard.

How do you prepare for a game?

Warm up and be confident in myself. We need to be confident in ourselves (as baseball players).

What’s your favorite thing about playing in DPLL? (My teammates) are really good friends.

When you’re not playing baseball, what do you like doing in your spare time?

I like seeing movies — I like Marvel’s Infinity War — and hanging out with my friends, and sometimes going to the gym and (doing) workouts.

Do you have a favorite player?

Miguel Cabrera (first baseman for the Detroit Tigers) — he’s good, he’s

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?

To my country (Venezuela), because my mom is there and I love my country.

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20 now … it’s a really big confidence boost going forward.”

The golden ticket for Baxendale to get into the tournament was to finish top-six at the qualifier held at Oceanside Country Club (Ormond Beach) back on Tuesday, July 9. Needless to say, she did more than simply qualify.

Thanks in part to seven birdies, and being bogey free until her very last hole, Baxendale finished at 66 (6-under par) to medal — claiming not just first place, but also a spot in the Women’s Amateur.

“Everything seemed to be going in that day, and it might sound weird, but it didn’t come as a shock — I put in a lot of work the last month to month-anda-half since I’ve been home,” Baxendale said. “It was just really steady, and I tried to make sure my mental game was prepared for that more than anything, because that was my No. 1 goal for the summer — to qualify for the AM.” WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE A GOLFER

Growing up in Pennsylvania, Baxendale always knew that she wanted to be a golfer.

By the time she was 4, she would take to the links with her dad at Northampton Country Club just between Bethlehem and Easton.

“I was very athletic growing up — I’ve always enjoyed sports and I was never about dancing or anything else,” Baxendale said. “ Ever since I picked up a golf club, I couldn’t put it down.

I did all these other sports — softball and basketball — and I always went back to golf.”

Her parents took notice and decided that if she was serious,

then they’d move to Florida so Baxendale could play yearround. So at the age of 8, she and her family packed up their bags and headed south.

The move would pay off for Baxendale, who battled it out on the greens in tournaments before making her way over to The First Academy — where she played golf all four years for a powerhouse Royals team.

Her success on the team — which included helping the Royals to a state runner-up finish — didn’t go unnoticed from the collegiate ranks.

While many of her fellow teammates decided to stay local and in-state, an offer from Vanderbilt University was too much for Baxendale to pass on.

“It’s a very hard school and I wanted to go somewhere that had it both — I wanted a strong academic school with athletics,” Baxendale said. “It just had the entire package, and I didn’t realize how tough it would be with academics.”

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A lot has changed since she first stepped foot on Vanderbilt’s campus as a freshman back in 2017.

Like all collegiate studentathletes, there’s a lot to juggle and it’s a lot different than high school. For the first couple of months in Nashville, Baxendale had to adjust to a schedule that was packed with early-morning workouts at 6:15 a.m., classes and then practice in the afternoons.

Luckily for her, the schedule has grown on her and it’s no longer the nightmare she used to see it as.

“As a freshman I think it was little tiring, because I was doing the same thing everyday, but now it’s enjoyable,” Baxendale

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hit — and putting certain fielding substitutions at the right time,” he said. “Everything just all worked out.”

Though the score may seem lopsided, early on it was a bit of a challenge for WLL, which found itself tied up at 2-2. But then, everything seemed to just go right for WLL. After going up 3-2 in the third, WLL blew up the scoreboard the following inning with a sevenrun fourth to take a dominating 10-2 lead. From there, WLL wouldn’t look back.

And if you look at the league’s run through the regional, there wasn’t really much competition

— sans the first game that saw WLL get a hard-fought 7-3 win over Virginia.

“That was the toughest team we played in our whole run from sections to states, and up here in the region,” Czachorowski said.

Just as before — in sectionals and states — it was a combination of solid pitching and general execution across the board that helped WLL battle through that tough start, Czachorowski said.

“The girls had great resolve and we had a phenomenal pitching performance by Riley Winters — she came in in the second inning and basically didn’t give up any runs,” Czachorowski said.

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While Baxendale still has two years left at Vanderbilt, that’s not stopping her from looking at the big picture.

The ultimate goal is to eventually make it to the LPGA, but in the meantime she knows she needs to take her own words of advice — which can be difficult sometimes.

As a talented golfer, Baxendale wants to get there now, but she knows that everything happens one step at a time and all she can do is remain calm and focused.

“I’ve rushed things in the past and I try to rush the results, but I’m a true believer in hard work pays off,” Baxendale said. “I see some other girls who I know don’t work as hard and then get the results, and then wonder, ‘Why isn’t that happening to me?’ I’ve learned to just stay patient and trust what I’m doing, and know that there is a reason for what is happening, and that God has a plan for me.”

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And the work done in those workouts and practices paid off on the greens.

As a freshman, Baxendale was named SEC All-Freshman, and All-SEC Second Team following a season that saw her pick up her first college tournament win when she shot -3 at the Brickyard Collegiate. A year later and Baxendale would hit her best finish in the postseason when she finished third in the NCAA Auburn Regionals.

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The satisfaction of being able to do something many young softball players dream about was just as sweet as Frias thought it would be — though it wouldn’t happen without coming together as a team, she said.

“It’s mostly teamwork, picking each other up and just working really hard with each other,” Frias said. “There were a lot of favorite things (for me), but playing with the team and winning felt amazing.”

Winning is one thing that the girls can take away from their time in Clarksville, but it’s the chance to bond that really makes it worthwhile, Czachorowski said.

Most of the team rode from Windermere to Tennessee on a van, and watching the girls enjoy each other’s company and sing — or scream — their game chants is something that Czachorowski hopes they take away from their time with the team.

“They’re going to remember having fun playing softball and being a part of a team, and building their relationships with other people and working together,” Czachorowski said.

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FROM THE WINTER GARDEN HERITAGE FOUNDATION

JULY 20, 1978 There were few dining choices in Winter Garden and West Orange County in 1978, but Golden Corral was a popular choice. It was located on Highway 50, at the intersection of Ninth Street, and many local families headed to Golden Corral on Sundays after church.

The restaurant was known for its large salad bar, rolls and inexpensive meals. An advertisement in The Winter Garden Times announced 14 different dinner choices ranging from 89 cents to $5.59.

Pvt. Albert C. Valdes left to return to Camp Crowder, Missouri, following a visit in Tampa and Winter Garden.

65 years ago

Dr. and Mrs. A.H. Gleason and children left for South Carolina for a month. Dr. Gleason also traveled to New York for advanced study.

40 years ago

Area resident Kathy Petri is in the chorus of the Encore Opera production of “The Merry Widow.” Other locals appearing through the camerata chorus

FROM THE ARCHIVES The Britt Fruit Company packinghouse once stood on the northwest corner of Hennis Road and East Plant Street alongside the Atlantic Coast Line railroad track. In the photograph, Britt employees enjoy a company barbecue held on Lake Minneola in Lake County: Bill McRee, left, Jimmy McKey, Leo Faurot, Steve Holland, Benny Adams, Mark Britt, Joe Kennedy, Jack Ingram, J.B. Lyles, Edna Williams, Smitty Clark, Bill Peoples, Betty Fox, Jackie Bourbonnais and Emery Bourbonnais.

The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation preserves an extensive collection of photographs and artifacts of West Orange County’s citrus legacy. Call (407) 656-3244 to make a research appointment.

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. are Carol Knighton, of Ocoee; Sam and Marian Wagster, of Winter Garden; and Jim McGinley, of Clermont.

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At the Pounds camp, under the chaperonage of Audry Davis, are Harriet Pounds, Dottie Lu Hall, Lela Anderson, Clare Burch, Grace Brown and Ludia Tilden, who are situated for a two-week stay. Next week, at the Tilden camp, a group of college girls will begin a week of eating, sleeping and swimming: Evelyn Bray, Carolyn Peters, Bobbie Jo Henderson, Jane Ruth Fairchild, Gertrude Martin and Wilma Tilden.

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He married his high-school sweetheart, Shirley Mae Sumpter, on Dec 20, 1953, and very soon after joined the Army. Donald was retired from a full career at BFGoodrich in Akron, Ohio. He was a longstanding member of the church and dedicated much of his life to the service of others.

He loved golf, the West Virginia Mountaineers, the Florida Gators and a good bowl of ice cream.

He is survived by brother, Jackie Lindsay; daughters, Debra Williams and Nancy Myers; along with granddaughters, Stephanie Baysinger and Emily Williams; and two great-granddaughters.

We celebrate his reunion in Heaven with his beloved wife, Shirley, and though he will be missed by so many here on Earth, we rest in the knowledge that he is rejoicing. Funeral services were held Monday, July 22, 2019 — 10 a.m. visitation hour and 11 a.m. service at Collison Carey Hand Funeral Home in Winter Garden, Florida. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you consider a financial donation to the Alzheimer’s Association at alz. org.

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