WINDERMERE
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. FREE
VOLUME 2, NO. 49
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
Finally, a completed game Uncooperative weather forced Windermere Prep to cancel its first two games of the season. PAGE 13.
YOUR TOWN HOSPICE SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
Cornerstone Hospice and Palliative Care is holding a volunteer training day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at Orlando Regional Medical Center, 52 W. Underwood, Orlando. The training is free and open to the public. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Cornerstone Hospice volunteers work directly and indirectly with hospice patients at their homes or in facilities throughout Orange and Osceola counties. They might perform a variety of vital tasks, including administrative duties, spending time with patients and providing breaks for patients’ family members. Advanced registration is required. To register, contact Kayla Lopes at (407) 514-8205 or email klopes@cshospice.org.
Help for Houston CrossFit Winter Garden was one of various local groups to organize a relief effort for victims of Hurricane Harvey. DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER
With the death toll from Harvey reaching 60 and economic damage estimated to cost as much as $100 billion, relief efforts from across the country — including West Orange County — having been pouring into Texas. As soon as the extent of the damage and devastation in Texas was revealed, CrossFit Winter Garden owner Lee Lovette knew he couldn’t just let it go without doing some-
In with the new MaryAnne Petrosky is handed a reusable grocery bag as she walks in the store.
PUBLIX AT HAMLIN COVE 5400 Hamlin Groves Trail, Winter Garden PHONE: (407) 654-6157 HOURS: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily
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n Thursday, Aug. 31, the anticipation for Hamlin residents was finally over, as their very own neighborhood Publix supermarket officially opened. Publix at Hamlin Cove is the second commercial development in the community, having opened just less than 10 months after the Walmart across the street. Guests were greeted by store managers and employees, took pictures with Plato the Publix dinosaur and were given reusable grocery bags.
Parker Luisi gives a high-five to Plato the Publix dinosaur as he shows off his balloon. Right: Kennan Burch brought son Brayden out to the grand opening, where the little one received a balloon.
— DANIELLE HENDRIX
ACHIEVEMENT IN INK
The town recently negotiated a lease agreement in an effort to add about 30 to 40 more parking spots. GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR
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Windermere to add more parking downtown
Foundation Academy student Ariel McMillan completed recently her first book. PAGE 7.
Spending your valuable time trying to find parking at a packed event is never a welcome chore. That’s why the town of Windermere is working to add a shared-use parking lot on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Forest Street. The town currently
is short about 16 parking spaces for commercial use, said Windermere Town Manager Robert Smith, but it plans to rectify that with the addition of 30 to 40 more spaces soon. “We needed to work with the (First Baptist Church of Windermere) and do a lease agreeSEE WINDERMERE PAGE 4