WINTER PARK/MAITLAND
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 30, NO. 35
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2018
Reeves, Goff-Marcil win Politicians from Winter Park and Maitland fared well at the polls in Tuesday’s election. PAGE 6.
Good for the soul The new Trinity Preparatory School senior chaplain the Rev. Richard Towers arrives at the school after eight years as a military chaplain.
ON DISPLAY Polasek museum features Czech artist Jan Kaláb in exhibit. SEE PAGE 13
TIM FREED ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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veryone is forced to face challenges and struggles at some point in their lives — and the years of middle and high school are no exception. But a new staff member at Trinity Preparatory School is there to lend a helping hand and encouraging word. The Rev. Richard Towers is the new senior chaplain of the Winter Park school. It marks the fifth college preparatory school at which Towers has worked during a long, purposeful career.
PADDY’S PUB BUILDING SOLD Robert P. Hold, principal at Hold-Thyssen, Inc., closed the sale of a Winter Park landmark: the former Paddy’s Pub at 1566 W. Fairbanks Ave. The bar and restaurant operated for more than 25 years at the location before closing prior to Hold’s purchase in October 2017. Byrnes Properties LLC paid $850,000 for the 2,915-square-foot building constructed on the site in 1948. The sale included a 13,244-square-foot lot. The new owner plans to raze the building and redevelop the property for a dental practice.
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The Rev. Richard Towers has served in the Philippines and Guam. Now, he’s at Trinity Preparatory School.
Concerns and complaints regarding low-flying planes still linger after Greater Orlando Aviation Authority officials spoke to Winter Park City Commissioners. TIM FREED ASSOCIATE EDITOR
City Commissioner Greg Seidel could have sworn it sounded like the roar of a plane going down in flames. “I was out Saturday working in my yard, and I actually thought a plane was crashing going from the east to the west,” Seidel said. “I went around and looked at the
other side of the house cause it was so low — I thought it was coming down.” Seidel is just one of many Winter Park residents waiting for a potential solution — if any — to loud airplanes flying over the city. Officials from the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority gave a presentation to Winter Park SEE GOAA PAGE 4
SPORTS
No end in flight?
Troy Herring
OFFENSE ON TRACK
The Winter Park Wildcats began the season with a 48-7 beatdown of visiting Lake Nona. PAGE 10