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Oakland sees increase in home burglaries Brittany Gaines

Emilia Langdon, 5, carefully placed a layer of paint on her Harry Potter wand during Creative U’s summer camp. For more photos, see page 14.

Community, family remember Hudson Lowe

One resident, whose home has been burglarized seven times in the past 18 years, said he has had enough.

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FLOATING FANTASY

The Lowe family is devoted to carrying out their son and brother’s mission of #FallForward.

AMY QUESINBERRY COMMUNITY EDITOR

Hudson Lowe

When the high school marching band performs at a funeral, you know the person has made quite an impact on the community.

Likewise, when 700 people pack the church sanctuary during a torrential downpour, you know this is someone special.

Family and friends gathered Thursday, Aug. 3, at First Baptist Church Windermere to say goodbye to Hudson Lowe, a

20-year-old musician, water sports enthusiast and Rubik’s Cube master from Ocoee who had just finished his sophomore year at Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton.

Hudson was the kind of person with whom everyone wanted to be friends. He was handsome and friendly, charming and funny, innovative and talented. He had a way of making his friends and family feel important and loved.

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Winter Garden photographer earns national attention with her underwater maternity photos. SEE PAGE 9.

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AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER SUPPORT GROUP 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, in Building C, Room 201, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 4851 S. Apopka-Vineland Road. This helpful support group is designed for parents of children and teens on the Autism Spectrum Disorder. Share challenges, ideas, concerns, success stories and fellowship.

A trained facilitator offers a brief topical lesson each month.

Email care@st.lukes.org or call (407) 876-4991, Ext. 262, to register to attend.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP MEETING 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, in Building C, Room 204, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 4851 S. ApopkaVineland Road. This support group is for cancer fighters, survivors, caregivers and spouses and partners. All faiths welcome. Meetings include a time of sharing, spiritual and

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emotional support, as well as a different topic each month related to the key challenges associated with cancer. Email care@st.lukes.org or call (407) 876-4991, Ext. 262, to register to attend.

Ocoee. Presented by Kona Ice and 365 Jeep Life, the event includes food trucks and vendors. Attendees who take school items for children in need will be entered in the Jeep contest. (407) 620-9721.

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MONDAY, AUG. 14

CASTING WITH A COP 8 to 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at Starke Lake, 150 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee. Join the Ocoee Police Department for fishing lessons in a family environment. Held in partnership with Get Hooked Bait and Tackle and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. Equipment will be provided. Closed-toe shoes are required. Free event for children ages 5 to 12. Register in advance at ocoee.org/367/Forms or the day of the event.

SATURDAY, AUG. 12

BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOW AND SHINE JEEP SHOW Noon Saturday, Aug. 12, at Kona Ice, 129 W. McKey St.,

CENTRAL FLORIDA RAILWAY MEETING 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14, at the Central Florida Railroad Museum, 101 S. Boyd St., Winter Garden. The historical society will hear Warren Jennison speak on “Logging Railroads.”

Free. (407) 656-0559.

THURSDAY, AUG. 17

WINTER GARDEN BOOK CLUB 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Take part in a lively discussion about “The People of the Book” by Geraldine Brooks. Ages 18 and up.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 19

BBQ 4 THE BLUE 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at Bill Breeze Park, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee. Country radio station 103.1 The Wolf is hosting this free family-style picnic for Central Florida lawenforcement officers and first responders and their

families. This non-profit event features food from local restaurants, music and fun. To donate or volunteer, visit 1031TheWolfOrlando.com.

ICE CREAM AND MIRACLES 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at Allen’s Creamery and CoffeeHouse, 523 Main St., Windermere. This fundraiser will benefit the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies.

It will feature a silent auction, hot dogs and ice cream, and guests will be able to meet Winnie Palmer staff members and tour the hospital’s mobile NICU transport. For more, call (321) 228-5555 or email matta@ riflorida.com.

JCCF FAMILY FUN BOWL 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at Brunswick Wekiva Lanes, 2160 E. Semoran Blvd., Apopka.

Teams are invited to participate and raise funds for the Jimmy Crabtree Cancer Fund, which helps families in need. Register at JCCancerFund.org.

MID-FLORIDA MILERS WALKING CLUB 9 to 9:30 a.m. registration at Urbain 40 Restaurant, Dellagio Plaza, 8000 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando. The guided walks start at 9:30 for the 10K and 10 a.m. for the 6K and go through the shady residential areas of Bay

Hill. The club promotes recreational walking, and events are open to the public. Non-credit walkers can participate for free.

A 27th-anniversary luncheon and club meeting will follow.

For more about the lunch and meeting, call Mike Lanpher at (407) 695-9181.

TINY HOUSE: GARAGE 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Little explorers can learn, grow and play with hands-on activities inspired by using objects in the garage.

Ages 2 to 4. (407) 835-7323.

MONDAY, AUG. 21

BRADSHAW FUNDRAISER 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21, at The Big Easy, 15502 Stoneybrook West Parkway, Winter Garden.

Twenty percent of each check, including alcohol, will be donated to Ronnie and Stacie Bradshow as their son battles bone cancer. Live entertainment is planned. (407) 654-3279.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23

BLOGGING BASICS 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Join Anna-Marie Walsh of beautyandthebeets. com as she teaches you blogging basics. Attendees should have basic computer and internet skills. (407) 835-7323.

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Leaders approve commerce center The proposed 12.54-acre project on Beulah Road will include up to five buildings designated for commercial and industrial uses.

GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR

City leaders authorized the rezoning request required for the construction of a project titled Beulah Commerce Center during its July 27 meeting.

The center is to be located on 12.54 acres on the northeast corner of Beulah and Stagg roads.

The applicant proposed a multiuse development encompassing five buildings designated for commercial and industrial uses.

The build-out will occur in two phases, the first of which will include the development of three buildings. The second phase will include the construction of two buildings.

“It’s actually going to be three buildings, but in the future, we may add two buildings,” said property owner Terry Wiler. “The building to the north will be occupied by Prevost Bus. You know, one of those really fancy Prevost buses that you see on the highway that all the celebrities have. They only have six service centers in the United States, and we had this Winter Garden property available, so they jumped on that.”

The building occupied by Prevost will be 41,600 square feet.

The second building, which will be 24,300 square feet, is designated for flex-space with warehouses and offices for small business. A third building, measuring 31,000 square feet and located parallel to Beulah Road, will be a mix of offices, warehouses and showroom-type business. Wiler expects the commerce center to generate about 100 to 200 jobs.

The area for the fourth and fifth buildings is pending. Prevost expressed a desire to house a bus wash and storage areas, but if it decides against that, Wiler plans to use the buildings to expand his own storage business: Boat, RV & Auto Storage of West Orange.

Wiler said he is currently in the site plan approval process with the city and plans to begin construction once he has the site plan approved in the coming weeks.

The site should be ready for future tenants by June 2018.

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Aubrey Clark’s family gathers around the bench the city of Ocoee installed in her memory. Front row: Kathy Clark, left, and Karen Burton-Jenkins.

Back row, from left: Bob Clark, Ryan Burton-Jenkins, Christian Burton-Jenkins and Danny Clark.

Aubrey’s star shines on The city of Ocoee recently placed a bench near the intersection of Clarke and Silver Star roads in memory of 10-year-old Aubrey Clark.

DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER

The collection of stuffed animals and other memorial items many have driven by in the last two years — near Clarke and Silver Star Roads in Ocoee — is gone.

But in its place is something more permanent, just like 10-yearold Aubrey Clark’s legacy.

The city of Ocoee recently placed a bench at the site of Aubrey’s memorial, a more permanent solution to keeping her memory alive. Next to the bench is a blue metal sign, with her name etched into it, a yellow star topping it.

On Jan. 20, 2015, Aubrey and a friend, Jordan El-Ouadi, were hit by a car while riding their bikes home from Citrus Elementary.

Aubrey was taken off life support a couple of weeks later.

Since then, her father, Danny Clark, has been committed to keeping her memory alive and doing everything he can to raise

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awareness and keep the community updated. After all, she was his little girl.

“It’s been a little over two years, and all the memorial animals kind of got way run down and really moldy; they ran their course,” Clark said. “We appreciated everybody (who) did everything for us, but it was becoming an eyesore for the city, and we understood that. We contacted (Mayor) Rusty Johnson, and he made it all happen. That’s how a more permanent situation became.”

Clark said the idea for the bench has been circulating for a few months, and after it was brought to Johnson’s attention, it went through the City Commission and became a reality last month.

“He made it all happen,” Clark said. “He didn’t just talk about it; he did it. He made the road happen; he made the bench happen, and that’s a leader people look up to for the city. It’s a bench, but people go by there and they’re going to look at it. Some people might just stop and sit there. If nothing, the bench is something.

It’s something where she’ll never get forgotten.”

Now, anyone who sits on that bench will be reminded of Aubrey.

Clark said some of Aubrey’s past teachers already have dropped by

and sat on the bench to remember the blond-haired, blue-eyed little girl with an infectious smile.

“When she walked into a room, just her smile alone was infectious,” Clark said of his daughter.

“She was daddy’s little girl, you know. Typical, nothing better. You can’t explain it better than that. It was just me and her when she was a baby. (It’s) two years later, and I still think she’s here.”

Clark’s best friend, Tony Evans, added that the support he’s seen for the Clark family continues. He hopes anyone who drives by or sits down at Aubrey’s bench will think of his best friend’s daughter and be inspired to help spread awareness.

“I’ve been there many times at his house, and there’s been so many times when someone would just come drop off a book or a card.

It’s great,” Evans said.

“She always wanted to be famous, and unfortunately, it’s famous for the wrong reason, but I’m doing my best to make sure her name is out there and people will never forget her,” Clark said.

“People are very aware of what’s going on, and thats the best I can do. I don’t want them (people) to forget, ever. I don’t want her to ever be forgotten. No one wants to be forgotten, but especially not a 10-year-old little girl.”

“She always wanted to be famous, and unfortunately, it’s famous for the wrong reason, but I’m doing my best to make sure her name is out there and people will never forget her.”

— Danny Clark, Aubrey’s father

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MEET THE CANDIDATES Florida House District 44 Included on the ballot for the Florida House of Representatives District 44 Republican primary on August 15 will be Bobby Olszewski, Bruno Portigliatti, John Newstreet, and Dr. Usha Jain.

All four candidates, along with

the sole Democrat candidate Paul Chandler, are in the running to fill former Florida State Rep. Eric Eisnaugle’s now-vacant seat.

Eisnaugle rescinded his candidacy once he was nominated for a job as a judge on the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Daytona Beach.

As the sole Democrat, Chandler will advance to the Oct. 10 special election, but Olszewski Portigliatti, Newstreet and Dr. Jain will need to garner enough votes to advance to October’s election.

The winner will serve as the District 44 House Representa-

tive until Nov. 6, 2018, when all 120 House seats are again up for election. District 44 encompasses Southwest Orange County and includes Windermere and Winter Garden.

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sryzewski@OrangeObserver.com News Editor Gabby Baquero, gbaquero@Orange Observer.com Community Editor / Amy Quesinberry, amyq@OrangeObserver.com Staff Writers Brittany Gaines, bgaines@Orange Observer.com Danielle Hendrix, dhendrix@OrangeObserver.com Advertising Executives Michelle Gentry, mgentry@Orange Observer.com Cyndi Gustafson, advertising@Orange Observer.com Ann Marie Vibbert, avibbert@Orange Observer.com Creative Services Tony Trotti, ttrotti@OrangeObserver.com Kathleen Carreiro, kcarreiro@OrangeObserver.com Customer Service Representative Allison Brunelle, abrunelle@Orange Observer.com

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Do you agree with state-mandated term limits on locally elected officials?

I support term limits. I also support citizens’ rights to make that decision for their own municipality. Just last year, the voters of Longwood passed a measure that enacted term limits on their commissioners. It passed overwhelmingly. In other cities, such as Winter Garden, no commissioner since 2010, which includes one of my opponents, has offered legislation promoting term limits.

JOHN NEWSTREET AGE: 40 PROFESSION: President/CEO, Kissimmee/Osceola County Chamber of Commerce HOMETOWN: Orlando EDUCATION: Finance degree, University of Central Florida EXPERIENCE: Military service in the U.S. Coast Guard; CEO of two $1 million-plus organizations; Orange County Young Republicans, president; worked for Republican U.S. Senators Mel Martinez and Marco Rubio CAMPAIGN SITE: JohnNewstreet.com

Why are you running for the state Legislature, and what are your long-term political goals?

When this seat came open, many business leaders in the community encouraged me to run because they believe I have the right conservative values, the right background and a track record of getting things done. That’s why I decided to run — to strengthen our community and our state. I have no long-term political goals.

What are the two most pressing issues facing District 44?

I believe traffic and growth is hindering our quality of life. If elected, I will work with other legislators, local governments and the Department of Transportation to ensure District 44 is

adequately funded for its transportation needs.

Another pressing issue is crime, both in our neighborhoods and in the tourism corridor. To protect the industry that provides the most jobs in our area, it’s critical that law enforcement has every tool they need to protect the residents and millions of visitors.

What are the three most important changes you want to make?

1. Ethics reform. I would reimplement a ban on legislators being employed by a lobbying firm while they’re in office.

2. Education. Teachers need to have the ability to teach, and parents need to be able to choose the best educational path for their children. We also need to pave the

way for more affordable options for college and technical training.

3. Jobs. I want to free up the entrepreneurs and job creators by ending unnecessary barriers and government regulations that inhibit economic and job growth.

According to some elected officials, an alarming number of state bills that threaten Home Rule were proposed this past legislative session. What are your thoughts on Home Rule?

I believe in protecting Home Rule and defending against unfunded mandates. ... The issue with several bills in the last legislative session arose because they were not written in partnership with local governments.

Several municipal governments believe recent legislation on medical marijuana limits local decision-makers. What are your suggestions on how to best regulate the medical marijuana industry?

The Legislature stated that whatever regulations a municipality applies to a marijuana distributor, the same regulations would apply to pharmacies. So, a city may regulate marijuana as long as they are willing to regulate pharmacies in the same manner.

What would you suggest to improve Florida’s public education system?

As a legislator, I will consider any proposal that ensures success for our children, but we must provide choices for parents and ensure great teachers can teach for success, not for a test.

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ROBERT “BOBBY O” OLSZEWSKI AGE: 39 PROFESSION: Business consultant and adjunct professor HOMETOWN: Winter Garden EDUCATION: Dr. Phillips High School; bachelor’s degrees in radio/television and organizational communication; master’s degrees in corporation communication and technology and management; doctoral degree in business administration EXPERIENCE: Former Winter Garden City Commissioner; Orange County Community Action Board Chair; MetroPlan Orlando Municipal Advisory Committee vice-chair; MetroPlan Orlando Regional Leadership Council; Roper YMCA Family Center Board chair; Florida League of Cities CAMPAIGN SITE: VoteBobbyO.com FAMILY: Wife, Allison; daughter, Reagan, 11 months

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Why are you running for the state Legislature, and what are your long-term political goals?

I am running in this race to represent District 44 because it is my hometown. It has been my home since 1980 (and is) where my wife, Allison, and I are raising our 11-month old daughter.

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What are the two most pressing issues facing District 44?

What we need ... is sound

Do you agree with state-mandated term limits on locally elected officials?

Elected officials should be subject to term limits, but because I support Home Rule, it would be up to the municipalities to decide. I will not sell out my beliefs or conservative principles for an endorsement. I am seeking to go to Tallahassee to represent the will of the people, not the priorities of politicians.

public policy that allows our community to meet its challenges and continue to grow in a way that meets the needs of our residents, businesses and communities. That starts with great schools, so that our families can have access to great classrooms and teachers in our neighborhoods. It is also imperative to have a business climate that encourages job creation.

What are the three most important changes you want to make?

First, a low tax environment is a key to a growing Florida economy. I will fight any efforts to raise taxes and fees on Floridians and will support efforts that help reduce taxes.

Next, government does not

create jobs, but it creates a regulatory and tax environment that helps businesses grow.

Lastly, Florida must always get a return on their taxpayers’ investments. ... It starts with government creating conditions where all businesses and residents can flourish.

According to some elected officials, an alarming number of state bills that threaten Home Rule were proposed this past legislative session. What are your thoughts on Home Rule?

I absolutely support Home Rule, being a former Winter Garden commissioner and now as a Florida House candidate.

Several municipal governments believe recent legislation on medical marijuana limits local decision-makers. What are your suggestions on how to best regulate the medical marijuana industry?

The Legislature needs to ensure the law is being upheld. Because I support Home Rule, I feel municipalities and counties need to do what is best to meet the standards of their unique communities.

What would you suggest to improve Florida’s public education system?

The Legislature needs to ensure all the standards are the same for public, private, charter and home-based schools to improve accountability in education across the board while empowering our teachers in the classroom.

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Why are you running for the state Legislature, and what are your long-term political goals?

I’m running for the same reasons that I became a physician. I have a passion to help the sick … and I have that same passion to help the citizens of my district.

What are the two most pressing issues facing House District 44?

I believe education and job

According to some elected officials, an alarming number of state bills that threaten Home Rule were proposed this past legislative session. What are your thoughts on Home Rule?

I support Home Rule and selfgoverning and control. opportunities are the most pressing issues facing our district. Toward that end, I would strengthen our school system and support vocational training so that our young people can

compete in the job market.

What are the three most important changes you want to make?

1. Expand educational and

place to live, work and raise a family.

BRUNO PORTIGLIOTTI AGE: 29 PROFESSION: Executive vice president of Florida Christian University and CEO of Excellence Senior Living HOMETOWN: Dr. Phillips EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in political science and Spanish; MBA; juris doctorate QUALIFICATIONS: Board member, Dr. Phillips YMCA; chairman, city of Orlando Minority & Women Business Enterprise Certification Board CAMPAIGN SITE: electbruno.com FAMILY: Wife, Stephanie

Why are you running for the state Legislature, and what are your long-term political goals?

I’m running for the state Legislature because our com-

Do you agree with state-mandated term limits on locally elected officials?

I support state-mandated term limits. It sends a message to our citizens that we don’t

munity deserves a fresh face and new voice fighting for us in government. I will always look to the community for guidance in our Legislature, not special interests’ donors and lobbyists.

Representing the community I love and call home would be a tremendous honor, and I look forward to working with local residents to find ways to make Central Florida an even better

What are the two most pressing issues facing House District 44?

As the representative of District 44, I plan to use my realworld business experience as executive vice president of Florida Christian University and CEO of Excellence Senior Living to bring conservative solutions to our community (such as) fixing roads and reducing traffic, eliminating needless regulations for small businesses, incentivizing the best and brightest teachers to come to Florida, and protecting our shared conservative values.

According to some elected officials, an alarming number of state bills that threaten

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support career politicians.

Election days set by Tallahassee are acceptable. It imposes uniformity across the state.

Several municipal governments believe recent legislation on medical marijuana limits local decision-makers.

What are your suggestions on how to best regulate the medical marijuana industry?

I support physicians and their oath to first “do no harm.” I believe each physician will have to make that choice for their practice and their patients.

What would you suggest to improve Florida’s public education system?

Offer more vocational training so students can leave high school with specific job training.

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vocational training opportunities.

2. Strengthen access to health care services.

3. Support our first-responders by recognizing their importance to the safety of our community.

DR. USHA JAIN AGE: 66 PROFESSION: Medical doctor HOMETOWN: Orlando QUALIFICATIONS: Emergency medicine and anti-aging doctor CAMPAIGN WEBSITE: electushajain.com FAMILY: Husband, Manohar Jain

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Home Rule were proposed this past legislative session. What are your thoughts on Home Rule?

I believe that Home Rule is an integral aspect of our democracy, and the government closest to the people is in the best position to address that constituency’s specific needs. As a legislator, I will always keep this in mind as I work to balance the needs of the entire state with our local needs.

Do you agree with state-mandated term limits on locally elected officials?

The voters of Florida enacted term limits at the state level, and I believe it’s been useful to make sure that the people drafting the laws are also living according to them.

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“He was so interested in everyone,” said his mother, Chris Lowe.

“Every single person he met, he was their best friend. … He did everything with passion, but when people would talk about what he’s doing, they would talk about him with passion.”

“His heart was in everything,” his older sister, Dakota, said.

“That’s what we’ll remember.”

The two-and-one-half-hour celebration of Hudson’s life was just as he would have wanted it: a big party, Chris said. Attendees included OHS classmates and FAU fraternity brothers, people he met who shared his vision for a cleaner world, friends who vow to carry out his mission of saving the world through energy conservation and climate change prevention.

Hudson loved candlelight services, so friends held flickering candles while his cousin played on his guitar a medley of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man.” His mother said the evening’s wet weather was appropriate, as Hudson loved marching and playing in the pouring rain while in high school.

Bernie Hendricks, band director at Ocoee High, said after hearing about Hudson’s death, he knew a musical tribute needed to be done.

“When I went to visit (Hudson’s mother), the very first thing

she said was, ‘We need that band there; he loved you and loved being in the Ocoee band. Those were the best four years of his life,’” Hendricks said. “It was an honor and privilege for myself and the students to do it.”

Teenagers were quick to get involved.

“Amazingly, we had a large portion of students that had no idea who Hudson was, but they wanted to be a part of the event, just because,” Hendricks said. “We also had a good number of alumni band members that felt this was the best way to say goodbye to their friend and classmate.

“I think that one of the things Hudson liked the most in life is seeing other people smile,” Hendricks said. “I am cherishing every moment and thankful that Hudson is a part of this band family that we have here at Ocoee High School. This young man has a special place in the history of our school, and his legacy will live on for years to come.”

Following the funeral service, those in attendance were asked to take home a slash pine tree seedling to plant or a green-painted rock with the words #FallForward.

Hudson loved spending time on the lake with friends. On Saturday, Aug. 5, his loved ones gathered in boats at the center of Lake Olympia for his final Lake Day, and they sprinkled his ashes on the water.

“The Dragonfly Story” was read, and Randy Lowe, Hudson’s father, asked everyone to “Fall Forward for Hudson.”

Hudson Lowe speaks about his passions at a conference.

Below: Hudson Lowe, right, celebrates with his family, from left, sister Delaney, father Randy, mother Chris and sister Dakota.

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Hudson was passionate about the environment and sustainable energy.

It all started at Ocoee High School when he signed up for an AP environmental science class.

“When he took that class, it changed everything,” Dakota said.

He became an advocate for renewable energy, even making presentations to the Orange County School Board in a push for the installation of solar panels on schools.

He posted small green stickers on nearly every light switch in the school, a reminder to turn off the lights when leaving the room.

“To me, it is a reminder of the little things one can do to help save our planet and a reminder of the big plan that this young man had to actually make this world a better place,” Hendricks said.

His mother said he was always thinking, always looking to find a solution to problems.

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Hudson left behind a notebook that outlined his plans and details of what he wanted to accomplish. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a lot to do,â&#x20AC;? Dakota said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a lot he wanted to do, but he left us the ideas of what to do with it.â&#x20AC;?

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Nearly $11,000 was raised in eight days. His family attributes that to Hudsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bigger-than-life personality and his ability to touch everyone he met.

Thomas De Maio, the president of FAUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Delta Tau Delta, was drawn to him immediately during fraternity pledge week and gave Hudson a gold card, which gave him automatic brotherhood.

The two spent many hours sharing dreams and plans and talking about hypothetical situations while music played in the background.

They took the 10-day United Nations-sponsored trip to Asia together, meeting like-minded people from all over the globe.

De Maio said when those at the conference heard about Hudsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, they reached out immediately. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was people from all over the world who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t articulate in English, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to sum up (their feelings),â&#x20AC;? De Maio said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all over the world. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just felt here.â&#x20AC;?

De Maio recalls trips to the beach and watching Hudson, garbage bag in hand, picking up trash.

Hudson liked to organize AdoptA-Road cleanups, too.

There are plans to plant a tree from Hudsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memorial on the FAU campus. The fraternity wants to organize a huge beach cleanup, as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People can be passionate, but you have to get people to act,â&#x20AC;? his friend said.

And Hudson was the type of person who had that ability.

In his award-winning speech with the Florida Association of Student Councils, Hudson urged people to fall forward in life instead of falling backward and wallowing in past mistakes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Abraham) Lincoln and (Thomas) Edison are a few of the countless leaders who fell flat on their face before reaching success,â&#x20AC;?

Hudson said in his 2015 speech. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But they succeeded because they fell forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You will change the world solely because the world has failed to change you,â&#x20AC;? Hudson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a question for you, leaders of the world: Which way will you fall?â&#x20AC;?

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Coming home to a ransacked home with missing items has almost become routine for Oakland resident Ken Ireland.

Ireland, who often travels for work, said in the past 18 years his home has been broken into four times and his detached garage three times.

So after returning home from a four-day trip July 23 to his ransacked home, he wasn’t entirely surprised, but he was frustrated.

“My house has kind of been singled out,” Ireland said. “From the time that I’ve been here, my house has been broken into four times and my garage, which is detached from my house, has been broken into three times. On this last break-in, my Volvo was stolen out of the garage, which was secured.

The house was ransacked. All they got was $600 cash, but these guys have gotten to be pretty smart about what they’re doing.”

Ireland said the most recent break-in was a bit different than usual, explaining that the burglars typically try to gain entry from the back of the house but instead came in through a bathroom window this time.

The window, he said, had been painted shut for years. So the criminals not only smashed the window but also the entire window frame. And although he has an alarm system and cameras, he learned that a lightning storm that hit over the weekend had disabled it.

“At this point, I’m so frustrated I can’t even see straight,” he said.

“The first question I asked after I

calmed down is whether there’d been an increase in break-ins.

And the cops said, ‘Oh yeah, this has been going on for about seven to eight weeks.’ ” Statistically, police departments usually see an increase in home burglaries over the summer.

Oakland Police Lt. John Peek said the town occasionally sees random upticks in burglaries at least every other summer.

Compared to the summer of 2016, Ocoee saw a 15% increase in home burglaries this summer, while Winter Garden had a 35% decrease. However, Oakland — a town of about 3,000 people — has seen an 80% increase since the summer of 2016.

From May 1 to June 28, 2016, Oakland had two home burglaries. This year, the town has seen 10 during the same time frame.

According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, Oakland had only 11 home burglaries in 2016.

With 12 residential burglaries reported since January 2017, the town is currently on track to see double the number of break-ins compared to last year.

Peek said the higher incidence of home burglaries that tend to occur in summer could be correlated with school sessions, because most of the burglars are young teens and once school’s back in session, the reported break-ins tends to decrease.

“It happens, if not every summer, then every other summer,” Peek said. “And some cities have more incidences than others. For example, if Ocoee or Winter Garden have a large increase, then that’s probably due to their size. …

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The department has leads on a couple of those cases, Peek added, but officers are still in the process of the investigations. Regardless, with this last break-in, Ireland said he has had enough and just purchased about $2,000 worth of firearms to protect himself in the eventuality that one of the next break-ins occurs while he is home.

“It makes me sick to my stomach that I am now arming myself, because I don’t think it’s a matter of if, it’s a matter of when,” he said. “The chances of me being home during the next break-in are very, very high. I’ve now had seven break-ins, and I’ve been very fortunate I haven’t been home.”

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The West Orange band culminated its band camp with the annual premiere. Parents and family members of the students were invited to see snippets of what the band members had learned. At the end of the show, parents were invited onto the field to try marching and playing their students’ instruments.

A few minutes away, members of the Ocoee High’s marching band prepared for their new season at their own band camp.

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Parents were warned by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to keep their hands clean and not to mix with new groups; they were told to avoid getting chilled and not to get overtired.

Warning signs included headache, fever, sore throat, upset stomach, tenderness and stiffness of the neck and back. Persons showing these symptoms were to be “put to bed at once, away from others.”

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Among his many accomplishments as a dedicated civic leader, Smith served as the 1932-33 president of the Rotary Club and as its district governor from 1943-44; was instrumental in the installation of lights at Winter Garden’s Walker Field in 1946; and contributed the amount needed for the inclusion of a chapel at the city’s First United Methodist Church. Smith was also a director of Florida Power Corporation and for years was chairman of the West Orange Hospital board of trustees.

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Fighting a nameless disease A fundraising golf tournament has been organized to help Sally Russo, who has been battling an unnamed disease for years.

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In the last year, Sally Russo has been hospitalized 26 times.

Scarring on the inside of her elbows shows the damage of how many times her veins have blown out from being constantly pumped full of medication.

When asked, she can tell you that her problems stem from living a decade with undiagnosed Lyme disease. But her current medical condition remains nameless because doctors have yet to identify what she is battling.

To help Russo’s fight against her nameless illness, her friends have banded together to hold a fundraising golf tournament for her on Saturday, Aug. 12, to help cover the cost of Russo’s medical treatments.

“I can’t believe people would do that,” Russo said. “I was floored.

I’ll be forever grateful for them to do that.”

Although Russo has been battling this unnamed illness for nearly 16 years, the last one-andone-half years have been the worst yet, she said.

“I’ve never wanted more in my life to have a diagnosis,” Russo said. “I’m a really resilient person.

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“I don’t remember the last time I had a pain-free day,” Russo said.

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That’s when the episodes started.

“It’s like someone comes in a flips a switch in your brain,” Russo said.

An episode consists of muscular spasms similar to a seizure. The difference is that Russo never loses consciousness during an episode, and a single episode can last longer than 10 hours. The longest she ever endured was 26 hours.

“You have no control over what your body is doing,” She said.

“It would be fantastic if it would knock me out.”

On average, she’ll have up to five episodes — which she likens to tearing chicken meat off the bone — in a week.

“If I have a six- or seven-hour one, I’m ecstatic,” she said. “It feels like somebody is pulling my muscles away from the bone.”

Recently, the spasms have begun affecting her heart. Already, she’s survived four cardiac arrests. A cardiologist has told her that she’s a ticking time bomb. If they can’t find some kind of solution for her soon, this nameless condition will kill her, he told her.

“That’s always in the back of my head now,” she said. “It’s creeped into the room.”

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globulin treatment — an IV treatment typically used for autoimmune diseases.

“If it works, it’d be a miracle,” she said.

If this treatment doesn’t work, she’ll try a stem cell transplant.

“At this point, I’d try anything,” Russo said.

Despite the daily struggle of dealing with the pain, Russo still works two days a week as a bartender at Forest Lake Golf Club.

Sitting around at home all day is not an option, she said.

She has dreams of starting her own business and one day owning her own house.

“I want to get healthy to be able to work more and life my life,” Russo said. “At 38, I don’t want to be stuck in bed.”

And on the days when her pain is manageable, she often goes out with friends or finds something to do.

“When you get a moment when you feel good, you tend to go overboard because you are making up for lost time,” she said.

Zachary Altpeter, 7, was very proud of the Harry Potter-themed painting he made during camp.

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Celebrating Ribbon Cutting of Read to Sydney

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he West Orange Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Law Office of Modoline Altenor, PA, located at 6965 Piazza Grande Avenue, Suite 301 in MetroWest Orlando. The Law Office of Modoline Altenor, P.A. is a personal injury boutique firm dedicated to aggressively fighting for your rights to maximum compensation. To learn more, visit www. altenorlawfirm.com Photo courtesy of Cannonfire Photography.

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Ready for launch West Orange alum Grant Hughes was drafted by the Florida Launch of Major League Lacrosse. Currently on the practice squad, he is hard at work to make the team’s active roster.

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Grant Hughes had a standout career as a defensive midfielder at Florida Tech in Melbourne, earning All-American honors along the way.

The tough part is when the team gets ready in the locker room before a home game.

That’s when the roster players for the Florida Launch, a fourthyear Major League Lacrosse franchise based out of Boca Raton, don their pads and uniforms and head out to the field at FAU Stadium.

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instead change into a team polo and khakis to wear on the sideline.

“It’s kind of heartbreaking — everybody is wearing a jersey, but you and your practice squad buddies,” Hughes admits. “Wearing that jersey is what I want the most.”

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Taylor Head, a rising sophomore outside hitter for the West Orange volleyball team, has committed to play her college volleyball for the University of Arkansas. As a freshman for West Orange in 2016, Head compiled 239 kills to go along with 41 aces. Earlier this summer, she was part of the OTVA South Rox Red 15 team that won an AAU National Championship at Disney.

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Casey Gierke, who formerly was an assistant coach for the West Orange High varsity baseball team, has been named the head coach at Edgewater High School.

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Lexie Blair, a rising senior for the West Orange softball team, was recognized by MaxPreps last month as a Second Team All-American and also was named to MaxPreps’ Junior All-American Team.

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efore Aug. 4, the last time Kole Enright and Chris Seise appeared on a lineup card together was May 20, 2016, in the 2016 FHSAA Class 9A State Semifinals.

There, at jetBlue Stadium in Fort Myers, the historic run that took the West Orange High baseball program to its first Final Four came to an end with a 3-2 loss to Parkland’s Stoneman Douglas High.

It would have been hard to have guessed then that, within 15 months time, the two would again share an infield — this time as professionals.

This was, after all, before Enright shot up draft boards and ultimately was selected by the Texas Rangers in the third round of the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. It was before Seise put together a monster senior season for the Warriors in 2017, elevating him to where he was selected in the first round of this summer’s draft — also by the Texas Rangers.

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and it feels so good Former West Orange Warriors Kole Enright and Chris Seise are teammates again for the Spokane Indians, a Class A Short Season affiliate of the Texas Rangers.

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Jesse Winker, an Olympia High alum, hit his first career home run in Major League Baseball August 1 for the Cincinnati Reds. Winker, who has bounced back and forth between the Reds and their Triple-A affiliate — the Louisville Bats — homered again the next day.

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a reunion this soon seemed unlikely, with Enright starting the season in Class A Short Season Spokane (Washington) after a strong debut in 2016 — Enright hit .313 in 42 games in the Arizona Rookie League, driving in 17 runs with 14 extra-base hits.

But then Seise arrived in Arizona this summer and went on a tear.

In 27 games in the Arizona Rookie League, Seise batted .336 and drove in 27 runs. He homered three times, hit three triples, five doubles and stole five bases.

And so when Enright got a text from Seise Aug. 2 saying that he’d been promoted to Spokane — and that the two would be teammates once again — there was really only one way to react.

“I was ecstatic,” Enright said.

Seise joined the Spokane Indians Aug. 3, debuting in Single-A during a scheduled off-day for Enright. The next night — Aug. 4 — the two roamed the infield together (Seise at shortstop, Enright at second base) in front of a home crowd of 5,935, in a stadium that sits a mere 2,800 miles from West Orange High.

The Indians lost the game — snapping a six-game winning streak — but the evening still saw Seise drive in his first run as an Indian and the two hooked up to turn a double-play.

“It’s awesome — to play high school with him a year ago and to playing on the same team,” Seise said.

In Spokane, Enright likely will be able to lend Seise some guidance on some of the changes between rookie ball and the Northwest League. In addition to an obvious increase in the talent level, playing games for an affiliate means larger crowds than in Arizona, where games are sparsely attended.

“We have to learn how to keep emotions under control (in front of larger crowds),” Enright said.

Not only that, but the living and travel arrangements are different.

In Arizona, all of the complexes are within an hour drive of one another, and there is no overnight travel. In the Northwest League, teams take true road trips by bus and stay with a host family when they are in town for home games.

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tinuing with the sport into high school at West Orange, where he was a standout and a team captain under coach Bill Baker, in addition to playing football and winning a state championship as part of the cheerleading team.

A defensive midfielder — or “middie,” as they are often referred to in lacrosse — Hughes earned a scholarship to Florida Tech, a Division II program.

There, his career blossomed, culminating in a senior season that saw him earn All-American and All-Conference honors.

It was during that senior season that the MLL first appeared on Hughes’ radar.

“As the season progressed, and I kept doing well, I started asking my coaches, ‘Do you think I have a future in lacrosse?’”

Hughes said. “They said, ‘Yes,’ and started to get in contact with the Florida Launch coaches.”

Despite Hughes coming from a Division II background, the Launch were intrigued by his skills, as well as his 6-foot-4, 205-pound frame. They could not make any guarantees about whether they would draft him, but as Hughes watched a livestream of the 2017 MLL Collegiate Draft May 28, surrounded by friends and family at his home in Windermere, he received a call during the eighth

That will change next spring, when Hughes participates in the teams’s training camp.

“Training camp is when you get the most playing time and you can really show your stuff,” Hughes said.

Hughes has enjoyed his initial experience with the Launch, even as a practice squad player.

He’s still been asked for his autograph by young lacrosse fans on several occasions — he said he needs to work on his signature — and has learned a lot about the way the game is different at the professional level. For starters, it’s more physical.

Like many lacrosse players, Hughes is working toward finding a day job. He studied business administration and accounting at Florida Tech and said he is seeking an internship in sports operations. He can see himself working in a sports business or operations capacity, but also has interest in becoming a certified public accountant.

In the meantime, he’s focused on making an active roster, something he never would have envisioned as a player from a public high school who played at the Division II level.

“If I can do it, then anybody can do it,” Hughes said. “Everything I do is for the love of the game.”

round: it was the Launch, saying they would be drafting him in the 10th round.

A couple of weeks later, Hughes got his first taste of what would become a routine: driving down to Boca Raton on a Friday for an evening practice. The next morning, there is a light practice and walkthrough. On Saturday evening comes the game.

The team puts the players up in a hotel for the two nights they are in town, after which they return home where they train and most have a day job. MLL salaries vary, but most of the members of the 25-man roster make between $10,000 and $20,000, annually.

Members of the practice squad roster, however, are unpaid.

Hughes said he shows up ready to compete each week fueled by his passion for the game — and by the knowledge that his best opportunity at making an active roster is still ahead of him.

With the MLL Collegiate Draft occurring midseason — the season starts in April and the playoffs are ongoing this month — it can be hard for an unheralded rookie to come in and immediately crack the playing rotation.

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League-champion River Rats slowed Winter Garden’s red-hot offense.

If the Winter Garden Squeeze were winning a game this summer, there was a good chance West Orange High alum Ethan Jones was the one who was shutting the door on the opposing team as the Squeeze’s go-to closer.

Jones, who will be a sophomore at Flagler College this fall, finished with eight saves this summer — tied for the lead in the Florida Collegiate Summer League with Sanford’s C.J. Carter. “(Jones) seems to thrive in the closer role,” manager Jay Welsh said. “We kind of set up where we like to go to Lance (Johnson) for the setup and then bring Jones in.”

In total this summer, Jones tossed 19 1/3 innings while allow-

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Ahead of their best-of-three series with the Sanford River Rats in the Florida Collegiate Summer League Semifinals last week, it looked as if the Winter Garden Squeeze — which had finished the regular season at 11.5 games out of first place — might have a shot at upsetting the top-seed River Rats.

After all, the bats for the Squeeze had awoken during the final stretch of the regular season. Winter Garden won four of its past five games — including a decisive 9-4 win over Leesburg in the Playoff Play-In Aug. 1.

During those games, manager Jay Welsh’s team had been averaging 10 hits per game.

In the opening game of the series at Sanford, Winter Garden even held a 2-0 lead through six innings, fueling the hopes that this was a team with a trick or two still up its sleeve.

Then the wheels came off.

The River Rats scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning of Game One, spurring a 9-2 win. They then won Game Two 2-0, ending the season for the Squeeze.

Winter Garden combined for 13 hits in the two games — 10 of which came in Game One — but

ing just three total runs and compiling an ERA of 1.40. He had 23 strikeouts and allowed just 11 hits.

For the Flagler College Saints in the spring, Jones tossed 30 1/3 innings in 22 appearances as a reliever. As a freshman, the former Warrior had four wins, a 2.37 ERA and a save.

As his manager for the summer put it after Jones closed out the Squeeze’s Playoff Play-In win Aug. 1 at Leesburg, the rising collegiate sophomore just had good stuff this season.

“When he throws that breaking pitch, it’s a real frisbee — it really has some good movement,” Welsh said. “He’s done a terrific job all year.”

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Cody Burgess, right, and Drenis Ozuna congratulate Kyle Corbin (No. 4) at home plate after Corbin’s home run Aug. 1.

the Squeeze had trouble translating baserunners into runs.

With that, Winter Garden concluded its season with at 17-23, after finishing 16-21 in the regular season. The team’s advancement to the semifinals marked its strongest postseason run since the franchise’s inaugural year, when it lost to Winter

Park in three games. The Squeeze did not make the playoffs in 2015 and fell to Leesburg in the Playoff Play-In Game in 2016.

The River Rats went on to win a league-best fourth FCSL Championship Aug. 6 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, rallying to beat Winter Park in extra innings.

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