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With many of the walls up, the West Orange High relief school is starting to take shape. See inside for our peek behind the scenes at the construction site. Page 7
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Kay Bruhn, left, and Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn shared some of their favorite photos on Facebook last week.
BRUHNS ACE SPOUSE CHALLENGE
Gregory Person, a recent Windermere Preparatory School graduate and UNCF Stem Scholar, is heading to Xavier University of Louisiana to begin his education in hopes of becoming a medical researcher.
Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn and his wife, Kay, took a trip down memory lane last week during the Love Your Spouse challenge on Facebook. This photo is from their wedding day, Nov. 20, 1982.
SCHOOL BUSES TO HIT THE ROAD
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If you see school buses on the road this week, don’t worry: You didn’t accidentally miss the start of the 2016-17 school year. Orange County Public Schools bus drivers will be conducting practice runs Thursday, Aug. 11. The new school year begins Monday, Aug. 15.
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Gregory Person, 18, is a recent Windermere Preparatory School graduate and one of the nation’s 100 Fund II Foundation UNCF Stem Scholars.
ONE LAST BASH
Pilot project underway at Reams Road roundabout
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A temporary project in the two-lane Reams Road roundabout has the inner lane blocked off to traffic, testing whether a single-lane roundabout would be more efficient. DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER HORIZON WEST
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Summerport throws final summer soiree. Page 8
About two years ago, Orange County debuted a new, two-lane roundabout on Reams Road and Silverlake Park Drive, behind the Publix at Lakeside Village. Now, Orange County District 1 Commissioner S. Scott Boyd has helped spearhead a temporary pilot project that examines how traffic flow through the round-
about might improve if the inner lane is taken away. “For some time, we have had some folks concerned about the double-lane roundabout and weaving through and out in different directions,” Boyd said. “We’ve come up with striping and signage, but 99% of the time, it hasn’t changed the behavior of the drivers, which is part of the SEE ROUNDABOUT PAGE 8
Windermere resident fulfills dream, sings at Fenway Park.
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