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ARTS & CULTURE

What kind of home can you buy for $500,000?

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High-jumping fatherdaughter duo soars over competition.

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Marching musicians take to the practice fields for band camps.

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GOVERNANCE

by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer

+ Turn in your guns to Ocoee PD The Ocoee Police Department is participating in the annual Kicks 4 Guns program from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at HighPoint Church, 476 Ocoee Commerce Parkway, Ocoee.

Citizens turning in guns are asked to transport them unloaded and securely in the trunk of their vehicle.

Upon arriving at the venue, citizens should immediately advise the officer if the firearms are loaded. A gift card will be given to everyone who turns in one or more guns, while supplies last.

For information, call the OPD at (407) 905-3160.

+ Assistance coming to W.O. Rick Singh, Orange County property appraiser, is setting up satellite offices in West Orange in the coming weeks. Residents can inquire about the homestead and other exemptions, as well as the tax notices that go out this week. Call (407) 836-5044.

His schedule is as follows: • Ocoee City Hall, 150 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee, 2 to 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 24 and 25.

• Orange County Fire Station 35, 7435 Winter Garden Vineland Road, Windermere, 2 to 7 p.m.

Thursday and Friday, Sept.

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• Southwest Branch Library,7255 Della Drive, Orlando, 2 to 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 10, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.

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• West Orange High School cafeteria, 1625 Beulah Road, Winter Garden, 3 to 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 17.

+ Diaz finishes basic training

Developers presented this rendering of the relief high school design.

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Developers get community input on relief-school plans The school faces litigation but remains on track for a 2017-18 opening.

HORIZON WEST — At a community meeting Aug 12 at West Orange High School, staff from Orange County Public Schools, county government and the planning

team for the Beck Property relief high school met area citizens to review and discuss plans for “Site 27” on County Road 535 (Winter Garden-Vineland Road).

Dave Torbert, an architect with SchenkelShultz Architecture, showed how the layout would accommodate a 2,776-student capacity and stack up to 557 cars and 85

buses on 332,982 square feet — about 6.64 acres.

Based on conditions of the legal agreement involving

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IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE by Steven Ryzewski | Sports Editor

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NO HOLDING BACK

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AmTryke gives W.G. girl more independence

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Tania Proctor, left, and Keith Bruno show off one of their drones after the company’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.

This week’s winner is

Amy Weeks.

WINDERMERE — Ahead of its Sept. 21 final budget hearing, the Windermere Town Council unanimously approved non-ad valorem assessment rolls for fire rescue services and solid waste collection at its Aug. 11 meeting.

But one council member — as well as many residents in at-

Claire Singletary can get around her Winter Garden neighborhood more quickly thanks to a donation from Ambucs.

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hile dabbling in a new hobby, Keith Bruno recognized a need — and an opportunity.

The Winter Garden resident and helicopter pilot had always had an interest in remote control aircrafts, dating back to the 1990s. Then on a trip to California last year, Bruno kept hearing about the growing popularity of drones, and an idea began to take shape.

Upon returning, Bruno decided to purchase a drone to satisfy his curiosity and see what he could learn about the technology. Always one to do his homework, Bruno soon

Storm water management taxes rose for the first time since 2010, by $5 per ERU.

by Amy Quesinberry Rhode Community Editor

Keith Bruno has started a company — Drone Academy, USA — to help educate people on the growing possibilities that come with the rising prominence and usage of drones.

U.S. Army Pvt. Jovany Diaz has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina.

Diaz is the son of Jovana De La Rosa, of Ocoee, and brother of Nelinton Rosario, of Jamaica, New York.

Windermere Town Council sets non-ad valorem tax rates

WINTER GARDEN — With her parents’ help, 9-yearold Claire Singletary fastens the helmet strap under her chin and the bicycle seatbelt around her body — and then she’s off for a few moments of independence. The grin broadens on the face of this determined little Winter Garden resident as she learns to

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Community Calendar..............2A Crossword...............................7B

Obituaries.............................15A Real Estate.............................1C

Sports.....................................1B Weather..................................5B

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2015

COMMUNITYCALENDAR THURSDAY, AUG. 20 Kicks 4 Guns — 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at HighPoint Church, 476 Ocoee Commerce Parkway, Ocoee.

The Ocoee Police Department is hosting this event, sponsored

by Crimeline, and encourages anyone with unwanted guns to turn them in. The collection is completely anonymous. In exchange, citizens receive a gift card. Guns should be unloaded. For information, call (407) 905-3160.

Networking for Veterans — 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at First Watch café, 1221 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland. VetBuds is a group of military veterans whose purpose is to provide an open forum and networking source. Attendees pay for their own breakfast. There are no dues. For information, call (407) 347-6499 or email citrusolution91@gmail.com.

Chamber Lead and Feed Networking Lunch — 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at Fresco Cucina Italiana, 7721 Turkey Lake Road, Orlando. Cost is $15 in advance or $20 at the door for West Orange Chamber of Commerce members; and $20 for others. For information, call (407) 656-1304.

will provide expertise in growing peppers. Cost is $5 per family. Advanced registration is required at (407) 254-9200.

Understanding Health Insurance: From Coverage to Care — 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Certified navigators will help individuals and families understand their benefits and connect with the services that are covered by their insurance and understand their financial responsibilities. For more information, call (407) 835-7323.

FRIDAY, AUG. 21 Happy Birthday, Spot! — 11 a.m. Friday, Aug., 21, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Join Spot and Sally for a barking good time! Celebrate Spot’s birthday with stories, crafts and activities. Ages 3-5. Call (407) 835-7323 for more information.

Food Trucks and Movie in the Park — 6 p.m. Friday, Aug., 21, at Bill Breeze Park, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee.

Attendees can take a lawn chair or blanket

“Peppers — Some Like it Hot!” Gardening Program — 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Jessie Brock Community Center, 310 N. Dillard St., Winter Garden.

Horticulturalist Ed Thralls of the Orange County Extension Service

and enjoy food-truck fare such as tamales, cheese steaks, Krispy Kreme hamburgers, lobster rolls, barbecue pulled pork, crepes and Swedish burgers.

Tours of the historic WithersMaguire House, 16 E. Oakland Ave., will be ongoing, and the movie “Home” will be shown starting at 8:30. For information, call the Ocoee Parks and Recreation Department at (407) 905-3180 or visit ocoee. org.

“Young Frankenstein” Summer Movie — 7 p.m. Friday, Aug., 21, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden.

Tickets are $6 with reserved seating and are sold online at gardentheatre.org/summermovies or at the box office, (407) 877-GRDN.

SATURDAY, AUG. 22 West Orange Youth Summit 2015 — 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Jessie Brock Community Center, 310 N. Dillard St., Winter Garden.

This empowerment and scholarship event is being presented

by Cameron Resources Inc. Admission is free. For information, call (407) 456-3713 or (678) 357-8255 or email burkeg37@att.net or tcjdozier1@aol.com.

Softball Skills Clinic — 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 22, at a West Orange County location to be determined. Little League, in cooperation with West Orange High School softball, is hosting the free clinic for girls

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ages 6 to 10. WOHS players and coaches will lead the clinic, providing instruction and fundamentals of the game in a fun and entertaining way. To register and receive directions, RSVP to WOfastpitch@gmail. com. Space is limited.

Back to School Bash — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at Zanders Park, 362 11th St., Winter Garden. The city of Winter Garden and Unity in the Community are hosting the event, which will include games, free hotdogs for children, music, door prizes and an open swim from 1 to 2 p.m.

For information, call (407) 656-4155 or email recinfo@ cwgdn.com.

Meet Milfred the Rooster — 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Oakland author Maureen Jacobson is bringing Milfred for storytime. For information, call (407) 835-7323.

Newspaper Forts — 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Design and build a newspaper fort that you can play in. The whole family is invited to participate. For information, call (407) 8357323.

MONDAY, AUG. 24 AARP Smart Driver Two-Day Course — 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Aug. 24, and Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Jessie Brock Community Center, 310 N. Dillard St., Winter Garden. This serves as an insurance-reduction and driver refresher course, and participants will get up to a 10% discount after completion of the course. Advanced registration is required,

To publicize your event in our Community Calendar, please send by mail: 720 S. Dillard St. Winter Garden, FL 34787; or by email: news@wotimes.com.

Photos are welcome. Deadline is noon Thursday.

and the fee is $15 for AARP members, $20 for others. For more information or to register, call (407) 656-4155.

CareerSource Job Search Assistance — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Spend time with experts from CareerSource Central Florida. Explore the services they provide and learn how to connect with employment opportunities using career counseling, skill development workshops and more. Call (407) 835-7323 for details.

Rainy Day Fun — 11 a.m.

Monday, Aug. 24, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Are you ready for some rainy-day fun? Enjoy stories, songs and crafts all about the rain. For information, call (407) 835-7323.

TUESDAY, AUG. 25 Preventing Identity Theft — 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Learn how to protect yourself against identity theft and scams. Other discussion topics will include the resources available if you’ve been victimized and how to report identity theft. More information is available at myfloridalegal. com.

Discovering the Deep Sea — 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. What is all the commotion in the ocean? From strange creatures to underwater mountains, discover amazing facts about the deep sea with stories and crafts. Ages 6-12.

Call (407) 835-7323 for information.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26 Blood Drive — 2 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the American Legion, Hugh T. Gregory Post 63, 271 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. The legion is conducting the drive in front of the post in conjunction with Florida’s Blood Centers. Donors receive free movie vouchers.

The post will be open with sodas, coffee, tea, water, fruits and pastries available. For information, call (321) 6625883.

THURSDAY, AUG. 27 Chamber Business After Hours — 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 7501 Sand Lake Road, Orlando. Cost is $10 in advance and $20 at the door for West Orange Chamber of Commerce members; and $20 for others. For details, call (407) 656-1304.

Let’s Get Tangled — 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Need to pause and take a break? Zentangle might just be the trick! Spend an hour making your pattern and go home refreshed. Ages 18 and older. For information, call (407) 835-7323.

“Imperial Dreams” Summer Movie — 7 p.m. at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. The flick, inspired by true events, won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2015 Florida Film Festival. Tickets are $6 with reserved seating and are sold online at gardentheatre.org/summermovies or at the box office, (407) 877GRDN.

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PARTNERSHIP by Peter M. Gordon | Contributing Writer

W.G. commission approves agreement with Oakland The new three-year agreement extends the two municipalities’ police-dispatch partnership.

WINTER GARDEN — Winter Garden city commissioners unanimously approved a renewal of their Interlocal Agreement with Oakland for police-dispatch services for another three years.

Winter Garden Police Chief George Brennan said the agreement included a mutual-aid provision. If Oakland police need additional officers for specific calls, then they can request help from Winter Garden’s force.

Similarly, Winter Garden’s police can request aid from

Oakland, but Brennan acknowledged that would be less likely.

“We have more people than they do, so they need us more often than we need them,” he said.

Brennan also said there have been times when only one or two officers were on duty in Oakland. If dispatchers hear an officer going into a dangerous situation, they may send backup from Winter Garden even without a formal request.

Oakland will pay $38,192 for

dispatch services starting Oct. 1. The agreement limits fee increases to a maximum of 10% per year. It will expire Sept. 30, 2018.

Winter Garden recently expanded its call center staff to handle police-dispatch services for Ocoee under a fiveyear agreement that began in July. Oakland’s police department also will benefit from this additional staff.

NATURAL GAS RENEWED

Commissioners unanimously approved City Man-

ager Mike Bollhoefer’s recommendation to renew the franchise agreement with Lake Apopka Natural Gas. Bollhoefer said the renewal agreement was substantially the same as the previous agreement. The city receives franchise fees of between $80,000 and $90,000 each year from the company.

Bollhoefer told commissioners that city staff didn’t believe pollution insurance was necessary at this time. If it does become necessary in the future they recommend buying it separately from other city insurance. He estimated the cost for a policy at between $5,000 and $10,000 per year.

IN OTHER NEWS • The commission unanimously approved the site plan for 360 W. Plant St., a property just west of City Hall. The developer plans to build an 18,000-square-foot office and retail building. The agreement is subject to certain conditions, including the developer paying into the downtown parking fund. The building will not otherwise have sufficient parking.

• Commissioners unanimously approved the site plan for 330 E. Crown Point Road for CVC Hospitality. It plans to build a 10,000-square-foot office building.

• The commission postponed until the Aug. 27 meeting consideration of an ordinance to rezone about 7.15 acres on the north side of Roper Road, east of Winter Garden-Vineland Road and west of Daniels Road. This is the site planned for the Sonata West Orange Campus. The postponement will enable the Planning and Zoning Commission to review the plans.

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• City Manager Mike Bollhoefer told commissioners he planned to email them a draft ordinance to enact a moratorium on development along East Plant Street. He hopes to bring it in front of the commission at the next meeting.

• Bollhoefer also introduced Chad Morrill, Winter Garden’s new director of information technology. Morrill is a graduate of the University of Florida.

• Commissioner Bobby Olszewski said the city will partner with Unity in the Community for a back-toschool event at 10 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 22, at Zander’s Park, 362 11th St. • Commissioner Kent Makin requested an update on the building at 160 E. Plant St. The commission has postponed a condemnation hearing on that property three times to give the property owner an opportunity to submit plans to bring it up to code. Bollhoefer said the owners have complied, and he expects to have the plans reviewed by the Architectural Review Board.

TRAFFIC by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer

SQUEAKY CLEAN

Winter Garden Village road work nearly complete

by Amy Quesinberry Rhode | Community Editor

Construction crews are working on road improvements, including additional turn lanes, ahead of Florida Hospital’s arrival.

Kerc Hoyt, a Matthew’s Hope guest, can make any car shine in the homeless ministry’s detailing service.

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DETAILED WORK Matthew’s Hope’s car-detailing program has helped program participants break the cycle of homelessness.

WINTER GARDEN — Pastor Scott Billue says the car-detailing program at Matthew’s Hope is a great deal financially — but it means much more than that to the participants in West Orange County’s homeless ministry. It’s giving them responsibilities and another opportunity to become independent and to break the cycle of homelessness.

“We’re expanding the service to really use as a viable way to check people’s work ethic,” founder Billue said. “We’re able to provide a service to the community at a reasonable price, but it gives our guests a chance to interact with people in the community. It gives them a chance to talk to people and gives them a chance to earn points.”

The point system was created to restore participants’ dignity. The guests, as they are called at Matthew’s Hope, can earn points by working in the garden or the laundry area, detailing vehicles and setting up and taking down tables and chairs for meals and classes. These points can then be cashed in for items like food, steel-toed boots, a bicycle, new teeth or temporary housing.

All vehicle-detailing work is done at Matthew’s Hope, 1460 Daniels Road, Winter Garden. Cars cost $25 for an inside-and-out detail. An additional $15 will get the car hand-waxed with high-quality products. Vans and small trucks are $35 for a detail, $50 for detailing and waxing. Larger trucks can be cleaned, too, and drivers can call for a quote.

Billue recommends calling

ahead for an appointment to avoid a longer wait. Call (407) 905-9500 to schedule a time.

Guests perform the work from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and currently can handle about six cars a day.

There are about five workers who rotate on and off the schedule.

“We have one key guy out there most of the time,” Billue said. “He’s ridiculously picky and detail-oriented. He will get in all the nooks and crannies and make sure the other guys do, too.”

That hard worker is Kerc Hoyt.

“I do it the way I would do my car,” he said. “I take the time to do it right.”

Hoyt also repairs bicycles that are donated, cleans the Matthew’s Hope buildings and keeps the campus grass mowed.

He hasn’t been homeless long, but he found himself struggling financially after he moved out of the house in Ocoee he shared with his abusive girlfriend. He finally mustered the courage to get out, leaving behind everything he owned. He still carries visible proof of their intense relationship: scars from razor and butcher knife attacks and a gunshot wound in his back.

“At least I’m still alive,” he said.

He is continually out job hunting, concentrating on auto repair shops.

“I was a dishwasher but was going nowhere,” he said. “I’m a hell of a mechanic.”

Hoyt currently is living in one of the ministry’s transitional houses on Morgan

Street in Winter Garden, working every day for his points.

Billue stressed these workers are not volunteers; they are earning valuable points, and many of them are putting those points toward housing.

“That’s part of the requirement to get a house: to earn points around Matthew’s Hope,” he added.

“We have some of our longer-term guests who oversee it and lead it, and as other guests come in and want to earn points, we train them how to do it, too,” he said.

The job takes 60 to 90 minutes with two guests working on one vehicle, and while their car is getting cleaned, the owners can sit on the porch and chat with guests or take a tour of Matthew’s Hope’s preschool, food pantry, shower trailer and garden.

HOPING FOR $10K

Matthew’s Hope has been selected along with 11 other food charities (from Florida, the United States, Canada and Singapore) to compete for a $10,000 grant. The winner is determined by the number of votes each organization receives between now and Aug. 28. Go to cit.com/foodortunity daily to vote. At the close of the contest, CIT, a financial entity, will award grants of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500.

Billue said a charity had to receive at least 100 write-in votes to be nominated.

“We had learned about it, and it really fit what we are doing in terms of trying to expand our food pantry,” he said.

If Matthew’s Hope wins the $10,000 grant, the money

could be used to expand the food program.

“We have the regular Garden of Eatin’ food pantry, but we’re also keeping boxed food on hand that if somebody comes who is not homeless and doesn’t qualify for the things that we’re doing, but they come in and they’re hungry, we can give them a box with things like pasta, shelf-stable milk, soups and canned meats,” Billue said.

Staff at several local schools know if they learn of a hungry family, they can call Matthew’s Hope, and a box of food will be delivered. Billue wants to expand this program.

Some families are hungry and some are homeless, and while he desires to help those who merely need a little food, his goal is to locate the ones without a home who could fully benefit from Matthew’s Hope.

“We want to connect them with Matthew’s Hope so we can see if we can get them moving toward independence,” Billue said. “Our goal is not to make you comfortable as a homeless person.”

Another project gaining momentum is a proposed greenhouse. Billue has received final approval and is eager to begin construction. It will be built next to the garden and landscaped with a butterfly garden, picket fence and cobblestone sitting area.

“The garden is our front door,” Billue said. “We want people to see it and say, ‘Wow, not only is this beautiful, but it’s also functional.’”

He said he hopes it will be finished by the Nov. 14 Harvest of Hope Garden Party.

Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.

WINTER GARDEN — With new developments often come new roads, and Florida Hospital Winter Garden — scheduled to open in a few months — is no exception.

Construction teams have been hoping to complete roadwork by the start of November to avoid problems during peak shopping seasons, and all signs point to completion well before that, City Engineer Art Miller said.

“Current roadwork is associated with the Florida Hospital construction,” Miller said of work around the southern part of Daniels Road. “They have had Fowler Groves Boulevard and Sembler Way closed for the last several months. It has to do with the entrance into the hospital, which will be a roundabout.

That work is scheduled to be completed Aug. 21, depending on the weather because of the rains. We’ve been pushing them to get those roads open.”

General construction work for this area began last August before some off-site work began in February or March, but roadwork has been just the last several months, with the roads closed only once that began, Miller said.

He said crews have been on track to meet the city of Winter Garden’s requirement that no roadwork occur after Nov. 1, with a current projection to beat that date by six weeks or more.

“The other part of it is on northbound Daniels Road, within what they have to do as part of the agreement to build the hospital,” he said.

“They are adding and extending left-turn lanes. That work — again depending on the weather — is scheduled to be done the second week in September.”

As roadwork continues in these regards, Miller said Winter Garden crews would try to

limit work to between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Funding for these projects comes from transportation and impact fees, with the hospital bearing some of the costs, Miller said.

“There’s a very extensive set of roadway improvements they’re responsible for or funding,” he said of Florida Hospital officials. “These sections they’re currently doing with their own contractor, but there are others which are future projects they’ll reimburse the city for with direct funds or reimbursements.”

In a project coordinated with the Central Florida Expressway Authority, which will be working on State Road 429 in the same area, Winter Garden teams also will improve Winter Garden-Vineland Road at its interchange with S.R. 429 by adding lanes, Miller said.

“That work is kind of a small piece of the overall plan of those improvements,” he said. “Along with that, the city is doing some improvements to Stoneybrook West Parkway westbound, which will again extend the right-turn lane on westbound Stoneybrook West Parkway that turns north on Daniels (Road).”

Miller said that work should take about half of the time as the work on State Road 429, about 90 days, starting in September around the same time as those State Road 429 enhancements. Because of the maintenance of traffic and location of construction, the Stoneybrook West Parkway work should not affect traffic, he said.

The main project is to turn Winter Garden-Vineland Road into six lanes, which will begin in January, Miller said.

“On this little bit of work we’re going to start pretty soon, it’s, in total, probably less than $250,000,” he said.

Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@ wotimes.com.

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Ongoing Daniels Road construction is mostly to prepare for the opening of Florida Hospital Winter Garden within the next few months.

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WHAT IS ARTHROGRYPOSIS? Children with arthrogryposis are born with joint contractures. Some of their joints don’t move as much as normal and can even be stuck in one position.

Often, the muscles around these joints are thin, weak, stiff or missing. Extra tissue might have formed around the joints, holding them in place.

Most contractures happen in the arms and the legs, but they can also be

CLAIRE / PAGE 1A maneuver the hand pedals on a bike made specifically for her. It didn’t take long for her to master the three-point turn.

“It’s special because I can ride it, and I can go fast,” Claire said.

The bike came from Ambucs, a non-profit service organization that creates mobility and independence for people with disabilities. There is no cost to the families.

The AmTryke hand tricycle has a foot platform, is adjustable and can be shifted as Claire’s arms and legs grow.

Claire was born in China and diagnosed with arthrogryposis, a condition characterized by constricted joints and surrounding muscles that are weak, stiff or missing. She was 2 1/2 and living in foster care when Richard and Angela Singletary, of Winter Garden, traveled to Asia in 2008 to meet her. The couple had adopted Hannah, also from China, in 2004, and wanted her to have someone she could connect with culturally. The Singletarys also have two biological sons, Tyler and Jacob.

“We saw her smile and said, ‘That’s our little girl,’” Richard Singletary said of when they visited Claire in the foster home.

When they first laid eyes on her, the toddler was sitting awkwardly with club feet attached to legs that were folded inward. Doctors said she would never walk.

The parents have learned not to put restrictions on their daughter — she tends to defy them all. After 12 surgeries, not only is Claire

located in the jaw and the spine.

The main cause of arthrogryposis is fetal akinesia. This means the baby does not move much inside the womb. Moving helps a baby’s joints, muscles and tendons develop.

If a baby doesn’t move much, these parts might not develop well and extra tissue can form in the joints, making movement harder. walking with the aid of leg braces, but also, she even manages to run and climb the stairs of their two-story home. She swims, can kick a soccer ball and has played on a special-needs baseball team in Clermont.

“She’s amazing and learning how to do things to adapt,” Richard Singletary said. “She figures things out.”

She has endured operations to cut tendons behind her knees to straighten her legs and surgeries to cut her femurs and twist them into shape. She has spent about a year in various body casts.

She has plates and screws and pins in her knees.

Claire also has a sunny disposition, smiling as she makes her way around the house or out to the garage or the swimming pool. She’s excited to start fourth grade at Whispering Oak Elementary School.

Amber Yampolsky, Claire’s physical therapist at Orlando Health, has been instrumental in her growth in terms of physical activity. She also recommended the family for the special bicycle, which arrived last week.

The Singletarys originally were told that Claire didn’t have any quadriceps, but her father said there is definitely something there. Watching her in action is proof.

She will always need the support of braces because of her weak muscles, Angela Singletary said.

Her husband was quick to add: “She’s already come so much further than we ever expected.”

Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.

TRAVELIN’ TIMES

The West Orange Times traveled to Chicago with Daryll and Robin Parker, of Winter Garden. In addition to seeing the river dyed neon green (a St. Patrick’s Day tradition in the Windy City), the Parkers watched the West Orange High School band march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

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made an interesting observation as he prepared to make his purchase.

“There are several stores around Orlando that will sell you a drone — but there’s not anybody that will teach you anything about it,” Bruno said.

“They don’t teach you how to fly it or really know anything about it; it’s just another product that they’re selling.

“So I was kind of dismayed — I was like, ‘I want to learn more about this not just from a hobby standpoint, but from a commercial standpoint,’” he said.

From that realization came the origins of Drone Academy, USA. The new business celebrated its ribbon cutting with the West Orange Chamber of Commerce on Aug. 13 and includes Bruno and one employee, Tania Proctor, who helps with marketing and communications.

Bruno said he has high hopes for the company but that his main goal is to educate drone users about safety and responsibility. The longtime pilot can readily rattle off recent incidents from the news where drones have been flown improperly, causing a variety of headaches.

“I thought, ‘Hmm, I think other people need to know how to do this,’” Bruno said.

“They need to know how to fly these things and do it safely.

We need to be responsible and know what it is that we can do, so that was the whole reason for me to start the Drone Academy.”

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“Ever since I can remember … I have always wanted to fly,” Bruno said.

Originally, he set out to become a commercial airline pilot. In the 1990s, Bruno got his license as a commercial airline pilot, but after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the corresponding trouble that the airline industry experienced, more pilots were being laid off than hired. That’s when a tip took Bruno in a new direction: helicopter pilot.

Most of the workforce of

WINDERMERE / PAGE 1A tendance — dissented on the increase in the roll for storm water management, which passed the council 4-1.

“I have no problem with every citizen in the town of Windermere participating in maintaining storm water,” Councilman Bob McKinley said before casting his dissenting vote. “I don’t think it’s right for them to have to shoulder the initial responsibility of maintaining storm water.”

Town Manager Robert Smith said a lack of grants left the town about $134,000 per year for storm water projects, leaving Windermere at a great need to fund necessary projects, many along Main Street.

“That’s not enough,” Smith said. “We did a presentation several months ago to the Town Council to increase that, to not only fund more projects, but to take care of the perpetual maintenance of those new systems. The increase was $5 per month for every equivalent residential unit … which is 2,999 square feet.”

Mayor Gary Bruhn said doing little to manage the waters of the town’s chain of lakes for 21 years led to a sudden need of Windermere to compensate in the present.

“We can’t wait another generation to fix the problems we’ve got with our storm water,” he said before citing a national standard that mandates municipal storm water quality standards. He repeated his thoughts from prior meetings that anyone on nearby roads

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helicopter pilots in the early 2000s was aging; many of them began flying in the Vietnam War. As the workforce neared retirement, there were not many replacement pilots waiting in the wings. That demand for new pilots proved to be a life-changing development for Bruno, who sold an airplane he had built and used the money to train as a helicopter pilot.

Currently, Bruno flies for a helicopter tour company on International Drive near Dave & Busters and also is a backup pilot News 13. He has been teaching flight lessons in some capacity since 2005, making the transition to teaching for Drone Academy, USA a smooth one.

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Established this year, Drone Academy, USA is moving toward being able to accommodate several types of customers.

Bruno said the current focus is getting the academy’s online course ready to go live by the end of the year. In-person commercial classes currently are awaiting clearance hurdles from the Federal Aviation Administration — although the curriculum is already prepared — and consultations for hobbyist drone fliers can be purchased now. Bruno is also available to do contract work with his drone for area businesses in need of photos or video.

And, while the curriculum for Drone Academy, USA will broach a number of topics — including maneuvering and all of the many capabilities drones can offer — the Winter Garden resident said safety and awareness will top the list.

“Part of our course is teaching you, obviously, how to fly,” Bruno said. “We will teach all different types of ground reference maneuvers and how you can do all of those types of things. … I would say the most important thing is to know how to fly safely.”

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While working the helicopter for News 13 one day, Bruno was called on to report to a house fire.

Upon arrival, Bruno noted

IN OTHER NEWS • The council voted to name a Windermere Police Department building after slain Officer Robbie German, with specifics to be determined. In November, Windermere officials will rededicate roadway where German died for a seven-year term Bruhn said could be extended.

• The council set pavilion reservation rates at $300 for non-residents and $100 for residents, with O’Brien dissenting.

• The town’s general engineering contract for the 2015-16 fiscal year went to John Fitzgibbon at about $1,650 per month.

• First readings occurred for ordinances removing occupancy certificate provisions for property to be assessed for fire protection and revising certain boathouse and boat dock requirements for Windermere and Orange County to enforce. or lakes benefits from storm water management.

Some Windermere residents believed the sudden increase was too much at once while other fees and taxes also increased, especially from The Willows.

“I realize that the big jump this year is paying for the sins of our fathers,” Roger Ambuter, a resident of The Willows, said. “My issue is that in The

three other helicopters from other outlets were present, making four total at the scene.

Perhaps it was just a slow news day, but the veteran pilot remembers thinking how much more efficient it might be if some of the different news outlets had drones equipped with cameras.

“I’m thinking to myself, ‘What a waste of money and resources,’” Bruno said.

Bruno sees an ever-expanding market for drone usage that isn’t limited just to opportunities for news media outlets.

Farmers, real-estate agents, construction companies and film and television crews are all among the fields where drones are either becoming more readily available or will soon be. He also notes they are being used with success in Africa to help discourage poaching.

Most importantly, though, as they become more common, Bruno foresees a commercial demand for drones by many local businesses — a demand on which he hopes to capitalize.

“This is where it’s heading,” Bruno said.

The need for aerial photos and flyover video is being met by impressive advances in technology, he adds. Improvements in stabilization for the cameras mean drone video footage does not even look as though it is being shot from one, and cameras that come standard on drones are ever-improving.

“The camera that we have on our drone is a 4K camera — that’s four times high-definition video,” Bruno said. “It sends it back live in 720p to my tablet, so you can actually see what it is seeing. You can literally put any kind of a movie camera on a drone. … You cannot tell that it’s flying. It looks like somebody is just walking with a steady cam. It’s amazing.”

Beyond the commercial uses, there is a growing market for the devices as a hobby — and even as a means of competition.

“There’s actually drone racing … it’s a lot of fun — it’s like a new sport, really,” Proctor said.

Whatever one’s interest in

The council delayed action on a variance request to allow movement of a dock at 13 Chase Road, citing a desire for more specific plans.

• The council passed resolutions to amend the Windermere five-year capital improvements schedule and to apply for a Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program grant in 2016-17.

• An ordinance allowing Isleworth residents to use the Lake Bessie boat ramp for limited non-recreational purposes, such as repairs, gained council approval.

• Windermere Police Chief Dave Ogden swore in Officer David Cho and promoted officers Jeff Czwornog and Ryan Miller to Officer 1. Ogden also recognized new school crossing guard Kenneth Cohen.

• Bruhn proclaimed Sept.

8 as “The Gift of Life Day,” presenting recognition to Rosie Moore for her work with preemies.

Willows, we were taking care of our own storm water system.

We spent well over $13,000 last year. … I’m not voting for a complete alleviation, because as homeowners in Windermere, we should pay our fair share to help out the other areas that have more problems than we do, but … we do have concerns.”

Ambuter mentioned issues with the neighboring Reserve

FUN FACTS • There could be 30,000 drones overhead in the U.S. by 2020, according to the Washington Times.

• There’s a fair amount of disagreement about what to call drones. The industry refers to them as UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The U.S. Air Force calls them RPAs (remote piloted aircraft) because “they aren’t unmanned; there are pilots involved,” protested one Air Force lieutenant general. When not talking about massive Predator-type drones but instead referring to the type you can fit in the trunk of your car, many call them sUAS (small unmanned air systems).

• The surveillance industry wants drones to be more friendly. In Britain, manufacturers have suggested painting drones bright colors as a way to make them seem friendlier and less reminiscent of war zones, reports The Guardian.

• Cape Canaveral is now a drone base. The base previously used primarily to launch shuttles is now a drone practice spot and sends out a General Atomic Guardian drone to monitor the southeast border and fly over the ocean to make drug busts.

• The Coast Guard expects drones will increase its prosecutions by 95%.

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drones, information on classes offered by Drone Academy, USA, can be found online at droneacademyusa.com.

“My hopes are actually to basically take the class national,” Bruno said. “I would like to have several instructors that work for us in different locations and teach these classes.

That’s what our dream is, to be able to do in the next couple years.”

Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@wotimes.com. at Belmere — not part of Windermere — not taking adequate care of its storm water and sought a mitigation for The Willows from the money it already had contributed toward storm water management.

Bruhn said increasing the rate gradually rather than keeping it flat since 2010 might have been better. Councilman Jim O’Brien said the council’s approval set rates to rise more gradually in the future, rather than sharply at once.

Bruhn also said the rate would be second lowest in the county to Apopka, which has a lower rate because it controls its utilities.

Councilman John Armstrong said this was an issue of preserving the lakes and avoiding a catastrophe like that of Lake Apopka.

MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS

Kimley Horn & Associates conducted a study on Windermere’s roads, paths, sidewalks, crosswalks and bridges for presentation to the council.

The study showed added pedestrian mid-block crossings were unwarranted, although Councilwoman Molly Rose said moving the crosswalk between Ninth and 10th streets along Main Street had been the key reason she had sought the study.

Recommendations from the study were to fill sidewalk gaps, make new connections and a few asphalt bicycle paths and provide new golf cart connections.

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500 block of West Henschen Avenue. Grand theft. At 12:50 p.m., an officer met a 911 caller who said he had noticed his leaf-blower and chainsaw were missing. A check revealed that his granddaughter had pawned the leaf-blower July 27 in Winter Garden, but the manager did not accept a pawn of the chainsaw July 29. The officer and manager completed a pawn hold form on the leaf-blower.

Kimberly Marshall first went to All Aspects Dental at Free Dental Day last year. dentist than it used to be.”

Since last year, Marshall has gone to Pike’s office for cleanings, extractions, crowns and more.

“He’s pretty much done everything that he possibly can in my mouth,” she said.

Marshall said she used to pose for photos at a certain angle so that her bad teeth wouldn’t show. Now she is proud to look directly at the camera and show off her smile. “(Dr. Pike) has literally given me my smile back; I’m very thankful for him,” she said.

Marshall said she has referred many of her friends to All Aspects Dental. She appreciates Pike’s bedside manner and personal interest in his patients’ well-being.

Dentistry is a family trade for Pike: His parents and one of his grandparents also were dentists. He has been practicing in Central Florida since 2004.

“I believe in doing the most conservative dentistry with the most up-to-date technology,” Pike wrote on his website.

Pike also volunteers for the Special Olympics Special Smiles Dental Screening Initiative and the Orange County Dental Research Clinic. He is a board member for the Winter Garden Rotary Club and Flori-

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da Citrus Sports. Making a difference in the lives of local students is also important to him: He is on the Student Advisement Committee for Cypress Ridge Elementary and Oakland Avenue Charter School.

All Aspects Dental also gives back each year with its post-Halloween “Candy Buy Back.” The office pays children $1 per pound for their unopened Halloween candy, and the candy is shipped to U.S. soldiers overseas.

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300 block of Franklin Street. Burglary. At 7 p.m., a complainant showed an officer security footage of a man burglarizing his truck and placing stolen items in bushes. The complainant was missing a chainsaw, a box of rotors, a box of sprayers and a toolbox, altogether worth $905. He said he had seen the suspect walk toward the railroad tracks, where officers found the suspect in the same clothes, confirmed his identity and then arrested him.

When asked where the stolen items were, the suspect said, “I didn’t do anything.” All but the chainsaw were recovered.

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All Aspects Dental also partnered with two practices in Clermont this year.

OAKLAND — All Aspects Dental in Oakland had one of its busiest days of the year last Friday, but the traffic didn’t generate any income.

This was the third year Dr. Charles Pike and the staff at All Aspects Dental offered a day on which patients could receive a free cleaning, filling or extraction.

Most of the patients who attend Free Dental Day do not have insurance and need financial help. Last year, the office provided more than $16,000 worth of treatment to 39 patients.

“It is our obligation to give back to our community, and there are a lot of deserving people needing help,” Pike said.

Citrus Tower Family Dental of Clermont and Clermont Endodontic Specialists also offered free services Aug. 14, for the first time. All Aspects Dental offered free crowns to patients treated at Clermont Endodontic Specialists.

“I do think we’ll look to participate in events such as these in the coming years to help as many people as we can and educate them on the importance of lifetime oral health care,” said Dr. John Adkins of Citrus Tower Family Dental.

There is a number of patients who have received a service at Free Dental Day and then continued to go to Pike’s office as regular patients, such as Kimberly Marshall, a resident of Clermont.

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the suspect for running the stop sign and there was no need to be upset. He asked the suspect whether he had weapons or drugs. The suspect said yes and again cried and said he would return to prison. The officer grabbed the suspect’s wrist for safety, based on no specification of drugs or weapons. The suspect said, “Drugs in the right pocket” and that he had a taser and a pocketknife. The officer found all these in a search, including less than a gram of methamphetamines in a small, plastic glasses contain-

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He continued crying and shaking, so the officer asked whether he was high. He said he had shot up earlier that day, so the officer had medics respond. The suspect’s mother received his property. He got no traffic citation for running the stop sign.

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Former fruit picker produces program for at-risk youth Tiajuana James-Dozier and CAMERON Resources will host the first West Orange Youth Summit Aug. 22.

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WINTER GARDEN — As the eldest of 10 children in a single-parent home, Tiajuana James-Dozier learned firsthand that the American Dream is not easily accessible for all.

But because of the help and encouragement of many, such as her high-school guidance counselor, fifth-grade teacher and godmother, James-Dozier was motivated to will herself to earn straight A’s, go to college, provide for her siblings and inspire them to be better.

“Even though I had the mindset to get it done, had it not been for those people in my life stepping in and making it happen, I wouldn’t have reached that,” she said.

“I feel very blessed and want to share my blessings with others.”

Now James-Dozier wants to help and motivate the next generation of at-risk children to a better life.

With CAMERON Resources Inc. and help from many like-minded people, James-Dozier has arranged the first West Orange Youth Summit for Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Jessie Brock Center in Winter Garden.

“We’re looking to host about 100 students from the West Orange County area … just anybody that wants the tools and resources they need to establish a better way of life,” she said. “We have a great program lined up with speakers who are going to speak on different topics.”

Four speaker-led workshops will be on test-taking skills, entrepreneurship, financial literacy — led by Winter Garden Commissioner Bobby Olszewski — and college readiness — featuring representatives from University of Central Florida and Valencia College. Other speakers include a representative from the United Negro College Fund and Marilyn Dole, chief of administration for Lake County Public Schools.

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“If people would like to drop off donations or bookbags or anything like that — pens, pencils, markers, folders, even bedding for the college student — whatever you can think of to get kids off to college,” James-Dozier said. “We’re looking for a lot of support.” schedule became more open, her financial position has become sensible for it and she felt it was necessary. Planning and the vision for this event have involved many, with the inspiration coming from God speaking to her, she said.

She wants to make this event annual — growing each year to accommodate more children — and bus students to several colleges for tours in the spring.

“It’s not only important to talk about college and resources to get to college, but most kids have never been to a college, so for students to see kids and actively engage on campus is motivating them to get to that point,” James-Dozier said. “It’s one of our goals. So that they can see that college is achievable and they can see people that look like them at college campuses for school and actively work toward them having a good future.”

STRIVING FOR A BETTER LIFE

James-Dozier’s family is from Central Florida, where her father and grandfather picked fruit — mainly oranges — for years, she said.

But once orange-picking season would end, her family would need to migrate north,

to states such as West Virginia and New York, to pick apples, peaches and other fruits in their seasons, she said.

“Certainly my mom worked, so I would have to take care of my siblings, and that would include cleaning and cooking for them and helping with their schoolwork and just looking after and protecting them, as an older sibling should do,” she said. “I’ve always had straight A’s; I’ve always done my work, but struggling with 10 kids and one parent to just make it. We weren’t middle-class, but we survived with strong moral standards and were taught good things — like to always go to class and do well in school.”

Children with financial challenges and inadequate assistance have thus become the target for James-Dozier’s mission.

“While I had the drive and determination to succeed, my parents have never been to college; I didn’t know what a college campus looked like,” she said. “We’re reaching out to kids who like me didn’t have that support, financial backing or just that knowledge of how to move forward in life through a college education. I know most of the people I grew up with, we weren’t born with a silver spoon in our mouth. Winter Garden has grown up a lot, but a lot of us when we grew up were picking fruit, and that kept us oppressed, from making a better life.”

Even in this area of Orange County — the fastest-growing area in the country with arguably more opportunities than anywhere — there remain disadvantaged children who need someone to show them the way.

“If we don’t help kids to their destiny, who else is going to do it?” she asked rhetorically. “I don’t think, like me, that they’re looking for a handout. They’re just looking for a hand up.”

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Warren Griffith, left, stayed with Jiro Ando’s family through a Japanese mission program when the boys were teens.

Ko, right, is Jiro’s son and is visiting Florida in a similar program.

A SECOND GENERATION Warren Griffith, an Orlando “My experience with the resident who started Mission program has been wonderful, to Japan in 1993, was introand the students have had duced to Mosaic’s pastor, who such great experiences,” felt so passionate about the Reilly said. “They have loved homestay program that he got his congregation involved.

Griffith was 17 when he took his first trip to Japan in 1982 through a similar program Courtesy photos called Youth Warren Griffith, right, stayed with Jiro Ando’s For Underfamily in Japan about 30 years ago. standing. For two months, he stayed with a it here. We have also absofamily, bonding with his host lutely loved having them. brother, Jiro Ando, who was Our two young children have also 17. immensely enjoyed their They kept in touch long exchange student brothers after the mission trip was and have also learned so over. much and had wonderful Now, more than 30 years experiences and exposure to later, Jiro’s 16-year-old son, the Japanese culture through Ko Ando, is participating in the eyes of their student.

Griffith’s Mission to Japan “The program is a blessing homestay program and is to both the exchange student staying with Dr. Ernie Reilly, and the exchange family,” he a member of Mosaic. said.

OAKLAND — Mosaic Church has a strong sense of understanding other cultures, with its congregation full of members who have adopted children from all around the globe. The Oakland church also participates in the annual Mission to Japan Homestay Program, which brings Japanese highschool and college students to the Orlando area for a month to learn about Christianity and American culture.

This year, multiple families have opened their homes to 10 students, allowing them to experience local theme parks, beaches, sports and menus, all while strengthening friendships and attending regular Bible classes that provide lessons on Christian beliefs. At the same time, the program has given Mosaic’s children a glimpse into the lives of Japanese students.

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David and Jackie Wimberly have hosted students many times in the last decade, and this month, they met Momo, 19.

“We were invited into this ministry 10 years ago, and it sounded like a great way to allow our family to welcome a person from another culture to experience hospitality and hear about Christ,” Jackie Wimberly said.

It made such an impact on their family that their only son, who is 25, is living in Japan teaching school as a result of his involvement with this ministry, she said.

Momo, the Wimberlys and three of their four daughters have enjoyed family game nights and movie nights, water activities and weekly church attendance. Momo accompanied the family to see one of the Wimberly daughters perform in a play at Disney, and she participated in a college-age volleyball tournament with other

Ten Japanese students are learning about America and the church during their month-long stay with Mosaic families.

Rii Tsuchiya, center, is staying with Heather and McLean Alley and their son, Miko, during the Mission to Japan homestay program.

local young adults. She was even present for the youngest daughter’s baptism last week.

“Momo is delightful,” Jackie Wimberly said. “She is adaptable and warm and enjoyable.

Though she doesn’t speak fluent English and communication can be a challenge, she continues to try hard and is such a precious girl.”

McLean and Heather Alley were eager to host a student from Japan because they have a 1 1/2-year-old son, Miko, whom they adopted in Japan.

Their guest is 21-year-old Rii Tsuchiya.

“We thought this would be a great opportunity to show a small part of the U.S. and our culture to someone who has only ever seen it in the movies,” McLean Alley said. “We also want our son … to have a connection with others from the country of his birth.”

Rii and Miko have formed a sister-brother bond. She has been playing with him, reading stories to him in Japanese and tucking him into bed at night.

Miko has been open to trying

Jackie Wimberly welcomes Momo to Orlando for the Mission to Japan homestay program. new foods and getting to know her host family. The Alleys and Rii have played board games, shared family photos, taught language skills to each other, watched alligators, visited theme parks and enjoyed movies. Her favorite film has been Harry Potter with Japanese subtitles. She was enamored with Publix, too, he said.

The church has connected them, as well, and they have had some simple but meaningful discussions about their faiths and beliefs. McLean Alley said it has been a positive experience, and they will certainly host students in the future.

Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@wotimes. com.

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Torbert said among some aspects still in preliminary stages would be the color scheme, but most of the plan has been set, including fences and buffers all around the property and three entrances along the western side of the property on County Road 535.

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“On the front of the school, we have three access points to get into the school,” he said.

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Whispering Oak students in Michele Tanski’s and Ginny Hinckley’s fifth-grade science classes participated in the West Regional Science Fair held at West Orange High School. Participants include, front row, from left: Alanis Oyola, Ashley Sizelove, Morgan Jacob and Madison Carr. Back row, form left: Shayanne Quiles, Mia Rabens, Mia Hanna, Mason Evers and Ethan McIntyre.

CLASS NOTES + School Board reviews assessments During an Aug. 13 work session, the Orange County School Board discussed state and district assessments and how they will change for the 201516 school year with information available at this time.

For the statewide assessment, the board reviewed the four large areas of assessment and accountability and how these areas will change for 2015-16. There were some reductions in statewide assessments for the 2015-16 school year. Postsecondary Education Readiness Test assessment will not be required for selected students. Grade 11 English/ Language Arts assessment was eliminated, and FAIR assessments are neither required nor available.

The required statewide assessments are: • English/Language Arts (grades 3-10) • Mathematics (grades 3-8) • Science (grades 5 and 8) • EOCs (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra II, Biology, Civics, United States History) • WIDA (replacing CELLA) • FSAA (replacing FAA)

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The cost to the district will be reduced from $863,000 to $463,000.

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will be primarily for the bus loop, he said. An engineer on the project team said fourway movement would occur from all three entrances.

Also on the southern end will be a football practice field in the southwestern corner, next to basketball courts, with staff parking in the middle of the loop beside the courts. A concession stand will be between softball and baseball fields in the southeastern corner.

To the north, just beyond the left-field fence of the baseball field, tennis courts will be installed, with the southern end of the retention pond just east of those courts.

The pond will extend along the eastern property edge to the northeast corner, where it will jut west to occupy most of the northern boundary. Two other practice fields will be just off the western shore of the pond, as well.

The northern entrance will start with a lane along the northern segment of the pond, weaving back and forth thrice for student parking among most of the property’s 860 parking spaces, with a delineated area for band practices. That will lead to the center entrance and through the visitor parking area before going back toward student parking and wrapping around that whole lot to shoot back out to the original northern entry.

Finally, the center will feature the administration building at the front entrance, north of which will be an auditorium. South of the administration building will be a media center and a gym. Some corridors to the east separate the auditorium from the cafeteria, and to the east across from the gym, media center

and administration building will be a three-story classroom building generally shaped like an open bracket or blocky C. Future expansion space is planned for the middle of that area, which could include portables, to maintain distances of setbacks, District 4 Orange County School Board Member Pam Gould said.

Torbert said the project has been in the design phase since May. Construction should begin in earnest by October and last until August 2017 — about 19 months — with the ability for staff to move in around June 2017, he said.

“All indications are that is going according to schedule,” he said.

Officials said rezoning of student areas would occur sometime in spring 2016, with some relocation transfers but no athletic transfers for sports that the new school might not be able to offer. The first year for the relief school would not include rising seniors, who would remain in the West Orange High School Class of 2018. Some parents had concerns of this policy dividing siblings between schools that year, which officials said they could examine.

Gould said there had been no determination as to offerings such as a magnet program for this school, but that Advanced Placement classes would be the norm, seeking to offer as many of those as possible.

OCPS policy dictates naming a principal and drawing school zones before the school receives its name. Officials said naming should occur sometime in December 2016 or January 2017.

OCPS is in the process of selecting a construction manager for this project.

Gould said her goal has been to ensure nobody enters the school board in the position she did. She said the site for another relief school years in the future on Seidel Road would not be as trying as for this school, mainly because OCPS already owns that site.

She also mentioned workshops on school siting and a need to look at the whole process among improvements to future similar scenarios.

Contact Zak Kerr at zkerr@ wotimes.com.

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THURS., AUG. 20 “Psycho” Summer Movie — 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Tickets are $6 with reserved seating and are sold online at gardentheatre.org/summermovies or at the box office, (407) 877GRDN. St. Luke’s United Methodist Church’s production of “The Music Man” — 7:30 p.m. Aug. 20 to 22 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at the church, 4851 S. ApopkaVineland Road, Orlando.

“The Music Man” follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill (Sage Starkey), as he attempts to swindle the people of River City, Iowa, by collecting money for a fictitious marching band. Tickets are $10 to $12 depending on show date and time. For more, visit st.lukes.org/musicman.

FRIDAY, AUG. 21 Food Trucks and Movie in the Park — 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at Bill Breeze Park, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee. Attendees can take a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy food-truck fare. Tours of the historic Withers-Maguire House, 16 E. Oakland Ave., will be ongoing, and the movie “Home” will be shown starting at 8:30. (407) 905-3180.

Humor Resources Improv and Outside The Box present “A Book Can Take You Anywhere!” — 8 p.m Fridays, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 30, at the Franklin Pearce Jr. Auditorium, 17404 Sixth St. This is an original musical comedy written by Dan & Dennise Kyle. Cost is $5 each, $15 per family (maximum five people). (321) 663-2608 or visit ocoee.org.

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David Naidu has guitars and music equipment to cater to his students’ variety of interests. .

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SAT., AUG. 22 Between the Brushes — 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 22, at The Art Room, 709 Main St., Windermere.

Children in kindergarten and up will paint this summer-inspired piece using acrylic paints. Cost is $35; reservations required. (407) 9091869.

MONDAY, AUG. 24 Garden Music Choir Rehearsals — 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, in the choir room at West Orange High School, 1625 S. Beulah Road, Winter Garden. Under the direction of Dr. Jeffery Redding, the chorus welcomes adults who love to sing. Rehearsals continue through the fall at 7 p.m. on Mondays. Visit gardenchoir.com.

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hether guitar students are young or old, new or experienced, and no matter what genre they’re interested in learning, David Naidu seeks to customize the private lesson experience so it can be fun and engaging for everyone.

Naidu has played and performed with the guitar for 40 years and taught for more than 10. He recently moved his teaching studio from the Mall of Millennia area to his home in Ocoee, which makes it more easily accessible for guitar students in West Orange County.

“It really takes experience to teach effectively to all different people,” Naidu said. “I try to introduce everybody to at least a little bit of everything. … I try to weigh both their interest and what will help develop them as a musician.”

Naidu’s youngest students are 4-year-old triplets who

have just started to pick up the ukulele. Some of his older students include a CEO, a doctor and business owners.

He teaches college students, high-school students and people from all other stages of life.

“My son has been taking guitar lessons from David for just under a year now, however, has made more progress than he had in the previous couple of years with his previous instructors,” said Benu Patel, mother of Naidu’s student Nikhil Patel. “He provides music that is recognizable and fun and works with the student to get it played perfectly.”

During his or her first few lessons with Naidu, a child will learn how to sit and hold the guitar or ukulele properly, which Naidu knows isn’t the most exciting part of being a musician, but is highly important, he said. Next, stu-

dents learn the physicality of playing a stringed instrument, and the goal is for musicianship to follow.

“It’s such a wide variety of skills that’s required to make music with the guitar,” Naidu said. “There’s the physical aspect, there’s the mental aspect, there’s the emotional aspect. One without the other two doesn’t really do justice to making music on the guitar.”

Naidu also works with parents of young children to make sure they have an instrument that is the appropriate size.

Some of Naidu’s teenage students take lessons with him to supplement the musical instruction they receive at school.

More and more high schools are offering guitar classes, but one-on-one instruction is still a key part of learning the instrument. Other times, a high-school band director

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might be well versed in music and orchestral instruments, but doesn’t know the intricacies of the guitar.

“Unfortunately, most of (the high-school guitar classes) are so popular that they become so overcrowded that they really don’t get the individual attention,” Naidu said.

Naidu said he is eager to find opportunities for his students to perform and increase their experience. One young student in particular, whom Naidu noticed as a competent vocalist, got to record vocals on Naidu’s most recent album.

In addition to his new home studio, Naidu will continue to offer traveling lessons at the homes of students who would prefer such an arrangement.

“I think that there are many aspiring guitarists that start taking lessons because they’ve gotten the impression that it’s an easy instrument to play,” Naidu said. “It can be a lot of fun, but it’s a different kind of fun. … It’s more a sense of satisfaction and enjoyment.”

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Adam Couch is on West Orange High School’s snare line.

Color guard member Kaylyn Antone was all smiles at Ocoee High’s band camp.

Gabriel Klavans is a member of West Orange High’s pit percussion section.

Bands take first steps in new season The boom of bass drums and soaring notes of trumpets reverberated throughout West Orange as hundreds of musicians from four high schools took to the practice fields for

their respective marching band camps.

Dr. Phillips, Ocoee, Olympia and West Orange high schools all hosted two-week camps to get their bands ready for the

upcoming season. Each will debut their 2015 shows next month when football season begins.

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Giselle Ramirez can’t wait to take the field for Ocoee High.

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Tau Kappa Epsilon in one of Rod Talbot the largest fraternities in North America, with more than 250 chapters in the United States and Canada.

Talbot has served his fraternity in multiple capacities, including 10 years on the board of directors. He was selected as Teke Alumnus of the Year in 2005 and International Top Teke of the Year in 1979.

He is a 1979 graduate of Southern Illinois UniversityCarbondale. Talbot is a past president of the Winter Garden Rotary Club and currently serves on the West Orange Healthcare District Board of Trustees.

President Paul Roy, left, presents checks to Mitchell Marbais and Akira Blackwood.

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+ Rotary Club of Ocoee The Rotary Club of Ocoee has awarded $1,000 scholarships to four Ocoee High School seniors.

The club has been assisted by the city of Ocoee through the MVP Grant program and has been awarding scholarships to Ocoee High School graduating seniors since 2007.

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+ Central Florida Women’s League A meet-and-greet is planned for members and friends of the Central Florida Women’s League from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9. It takes place at the Dubsdread Ballroom, 549 W. Par St., Orlando. Attendees can learn

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Ad of the Week from Ficquette Bros.: Steak, 15 cents a pound; beef roast, 12 cents a pound; mixed sausage, 25 cents for two pounds; hamburger, 25 cents for two pounds.

Winter Garden School children and teachers must be in the state at least two weeks before school opens.

This was the decision of the local school board at a meeting called to plan precautions against the dreaded infantile paralysis epidemic.

75 YEARS AGO

Teachers named for Winter Garden Elementary School: Jessie Brock, principal; Marguerite Neel, Elizabeth Whitner, Rubie Harris, Laura Newton, Ann Tomyn, Margaret Holbrook, Mrs. Clarence Eby and Hazel Elliot.

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Winter Garden Heritage Foundation Winter Garden’s Robert Palmer Howard Jr. poses with actor Jimmy Stewart when both were serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. The Howards, with their four children, lived on North Dillard Street. (Their son George Morgan Howard operated a dairy on State Road 50 until the late 1960s.)

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nephew, Robert “Robin” Lawrence Smith III, for sharing this photo with WGHF. The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, which seeks to preserve our heritage and architecture while creating new cultural experiences, is celebrating its third decade with the debut of its new History Research and Education Center.

70 YEARS AGO

C.G. Tilden, who operates one of the large truck farms in West Orange County, is reported to have shipped out 75 tons of watermelons.

That is two days’ pickings.

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Gov. Reubin Askew appointed Larry A. Grimes, of Winter Garden, to the board of trustees of the West Orange Memorial Hospital Tax District.

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Churaman was the second child born and had five brothers and three sisters.

He went to grade school at the Church of Scotland from ages 6 to 15. At that time he started working as a clerk in a sugar plant.

After seven years, he went to England for free education; prior to his schooling, he was a sharpshooter for the British Army.

He received his degree in accounting and management in 1970 and worked with National Health Service.

Churaman lived in Canada for three-and-onehalf years and worked with CBS Corp. as a financial accounting manager. He went back to England to attend the University of London and graduated in 1977 with a teaching degree. He taught college until his retirement in 1994.

During his teaching career, Churaman also volunteered part-time for the Metropolitan Police in England.

He immigrated in 2001 to Florida, where he met Bhishma. They were married in 2002. He has been a Realtor since 2004.

His spare time is spent with the West Orange Seniors playing dominoes, attending the luncheons and joining friends on many of the day trips and the yearly long trips.

Rod Reeves, art instructor at Lakeview High School, has returned from a trip to Europe. He left in the middle of June and returned the first week of August.

The fabulous Walt Disney “Vacation Kingdom” is well past the Imagineering stage, and construction is moving along at a fast clip.

40 YEARS AGO

Former Georgia governor and Democratic presidential contender Jimmy Carter paid a visit to downtown Winter Garden and found the streets pretty deserted. He was greeted by City Commissioner and Acting Mayor Ralph Fulford and visited The Winter Garden Times office and City Hall.

35 YEARS AGO

The West Orange Memorial Hospital board of trustees

approved the purchase of $30,000 worth of equipment for the ophthalmology department. The equipment will be used by Dr. Shannon Boyer, who will soon be joining the hospital staff.

Lisa Fulmer and Mary Ballant were the disc jockeys July 22 at the West Orange Youth Center. Cheri McIntire and Vicki West said they were teaching kids to play pingpong, but others say all they did was chase the ball around the hall.

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Loretta Lee Beier, 77, of Ocoee, Florida, passed away on Aug. 12, 2015.

She was born May 7, 1938, in West Palm Beach, Florida, to the late Lyman and Lois (Walker) Holley.

Loretta was a petite lady with the biggest heart and passion for life. Her first love was being a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and, recently, great-grandmother. She was a selfless woman who always put others needs above her own. Holidays and family gatherings were the most special of times for her.

Loretta was very active and was always “ready to go” almost anywhere, anytime, without much notice. She loved to shop, dine out, “go for a ride” around Florida and travel. Loretta was a phenomenal cook and also loved to bake. A few of her hobbies were floral arranging, crafts and scrap booking. Loretta worked many years in childcare, caring for infants, and retired from La Petite Academy in 1998.

She was preceded in death by her siblings, Tony Holley and Drenda Raines.

Survivors include her beloved husband of 58 years, Norman Beier Jr.; sons, Bill (Debbie Sobik) Beier, Ben (Angie) Beier and Neal (Melonie) Beier; brother, Victor Holley; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Visitation will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 22, at Woodlawn Funeral Home, 400 Woodlawn Cemetery Road, Gotha.

Service will follow at noon.

Arrangements entrusted to Woodlawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home, Gotha.

Doris Davis

Doris (Dot) Coralie Davis, 86, of Gotha, died peacefully at home Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015.

She was born Sept. 10, 1928, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Thomas J. Smith and Cora (Foote) Adams. Doris was an only child but spent much of her childhood with cousins and grandparents George W. Foote and Ella Jane (Biesechker).

Doris graduated from Manheim Township High School in 1946 and soon after married Thomas E. Davis on Nov. 22, 1947, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

She was a devoted wife and mother who considered herself lucky to be a full-time homemaker. She was raised in the Methodist church by her grandmother, who set the example for her faith. Later in life, Doris attended the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with her family and made many friends there.

She enjoyed listening to music, going to lunch, watching her shows on TV and most of all spending time with family. She will be remembered as an impeccable housekeeper and cook, for her personal handwritten notes and always remembering birthdays and anniversaries, all of which she did with thoughtfulness and detail.

Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Deborah Ann and Rodger Leroy Anderson Sr., of Gotha; son, Thomas E. Davis, Jr., of Lake Nona; grandchildren, Melissa (Wade) Lowe, Meagan (Eric) Hansen, Benjamin Anderson, Thomas E. Davis III and Michael Davis; great-grandchil-

Phyllis Jane Sotis

Phyllis Jane Sotis, 90, of Winter Garden, adored wife, mother, mother-in-law, aunt, friend and neighbor, arrived in heaven on Aug. 2, 2015. She departed peacefully at the home of Rick and Mia Sotis with her hand held by son, Rick and daughterin-law, Mia, at her side.

Phyllis was born Oct. 16, 1924, in Sayre, Pennsylvania, and was predeceased by husband Jack Sotis, of Endicott; her parents, Cora Getz and Norman England; as well as eight siblings. Phyllis leaves behind many beloved nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

She was a lifetime member of the Presbyterian church and a member of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Gotha, Florida.

She graduated from Sayre High School in 1942 and worked at Endicott Trust as a teller; she retired in 1986 after 20 years of service. She was a member of the American Legion Post 82 Auxiliary for 50-plus years in Endicott.

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Jerome Joshua “J.J.” Warmus, 21, of Windermere, Florida was called home to be with his Lord on Aug. 12, 2015.

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The family welcomed friends to celebrate J.J.’s life Tuesday, Aug. 18, at Woodlawn Funeral Home, and Wednesday, Aug. 19, at First Baptist Church of Windermere.

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dren, Zachary, Garrett, Kenley, Dakota and Paxton Lowe, Grace and Ella Hansen, and Jayden Davis.

She was preceded in death by her grandson, Rodger L. Anderson Jr., in 1995, and her husband, Thomas, in 1997.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Aug. 15, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Apopka-Vineland Road. Burial will be at Woodlawn Memorial Park.

Cook, predecease J.J. J.J. was a member of First Baptist Church of Windermere, where he played basketball in the church’s Upward program when he was young and later coached for three seasons. He loved sharing his enthusiasm for the sport and life with younger kids.

J.J. graduated from Foundation Academy in 2012. At Foundation, he played football, basketball and soccer. J.J.’s love for soccer was huge, and he supported “his” Orlando City Soccer club from its inception.

He went to their games every chance he got. J.J. was involved in several theatre productions at Foundation, where he added a spark of excitement and brought laughter to the audience. J.J. enjoyed being a “Barnabas,” quick to encourage and help others enjoy life. He always had a kind and encouraging word for those in difficult situations. The large number of friends he made demonstrates the love and acceptance he had of everyone he met.

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There wasn’t anything athletic she couldn’t do, from water skiing, diving, walking on stilts, playing softball, bicycling and golf.

Her smile, laugh and energy were unmistakable and infectious. Her love of people, and especially children, were obvious. She never met a stranger and never had a bad word to say about anyone. She will be missed by all especially her son, Rick.

Funeral arrangements were done by Collison Carey Hand of Winter Garden, and this can be viewed at collisoncareyhand. com. A celebration to honor her life is planned for noon Aug. 22, at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, 1450 Citrus Oaks Blvd., Gotha, Florida 34734. Interment of ashes will take place at Woodlawn Cemetery in Gotha, and the ceremony will return to the church fellowship hall for a reception for friends and family.

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SIDELINES + Locals shine at All-American Game Two local pitchers took the mound at the Perfect Game All-American Classic Aug. 16 at Petco Park in San Diego.

West Orange’s Tyler Baum and Windermere Prep’s Austin Bergner each pitched an inning for the East team, which won the contest 3-1. Each pitcher allowed one hit and neither allowed a run, with Bergner striking out two of the hitters he faced and Baum striking out one.

Both seniors from the coverage area have committed to play their college baseball at North Carolina and have an increasing draft stock.

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ALL IN THE FAMILY by Steven Ryzewski | Sports Editor

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+ Olympia alum almost sets record Jesse Winker, an Olympia alum who is in the Cincinnati Reds’ minorleague system, homered in five consecutive games last week — nearly setting a record.

The streak for Winker, who just turned 22, is a team record but was one game short of the six consecutive games record set by former Southern Leaguer Derrek Lee. A 2012 graduate from Olympia, Winker has been hitting over .400 in the past dozen games and is regarded as the Reds’ top prospect.

+ WOHS hoops alum commits Jeremiah Thornton has found a home to play his college basketball.

Thornton, a 6-foot-1 standout guard for the West Orange Warriors last winter, signed to play for the Alabama Southern Community College Eagles As a senior, Thornton averaged 10.3 points per game to go along with 2.8 assists per contests and 3.9 rebounds (stats via MaxPreps).

Soccer fans who followed along as the United States Women’s National Team captured the attention of the nation with its World Cup title will get a chance to see those same stars in person in late October.

The USWNT will take on Brazil Oct. 25 at the Orlando Citrus Bowl as part of a 10-game victory tour.

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Keith and Keilisa White show off some of the high-jumping medals they have earned recently.

Winter Garden’s Keith White and daughter Keilisa have bonded over their careers as high jumpers — and their respective successes.

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Head coach Rodney Wells noted improvement from both sides of the ball from the team’s first scrimmage.

DR. PHILLIPS — The energy was high on the field at Bill Spoone Stadium when the Dr. Phillips Panthers wrapped up their second week of practice with a scrimmage Aug. 14.

Although the temperature was hot and the opponents were teammates, INSIDE head coach See a gameRodney by-game Wells made preview of sure to this week’s cultivate preseason a gamefootball like ataction on m o s p h e re Page 3B. to get his team ready for its preseason game Aug. 21 against Jones at home.

“It’s everything — I always talk about atmosphere, and I always say it’s contagious,” Wells said. “So we practice with energy, we lift weights with energy — everything we do is energy and high tempo. That’s just a way of life around here.”

The scrimmage itself, the team’s second of the fall camp so far, was a success.

“Today was just about situations: third and long, third and short, fourth down, first and 10,” Wells said. “It was much better than the one we had last week, much more clean with people knowing their assignments a lot better.”

Part of the incentive for players to bring it during a midday scrimmage in mid-August is Wells’ philosophy that good play should

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be rewarded. Even though many of the starting roles are locked up by returners, Wells said that newcomers or players who have shown marked improvement will be rewarded for strong play on Friday nights.

“There’s a lot of young players out here that can make plays,” Wells said. “We talk a lot about being above the line — if they’re above the line and above the expectations, we’re going to find a way to get them on the field. I think we do a good

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WATER POLO by Steven Ryzewski | Sports Editor

+ McNeill heads to Kentucky West Orange baseball alum Gunnar McNeill will play the remainder of his college baseball career at the University of Kentucky.

McNeill has committed to play for the Wildcats after playing a season at Chipola College, a junior college in Marianna.

McNeill originally began his collegiate career at Florida International, where he hit .280 as a freshman and logged a 2.05 ERA in 15 pitching appearances.

In the spring of 2015 at Chipola, McNeill hit .362 with six home runs and 48 RBI. He also logged three wins and four saves as a reliever.

McNeill’s father, Carl McNeill, also attended the University of Kentucky, where he was on the golf team.

Carl McNeill is a professional golfer.

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eilisa White wants to be just like her dad.

She took up track and field, just like her dad, Keith White.

After dabbling in the 100-meter and 400-meter runs, she even changed her focus to the high jump — just like her dad. A part of the 10-year-old Winter Garden youth even wants to top her father, breaking some of his records one day.

Considering Keith is a former All-American who set school records at Ferris State University and Lansing Community College, later competed professionally and most recently placed second in the men’s high jump — ages 4549 — at the USA Track & Field Masters Outdoor Championships, it’s an ambitious goal.

Then again, a week after her dad’s impressive performance in Jacksonville, Keilisa placed 11th at the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Norfolk, Virginia.

Ambitious, yes. But perhaps attainable.

LIKE FATHER

Keith started as a hoops star.

In fact, while attending Everett High School in Lansing, Michigan, Keith didn’t even

join the track-and-field team until his senior year, on a teammate’s prompting. It was a good thing he did: The team won the state championship.

After beginning his collegiate career on the basketball team at Ferris State, Keith returned to the high-jump event in college. After a brief professional career, though, he was away from the sport until he moved to Florida.

While also owning a successful pest control business, the Stoneybrook West resident met Gary Evans, head coach for Pure Athletics at the National Training Center in Clermont.

“We talked, and next thing I knew, I was assisting him,” Keith said. “I coach jumpers and also help him out with the sprinters.”

Now 49 and turning 50 in November, Keith has been reinvigorated by his involvement with the organization and its facilities — including the ability to train alongside the many professionals who frequent the NTC. “Just to be able to have the facilities and to be able to go to the weight room … this is like

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Team advances to USA Water Polo Junior Olympics The YCF Gladiators, a youth water polo team competing out of the YMCA Aquatic Center on International Drive and comprising local boys, just completed a remarkable summer run.

The Gladiators’ 14-and-under team’s summer ended when it attended and competed in the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics in Orange County, California, for the first time in YCF club history at the end of July.

“I’ve been working with these kids since they were in the fifth grade, and this

was something that we had been looking forward to for the past three-and-a-half, four years,” head coach Randy Walters said. “Their performance was unbelievable. … To see how well they came together and how well they performed was astonishing.”

The competition ended the careers for the boys within YCF Water Polo; the members of the 14U team will move on to high school play as freshmen at Dr. Phil-

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How did it feel to win your second national championship as a diver?

It was such a moment of relief, because of all my hard work and everything that I had worked for the whole year paid off in that moment when my scores popped up. It was relief, excitement — a whole bunch of emotions.

How did you get your start in the sport?

I was 9 years-old when I started diving. We had just moved to Florida (from the Atlanta area). We were touring the YMCA, and I saw the divers, and I was like, “Wow, that’s really cool. Mom, can I try it?” So my mom enrolled me in a weeklong camp, and I did a few more, and I just loved it ever since.

At what point did it become clear to you that you’re pretty good at this whole diving thing?

2011 was my first (appearance at) nationals, and I was like, “Wow, that’s really cool, but everybody is so good.” So I kept training, and 2013 was really the moment I was like, “Wow, I’m on top. I can do this.”

How did your first championship feel back in 2013?

When I won in 2013, it was a shock. I was like, “Whoa!” And it won me a trip to the Junior Pan-American Games in Arizona. It was a shocking moment, and it was really exciting.

Did winning in 2013 inspire you to want more?

It inspired me so much, because the feeling of winning and earning that trip to the Junior Pan-Am’s was just an awesome feeling.

It inspired me to work so hard to get it again.

Which national championship meant more to you?

That’s a hard question, but this year was definitely special, because I had a dive that I messed up, and I was like, “Wow, that could have ended it for me.” I had to get mentally strong, get back together and refocus and do it again. I triumphed over a bunch of obstacles, so this one was definitely special.

see me have a fall and show that you can always come back and win. That was special for me.

Did you get to meet and mingle with the competitors from different countries at the Junior Pan-Am Games in 2013?

We got to meet and mingle and socialize. It was really cool seeing how everybody else (from different countries) trains.

How do you train your body to improve as a diver?

It’s not so much just weights; it’s just being explosive and being quick. It’s reaction skills and balance and core strength.

What do you like to do when you’re not busy training?

I love being outdoors, and I love to surf. I love the beach, and I love to fish, too. Just being with family and friends.

What’s your best fishing story?

At Disney, there’s a fishing (tour,) and I caught a really big bass that day — I beat everybody else on the boat. Out of all the men, I was like this little girl, and I caught the biggest fish.

What do you think you’d like to do for a career?

I would like to be in the medical field, so I would like to either be a physical therapist or a nurse practitioner.

The first time you went up to dive from the platform, were you scared?

You start on the lower (boards), and it was just kind of fun jumping off. … Slowly I moved up, and it’s scary every time you do something new. But I just love the feeling of adrenaline and everything that goes into diving (from the platform).

How much do you value your role as a mentor to younger YCF divers?

That’s really special for me. When we got to meets, it’s so awesome to see the little kids so excited and watching us older kids do what we do. I specifically remember when I was a little kid looking up to some of the older kids on my team. So I try my best to really encourage them and have people to look up to … for them to

As part of the Greater on an assisted-living facility Orlando area, West Orange’s named Inspired Living that fortunes are more or less tied is coming to Ocoee and will to The City Beautiful’s so far as be the first of a $1.1 billion, being a “sports town” goes.

33-facility pipeline in partnerFortunately, that’s not a bad ship with Piper Jaffray and the thing.

NFLAA. Orlando and the Central The groundbreaking Florida region may not look ceremony was attended by like much of a sports several famous NFL mecca on the surface. alumni, including Ron Until this year, the “Jaws” Jaworski. What’s region had just one interesting is that every professional franother city that a facility chise in a high-profile will be launched in is league (the NBA’s an NFL city, with Ocoee Orlando Magic), and being the exception bethe resident collegiate cause of its high density program, UCF, is a of NFL alumni.

STEVEN mid-major.

And therein lies the RYZEWSKI first reason Central The area’s newest professional team is Florida is so intriguing the Orlando City Soccer Club, as a sports area: So many which, while wildly popular professional athletes retire here, is part of a Major League here. And it’s not just cool Soccer organization that because you could be sitting a has yet to be embraced as few tables over from a guy you mainstream within American used to watch on television at sports culture. dinner at Chili’s.

There are cities, even here These athletes’ children in Florida, with three or more are raised in our community, professional sports franchisand many are really good — es — including a coveted NFL see Dr. Phillips alum Shane team.

Larkin, son of Barry Larkin, But I’m here to tell you that, now in the NBA, among in its unique way, Greater others.

Orlando is a one-of-a-kind Some of these athletes, such sports town. as Olympia alum and former And it rocks.

Jacksonville Jaguar Mike LockThe thought dawned on ley, open up personal training me, believe it or not, from a or athletic training businesses news story in our publication to help aspiring athletes. a few weeks back. My colThen, of course, there’s league, Zak Kerr, did a story Disney.

Say what you will about the Mouse, but Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports complex is a magnet for high-profile sporting events. There’s the Pop Warner Super Bowl, professional soccer tournaments, Atlanta Braves spring training, college basketball tournaments and national club sports tournaments in about every sport you can think of.

Orlando also is home to one of the NBA’s two summer leagues, meaning if you hang around the right fancy restaurants in the weeks following the NBA Draft, there’s a good chance you spy Larry Bird having dinner. Don’t stare, though — that’s rude.

Central Florida’s highschool sports scene isn’t just one of the best in the state.

It’s also one of the best in the country. I’ve always wished high-school sports had more casual fans that would attend games, and they’re certainly deserving here locally when so many players are bound for high-level Division I competition in college in just a year or so.

The Magic stinks now, but we don’t have to think too far to 2009 when the team made the NBA Finals and all of Central Florida was buzzing with energy. We caught a glimpse of that energy again ahead of the Orlando City home opener in Major League Soccer — a game that packed the newly

Lakers softball coach steps down Also a coach for the Windermere Wildfire, Wes Pollock is hopeful to see more of his daughters’ college careers at Southern Miss going forward.

WINDERMERE — After leading the softball program at Windermere Prep for the past three seasons, head coach Wes Pollock has stepped down from the helm.

The longtime baseball and softball coach, who also coaches one of the travel teams for the ultra-competitive Windermere Wildfire, said the decision was rooted in a variety of factors — including the graduation of his younger daughter, Sydney, and the chance to watch her and her sister, Arielle, play in college.

Both girls will be suiting up for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles this year.

“I didn’t get the opportunity to see my older daughter, Arielle, play at Southern Miss the last couple years because the seasons sort of coincide and overlap with each other,” Pollock said. “It will be nice to go and see them a little bit more. As much as I love coaching and love being with the kids and helping them out, I have to give a little bit back to family, too.”

Sydney will be a freshman with the Golden Eagles, while Arielle, an outfielder, will be a junior.

Pollock said he came to the program at Windermere Prep more than three years ago at the request of some parents.

The program had not been fielding a varsity team, and Pollock recognized the opportunity. He also was excited to have his children prepared for college by the school’s rigorous academics.

“I gave them my vision of how to get it off the ground, and we did that,” he said. “We had to really go grassroots with the fundamentals. You

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After three years as head coach for the Windermere Prep softball program, Wes Pollock has decided to step down from the position. take the same basic fundamentals (from coaching travel ball) and you apply them here — that’s why I think we got better. But the expectation level has to be tampered with.”

The Lakers went 12-8 in 2013 and 2014 before taking a step back to finish under .500 in 2015. Pollock said although interest in the program has increased over the years, Windermere Prep never was able to locate an elite arm to ride to postseason success.

“Our issue is we’ve never had pitching,” Pollock said.

“We scored runs. … We just couldn’t keep opponents off the board. Pitching was always the issue.

“Had we had one of those dominant pitchers … I think

we would have won districts,” he said.

Just a few weeks before announcing his resignation, Pollock and the program helped to host a college exposure camp that had more than 80 players attend with seven different Division I, II and Junior College programs on-site instructing and observing the talent pool.

Whether it was through the Lakers or the Wildfire, Pollock said helping students get to college and ideally getting that tuition paid through a scholarship always has been a big passion of his — and will continue to be. Pollock said although he will not coach a team for the Wildfire in the near future, he plans to remain involved as a consul-

You take the same basic fundamentals (from coaching travel ball) and you apply them here — that’s why I think we got better. But the expectation level has to be tampered with.

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renovated Citrus Bowl to the brim with purple.

Orlando has seen plenty of fledgling minor-league franchises come and go but has been fortunate to see two — hockey’s Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL and the Arena Football League’s Orlando Predators — have some staying power and cultivate loyal, large fan bases.

UCF put together a BCS bowl season two years ago and, even when the Knights aren’t busting into the top-25 rankings, the schedule is worth checking to see whether a South Carolina, Miami or BYU is coming to town to play at “the Bouncehouse.”

Heck, even Orlando’s ProAm Basketball League is good for a viral video or two on a slow sports news day.

I’m probably forgetting stuff, just as I almost forget to mention that the Dr. Phillips area hosts high-profile golf tournaments such as The Arnold Palmer Classic at Bay Hill.

I’d love it if O-Town had a professional baseball or football team. Those things probably will never happen, though.

But the point of all this is that’s OK. As sports fans are concerned, we’ve got a great — if not entirely unique — thing going on here locally.

We’re underrated, and that’s not a bad place to be.

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At just 15 years old, Olympia sophomore Maggie Merriman won a junior national title for the second time in her career on Aug. 9 at the USA Diving National Championships at the YMCA Aquatic Center in Orlando.

Merriman, who competes for YCF Diving through the Central Florida YMCA, won the 14-15 girls platform dive by finishing with a score of 357.95 points. Merriman previously won a national title in 2013, also in the platform.

lips High School. Throughout their time with the program, Walters said the boys grew closer as teammates and as friends.

“They’re not only individual athletes but … most of them are best friends,” Walters said.

The experience afforded the local team an opportunity to compete against the best

teams in the nation. Some of the coaches of those teams were the same coaches who trained Walters as a USA Water Polo coach just two years ago.

“One of the coaches said, ‘Randy, I trained you too (well),’” Walters recalled after his team had forced a shootout against Del Mar Water Polo, an elite club out of California. “It was a fun comment because I was one of his

own coaches just two years ago.”

In a field of 48, the Gladiators placed eighth in their division.

The team included Daniel Magrino, James Sweet, Liam Creus, Max Meisenheimer, Anthony Battestella and Isaac Teran.

Meisenheimer, a center forward, and Battestella, a goalie, were named to the U.S. Junior

tant for the program.

After all, when the Pollocks moved to Florida from Canada, it was baseball and softball that helped ease the transition and make new friends, so giving back to the game is no burden.

“When we moved here, we didn’t know what we were getting into,” Pollock said.

“We were a softball and baseball family from Canada.

We just landed here, and it’s like, ‘Wow, we made a lot of friends.’”

As for what’s ahead for the Lakers, Pollock feels the future is bright. He noted the program’s younger players — players such as twins Meredith and Madison Workman — are increasingly involved in travel ball.

“I think if the program can stay the course … I think there’s more coming,” Pollock said.

Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@wotimes.com.

National Youth team for their performances — the first time two YCF athletes had done so.

The memorable run left an impression on the boys — and their coach.

“It was just an excellent way to end my coaching career with these kids, and I look forward to seeing them all doing big things,” Walters said.

Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@wotimes.com.

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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? by Steven Ryzewski | Sports Editor

Preseason contests to prep area teams for regular-season action GAME OF THE WEEK

Energy was high as the Dr. Phillips Panthers scrimmaged on Aug. 14.

WEST ORANGE AT OSCEOLA 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 THE BUZZ: It will be no “warm-up” game when the Warriors travel down the Turnpike to Kissimmee to face the runner-up in Class 7A from 2014.

SCOUTING REPORT: On offense, who will separate themselves as West Orange’s best option at running back?

Head has said the team has taken a by-committee approach so far through fall camp, but this preseason game is an opportunity for one of those players to assert himself as the starter. On defense, keep an eye on whether the Warriors get penetration up front and can slow an Osceola running game that accumulated nearly 5,000 yards a season ago.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Game will be broadcast live on Bright House Sports Network.

+ Windermere Prep seeks new offensive identity

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The Panthers’ defensive line did its best to pressure the quarterback.

Make sure you pick up a copy of the Aug. 27 edition of the West Orange Times and West Orange Times & Observer, which both will feature our annual Football Preview special section.

CAMP / PAGE 1B job of rewarding the young guys, even if they’re not starters.”

The Panthers will play the Tigers in their preseason contest at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 21 on the same field on which they wrapped up their scrimmage.

After that contest, Dr. Phillips will begin its brutal regular-season slate that includes Wekiva, Lake Mary, West Orange, Apopka, Maitland and Oakland, respectively, as the Panthers’ first six opponents.

Knowing what lies ahead, Wells said he was happy — but not satisfied — with how the scrimmage went.

“It’s a challenge. … Everybody is going to play their best game versus DP, and we have the most quality opponents around Central Florida,” Wells said. “We’ve still got a long way to go, but it was better than last week.”

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It’s a challenge, … Everybody is going to play their best game versus DP, and we have the most quality opponents around Central Florida.

Rodney Wells, head coach

OCOEE AT BISHOP MOORE, 7:30 p.m.

THE BUZZ: Despite the difference in classifications — Bishop Moore competes in Class 5A — the Hornets are regarded as one of the best teams in Central Florida and will be a good test to see

OLYMPIA AT LYMAN, 7 p.m.

THE BUZZ: Two teams that had disappointing seasons in 2014 look to get 2015 off on the right foot.

SCOUTING REPORT: Can Olympia’s offense stay on the field and put together drives?

During the Titans’ spring game, the defense looked formidable at times but suffered from fatigue as the offense consistently went three and out.

LEGACY CHARTER AT TRINITY CHRISTIAN (DELTONA), 7 p.m, Thursday THE BUZZ: The Eagles will get a nice test on the road in Deltona ahead of their Sunshine State Athletic Conference opener against CFCA. SCOUTING REPORT: Who takes the snaps at quarterback? Hilton Lamprecht was to be the successor to last year’s signal-caller, Colton Liddell, but with the addition of CFCA transfer Gehrig Chambless, that situation could be more fluid than expected. Also, how does Legacy fare on defense after graduating some key leaders.

INACTIVE CFCA will not play a kickoff classic and will prepare to host Legacy Charter Aug. 28 in its regular-season opener.

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THE BUZZ: The Panthers will host the Tigers, a team that showed significant improvement in 2014 in coach Kevin Lewis’ second year at the helm.

SCOUTING REPORT: On offense, how comfortable will quarterback Marvin Washington look in leading Dr. Phillips and getting the ball to the team’s many skill players?

where coach Ben Bullock’s Knights are after fall camp.

SCOUTING REPORT: If the Knights are able to move the ball on offense, will they falter in the red zone as they did often against University in the spring game? On defense, Ocoee’s defensive line will have its hands full with one of the region’s biggest — and most athletic — offensive lines.

FOUNDATION ACADEMY VS. LANDMARK CHRISTIAN, 7 p.m.

THE BUZZ: Lions host the Patriots at Walker Field ahead of Week One matchup versus West Orange.

SCOUTING REPORT: The Lions have skill players on offense, but how efficient will the team look in getting those different players the ball? Additionally, how much of the workload will be assigned to standout running back Gabriel Walker?

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Conrad Brown, a standout receiver for the Foundation Academy Lions, graduated this past spring and is set to begin his career in junior college.

Luckily for the Lions and head coach Brad Lord, Conrad’s younger brother, Konrie, is having a strong fall camp.

“Konrie Brown might be one of the best athletes in Central Florida,” Lord said.

“He plays receiver for us, as well. … We’ll move him all over the defense — he’ll play (defensive) end, safety, linebacker. He returns kicks for us.”

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After a scrimmage on Aug. 15, Windermere Prep head coach Jacob Doss addressed the progress his program has made so far during fall camp in replacing the many skill players on offense that graduated.

“We had a lot of skill guys last year; we had some really electric talent (who) graduated,” Doss said. “I think our offensive line is where we’re going to hang our hat this year: They’re big; they’re strong; they’ve all played together before; they’ve all started games together.”

The line’s main job will be protecting senior quarterback Parker Davis — widely regarded as one of the best quarterbacks in the region. As for Davis, he will be working with a new corps of receivers, including two additions from the Lakers’ basketball program: Yasseen Aratius and Will Seelman.

“We love them both,” Doss said. “They’re both big, strong, physical kids.

They both play basketball, so they’re athletic — both of them can alley-oop dunk.

These kids are good.”

WINDERMERE PREP AT LAKE HIGHLAND PREP, 6 p.m.

THE BUZZ: The Lakers will take the field in the heart of downtown Orlando and look to cement roles after losing a large portion of last year’s championship roster to graduation.

SCOUTING REPORT: In 2014, quarterback Parker Davis enjoyed an embarrassment of riches in terms of skill players, and his main job was to get them the ball and let them work. Will Davis be more likely to run the ball himself as an added threat? Who will emerge as the Lakers’ top receiving and rushing threats?

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“Having access to professional athletes that you can pick their brain.”

LIKE DAUGHTER

Keilisa was drawn to track and field about two years ago, when a cousin took up the sport, starting roughly a decade younger than her father.

She tried other events, but eventually, the family business of high jumping came calling.

“My dad said that he did high jumping, so I said, ‘OK, then I want to do high jumping,’” Keilisa said.

Despite natural ability, Keilisa encountered some mental hurdles as she began in the sport. Afraid of missing on a jump or possibly hurting herself, she often failed to jump on attempts. Eventually, though, the mental toughness came.

“This year, I started and I was like, ‘OK, I’m not going to be afraid of the bar — it’s just a bar,’” Keilisa said.

Since overcoming that mental hurdle, Keilisa has placed second at an AAU event at Disney’s Wide World of Sports and then in June placed first at the AAU Regional Qualifier in Tallahassee. That led to her competing at the Junior Olympics, where her 11th-place finish among the top 26 competitors in the country in her age group

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“We’ve still got to work on more athleticism with her — getting her feet quicker and getting her to jump higher,” Keith said. “At the same time, I’m not trying to pressure her or push her, because I don’t want to burn her out.”

Still, as a father, Keith said he was proud to see his daughter embrace her fear of the bar— and of failing.

“Pole vaulting and high jumping, no matter what, you’re going to fail,” Keith said.

“You have to really have a thick skin and put the last jump behind you.”

BONDING TIME

High jumping has become more than just a shared passion for the Whites. It also has become an avenue for father-daughter bonding time, like when the two made the trip to Virginia recently.

“Most of the track meets we go to, it’s normally just us two,” Keilisa said. “I thought of it (Junior Olympics) more as a family vacation than I did as a track meet.”

The two visited the children’s museum there, among plenty of other sights.

At home, the training sessions Keith and Keilisa share — set to ramp back up in October — are also an opportunity to bond (except when Keith has Keilisa train by running up

the hills at the NTC, her least favorite drill).

But, although Keith takes the lead during training sessions, it’s not quite so simple in the kitchen.

“I learn from her,” Keith said.

“She’s a vegetarian — she leads the house on that one.”

THE FUTURE

The future is bright for the Whites.

Two weeks after Keith turns 50, he will graduate from UCF with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies. He hopes to attend law school after that and is excited to compete in USATF competition in the 50-54 age group.

“I want to live longer, seriously,” Keith said, explaining his motivation to continue to compete. “I have a philosophy that I’m going to prepare like I’m going to live to 100 but live every day like it’s the last. Just try to enjoy every moment.”

Keith has an older son, also named Keith, who is a football player at Iowa Central. Keilisa may be a long way from college — or her myriad dream careers as an Olympian, doctor, nurse or astronaut — but the Winter Garden youth does not lack confidence.

“She’s been a great kid,” Keith said. “I’m enjoying this ride with her and watching her development.”

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72 “Amazing Grace” verse ender 73 Holiday tune 74 “You never know ...”

77 Prison disturbance 78 More smudged 80 Baseball player’s wear 81 “Go on ...”

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62 Soaks, as a tea bag 64 Click the fingers 66 Doctrines, informally 67 Finger’s counterpart 68 Muslim holy man 69 Finish a shoot 70 Verdi classic

71 What some make a little do 75 Railing at the side of a staircase 76 Main order 78 Musical “repeat” sign 79 Qatar currency unit 80 Not forthright 82 Backs, anatomically 85 Dirty, run-down digs 86 Actress Olivia d’___ 88 Expert hunters 90 Bearing a heavy load 93 Riddle relative 95 Foolish affection 96 Ear pollutant 97 Bad situations 98 “Rescue Me” actor Leary 99 What i.e. means 101 Dull 102 Paramedics search for it 105 End in ___ (be deadlocked) 107 Homebuyer’s need, usually 110 Roasting skewer 113 Cigarette ingredient 114 Charged particle 115 Gear tooth 116 Chang’s twin

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Rosser Reserve, once a citrus grove, soon will become a small subdivision of 10 customdesigned estate homes.

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+ Pulte to host grand opening Pulte Homes will host a grand opening from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 22, to unveil its new Lakeview Pointe community, located off Lake Hancock Road in Horizon West.

The event will include model tours, refreshments and live music. The event is free, and the public is invited to attend.

Lakeview Pointe offers one- and two-story energy-efficient, single-family homes and town houses. The community includes 22 home designs.

Pulte plans to build 245 single-family homes at Lakeview Pointe on 32-, 50-, 60- and 85-foot homesites. Several lakefront sites are available.

Single-family home are priced from the $250,000s to the $400,000s and feature two to seven bedrooms with two to four baths and range from 1,900 to more than 4,200 square feet of living area.

Pulte plans to build 70 low-maintenance, rear-entry town houses at Lakeview Pointe priced from the $200,000s with two to three bedrooms, two and two-and-one-half baths.

Square footage will range from 1,464 to 1,825 and feature an optional third floor.

Lakeview Pointe amenities include a resort-style community swimming pool with splash pad, children’s playground and passive park.

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+ Royal Oak begins work in Minneola

Royal Oak Homes, based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park, has started development of its newest single-family community of Ardmore Reserve, located in Minneola off Fosgate Road.

Matt Orosz, co-president of Royal Oak Homes, said there are 675 home sites at Ardmore with 146 homes sites in the first phase.

New three-, four- and five-bedroom homes at Ardmore Reserve, ranging from 1,817 to 3,200 square feet of living area, will be priced from the low $200,000s.

Presales and construction of three models will begin in September, Orosz said.

The amenities planned at Ardmore include a swimming pool and a community clubhouse.

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Rosser Reserve was the site of many gatherings, such as the family’s 1954 Thanksgiving dinner.

DEVELOPMENT by Catherine Sinclair | Staff Writer

Worthwhile

Legacy WINDERMERE — Crews broke ground on Windermere’s newest residential development last month, and one of its 10 lots already has sold.

Rosser Reserve is located on Conroy Windermere Road, just east of Jennifer Lane. It borders Rosser Road to the north and has boat ramp access to Lake Down to the east.

The development will comprise five lakefront lots of 1 acre each and five interior lots of .75 acres each. Interior lots start in the low $800,000s, while the lakefront lots will cost $1.6 million to $1.8 million. Each home will be custom-designed by its owners.

“We don’t have any plans to build any spec homes,” said Tim Green, CEO of Rosser Reserve’s development company, Green Tree Development Group. “If we do, it will only be one or two homes.”

Just south of the property on Conroy Windermere Road is the Isleworth subdivision, a 600-acre luxury community, which is one reason Rosser Reserve has been a focal point for development in recent years.

“Because we’re right across the street from each other, we’re obviously in support of each other,” Green said. “But from what I’ve seen, people are interested in a brand-new product, brand-new subdivision.”

Green also pointed to the intimacy of Rosser Reserve as a reason families might prefer it over Isleworth, a community of 298 built homes and 15 remaining vacant lots. He said Green Tree Development hopes Rosser Reserve will be taken “up to the next notch” compared with Isleworth.

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John William McMurtrey owned a series of grocery stores in Georgia in the late 1800s.

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development in Windermere to be served by sewer lines instead of septic systems. Green Tree Development worked with Orange County to add more than 1,200 feet of oversized pipes that will service the development.

Green said this could benefit the town in the future, if leaders decide to start adding sewer lines in Windermere. The new lines could connect to the existing Rosser Reserve lines.

Throughout the last decade, the Windermere Town Council has annexed some gated communities, but it has not approved any new developments to be gated communities. The reasoning was typically that Windermere should be accessible to everyone.

Some residents were unhappy that Isleworth was gated, Smith said.

“That was a point of contention with the Development Review Board, and they had to make a lot of concessions in order to get that gate in place,” Smith said.

But every development is examined on a case-by-case basis. Rosser Reserve was approved for a gate because of its boat ramp.

“If you have an open development area, it’s more likely that people would just drive in there and park their cars with a boat or trailer in that development, and that could become a major issue,” Smith said.

Green said his team also took care to make sure the entrance to Rosser Reserve would not cause traffic problems. Even if every Rosser Reserve homeowner were trying to turn into the subdivision at the same time, there wouldn’t be any backup.

“Windermere is known for its traffic,” Green said. “Ten cars can fit in our turn lane … so we feel that that’s also going to reduce the traffic congestion.”

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Rosser Reserve will be a community of just 10 estate -size lots.

The two men made a deal: McMurtrey would eliminate the debt and give Griffin $50 in exchange for 40 acres of Griffin’s property on Lake Down in Windermere.

Two of McMurtrey’s sons helped him clear some of the land for a tent. McMurtrey’s wife, two youngest daughters and granddaughter, Emma Marcelle Bennett, soon permanently moved to the property.

“My family traveled by covered wagons, and it took them three months to get here from Atlanta, fighting bears and panthers along the way,” said Sue Prosser, a descendant.

In 1917, Bennett married John Wesley Rosser. The couple bought 10 of the original 40 acres on Lake Down and planted a citrus grove. The land became known as Rosser Reserve and stayed in the family for two more generations.

“The heirs who survive spent their childhood years visiting our grandparents at the house on the grove property every week for Sunday supper and playing in and around the citrus trees,” Prosser said. “For many decades, it was a lush, productive citrus operation that contributed support to our grandparents and parents.”

Citrus greening eventually hit the Rosser groves, and the

family decided to put the land on the market for the first time eight years ago. Various developers submitted proposals for high-density housing, a parking lot, an assisted-living facility and other uses, but none of the proposals received the approval of the Rosser family and the Windermere Town Council.

In 2014, Green Tree Development presented plans to build a luxury residential community at Rosser Reserve.

“They had a plan to do a low-impact development, which is pretty much matching what is surrounding on the north, west, east and south of that property … so that was something that the council was really in favor of,” Windermere Town Manager Robert Smith said.

Prosser and her family agreed — a subdivision with only 10 houses was more appealing than bigger projects proposed.

“The Rosser family is pleased to be a part of the Rosser Reserve and tirelessly worked to find a purchaser who was willing to create a worthwhile legacy for the Rosser family,” Prosser said.

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Emma Marcelle and John Wesley Rosser were the owners of the property until their deaths in 1979.

TIMELINE April 1, 2015: Windermere Town Council approved PUD rezoning for Rosser Reserve.

April 14, 2015: Windermere Town Council approved a preliminary development agreement.

July 14, 2015: Windermere Town Council approved the final plans.

July 23, 2015: The developers broke ground on the property.

December 2015 to January 2016: Expected completion.

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According to the site’s study, home-ownership costs rose 49.3% from 2000 to 2013, followed by Seminole County at 46.3% According to the site, from 2000 to 2013, homeownership costs — which include real estate taxes, homeowners insurance and utilities — increased 11.6%, after adjusting for inflation.

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Pat Sharr welcomes daughter to firm Kristi Lowery grew up in Winter Garden and graduated from West Orange High.

WEST ORANGE — With many years of experience paving her way solo in area real-estate transactions, Pat Sharr decided it was time to welcome new blood into the office.

It turns out that new blood is her own, daughter Kristi Lowery.

Lowery started working with Pat Sharr Realty in April after developing an interest about a year ago, she said.

“She got tired of working at Advanced Mechanical Services, which is an air-conditioning company — she had been there for 25 years,” Sharr said. “So I thought she was kind of getting bored with it, and I

approached her and asked her whether she had ever thought about it.”

Lowery was in elementary school when Sharr got her license, giving her decades of exposure to the business, Sharr said.

“Once I have my license for two years, I’ll go ahead and get my brokerage license,” Lowery said, a grin beginning to appear. “(Then I’ll) kick her to the curb and take over the company.”

Lowery describes herself as a people person, which she said helps in such a job, and she enjoys being in different areas with different types of houses.

Within two weeks of getting her license, she had made her first sale. Her previous exposure and work experience has helped her to avoid any nerves and in other ways, she said. “(I was) the operations manager at (Advanced Mechanical Services), so I was just dealing with customers on a daily basis,” she said.

Sharr described her daughter as a problem-solver and is thrilled to have her in the business “I’ve been in business now for myself for 10 years, and I’ve never had people work for me before,” Sharr said. “There was plenty of people who wanted to come work for me, but I never had anyone.”

Lowery has begun taking sales responsibilities all

over the area, from Oakland, Ocoee and Winter Garden to Minneola, Montverde and Groveland, focusing strictly on residential properties, Sharr said.

“All kinds, from mansions to little starter homes; condos — town homes and condos are figured into single-family residential, also, so we do all of that, lovely properties,” Sharr said. “I thought how great it would be for her to get into it and how she’d like it. I thought it would help to get her a broker’s license within two years, give me some rest. I believe in the Golden Rule, and that’s what I want her to pass on.”

As Sharr’s daughter, Lowery will inherit Sharr’s knowledge of the business and her concern for buyers and sellers

to make sure the job is done right, Sharr said.

“She has the knowledge to build it even further than what I’ve built it,” Sharr said. “Because she’s getting started, naturally she’s going to help me with some of the relationships I already have. When I first started out, I was selling houses to couples, and now, I’m selling to their kids and grandkids. I hope she carries on, because 90% of my business is referrals.”

Lowery grew up in Winter Garden and graduated from West Orange High School. She has lived in the area her whole life, even before her mother began selling houses. She has two sons, a grandson and a daughter-in-law. Maybe one day they, too, will take on Sharr’s trade.

“We just hope to carry on the

BUSINESS by Zak Kerr | Staff Writer

Tech repair store with area roots opens first DP branch The Dr. Phillips location is the 10th uBreakiFix in Greater Orlando.

DR. PHILLIPS — A personal tech-repair company founded by millennials six years ago in Orlando has grown into a $50 million enterprise with more than 100 stores in North America, the latest of which opened Monday, Aug. 17, in The Marketplace at Dr. Phillips, 7600 Dr. Phillips Blvd., Suite 96.

The company, uBreakiFix, has saved Americans $500 million in replacement costs since its inception in summer 2009 and has an average electronics repair cost of $85, according to company data. Its specialty is fixing small electronics, such as smartphones, but game consoles, tablets, computers and other devices are in the company repertoire of repairs. Cracked screens,

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water damage, camera problems and software issues are among what uBreakiFix handles.

Trevor Wetherill, owner of the Dr. Phillips location, said uBreakiFix wanted to make sure that area had a location closer than 4734 S. Kirkman Road in Southwest Orlando, about three miles away.

“We had the opportunity

to open in that plaza and just jumped on it,” Wetherill said.

“We think the people of Dr. Phillips have a need for our services in the area. We think it will be great.”

After Wetherill and his team signed their lease in May, they started working to open the store as soon as they could, originally planning to open July 6 before some permitting matters had to be addressed.

“This happens to be the month it has come together,” he said. “As far as the company goes, July has been a great opening month.”

Wetherill and a business partner, Carlos Marmo, had lived in Los Angeles for five years, opening seven stores there. But they missed family in Orlando and started seek-

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The uBreakiFix team puts up its sign for its first store in summer 2009, in Orlando. ing a reason to return, he said.

Corporate officials from uBreakiFix were looking at opening a corporate-operated store in Dr. Phillips when those two were in the area, and they asked Wetherill and Marmo what they thought of running the store in a return

to his roots.

“We jumped on that,” he said. “It all happened in around three months. We’re pretty excited, happy to be back.”

Among brands uBreakiFix works with most often, Wetherill said Apple devices

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Kristi Lowery, daughter of the namesake of Pat Sharr Realty, has joined her mother’s business as a sales associate.

business, and hopefully one day I retire, and she can take it over,” Sharr said. “Everybody keeps saying, ‘Pat you’re not going to retire anytime soon, are you?’ I go, ‘Nope, not yet.’”

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would be at the top, with Samsung close behind. Although smartphones are the items uBreakiFix handles most, employees also frequently repair tablets, he said.

“We offer top-notch repairs, extremely fast turnaround times and excellent customer service at uBreakiFix,” Wetherill said. “Our repair team assures the finest quality and the fastest repair time available, whether you have the oldest or newest iPhone or any other gadget.”

For the store’s grand opening, company plans included flooding the area with a team of people handing out free coupons for protective glass for various devices, Wetherill said.

“We’ll be giving them to customers and to locals, just to introduce ourselves to the neighborhood,” he said.

On May 19, uBreakiFix repaired its 1 millionth device.

By 2016, the brand expects to have 175 stores across North America, perhaps including more around West Orange County.

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Construction began recently on the first lakefront home in Oakland Park.

First waterfront homes sold in Oakland Park The community will feature 12 properties along the shores of Lake Apopka.

WINTER GARDEN — Eight years after Oakland Park’s first homes were built, the community is starting to see construction on the relatively few lots that abut Lake Apopka.

Land has been cleared for the first lakefront house, to be built

by J&J Building, and a model home is currently under construction by Vintage Estate Homes.

Crescent Communities is the developer.

There are 12 lakefront lots in Oakland Park, two of which have been sold. The combined purchase price for the property and house ranges from the $800,000s to $1 million.

The J&J home plan has 3,772 square feet of living space with four bedrooms, three-andone-half baths and a threecar garage. The Spanish Colonial-style home includes a barrel-tile roof and will have front and side courtyards and a covered porch in the back overlooking Lake Apopka.

According to developers, the initial typical interested buyer seems to be an “empty-nester” downsizing from a large family home. The builder of one of the lakefront lots believes there will

likely be interest from younger families as the community matures.

The first two homes are in the 3,200- and 4,000-square foot range.

J&J is a family-owned and operated full-service building, design and development company with more than 35 years of general contracting, design and business experience. Vintage Estate, also a family-oriented business, specializes in new communities and affordable luxury homes.

Castle & Cooke launched the 258-acre Oakland Park in the spring of 2007 and was building the first of its 64 homes in Phase 1/A by December. The community — which, when completed, will have 750 residential units — is also unique in that it lies in two municipalities: Winter Garden and Oakland.

Crescent Communities took over as developers in 2012.

Overall, 150 homes have been completed in Oakland Park. Work has begun on Phase IV, which will have 158 lots.

Homebuilders are J&J, Vintage Estate, David Weekley Homes and Ashton Woods Homes.

Eighteen home plans are available.

The five primary styles are Colonial Revival, Victorian, Craftsman, Spanish Colonial and Florida Vernacular, all of which were popular in Florida during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Garages are behind the homes, serviced by rear alleys or driveways, and the homes feature large front porches.

Oakland Park requires all of the homes within the community to be built to Florida Green Building Coalition green certification standards, ensuring the community is earth-friendly, affordable to operate and pleasant in which to live.

Oakland Park incorporates sustainability into all levels of the development. Not only is the overall community certified underneath the FGBC, but also, all homes built within Oakland Park must be certified underneath FGBC. “The roads, the building areas, even the utility placements, were designed in such a way as to preserve as many significant trees as possible,” Oakland Park officials said. “In addition to tree preservation, an arborist was commissioned to oversee the relocation of a large number of mature trees, creating instant foundations

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The West Orange Trail goes through the heart of Oakland Park and furthers the connectivity of the community, providing a natural link between Oakland and Winter Garden.

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NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement totaling 3,000 rentable square feet of industrial space at 1319 Green Forest Court in Winter Garden.

Michael Heidrich, a principal at NAI Realvest, and associate Kristen Kemp negotiated the lease representing the tenant, Aquatic Systems Inc., a Pompano Beach-based lake and wetlands management services firm.

The landlord is Oaklandbased Matrix Development Inc.

+ Helbourg selected for leadership team Wyndham Vacation Rentals announced Joanne Helbourg, of Winter Garden, was recognized as a member of VISIT FLORIDA’s 2015-2016 tourism industry leadership team.

VISIT FLORIDA — the state’s official tourism marketing corporation — ushered in new leadership July 1 to serve on its executive committee, board of directors and industry committee. Helbourg will serve as a member of the promotions committee. She will join other members of Wyndham Vacation Rentals’ Gulf Region also appointed, including Lino Maldonado, who will serve as the secretary of the board of director’s executive committee, and Martin Owen, who will serve as a member of the international committee.

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Brian Kittle, division president of Meritage Homes for the Orlando region, said the homebuilder has 140 home sites at Twin Waters for new three- to eight-bedroom homes priced from the $300,000s to the high $500,000s.

Meritage is offering 16 floor plans at Twin Waters that will range from about 2,700 to 5,239 square feet of living area.

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Casabella at Windermere home sells for $1.84 million A home in the Casabella at Windermere community topped all West Orange-area residential real-estate transactions from July 24 to 30.

The home at 4260 Isabella Circle, Windermere, sold July 29, for $1,844,444. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, four baths, two half-baths, a pool and 7,800 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $236.47.

WINDSTONE AT OCOEE

The home at 2586 Hornlake Circle, Ocoee, sold July 30, for $205,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 2,222 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $92.26.

The home at 8639 Sand Lake Shores Drive, Orlando, sold July 28, for $685,000. Built in 1988, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,727 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $251.19.

The Casabella at Windermere home at 4260 Isabella Circle sold July 29, for $1,844,444. It features four bedrooms, four baths, two half-baths, a pool and 7,800 square feet of living area.

EMERALD FOREST

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The home at 9147 Kilgore Road, Orlando, sold July 29, for $790,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths, a pool and 2,660 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $296.99.

VIZCAYA HEIGHTS

The condo at 8755 The Esplanade, No. 117, Orlando, sold July 24, for $385,000 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,824 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $211.07.

WATERS EDGE & BOCA POINTE AT TURTLE CREEK

The home at 10747 Emerald Chase Drive, Orlando, sold July 30, for $600,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 1999, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths, a pool and 4,731 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $126.82.

PARKSIDE

The home at 8083 Chilton Drive, Orlando, sold July 30, for $689,000. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, five baths and 3,306 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $208.41.

The home at 519 Herring Gull Court, Ocoee, sold July 29, for $315,000. Built in 2003, it has five bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths, a pool and 3,735 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $84.34.

The home at 285 Sagecrest Drive, Ocoee, sold July 29, for $380,000. Built in 2004, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,255 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $116.74.

BAY VISTA ESTATES

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WINDSOR LANDING

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The home at 8542 Forest Run Lane, Orlando, sold July 28, for $385,000. Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,875 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $133.91.

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and 1,412 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $88.53.

CITRUS OAKS

The home at 9410 Comeau St., Gotha, sold July 27, for $124,000 (REO/bank owned).

Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,670 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $74.25.

OCOEE FOREST OAKS

The home at 410 Hager Drive, Ocoee, sold July 30, for $155,000. Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,456 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $106.46.

SADDLEBROOK

The home at 1713 Bridlewalk Court, Gotha, sold July 24, for $226,800 (Auction/REO). Built in 1994, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,906 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $118.99.

HAMMOCKS

The home at 1029 Featherstone Circle, Ocoee, sold July 29, for $275,000. Built in 1990, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,346 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $117.22.

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HARBOUR HIGHLANDS

The home at 617 Berks Court, Orlando, sold July 28, for $142,419 (Auction/REO). Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,683 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $84.62.

The home at 806 W. Harbour Court, Ocoee, sold July 30, for $188,500 (REO/bank owned).

Built in 1983, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,052 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $91.86.

STONEBRIDGE LAKES

JORDANA HILLS

The town house at 3582 Shallot Drive, No. 108, Orlando, sold July 28, for $181,500 (REO/ bank owned). Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 1,665 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $109.01.

The home at 1005 Ruth Jordana Court, Ocoee, sold July 24, for $115,000. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,066 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $107.88.

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KENSINGTON MANOR

The condo at 3314 Robert Trent Jones Drive, No. 310, Orlando, sold July 24, for $125,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two baths

The home at 3562 Strachey Court, Ocoee, sold July 30, for $228,000 (short sale). Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,505 square

feet of living area. The price per square foot is $91.02.

RESERVE

The home at 1390 Montheath Circle, Ocoee, sold July 28, for $184,900. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,606 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $115.13.

RESERVE AT MEADOW LAKE

The town house at 1259 Glenleigh Drive, Ocoee, sold July 28, for $161,000. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,751 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $91.95.

The town house at 1383 Glenleigh Drive, Ocoee, sold July 30, for $160,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,656 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $96.62.

SAWMILL

The home at 6817 Lumberjack Lane, Ocoee, sold July 30, for $168,000. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,628 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $103.19.

SPRING LAKE HILLS

The home at 402 Spring Lake Circle, Ocoee, sold July 28, for $114,000 (REO/bank owned).

Built in 1972, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,300 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $87.69.

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The home at 910 Nola Drive, Ocoee, sold July 29, for $365,000. Built in 2005, it has six bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,825 square feet of living

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The home at 8099 Canyon Lake Circle, Orlando, sold July 28, for $342,900. Built in 1991, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,294 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $149.48.

ORLA VISTA HEIGHTS

The home at 445 S. Buena Vista Ave., Orlando, sold July 30, for $110,800. Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,417 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $78.19.

The home at 6450 Jansen St., Orlando, sold July 27, for $63,200 (REO/bank owned).

Built in 1983, it has three bedrooms, one bath and 1,300 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $48.62.

VALENCIA HILLS

The home at 203 Dempsey Way, Orlando, sold July 28, for $184,000. Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,857 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $99.08.

WINDERMERE ALEXANDER RIDGE

The home at 2047 Solar Drive, Windermere, sold July 24, for $298,390. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 2,562 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $116.47.

ASHLIN PARK

The home at 11623 Sprawling Oak Drive, Windermere, sold July 28, for $369,990. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and

Total Sales: 79 High Sale Price: $1,844,444 Low Sale Price: $63,200 REO/Bank Owned: 11 Auction/REO: Four Short Sales: One 2,750 square feet. The price per square foot is $134.54.

The home at 11617 Sprawling Oak Drive, Windermere, sold July 28, for $338,500. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,205 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $153.51.

BELLARIA

The home at 13317 Bellaria Circle, Windermere, sold July 27, for $1,332,451. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, five baths, two half-baths, a pool and 5,900 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $225.84.

ENCLAVE AT WINDERMERE LANDING

The home at 6443 Swanson St., Windermere, sold July 30, for $471,990. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,934 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $119.98.

KELSO ON LAKE BUTLER

The home at 1230 Kelso Blvd., Windermere, sold July 29, for $600,000. Built in 1980, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,563 square feet of living area on 1.04 lakefront acres. The price per square foot is $168.40.

KEENE’S POINTE

The home at 8292 Tibet Butler Drive, Windermere, sold July 24, for $1.4 million. Built in 1999, it has five bedrooms, five-and-one-half baths, a pool and 6,616 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $211.61.

The home at 6302 Greatwater Drive, Windermere, sold July 24, for $910,000. Built in 2000, it has five bedrooms, three baths, two half-baths, a pool and and-one-half baths and 4,474 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $203.40.

The home at 11319 Fenimore Court, Windermere, sold July 27, for $510,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,455 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $207.74.

The home at 8431 Kemper Lane, Windermere, sold July 29, for $470,000. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,373 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $198.06.

LAKE SAWYER SOUTH

The home at 13333 Roskin Lane, Windermere, sold July 24, for $430,000. Built in 2013, it has four bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths, a pool and 3,424 square feet of living area.

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The price per square foot is $125.58.

The home at 13232 Strode Lane, Windermere, sold July 24, for $274,900. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,875 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $146.61.

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The Keene’s Pointe home at 6302 Greatwater Drive, Windermere, sold July 24, for $910,000. It features five bedrooms, three baths, two half-baths, a pool and 4,474 square feet of living area. sold July 24, for $288,000. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,139 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $134.64.

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WATERFORD POINTE

The home at 2039 Water Key Drive, Windermere, sold July 28, for $670,000. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths and 3,284 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $204.02.

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BRANDY CREEK

The home at 1216 Brandy Lake View Circle, Winter Garden, sold July 30, for $209,000.

Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,661 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $125.83.

COVINGTON CHASE

The home at 375 Millwood Place, Winter Garden, sold July 24, for $270,350. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,183 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $123.84.

The home at 344 Millwood Place, Winter Garden, sold July 27, for $258,915. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,169 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $119.37.

EAST GARDEN MANOR

The home at 1445 Whitney Isles Drive, Windermere, sold July 24, for $314,844 (Auction/ REO). Built in 2005, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,102 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $101.50.

The home at 345 Florida Ave., Winter Garden, sold July 27, for $103,000 (REO/bank owned).

Built in 1970, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,890 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $54.50.

WINDERMERE LANDINGS

FULLER’S LANDING

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LAKE COVE POINTE

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The home at 517 Lake Cove Pointe Circle, Winter Garden, sold July 30, for $510,621. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,473 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $147.03.

The town house at 6360 Merrick Landing Blvd., Windermere, sold July 30, for $183,000.

Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,309 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $139.80.

The home at 4332 Indian Deer Road, Windermere, sold July 29, for $312,900 (Auction/ REO). Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,373 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $92.77.

The home at 4826 Flint Road, Windermere, sold July 29, for $299,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths, a pool and 2,618 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $114.21.

SOUTHERN PINES

The home at 15115 Owls Perch Court, Winter Garden, sold July 30, for $378,563. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,467 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $109.19.

LAKES OF WINDERMERE — PEACHTREE

The home at 8551 Greenbank Blvd., Windermere, sold July 28, for $305,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 2,599 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $117.35.

JOHNS LAKE POINTE

The home at 613 Westcliffe Drive, Winter Garden, sold July

29, for $270,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 2,814 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $95.95.

GLENVIEW ESTATES

The home at 612 Glenview Drive, Winter Garden, sold July 30, for $213,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,833 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $116.20.

GROVE PARK AT STONE CREST

The home at 638 Lost Grove Circle, Winter Garden, sold July 28, for $260,100 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,420 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $76.05.

two baths and 1,036 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $132.92.

INDEPENDENCE/ SIGNATURE LAKES

The home at 14859 Old Thicket Terrace, Winter Garden, sold July 30, for $300,000 (REO/bank owned). Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,160 square feet. The price per square foot is $94.94.

The town house at 5424 New Independence Parkway, Winter Garden, sold July 24, for $234,000. Built in 2012, it has four bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 2,143 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $109.19.

OAKLAND PARK

The home at 1027 Britton Aly, Winter Garden, sold July 28, for $438,612. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 2,500 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $175.44.

OVERLOOK AT HAMLIN

The home at 7602 Green Mountain Way, Winter Garden, sold July 24, for $555,000. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths and 5,176 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $107.23.

The home at 14389 Black Quill Drive, Winter Garden, sold July 27, for $420,635. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,421 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $122.96.

HICKORY HAMMOCK

The home at 15774 Citrus Grove Loop, Winter Garden, sold July 28, for $355,130. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,675 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $132.76.

The home at 15770 Citrus Grove Loop, Winter Garden, sold July 27, for $298,900. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,307 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $129.56.

The home at 15430 Amberbeam Blvd., Winter Garden, sold July 30, for $250,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,737 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $143.93.

The town house at 1276 Priory Circle, Winter Garden, sold July 24, for $195,975. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,793 square feet. The price per square foot is $109.30.

SUBURBAN SHORES

The home at 13031 Suburban Terrace, Winter Garden, sold July 30, for $219,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,902 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $115.14.

SUMMERLAKE

The home at 8132 Atlantic Puffin St., Winter Garden, sold July 24, for $307,202. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,796 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $171.05.

VERDE PARK

The home at 17949 Gourd Neck Loop, Winter Garden, sold July 24, for $446,804. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 4,161 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $107.38.

The town house at 917 Walkers Grove Lane, Winter Garden, sold July 30, for $249,909. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,873 square feet. The price per square foot is $133.43.

WINDWARD CAY

The Kelso on Lake Butler home at 1230 Kelso Blvd., Windermere, sold July 29, for $600,000. It features four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,563 square feet of living area on 1.04 lakefront acres.

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The home at 1301 Eastern Pecan Place, No. 101, Winter Garden, sold July 27, for $110,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,152 square feet. The price per square foot is $95.49.

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All eligible citizens are urged to take part in this election process. If you are 18 years old, a U.S. citizen, a resident of the City of Ocoee, have not been adjudicated mentally incapacitated with respect to voting in Florida or any other state, have not been convicted of a felony without your civil rights having been restored pursuant to law, and do not claim the right to vote in another municipality, please be aware that you have a right to be registered to vote in this election and the books will close for such registration on September 28, 179271

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2015, at 5:00 p.m. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office for more information at 407-905-3105.

CASH, MASTERCARD, VISA, DISCOVER, AMERICAN EXPRESS and APPROVED CHECKS ACCEPTED *All sales on Closeout Items are FINAL and AS-IS. No Lay-aways. Quantities are limited. First come, first to save. All prior sales and previous discounts excluded. Not responsible for typographical errors. Pictures are for illustration purposes only. See store for further details.

Beth Eikenberry, CMC, City Clerk, City of Ocoee

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CYPRESS RESERVE

The Hottest New Community in

WINTER GARDEN! Set in the charming small-town setting of Winter Garden, residents of Cypress Reserve enjoy the ambience of a traditional neighborhood with picturesque front porches. The walkable streets make it convenient to travel to the top rated elementary school located right next to the community. Situated just 20 miles from downtown Orlando and even closer to corporate centers, theme parks, traveling and entertainment, this charming community is located right where you want to be!

OUR BEAUTIFUL HOMES RANGE FROM: • 2,274 to 4,290 Sq. Ft. • 3 to 4 Bedrooms • 2 to 3.5 Baths • 1 to 2 Story Homes • 2 to 3 Car Garage

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