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A trip down memory lane Buddy Elmore served the city of Ocoee for 34 years — the longest run of any city employee. SEE PAGE 20.

Bobby O. wins nod

Republican voters chose Olszewski for Florida House District 44.

ORANGE COUNTY With 39.77% of the vote, Robert “Bobby” Olszewski won the special Republican primary for Florida House District 44.

“It’s over. We won. It’s over,” Olszewski told friends, family members and supporters dur-

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YOUR TOWN WANT TO SEE THE ECLIPSE? A solar eclipse is crossing North America on Monday, Aug. 21, and the Orange County Library System is hosting several opportunities to learn about the event.

The parties are Monday, Aug. 21, at the following times: 3 p.m. at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St., and West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. All ages are invited.

Register at (407) 835-7323.

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Emily-Ann Lopez, a Spring Lake third-grader, hugged her new backpack that she got during the school’s Open House.

‘Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!’

West Orange goes back to school. See first-day photos on pages 16-17.

ARTS & CULTURE

W.G. commission considers regulations for urban farms

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The regulations, if approved Aug. 24, would establish formal zoning districts for such farms.

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Resident’s quest for love spawns book, future feature film.

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City leaders approved the preliminary reading of a proposed ordinance that addresses the permitted locations for urban farms within city boundaries.

The proposed ordinance, 17-21,

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had its first reading during the Aug. 10 commission meeting and will see its second reading Aug. 24 for final adoption into the city’s Code of Ordinances.

The proposed city law will permit urban farms in certain zoning districts: arterial commercial SEE URBAN PAGE 4

Partners fuse fighting and fitness to create West Orange’s Fusion X-cel Performance. SEE PAGE 21.

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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.

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

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

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 handson activities inspired by using objects in the garage. Ages 2 to 4. (407) 835-7323.

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) 2285555 or email matta@ riflorida.com.

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.

TUESDAY, AUG. 22

MEET THE ARTIST: AL AKI 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. Meet Al Aki, origami expert and Sifu Tai Chi instructor. He will discuss his origami, including a special origami mural created by students at the Community School of the Arts under his instruction.

Aki uses origami and Tai Chi to help others achieve a path to meditation and well-being. His exhibit is on display through Sept. 30. Light refreshments will be served. (407) 835-7323.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23

COFFEE WITH A COP 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, at Kona Ice, 129 W. McKey St., Ocoee. The community can visit and have a conversation with an Ocoee police officer in casual environment. (407) 620-9721.

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EXPLORING DNA WEBSITES 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Explore three DNA testing company websites: Ancestry DNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andme. Find out what the differences are between the companies and how to navigate each company’s website. Briefly explore Gedmatch.com for an overview of the tools it provides to help you analyze your DNA test results.

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THURSDAY, AUG. 24

BUNCO FUNDRAISER 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, at the Woman’s Club of Ocoee, 4 N. Lakewood Drive. Join club members for food, fun, prizes and a 50/50 raffle. Tickets are $10. Proceeds benefit the club’s projects. To reserve a seat, contact Teresa at (407) 579-7977 or bmwlady97@aol.com.

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.

FRIDAY, AUG. 25

RESCHEDULED: 11TH ANNUAL ARTS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, in the Oakland Town Center, 221 N. Arrington St., Oakland. Hosted by HapCo Music Foundation. Enjoy an evening of musical entertainment by Spayed Koolie, DaCapo Trio, NextGen Jazztet and A Cosmic Gathering Jam. Free.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 26

SISTERS OF SOUND 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at East Ridge Middle School, 13201 Excalibur Road, Clermont. The Clermont Chapter of Harmony Inc. will present its annual show and auction with an “Around the World” theme. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for students.

Sistersofsound.org. The group rehearses at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Community Foundation of South Lake, 2150 Oakley Seaver Drive, Clermont.

MONDAY, AUG. 28

CAREERSOURCE CENTRAL FLORIDA 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Spend time with experts to explore the services they provide and get connected to employment opportunities using career counseling, workshops and more. (407) 835-7323.

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West Orange chamber to revamp headquarters

A new indoor playground, Princesses and Princes, is coming to Ocoee.

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Grant Miller decided to theme his new indoor playground on princesses and princes, thanks to inspiration from his own children.

PRINCESSES AND PRINCES 1637 East Silver Star Road, Ocoee PHONE: (407) 601-3566 WEBSITE: princessesand princes.com GRAND OPENING: Saturday, Oct. 7

children also will have access to it at the iPad station in the playground.

Once the playground is in full swing, Grant said the business will begin offering a variety of classes, including music classes, Spanish classes and cake decorating classes.

All classes will be held in the multi-purpose room, which also will be available for parties. When it’s not in use, it will be set up with an interactive floor for children to enjoy.

The entire facility also will be equipped with security cameras — something that was of high

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importance to Grant.

“Safety was one of the biggest things for me,” he said. “I want people to feel safe and comfortable to come here and build community.”

The playground launched its Facebook page last month, and the response from the community has been overwhelmingly positive, Grant said.

“It’s awesome,” he said. “The Ocoee community has been great.

I think that once people come out and see it, they’ll like it.”

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ith four kids of his own, Grant Miller got tired of driving up to 45 minutes to find a quality indoor playground for his children.

So he decided to launch one of his own.

Princesses and Princes, located at 1637 E. Silver Star Road in Ocoee, is expected to celebrate its grand opening Oct. 7.

“It’s an underserved community,” Grant said.

The inspiration for the indoor playground came in the form of Miller’s children. It was their love of princesses and princes that gave him the idea to model the playground after what they loved.

He even had them painted in a mural on the front of the building.

The space used to be a learning center and has since been undergoing the transformation into a playground. The walls have been painted blue and green. The floors have been layered with a kid-friendly flooring. Playground equipment is expected to arrive in the next few weeks.

A giant castle will stand in the center of the space. In one corner will be an interactive kitchen. In another corner will be a jungle gym. And various types of toys will be scattered throughout the room.

“It’s toys with a purpose,” Grant said. “So kids get something out of it, and they’re learning while they’re playing.”

Cubbies in the entrance will allow children to store their belongings, specifically their shoes because the playground is a shoe-free zone.

The space also was designed with parents in mind, Grant said.

A separate room will have benches and high-top tables for parents, but they will be able to see into the playroom from nearly any location.

“A parent can be in here and can still see their kids on the playground,” Grant said.

In addition to the playground and toys, Grant also has been developing a play-based learning app for the children. Parents will be able to download the app onto their own devices, but the

WINTER GARDEN The West Orange Chamber of Commerce announced plans to renovate its Winter Garden headquarters on State Road 50. The building was last renovated in 1998, and a growing staff had forced the chamber to consider either renovating the existing space or expanding the building.

“The chamber team has grown to a point whereby no additional office space was possible without expanding into the back of our building,” said Chamber President and CEO Stina D’Uva. “That space had been occupied by a tenant up until March. Our tenant was able to find new office space, which allowed the chamber to move forward on the plans to occupy the back of the building. Rather than simply move employees to the back, it was logical that looking at the building in total, rather than just the back, made more sense.”

After working with RLF Architects, the chamber choose a design that will involve a complete renovation of the existing space. These changes will include creating a state-of-the-art interior with expanded meeting areas, new member service stations, upgrades to the building’s exterior and accommodations for a growing staff.

“There are two important parts of this project,” D’Uva said. “The first is the creation of a conference center space that maximizes capacity and allows for additional space for chamber members to meet and collaborate. The other part is creating space for the current and future growth of the chamber team.”

The renovations are estimated to cost $450,000, which will be funded through the support of chamber members.

Construction won’t begin until the entire cost of renovations has been raised. So far, $125,000 has been raised, and the chamber is calling the campaign “Growth Matters.”

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URBAN FARM RESTRICTIONS n No raising, keeping or slaughtering of animals. n Equipment and supplies needed for farm operations need to be fully enclosed or otherwise effectively screened from the street and any adjacent residential uses. n Urban farms are not to be located in a required interior side yard. n Outdoor growing associated with an urban farm shall be exempt from the enclosed building requirements of the zoning code.

FARM STANDS A farm stand is allowed as an accessory use to an urban farm under the following conditions: n The farm stand only sells products of the urban farm occupied and cultivated by the same producer within the city limits. n The operation of the farm stand does not exceed a duration of 75 days in a year. n Sales are limited from 7 a.m. to sunset. n The stands and associated signage are removed from view when not in operation. n Only one farm stand is permitted per urban farm parcel. n The farm stand shall not use the public right-of-way for its operations, including placement of its signage or for customer/employee parking. n Signage to advertise the stand may not exceed 20 square feet in size.

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Fewer than 100 votes separated Olszewski and John Newstreet CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

ing his watch party Tuesday, Aug. 15, at Craig Miller’s Field House Orlando at the Dellagio in Dr. Phillips.

Of the 6,314 voters in the primary, 2,509 chose Olszewski, leading him to a 99-vote victory over opponent John Newstreet, who took 2,410 votes.

In the final count, Olszewski had 39.77% of the votes; Newstreet won 38.21%; Bruno Portigliatti grabbed 18.2%; and Dr. Usha Jain received 3.79%.

Olszewski, who said he spent the majority of the day visiting voters to gain support, hopes to campaign even harder in the coming months.

“I’m sunburnt; I’m sweaty; and I’m exhausted, but I thank every voter and volunteer who has supported us throughout this entire campaign,” he said.

To those who doubted him, Olszewski said he hopes they give him a chance to earn their support.

“I hope you give me the opportunity to win your vote in October’s election, because no one is more dedicated or cares more about our community than I do,” he said.

Olszewski’s triumph comes even after he received $48,574 less in campaign contributions compared to Newstreet. According to the state department’s Division of Elections, Newstreet raised $124,554 in contributions, while Olszewski raised $75,980.

Olszewski now could face Democrats candidate Paul Chandler

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districts, light industrial and warehousing districts and general industrial districts.

Until now, the city had no formal ordinance in place pertaining to urban farms.

“Technically, we didn’t have agricultural zoning, so they had only been allowed where they’d been grandfathered in historically, i.e. they’d already been there,” Winter Garden City Manager Mike Bollhoefer said. “So our code didn’t really allow them — it was just absent from the code. That’s why we did this.”

As defined in the city’s proposed ordinance, an urban farm is “an establishment where food or ornamental crops are grown or processed to be sold or donated that includes, but is not limited to, outdoor growing operations, indoor growing operations, vertical farms, aquaponics, aquaculture, hydroponics and rooftop farms.”

The city hopes establishing regulations for where urban farms may be permitted will help encourage the creation of more farms in its limits.

“We’re doing our Tucker Ranch farm, which is going to have a few acres of farm, and we’d like to encourage smaller farms,” Bollhoefer said.

“Bekemeyer: they have a little 20-acre farm on Story Road, and Matthew’s Hope is getting ready to build a farm on Ninth Street. So … we need this code so that can all happen.”

3340 block of Daniels Road.

At about 4:50 p.m., an officer responded to a large department store in reference to a theft. The officer was informed a female suspect entered the store around noon, grabbed a shopping cart and began placing merchandise inside it. She grabbed a black duffle bag, removed the paper stuffing and starting concealing items in it. She grabbed two lamp shades, covered the duffle bag and other items in her shopping cart under it and exited the store.

The woman returned to the store and returned one of the lamp shades that she did not purchase for store credit. The woman went walking around the store once more while placing items in a shopping cart and passed all points of sale without paying for any of the items. A lossprevention officer and a witness to the incident stopped her and attempted to bring her back into the store, but she fell purposefully to the ground. When she got up again, she ran through the store and out the exit but was apprehended by a nearby police officer. The approximate value of all the items she had stolen was $900. The woman was charged with four counts including petit theft, resisting a merchant, retail theft and resisting an officer without violence.

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130 block of Desiree Aurora Street. At about 9:20 p.m., an officer was dispatched to a residence because of reports of

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in the Oct. 10 general election.

However, that remains uncertain following a lawsuit filed against Chandler in the Leon County Circuit Court Aug. 8. The suit alleges Chandler does not meet state qualifications required to run for office, because he was registered to vote in a Missouri election in November 2016 and only completed a Florida Voter Registration Application on Dec. 29, 2016.

According to the suit, it is impossible for Chandler to have both voted in a Missouri election and be able to comply with the two-year residency requirement for Florida legislators.

If the judge presiding over the

case rules against Chandler, he will be disqualified from the race.

According to Florida Statute 106.18, if a candidate is disqualified, the political party may fill the vacancy with another individual.

“Any candidate whose name is removed from the ballot pursuant to subsection 2 is disqualified as a candidate for office,” the statute reads. “If the disqualification of such candidate results in a vacancy in nomination, such vacancy shall be filled by a person other than such candidate in the manner provided by law.”

The registration deadline to vote in the general election is Sept. 11.

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an unwanted guest. The female caller reported she was getting groceries from her car when she noticed her ex-boyfriend approaching her driveway. The woman told her ex-boyfriend to leave, but he continually refused and stated they needed to talk.

The ex-boyfriend picked up some of her leftover groceries from her trunk to bring them in, but the woman again told him to leave. The ex-boyfriend reportedly grew agitated at this point and started to raise his voice. The woman stated she could tell he had been drinking. The woman tried to close the door to her residence, but the ex-boyfriend started pushing back on the door, preventing her from closing it. She threatened to call 911, and when she began to dial, the ex-boyfriend grabbed the phone out of her hand and threw it. The woman successfully closed the door and called 911. The ex-boyfriend was arrested.

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700 block of Lyman Avenue. At about 2 a.m., an officer responded to reports of an alleged burglary in progress. According to the caller, he walked outside to smoke a cigarette when he heard the door handle to his brother’s car click. The caller walked closer to the car and noticed someone standing by his brother’s car. The suspect walked to the front of the truck and saw the caller. The caller returned inside his home, called 911 and woke his nephew. The nephew went outside and detained the suspect

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The suspect was charged with burglary of conveyance and petit theft.

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West Fourth Avenue. At about 1 a.m., an officer traveling westbound on Conroy Windermere Road observed a black vehicle two cars ahead swerving in and out of its travel lane. The officer conducted a stop and noticed the driver was yelling and screaming. When asked why the driver was screaming, the driver stated he was wondering why someone had the high-beam lights on. As the officer informed the driver he did not have high beam lights on, the officer recognized the odor of alcohol coming from the driver’s breath. Upon being questioned, the driver said he had consumed two beers. At that point, the officer had the driver perform field-sobriety exercises.

The driver performed poorly and was arrested. During transport to a DUI testing facility, the driver continually asked where they were going and if the officer was a real cop, as he had seen several TV shows that depict fake cops.

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Just go have a talk with God Oakland resident Lana Wilken Gies has a dream of opening a prayer room in Winter Garden and is creating “prayeracters” to adorn vehicle windows.

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A sermon about loving God and loving people and serving the world has stuck with Lana Wilken Gies, and she is hoping to use her artistic talents to bring people together in prayer.

The Just Pray Project was born after Gies had a vision to open a small storefront or other downtown Winter Garden location, a place where people could meet to pray.

“I feel like there are a lot of people who would like to have a relationship with God but don’t really know where to begin and don’t want to be pressured into a religion,” Gies said. “And that’s where this comes in. The Just Pray Project is a ministry to encourage the world to pray in a subtle, inspiring way.”

After hearing the sermon, the Oakland artist started painting.

She created designs using stickfigure-like characters on their knees praying, and people asked if they could purchase the paintings. She tithed her sales proceeds to the church.

Gies was particularly drawn to one of the characters, and she began making cards and gifts for people. Then she had the idea of window decals for vehicles.

“Everybody shows off their kids doing these sports with these little family stickers, and doing all these

munity to slowly but surely don these stickers in some way, maybe putting them in their storefronts or on their cars, people who don’t see prayer as a forethought … might start seeing these stickers and wonder about the movement,” Gies said.

She felt like God was calling her to start a prayer ministry but admits she didn’t know much about prayer. So she traveled to the West Coast a few weeks ago to study prayer at Bethel Church in Redding, California.

“I just went for myself to see what the environment is like when people are constantly in prayer and if it was doable or if it was conflicting or loving,” Gies said. “I went there to experience the power of prayer in its complete magnitude. … I got a good vibe from the whole thing. There was a lot of love and community service.”

Amy Quesinberry Gies has a YouTube channel and Lana Wilken Gies has been studying prayer and wants to create a gathering a website and has developed fiveplace where West Orange County residents can meet and pray. minute podcasts of prayers she recorded. There are daily prayers, activities, but none of them (was) “I feel like if I’m going plus ones for buying a house, doing one of the best activities one health, marriage, depression and can do,” Gies said. “And if you’re to be advocating prayer more.

Christian, that’s praying.”

She’s hoping to build a team of She calls her characters “prayer- and promoting prayer, people who will volunteer their acters,” and friends and church time and record various prayers. members wanted some for their I need to know if God Anyone wishing to join Gies can cars and trucks. email her at admin@justprayShe has different themed char- wants me to be a conduit project.com or go to her Just Pray acters, such as one in red, white Project Facebook page. and blue. It includes a prayer for to someone who wants As part of her project, Gies has America. She also created one for made prayeracter stickers to be Noah’s Light Foundation, and the to know how to pray.” sold as fundraisers for local resiback includes a prayer for children dents in need. She hopes people — Lana Wilken Gies will see the stickers and pray for with cancer.

“If we can get the entire comthem.

THE PRAYERACTER POSTURE To pray like a Prayeracter Drop to your knees, Arise off your heels Maybe 30 degrees, Stick out your chest, give your elbows a squeeze With your hands clapped together, look up toward the trees, Now tell God you need Him Let your mind feel at ease, He’s all-knowing and listens To all who believe Now, an answer to prayer is what He guarantees, So surrender to Him and your burdens will flee!

Once the stickers take off, the artist hopes to have a booth at the Winter Garden Farmers Market and possibly open a prayer room that can be supported by this and other merchandise that ties into the concept of prayer. She has ideas for coasters and notecards, too.

“Somebody made a comment that you shouldn’t have to pay to pray,” Gies said. “The point I’m making is that you shouldn’t have to pay to pray, (but) there’s a little chapel at a church across the way that’s always open but it’s not filled with people stopping to pray.”

While she doesn’t think a majority of folks will stop at a church and pray, she’s hoping they will see one of her prayeracters and say a quick prayer.

“It’s like having someone say, ‘I believe in prayer and would like someone to pray for me today,’” she said. “If you’re stopped at a stoplight and you see a sticker on the back of the car, you can pray for them instead of yelling at them for not going.”

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Before its facelift, the alleyway behind Spring Lake Elementary looked run down.

DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER OCOEE If you’ve walked through the alleyway lining the west side of Spring Lake Elementary lately, you might not even recognize it.

The once-dilapidated fence is now painted a bright blue, lined instead with colorful paintings of proud blue jays, the school’s mascot. It’s part of a cleanup project spurred on by the Ocoee Police Department’s Chaplain’s Unit and dozens of volunteers, who put in hours of hard work to help restore the alleyway — often referred to as Pig Alley — to a cleaner, brighter condition for the students who use it.

Before Pig Alley, now known as Blue Jay Way, was cleaned up, the dirt pathway was often lined with broken glass and debris.

The fence was worn, missing some panels, painted different colors and even graffitied in some spots.

The school itself was reconfigured two years ago, but the alleyway remained a sort of “no-man’s land.� Many of Spring Lake’s students live in close proximity to the school and are walkers who frequent the pathway.

That’s when the police department’s chaplain program decided it was time to do something. “Our chaplain program as a group decided they wanted to become more involved with the community,� Ocoee Police Deputy Chief Steve McCosker said. “The police department felt that the pathway really needed to be improved for those kids. It’s a total transformation.�

After about two months of planning, preparation and collection of materials, the department and church and community volunteers spent two Saturdays cleaning the walkway, repairing fence panels and painting murals for the students. Lowe’s Home Improvement donated the wood and hardware needed, and Sherwin-Williams donated the paint. “Prior to bringing out these

large mass volunteers, the chaplain group gathered some volunteers and then they started to clean up some of the glass at that time,� McCosker said. “Then they really painted the fence and did a more extensive cleanup.�

McCosker said about 200 people showed up on Saturday, Aug. 5, to repair and prime the fence with a base color. The following Saturday, about 75 came ready to paint the murals — a sky-blue background with white clouds and blue jays. Large block letters spell out the words “We are Blue Jays ‌ We are proud!â€?

Prior to the extensive painting, someone had tagged the newly primed fence about 20 times with “Rx� symbols. McCosker said the police department has since installed cameras in the alleyway to monitor activity, because a lot of sweat equity went into the cleanup. “Even though the kids are using it during the daytime, there are people using it in the evening, and there was some activity going on in that alleyway that didn’t need to be happening in our community,� McCosker said. “When the kids are going to school, the condition of the alleyway was not conducive to kids (going to school) and learning.�

The police chaplains already have created a yearlong schedule for revisiting the alleyway once a month to ensure it remains free of debris and graffiti. “They are going to be very pleased with the effort the chaplains put into this,� McCosker said of the students and residents who use the alleyway. “People have already approached us and told us about how great they feel about it. They don’t want it to go back to the way it was.�

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FROM THE ARCHIVES The Lakeview High School Glee Club is shown in this photograph from 1948 or 1949 performing at a competition in Tampa. The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation doesn’t know much about the photo, so staff is asking Lakeview High School alumnae for help with details: for example, how did Lakeview place in the contest? Call the WGHF at (407) 6563244 to share your information.

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(in some of the wrong places) Local author Bob Thwaites wrote a book about his online dating experiences, which is now in the process of being turned into a film.

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ob Thwaites never imagined he would re-enter the dating world as a 50-plusyear-old man. Not knowing where else to turn, he delved into the world of online dating and discovered that dating was anything but easy.

Every few weeks, it seemed like he had a new, bizarre dating story to share with his assistant at work.

After listening to Thwaites’ hilarious fiascoes for weeks on end, his assistant suggested he start writing his experiences down.

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For nearly three years, Thwaites endured the online dating realm, and after every bad date, he wrote down his experiences.

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“I never planned on writing a book,” he said.

He picked his favorite anecdotes — the dates that were funny, the ones that were embarrassing, even the ones that ended badly — and easily filled 60 chapters.

Thwaites described the book as a series of short stories on dating from the man’s perspective.

One of his favorite chapters is Irish Pub. After his date was a no-show at a local Irish pub, Thwaites went to a quieter bar across the street for a glass of wine. When his date texted she was at the pub, he walked back to the restaurant to find his date. When he found her in the lobby, he recognized her — he had seen her when he had initially arrived, but she was making out with someone else.

At her insistence, they sat at the bar and ordered beers, but when he excused himself to go to the bathroom, the woman — and the beers — vanished.

“As I was driving off, I see her and her make-out buddy sitting on a bench drinking the two beers,” Thwaites said.

Looking back, Thwaites can laugh about his experiences, about the lady who talked to spirits or the one who turned their date into a babysitting session.

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laughing out loud,” Thwaites said.

“It’s funny.”

He self-published under a pseudonym, Robert James, and donates all the proceeds to Kids Beating Cancer.

Eventually, he did find the right person and married again. It’s all about timing and chemistry, Thwaites said.

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During a charity event last year, Thwaites ran into a Hollywood producer and the two started chatting about Thwaites’ book.

The producer expressed his interest in the story and told Thwaites to give him a call.

In a matter of weeks, the producer, screenwriter and Thwaites had met and began working on a screenplay. Thwaites, wanting to be involved in the process, made several trips to California.

Over the course of several months, Thwaites discovered Hollywood works very differently than the rest of the world.

“It’s hurry up and wait,” Thwaites said. “Our time is very different from Hollywood time.”

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Since then, he’s been told that they’ve started casting for the roles and filming is expected to begin in spring 2018.

And if the movie does well, Thwaites said he plans to write a sequel.

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Winter Garden resident and Dr. Phillips High alumna Ashley Collins is set to audition for “American Idol” in Orlando. ing in the shower and scribbling song lyrics on her bathroom walls. The passion for music and the songwriting process is what first brought her to Nashville, where she started writing music in the country genre. It was a good start, but it wasn’t who she was.

“From someone like me, a girl (writing) in Nashville, I didn’t come from a backwoods farm, country style of living growing up, and I didn’t seem to fit in Nashville very much,” she said. “I could write about all those things, but it didn’t seem to match the persona I came from.”

Later, she began traveling to Los Angeles, which is where she found her niche in pop music and wrote and recorded “One and One” and “Cali.”

“I owe all my songwriting abilities to country music, but most of my music has been pop,” she said.

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DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER WINTER GARDEN With “American

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Collins, 24, is a Dr. Phillips High School alumna and has been singing and writing her own music since she was 12. Better known as

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And now, she’s set to audition for “American Idol,” the show that has helped launch the careers of Carrie Underwood and multiple other singers.

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The music industry has been both my greatest love and my biggest heartbreak.”

She writes about her personal experiences, with much inspiration coming from relationships and friendships. Many of her songs are based on different conversations she has with people, whether it’s a friend or family member. “Dare Ya,” she said, was written about a series of text messages. Collins likes her songs to be as real and honest as possible, so that when she performs she knows exactly what emotion she was feeling when it was written and can translate that to the stage.

Collins attempted to audition for “American Idol” a few years back but got sick and couldn’t make it. This will be her first shot at nabbing a spot on the show, which briefly retired but is now returning to ABC. “I hope people see my gift and that I show people that you can do anything,” she said. “People are always like, ‘Wow you’re auditioning!’ It’s like going for a job interview. I hope I make the cut, and if not, I’ll keep trying again and keep pursuing the path that I’m on.

“It’s an audition for someone else to tackle the challenge of my career,” she said. “It’s a little out of my comfort zone, but I like to push the boundaries of what else I can do to further my career.”

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Gotha nurse spearheads campaign for hospice Health Central Hospital is about to embark on a project that will bring hospice care to West Orange.

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Judy Williams thought she was getting out of health care three years ago when she retired from her registered nursing career after 31 years. However, she grew bored quickly and once again found herself in the position to assist patients.

The Gotha resident is chairwoman of the Friends of Cornerstone Hospice, which is on a mission to raise funds for enhanced hospice services at an inpatient unit at Health Central Hospital in Ocoee.

The hospital plans to build a 100-bed rehabilitation center on its campus; 10 of those beds will be managed by Cornerstone Hospice and Palliative Care, a not-for-profit community organization that provides comfort and care to Central Florida families experiencing life-limiting illnesses.

Williams spent most of her career at South Lake Hospital in Clermont. In her last seven years, she was a case manager in the intensive-care unit and emergency room, and that’s how she became interested in hospice care.

“I found people places to go, whether it’s a nursing home, home with hospice, rehab,” Williams said. “In the ER, it was more finding something immediately, but in ICU it was speaking with families, determining how to find

a place for them. Most people work for a living and can’t take them home with them.”

Mike Conley Hospice House, a Cornerstone Hospice facility in Clermont, frequently took patients when she called.

Because she grew up in Clermont, she frequently took care of people she knew, and that’s what got her interested in hospice. She also cared for a friend in a nursing home before she died.

“I often worked with the hospice team and was always impressed by the compassion and high-quality care they provide to patients and their families,” she said.

Williams recently joined the West Orange Health Alliance board, and she and another member, Lynn Walker Wright, began discussing the lack of a freestanding hospice facility in West Orange.

“Lynn said, ‘Why don’t we have one?’ I said, ‘Let’s start one,’” Williams said.

About three weeks later, Michael Mueller, CFO of the hospital, shared with the board a project that was in the works — a hospice unit on the campus.

The two women are working together to raise funds. Walker Wright is chair of the Capital Committee, and Williams is chairing the Friends of Cornerstone Hospice, which organizes social events to monetarily support the project.

“I hope to grow this community

organization to help raise awareness about hospice care and the peace of mind it provides to patients and families facing a lifelimiting illness,” Williams said.

According to Walker Wright, the first floor of the five-story facility will have 10 private rooms decorated with homelike furnishings. Family members will be able to spend nights with the patient utilizing pullout beds, in-room showers and refrigerators.

About $1.7 million of the $3.6 million needed has been raised.

“Our board is dedicated and invested in bringing this facility to our West Orange residents, as it is desperately needed,” Walker Wright said.

The closest facilities like this are either the Mike Conley House in Clermont or the Cornerstone

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“I have a special fondness for hospice, having experienced firsthand the services provided for my family upon the loss of my parents,” Walker Wright said. “I have also seen the care provided to one of my closest friends who passed at the age of only 43.”

A groundbreaking is planned in the next two months, and fundraisers will be ongoing.

“This is a whole new endeavor for Cornerstone, for Health Central, for me,” Williams said. “It’s exciting. It gives me something to do and it makes me feel good.

Nurses are nurses, we’re always looking for something to do.”

For more information, call (866) 742-6655 or visit cornerstonehospice.org.

Retired nurse Judy Williams, of Gotha, is planning fundraisers for the new 10-bed inpatient hospice unit coming to Health Central’s future rehabilitation center.

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BETTY L. BROWN DIED WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9, 2017.

Betty L. Brown, 91, of Windermere, Florida, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. She was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.

After high school, she worked as a bookkeeper in a bank. She met her husband, Alwood, before he entered service in the U.S. Navy.

They corresponded throughout the war and got married on Aug. 27, 1947, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

Betty and Al liked playing golf and enjoyed the fellowship at the West Orange Country Club.

After Alâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retirement from Martin Marietta, Betty enjoyed many trips and cruises they would take together. She got to see all of the European countries and all 50 states. Her traveling days ended when she developed dementia and then stayed close to home enjoying her family and friends.

Betty is survived by her beloved

husband, Al; her four children; 10 grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, James.

Services will be held on Saturday, Aug. 19, at Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home in Winter Garden, with the family receiving friends from 1 to 2 p.m. and a service to follow at 2 p.m. A private interment will be held at Highland Memory Gardens, Apopka, Florida, at a later time.

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CARMEN R. DALY, 91, of Winter Garden, died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. Winter Oak Funeral Home & Cremations, Winter Garden.

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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 125 N. Lakeview Ave Winter Garden Service Times 9:00 AM and 11:15 AM Phone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 407-656-1135 Web: fumcwg.org

STARKE LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH PO Box 521, 611 W Ave, Ocoee Pastor Jeff Pritchard (407) 656-2351 www.starkelakebaptist.org

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Susan is survived by her mother, Margaret Crawford; siblings, Teresa Crawford (Thomas), Gary Crawford (Dana); and children, Jason Vandergrift (Jennifer), Jennifer Vandergrift and Kendall Sein. Susan also had two beautiful granddaughters, Reagan Vandergrift and Hailey Vandergrift.

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Carol Sue (Ruud) Torp, age 50, of Greenwood, Indiana, passed from her earthly life on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, exactly two weeks after her 50th birthday.

Carol was born in Orlando to Don and Sue Ruud and grew up in West Orange County. She graduated from West Orange High School in 1985 and the University of Florida in 1990. Carol married Eric Torp in 1991, and they raised two wonderful children: Kirsten and Jared.

Carol worked as a systems analyst at Procter & Gamble in the 1990s, but her most beloved and recent work life was as a school registrar and counselor at Greenwood Christian Academy.

Through her work there and her connection with her local church,

The Creek, she touched so many people from young students to adults and always encouraged others while sharing her great faith and God’s love. She impacted many people throughout her life, witnessed by the outpouring of love from family and friends through social media.

Carol is survived by her husband, Eric Torp; her children, Kirsten Torp and Jared Torp; and one brother, Alan Ruud. She also leaves behind many loving

extended family members and friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Sue and Don Ruud; and her brother, Steve Ruud.

Memorial services are planned to celebrate her life in both Indianapolis and Orlando. The first service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 18, at The Creek Shelby Street Campus, 8435 Shelby St., Indianapolis. The second service will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 4851 S. Apopka-Vineland Road, Orlando.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Greenwood Christian Academy in honor of Carol, at 835 W. Worthsville Road, Greenwood, Indiana 46142; or at gcak12.org.

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Susan Diane (Crawford) Sullivan, age 58, of Winter Garden, Florida, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. She was born Jan. 17, 1959, in Winter Garden.

She was predeceased by her father, Raymond Crawford, and her brother, Greg Crawford.

Susan was an active participant in Relay for Life for many years.

She enjoyed fundraising with cancer-related organizations. She was also a member of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Ocoee (now known as Quest Church).

Susan lived for her family and was most proud of her granddaughters. Susan took pride in her years working with the Orange

Susan never met a stranger. In the midst of a crisis, she would make a friend. Her love for others never wavered. Her personality and charm will never be forgotten.

The Crawford family would like to thank the community for the unwavering support and love.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to: Matthew’s Hope Ministries 523 S. Woodland St., Winter Garden, FL 34787, (407) 905-9500.

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wanting to improve the city. He either organized or participated in countless fundraisers for residents in need, such as a paralyzed teen whose father needed a wheelchair ramp for his truck so he could drive his son places.

When the city hosted the March of Dimes WalkAmerica, Elmore served as chairman.

When the city wanted to upgrade its veterans memorial, he and local businessman Tom West initiated fundraisers for the project.

When the city was interested in adding a gazebo to Bill Breeze Park, Elmore was there on the weekends, volunteering his time alongside commissioners and city staff.

At 34 years, Buddy Elmore holds the title for longest employed with the city of Ocoee.

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When James â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buddyâ&#x20AC;?

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It was never Elmoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intention to stay in Ocoee. He was headed to California to build windows for his uncleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glass company, when a neighbor asked if he was interested in working for the city for a few months.

Why not? he figured. He could make a little money and still go to the West Coast.

Elmore ended up making a career out of that short gig with the city, and he was instrumental in bringing many of the safety programs to Ocoee when it had none.

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other general maintenance.

He always was looking for costcutting programs and ways to save the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax dollars.

After five years, Elmore made a switch to the Street Department/ Public Works, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where he remained until he retired in 2006.

He worked with people whose names now adorn the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amenities, such as City Manager John Vignetti (Vignetti Park) and recreation director Jim Beech (Jim Beech Recreation Center). â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were all like family,â&#x20AC;? Elmore said.

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Elmore spent much of his time as a child hunting for Native American artifacts in Lake Apopka and the St. Johns River. Many of those arrowheads and other pieces are stored in his home museum. He also was part of a group of people that unearthed and preserved an ancient pine canoe.

Elmore, a 1968 graduate of Ocoee High, grew up on Lyman Street near Bluford Avenue. He recalls Lillian Maguire pulling weeds from her flowerbeds out by the road in front of what is now the Withers Maguire House. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d stop if I had time,â&#x20AC;? Elmore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was brought up to do that. If you see your neighbor needs help, help them. It always comes back to you. If you help your neighbor, and they help their neighbor, imagine if everyone did that. Wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be a beautiful place?â&#x20AC;?

Now a resident of Clermont, Elmore continued to serve his community by being elected to the Board of Supervisors of the Lake Soil and Water Conservation District. He later served as chairman.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quick to point out, however, his heart still belongs to Ocoee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My life was the city, 24/7,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way it was. And it still is. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my city. My heart is still there in Ocoee.â&#x20AC;?

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Elmore has seen decades of transformation in the city he loves.

When he began his employment, Ocoee City Hall was in the Marshall Block of downtown McKey Street. The police department had two officers and a dispatcher, who worked out of her home.

The fire department was operated solely by volunteers. There were probably four employees in the water department, and there was no sewer system in Ocoee.

The street department had a handful of employees, and two people worked in City Hall.

The city was poised for growth and the arrival of the West Oaks Mall when Clarke Road â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;just a dirt road to nowhere,â&#x20AC;? Elmore said â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was widened and paved to give traffic from State Road 408 at West Colonial Drive another route to Silver Star Road. Elmore was involved in that project, as well.

Before the city hired its first horticulturalist, Alice Tate-Barnett, Elmore supervised the care of the baseball and football fields.

He was thrilled when he could save money or obtain county and state funds for projects. When Starke Lake was named one of the Fab Five Lakes in the state, Ocoee received monies to build the dock and install pavers.

When the city wanted to hire a welder to create street signs, Elmore decided they could be built in-house to save money. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We built every one of them,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are still hanging there on Bluford (Avenue) and McKey (Street).â&#x20AC;?

Elmore is especially proud of his work with parks and pavement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My whole vision was that we had a sidewalk that you could walk from one end of the city to the other and into Winter Garden and Pine Hills on the other side,â&#x20AC;? he said.

City employees Buddy Elmore, left, and Ray Brenner celebrated the opening of Clarke Road.

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UFC Gym welcomes its first fighters Located just east of Ocoee, UFC Gym Orlando is gearing up for its grand opening later this month.

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Old meets new Friday, Aug. 18, when the West Orange Warriors host the Windermere Wolverines in a preseason affair at Raymond Screws Field in Winter Garden.

The game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickoff. With Windermere having no seniors and relatively few players with varsity experience, West Orange will hold an experience advantage, as well as a likely advantage in size. In expectation of a large, enthusiastic crowd for this clash of neighbors, we advise arriving early.

Other West Orange Times & Observer teams are also in action Friday, although the rest of the local programs are on the road. Ocoee travels to Oak Ridge for a 7 p.m. kickoff, and Foundation Academy will head southwest to Lakeland Christian. Legacy Charter will head to Riverview to face Bell Creek Academy. On Thursday, CFCA will participate in a jamboree at Orangewood Christian in Maitland.

ORANGE COUNTY Although the gym only has been open a few weeks, some classes already have a waiting list.

Earlier this summer, a UFC Gym opened at 7649 W. Colonial Drive, just east of Ocoee and adjacent to the West Orange area, but the gym is about more than just

training fighters, said the gym’s community liaison, Chris Bryant.

“We’re not your typical gym at all,” he said.

An iconic UFC Octagon sits in the center of the gym, but it is surrounded by all varieties of gym equipment. On one side is a section of traditional fitness machines and free weights. On SEE OCTAGON PAGE 22

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Chris Bryant, left, and coach Marcia Goncalves eagerly anticipate the gym’s grand opening later this month.

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The votes are in, and Sadler Goodwin is the 2017 Florida League Most Valuable Player.

The infielder and pitcher for the Winter Garden Squeeze hit .278 for the Squeeze this summer, with nine doubles, six home runs and 32 RBIs to his credit. As a pitcher, Goodwin compiled a 1.58 ERA over 17 innings and allowed just six hits.

Goodwin was particularly devastating at the plate in June, where he drove in 26 of his 32 RBIs and had eight multi-hit games. On June 21 in a doubleheader against Altamonte Springs, Goodwin put up one of the league’s most memorable single-day performances by an individual, with four extra-base hits (two home runs and two doubles) and 10 RBIs. “Sadler is truly a five-tool player who carried our offense all summer,” Squeeze head coach Jay Welsh said.

Goodwin also was named to the All-Florida League Team, along with teammate Jacob Silverstein.

Chase Smartt, a catcher for Winter Garden, was recognized with the league’s sportsmanship award.

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Julien Williams, left, and Edwin Carmichael are two of Fusion X-cel Performance’s owners. Williams is an MMA pro, while Carmichael is a personal trainer. Not pictured is co-owner and boxer James Taylor.

Fusing fitness An MMA pro, seasoned boxer and fitness coach — all locals — combined forces last year to form the Fusion X-cel Performance gym and training center.

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It’s the spot where boxing, fitness and mixed martial arts combine.

And, it’s all run by three local residents: Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and MMA pro Julien Williams, fitness coach Edwin Carmichael and seasoned boxer James Taylor.

The three opened the training

center together last summer in West Oaks Mall, after coming from other gyms. The name Fusion X-cel is a reflection of their joining forces, each with a different specialty that fuses into one for a well-rounded workout and training circuit.

Williams first began his MMA training as a side hustle in college.

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Kevin Vallene Kevin Vallene traveled across the country to spend his summer in Winter Garden, interning as the play-by-play broadcaster for the Winter Garden Squeeze. For his strong work as “the voice of the Squeeze,” Vallene was recognized as the Florida Collegiate Summer League’s Broadcast Intern of the Year.

You found out that you won the award at the Florida League Championship Game at Tropicana Field.

What was that like?

It was pretty cool. … Having my name called at Tropicana Field was a really cool experience for me — just to be at a Major League park and win the award was fun.

You basically got to call a game every day this summer. What was that like?

I knew going into the internship that it was going to show me if I want to do this as a job or not, because it really is a grind having to call baseball every day. At school, you’ve got a lot of other students trying to get spots, so you’re only going once every week or two calling games. It was definitely a grind, but it was a ton of fun to call the games,

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the other side, several rows of punching bags hang in a cluster.

In the center aisle of the gym is a turf where intense training classes are held.

Membership at the gym has reached more than 130. Some of the perks of being a member include personal training, a nutritionist and access to the gym’s numerous classes, from Brazilian jiu-jitsu to boxing techniques and an MMAinspired fitness class.

The ultimate goal is to help everyone meet their fitness goals.

“Everybody has a fight,” Bryant said. “We want to train the entire person; we want to help them overcome their fight.”

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and it’s what I want to do.

What did you enjoy about this internship?

Being able to get access to a lot of the players is something that you don’t really get if you’re doing college broadcasts. … Just the opportunities that it gave, it was an incredibly open internship to allow you to do, really, whatever you wanted and that was what was most fun about it.

You drove both ways from Washington to Winter Garden. What has been your favorite stop along the way?

I had the opportunity to stop in Kansas City both (on the way) there and back. The first time, I caught a Royals game at Kauffman Stadium, and I was so impressed by that ballpark. … Coming back, I got to go to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the American Jazz Museum. Those were both really cool experiences.

Did you get to see much of Winter Garden during your time here?

We (the interns) toured that main strip and I love that strip — it’s just got a cute, little town vibe. … I was really impressed with that area and I wish I was able to spend a little more time there.

What’s a show you’re watching currently or have in your Netflix queue?

I just picked back up “Stranger Things” a couple of weeks ago, when I saw that Season Two was coming out. I marathoned the final five or six episodes of that in like a day and a half. It was so good and I’m hyped that I only have to wait a couple of months for Season Two in October.

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to stock up on UFC gear at the gym’s shop, Bryant said.

But when it comes to membership, the gym has garnered a significant number of female members — 60% of the membership base is female.

“We have a lot of new moms who are trying to lose their baby weight,” Bryant said.

The gym also offers a Brazilian jiu-jitsu class for children.

Already, both classes are full and a wait list is beginning to accumulate.

“We cater more to families because we want to be a family gym,” Bryant said.

Bryant said he hopes to get the gym connected into the community so it can assist in supporting other local businesses.

Already there is talk of offering scholarships to students, starting youth sport groups, helping the homeless in the community and creating fundraising events for breast cancer aware-

others in MMA. “I came from a track-andfield background, so I still apply a lot of those concepts to our training and got into the martial arts through friends in track and field,” he said.

When he started training others, Williams said he also became a better fighter, because he was focusing on the technical aspects of it. And although he loses out on time he could spend training himself, he loves seeing his clients improve.

Carmichael is a certified personal/fitness trainer, among multiple additional certifications. When he moved to Orlando nearly a decade ago, he started with LA Fitness, doing boot camps. Clients began asking him to do classes outside the gym, and his own clientele continued to grow.

When he met Williams and Taylor, the three were each working independently in their specialties, doing freelance training on their own or out of rented gym spaces. After deciding to join forces, and after much time spent looking for a proper spot for their gym, they settled on the current West Oaks location.

“As a kid growing up, I did taekwondo, karate and boxing,” Carmichael said. “That was the

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thing to do in the neighborhood, and I never took it seriously but learned the techniques and skills, so I used to use a lot of those skills in my training. To see how we mesh together teaching classes is remarkable, because you take one person from this level and take them to a whole other level. … It’s a whole different type of intensity a person experiences with the meshing of the MMA, boxing and fitness together.”

Williams combines the striking arts — boxing, taekwondo and more — with the grappling of jiu-jitsu and wrestling during classes. Other classes combine kickboxing and fitness. It all creates a nonstop, high-energy workout “It feels good because you see the hard work they put in and you see your work through them, the techniques,” Williams said.

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“We’ll have pro athletes in here training on one side, and then regular moms who just want to get in shape on the other side,” Carmichael said.

The three aim to continue providing top-notch training in MMA, boxing and fitness while expanding their clientele and the Fusion X-cel brand.

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“It’s really important for us to invest into the community,” Bryant said.

In the coming months, Bryant said that the gym will be open 24 hours per day to members.

Additional classes also will be added once the gym celebrates its grand opening during the last week of August.

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West Orange golf teams will rely on new faces in new roles Only three of the 10 golfers who competed for the Warriors boys and girls golf teams at state last fall are back on campus.

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The 2017 season for West Orangeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf teams will require great play from accomplished returners such as Dylan Bittenbender. Varsity newcomers such as Kassie Bartkovich will be thrust into prime roles immediately.

Between graduation and the opening of Windermere High, there may not be two programs at West Orange High that have been hit as hard as the Warriors boys and girls golf teams.

Both teams went to state last fall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the girls finished as state runners-up and the boys placed 10th. Of those 10 golfers who competed at the state tournament in Howey-in-the-Hills, just three were back on campus when school started Monday.

It marks a new era for the program, one where both teams will be coached by Scott Baker â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the boys coach for the past four seasons â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and where there will be a blending of maintaining a tradition of high expectations with the reality of so many new faces in new roles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are we shooting for a district (title), regional (championship) and possibly going to state?

Always â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at West Orange, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always doing that,â&#x20AC;? Baker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, reality is a big part of life, too. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sit here and

say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it to states, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re failures.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

The Warriors girls team, which came within a dozen strokes of a state championship last fall, returns just one varsity starter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Michelle Bagsic, a senior who placed 27th as an individual last fall. Maria Loza and Aly Moya each graduated, and Janelle Silguero and Sonia Mistry are now at Windermere High.

West Orangeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boys team returns two players from 2016: Dylan Bittenbender, a senior who placed 28th at state last fall, and Dominic Tiani, a senior who finished tied for 80th. Grant Drogosch, who placed fourth at state as a sophomore, is at Windermere, as is Shuhey Wada, and Kamaren Sandhu graduated.

Because of these departures, the starting five for each team will look dramatically different this fall.

Players who played junior varsity last fall will be asked not only to make the jump to varsity but also assume top roles (Kassie Bartkovich, for example, will be the girls teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 2). Or thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kenneth â&#x20AC;&#x153;K.C.â&#x20AC;? Andrews, who was debatably the boys eighth or

ninth best golfer in 2016, who is now going to be the No. 3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely exciting for them,â&#x20AC;? Baker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before, there was no pressure, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d just go out there and play JV. Now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing varsity.â&#x20AC;?

Of course, not only will there be pressure on the new additions to step up, but also accomplished returners such as Bittenbender and Bagsic will take another big step forward as seniors.

The Warriors will face off against some of their former teammates who are now Wolverines on a few occasions, with the girls team playing Windermere for the first time Aug. 21 and the boys team facing the Wolverines in Windermereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Invitational tournament Aug. 28.

For now, Baker and his two teams are focused on taking the game one day a time, with improvement and repetition as top priorities as the season gets underway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year, talent-wise, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get there,â&#x20AC;? Baker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take a much bigger effort from a lot of kids that havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done it before.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year, talent-wise, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get there.

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1 Startled inhale 5 At full gallop 10 Verbal tap on the shoulder 14 Mirror’s output 19 Imitator 20 Steadfast in allegiance 21 Change the decor entirely 22 Type of mushroom 23 Bowling ball’s path 24 Any grassy plain of the Southwest 25 “True ___” (John Wayne classic) 26 South African Dutch 27 He changed a “Romeo and Juliet” line to ...

31 Cause to stumble 32 Ritually embellish with gold 33 Some tall outback creatures 34 Kids connect them 35 Silent greeting 36 Kilmer wrote only God can make one 37 Caustic drain-clearing chemical 40 Ancient Mexican 43 Take more than a nibble 44 Change direction suddenly 45 Course requirement?

46 Attorney’s profession

47 Shot provider 52 Perjure oneself 53 Seeped 54 Post-exercise symptom, sometimes 55 Stadium or church music-maker 56 “What ___ the odds?”

57 Bird hunting at night 58 Dashing style 59 Spouses of mas 60 He is so acclaimed, emcees give him a ...

69 “___ So Shy” (Pointer Sisters hit) 70 Top-rated 71 Suffix for some ordinal

numbers 72 Expected to come in 73 Complete and total 76 Shakespeare, the Bard of ___ 77 St. ___ Girl (beer brand) 80 Consumed 81 Something hanging near a decorated 36-Across 85 “___ give you the shirt off his back!”

86 Remained prone 87 Like a used barbecue pit 88 Like the sky 89 Bad smells 91 Bank convenience, for short

1 Big fancy blowout 2 Already separated 3 Spanish mister 4 Lead, as a meeting 5 Except or almost 6 Some coral creatures 7 Nursemaid of India 8 Aid for the hobbled 9 Stretched out 10 Sock pattern of diamonds 11 Villainous biblical king 12 Perfect copy?

13 Baby talk 14 Permeate or impregnate 15 Planet satellites 16 Geometry finding 17 Type of cell or warfare 18 “All ___ being equal ...”

28 Distinctive historic period 29 It has a very wet mouth 30 Stuff on a board used for filing 35 Far’s partner 36 Type of synthesized music 37 Far from short 38 Exercises with a lot of bending 39 Utopia of Genesis 40 Muslim’s deity 41 Democratic Republic of the Congo’s former name 42 Twixt’s relative 43 Dickens pen name 44 ___ of Christ (one title for

the pope) 45 It’s 90 feet from home 48 Animal cries of distress 49 Type of pony or shirt 50 Ice cream treat popular in the 1950s 51 Urban house pest 57 Some court hearings 58 Phoenix-to-St. Louis dir.

59 Contribute, as to a poker pot 61 Cologne’s waterway, in Cologne 62 Southwestern Native American (var.)

63 Foolish or scatterbrained 64 Stopovers for the roadweary 65 Place to grab a quick lunch 66 Potato state 67 Far from inner 68 Requirements 73 Rival of USC 74 Not this 75 Neaten hedges 76 Capital of the Netherlands 77 Trend seekers 78 Missed ___ (ruined one’s stage entrance) 79 Little instrument of Hawaii 82 Eagle’s grasper 83 Lifts over ski slopes 84 Russian novelist Maxim 90 The killing of a being of divine nature 92 Hebrew alphabet openers 93 Nap in Spain 94 Ate like a chicken 95 Wedding helpers 96 One spelling for a young pig 97 Monks’ head 99 First canonical hour 100 Looked at bods on a beach 101 Very small amounts 102 Part of a bread loaf 103 Genesis twin 104 Certain Ivy League school 105 Shaped like a racetrack 106 Scream heard on a golf course 107 Cutlass maker no more

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Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

“ECROTIK (XAFULYX) PLPO’C EGK RSRK DUJW CUAI GAWROLCK JU DUJW CGI ABTLOIEE CGRC RTT MIJMTI RUI YRMRFTI JD.” – WRCCGIS WJPLOI “WBV’UJ SFMSWY NBP PB MBER MKPC PCJ HJYP KZ WBV TSL ... PCJ HJYP SEJ PCJ HJYP HJTSVYJ PCJW’EJ AKZZJEJLP.” – OSFTBFO OTABMJFF

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