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Playing the long game Danielle Owens hopes to take her game past high school. PAGE 9.

YOUR TOWN CITY PLANS FOR MORE PARKING

With the success of the renovated Winter Park Golf Course and ongoing popularity of Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum, the city has been working on a plan for additional parking opportunities. In addition to adding 27 new parking spaces, the entire WPGC parking lot will be converted from asphalt to brick pavers. The adjacent Morse Park will receive new landscaping, a moonlight garden and a walking path.

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Independence Lane to open with party The Maitland downtown center will open Oct. 5 with a community party.

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After several years, the Independence Lane downtown center is finally about to open — and the city of Maitland is pulling out all the stops to celebrate.

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Carl Hanlon, right, takes in the scenery as he flies in a paraglider during his trip across America.

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Commission approves library use request, sets millage rate

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Parking was a big talking point during the discussion on the library, while the millage rate holds steady.

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In a motorcycle ride from Florida to Alaska, Winter Park resident and business owner Carl Hanlon and his wife, Denise Godreau, braved the elements and wildlife for a once-in-a-lifetime trip. SEE PAGE 4.

LoveyLoaves rescue hosts fifth annual fundraiser Sept. 22.

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The new Winter Park Library moved one step closer to reality as the Winter Park Commissioners approved the library’s pre-

liminary and final conditional use request.

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 29 WINTER PARK TENNIS CENTER GRAND RE-OPENING 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept.

29, at the Winter Park Tennis Center Pavilion, 1045 Azalea Lane, Winter Park. The city will celebrate the grand reopening of the Winter Park Tennis Center. Festivities include remarks from elected officials, open play on the renovated courts, lite bites and fun tennis activities.

For more information, contact the city at (407) 599-3399.

TUESDAY, OCT. 2 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2018 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, at the Public Safety Facility, 500 N. Virginia Ave., Winter Park.

The Winter Park Police Department, along with Ring and ADT, the National sponsors for National Night Out, will be hosting an open house at the Public Safety building. The event will have many interactive displays from the Winter Park Police and Fire departments. The event also will include food, giveaways and an opportunity to microchip pets. For more information, call (407) 599-3301.

WEDNSDAY, OCT. 3 WINTER PARK HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING PARADE AND PEP RALLY 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, along Park Avenue in downtown Winter Park. The annual Winter Park High School Homecoming Parade will make its way down Park Avenue beginning at 5:15 p.m. A pep rally will be held in Central Park immediately following the parade. Show support for our Winter Park High School students, faculty and alumni.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 6 TEST THE WATERS FISHING TOURNAMENT 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, 1050 W. Morse Blvd., Winter Park. The Parks & Recreation Department of the city of Winter Park and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission present the annual free Test the Waters Fishing Tournament. Children of all ages are invited to participate in this fun-filled event. Bait, fishing poles and snacks will be provided for all participants.

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BOWLING FOR BABIES 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Aloma Bowl, 2530 Aloma Ave, Winter Park. The Healthy Start Coalition of Orange County is a nonprofit organization with a mission is to improve maternalchild health through community partnership. The deadline to become a sponsor for the upcoming event is Monday, Oct. 1. Visit healthystartorange.org.

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TUESDAY, OCT. 2 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, at the Venue on the Lake, 641 S. Maitland Ave., Maitland. The free event will feature demonstrations from the Maitland Police Department, emergency vehicles, kids’ games, food, music and more. The police department will provide free youth bicycle helmets with fittings.

Kids can meet the Chick-fil-A cow and enjoy games, a face painter and balloon artist. A DJ will provide music and free food and drinks will be served. Learn more at maitlandpd.org.

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zone the new library and city center.

A conditional use permit is a zoning exception that allows property owners — in this case, the city of Winter Park — to use land in a way that otherwise isn’t permitted within a particular zoning district.

Although some small adjustments were made, overall the plan is in good shape, said Planning and Zoning Manager Jeff Briggs.

“This is the site plan and layout for the library and the event center — it’s in the same location as the previous civic center,” Briggs said. “It’s important to point out that all of these improvements meet the zoning code in respect to building heights, setbacks, etc.”

The biggest questions held by some members of the commission were regarding parking and stormwater runoff around the new facilities.

According to code requirements, there is a need for one parking space per 250 square feet for the events center and one space per 375 square feet for the library. Because the events center will be 13,564 square feet and the library will be 34,400 square feet, the two buildings will require 146 spaces.

Currently, there are 205 onsite parking spots (90 at the library and 115 at the civic center), but the goal is to add more.

“In addition, the plan includes adding 24 parallel parking spaces along the east

side of Harper Street for a total of 237 total spaces,” city staff stated in recommendations.

“The city is continuing to explore adding 36 more parking spaces to the south on the property where the current recreation building sits, if needed.”

Cooper said she was uncomfortable with how much green space was to be taken by the additional parking spaces to the south of the property. It was so much of a concern for her that she offered an amendment to get rid of the additional parking. The amendment was eventually shot down by the rest of the commission.

“We’re taking up a great deal of the park now with surface parking as opposed to a parking structure, and I understand the legal nuance of whether it’s a garage or structure, but when it starts covering more and more park, that becomes significant,” Cooper said. “I would have to say that, as the buyers’ rep, I’m not ready to ask you for conditional use.”

The other issue multiple commissioners addressed was stormwater runoff.

Although Commissioner Greg Seidel found no issues with the permit, he noted he would like to see more pretreatment done on runoff.

“Currently, we would be just directly discharging stormwater into the lake, which is provided stormwater treatment,” Seidel said. “But if you had the pre-treatment, you’ll get all the trash out before it goes in, and that is really the main thing that

I would really like to see.”

Other commissioners concurred, and Mayor Steve Leary said they could still move forward with the conditional use and look into it when the right time comes.

MILLAGE AND BUDGET SET

The commission set the operating millage rate for the Fiscal Year 2019 budget at 4.0923 for the 10th-consecutive year in a 4-1 vote.

As in previous years, the only dissenting vote was cast by Pete Weldon — who seeked to lower the millage once again from 4.0923 to 4.0000.

“I think we heard earlier today that the financial results for the fiscal year ending Sept.

30, 2018, we’re looking at $900,000 roughly surplus over budget,” Weldon said. “The amount of the decrease recommended in the millage rate is $500,000 for Fiscal Year 2019.

“As I’ve mentioned before, I think it is appropriate that we balance our good fortune with evaluation increases, with recognizing the interests of our citizens and property owners by lowering the millage rate at this time,” he said.

Along with the millage rate being set, the budget for 2019 also was adopted.

The adopted budget included the additions of two changes approved in July, which includes an allocation of $10,000 to Blue Bamboo for free musical events and the allocation of $33,000 to replace flooring at Mead Gardens.

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Success stories like hers don’t come easy though; it took months of intense workouts with the guidance of personal trainers to get there.

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At Elite, education is as important as the equipment. Before clients spend anytime working out, they share their medical history, goals and concerns with trainers who develop a plan that covers time inside and outside of the gym.

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Homework might include keeping food and exercise journals to learn more about their habits, especially if weight loss is a goal.

The gym also offers a 12-week group nutrition workshop to their members, guaranteeing results for their clients, provided they follow all the recommendations made during their consultation.

70-year-old physician Dr. Maria Bors has been a client of Elite for seven years and finds that training there fits quite nicely into her busy lifestyle.

“The 20-minute workouts are easy for me to fit in and I find them easy to commit to,” Bors said.

Rather than working out with sweaty, bulked-up gym rats, Elite’s clients find an almost Zen-like atmosphere, with trainers attentive to their every motion.

Speaking in tones of calm assurance, trainers offer equal parts encouragement and challenge, pushing clients to new levels.

The workouts are physically demanding, but not in the way one might expect.

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Maitland City Council sets tax rate, budget The City Council also tabled Uptown Maitland LLC’s request for a new day care.

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Cultivating community The Winter Park Day Nursery recently received new and improved gardens — and the students and their families will reap the benefits.

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organizations in our community to do something good for children.”

Each class at the Winter Park Day Nursery will visit the garden once a week to check on the plants, using them as a resource for classroom activities.

Winter Park Day Nursery Executive Director Ali DeMaria said the garden offers the children numerous benefits.

“When we get to do gardening with our children, it also brings in not only the knowledge of where food comes from … it also exposes them to different types of foods they may not have already had,” DeMaria said. “They can take the food off the vine and see it right there and right then and taste it if they so choose. It’s that sense of, ‘I did this. I grew something. I cre-

ated something.’ … They’re more likely to try something if they had a part in creating it.”

The garden also will help stock the nursery’s food pantry, DeMaria said. About 70% of the families at the school receive some type of financial assistance from the nursery or the state for their childcare, and so for many of the families that food goes a long way, she said.

“Whatever comes out of the ground in our garden that isn’t tried here or used for activities with the students can go home to families,” DeMaria said. “We put it out front and families can take it.

We try to give out fresh produce whenever we have the opportunity to have it for our families. It goes so quickly whenever we have fresh produce — they love it.”

The garden may even spark a lifelong passion in the children, Oliver said.

“One of the things that we had heard when we put in gardens at other schools was students thought that carrots came from a can and green beans were from the grocery store — we wanted to change that,” Oliver said. “They need to be exposed to the true horticulture aspect of it. So this isn’t just for right now, this could plant a seed – no pun intended — for their future careers in growing. We need farmers. We need the understanding of how the earth is important to us and knowing what the dirt does for us and what our earth helps us to do and have that produce.”

A local Winter Park preschool now has a chance to teach children about eating healthy — thanks to some helpful outside support.

The Winter Park Day Nursery saw its gardens turn a new leaf Friday, Sept. 14, as children planted seeds for the first time in the school’s new planter beds.

It’s the result of a project during which three organizations came together to support the Day Nursery. Dr. Phillips Charities provided $5,000 in funding and the Orlando City Foundation teamed up with Fleet Farming to increase the size of the existing planter beds, purchase new soil, install an irrigation system, and buy seeds for the children to plant.

Little ones had the chance to till the soil and plant tomatoes, okra, eggplant, basil and carrots Sept.

14, a couple of weeks after Fleet Farming finished the new beds.

Director of Grants Wendy Oliver, of Dr. Phillips Charities. said she was thrilled to see the project take place — the idea had stemmed from a visit she made to the nursery in March following a grant request for a development program.

“On that tour, I saw that they had these beds without anything in them — they were just waiting to be soiled and grow produce,” Oliver said. “Dr. Phillips had partnered with Orlando City Soccer to put in community gardens in other places. It seemed like a natural fit.

Photos by Tim Freed It seemed like it would be great Kekona Elisala-Webb, 4, and Caroline Chomanics worked together to plant partnership to bring in three great something new in the planter bed.

IN OTHER NEWS

The city of Maitland officially set the year’s tax rate as well as the 2019 annual budget during the City Council’s Monday, Sept. 24, meeting.

n The council approved the Public Works Department to piggyback on an Osceola County contract for bulk fuel purchases for $342,000 for Fiscal Year 2019. The department’s water production/distribution division also was approved to piggyback on a contract with Volusia County to purchase water and sewer supplies for system maintenance. The city’s water treatment facilities’ staff were authorized to contract with Odyssey Manufacturing for a bulk purchase of sodium hypochlorite at $.56 per gallon.

TAX RATE

The city set the 2018 tax year’s operating millage rate at 4.3453, 7.93% more than the rolled back rate of 4.0261, and the voted debt millage rate at .3150, for a combined total millage rate of 4.6603.

This follows a July meeting during which the City Council set the proposed operating millage rate at 5.0000 and the voted debt millage at 0.3150 and a subsequent Sept. meeting where a tentative operating millage rate was set at 4.3453 and the voted debt millage rate at 0.3150, for a total of 4.6603.

Both motions were approved unanimously.

n The city approved a amended facility use policy to require groups of six or more people to require a permit to use city facilities to prevent overuse. City documents claim unauthorized groups of adults cause more damage and wear to the city’s facilities compared to youth participants leading to the parks and facilities becoming damaged and worn out.

THE BUDGET

The council approved a general fund budget of $26,761,000 for the 2019 fiscal year.

In this year’s budget, $14,825,000 will go to the utilized fund budget, $2,735,470 to the solid waste budget and $1,456,475 to the stormwater environmental utility budget.

Other changes that will come with this year’s budget include a reclassification of the community programs administrator position to the recreation specialist position, the unfreezing of the deputy building official position in favor of a building inspector in community development job and an additional school resource officer in the city police department to meet school safety mandates.

The 2019 budget for the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, which totaled $1,084,725, also was approved.

The budget includes funds for internal loan repayments and debt services as well as operating expenses.

UPTOWN DAY CARE

The council tabled a request to amend a declaration of restrictions and agreement allowing a daycare.

Officials from the Uptown Maitland LLC approached council seeking early approval for a proposed single-story, 11,100-square-foot day care that would support 200 children. The location, which would have a two-story façade as well as a 5,000-square-foot playground and a 44-space parking lot, originally was proposed to the city council in 2017 and

subsequently denied because of traffic concerns. The property originally was subject to a Developer’s Agreement approved in 2012 and amended in 2015 but has since expired.

According to the city’s land development code, a child care facility only would be approved through a conditional-use process — meaning the proposal would still have to go through the traditional review process with the Planning and Zoning commission and the DRC. The Uptown Maitland officials made the unorthodox decision to approach council before starting that process.

But council members were reticent to approve the request for a variety of reasons.

“If we tell them to march on and give them sort of a preapproval, we’re kind of setting them on this path,” Councilman Mike Thomas said. “When they finally come back to us after going through all the process and spending money … I’d hate to send them on this path without knowing what the neighbors think. I’d like to see the traffic numbers … see all that before a preliminary approval.”

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Children at the Winter Park Day Nursery had the chance to plant seeds in the new planter beds for the first time Friday, Sept. 14.

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Adventure of a lifetime appreciate the journey even more.

It gave him one less distraction.

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ut on the mountains in the southwestern corner of Wyoming, Carl Hanlon and his wife, Denise Godreau, make their way along winding roads.

There’s no one else there in that singular space — just the pair, gliding alongside a mountainside.

But then, something pops up that causes them to stop in their tracks and pull off to the side of the road. It’s a sight Hanlon said was the first real “aha” moment of his trip.

“It opens up into this humongous plateau where you are overlooking this valley that has absolutely nothing in it, except for wilderness,” Hanlon said. “And it’s miles across — you see the mount ranges on the other side.

“Denise and I pulled out our small fold-up camping chairs, and I sat there for probably 45 minutes looking out over at this plain,” he said. “There was no extraneous noise anywhere, except the sounds of nature. That, to me, was like, ‘Oh my goodness.’”

That moment was one of many during the Winter Parkers’ trip from Florida to Anchorage, Alaska — during which he traveled 10,272 miles through 18 states and two countries — that spanned from the time they left July 23 to when they returned Sept. 12.

THE BACK ROADS

Hanlon’s destination of Anchorage makes sense when you know his past. The son of a U.S. Air Force veteran, Hanlon and his family were stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska — it was a time Hanlon remembers with great fondness.

“I remember going with my brother, Keith, who was only a year younger than me, fishing and hunting, running all over the woods,” Hanlon said. “It was paradise for two teenage boys.”

Then, there was the fact that Hanlon — who turns 61 this year — saw this as being his best chance to ride up — not to only see

THE WILD LIFE

At one point during their journey, the couple had to sit and wait as a herd of bison meandered in the roadway. While in the Yukon Territory of Canada, Hanlon and Godreau came across an animal most folks would be happy never to encounter.

“I was probably 12 to 14 feet away from a grizzly bear,” Hanlon said. “He was right on the side of the road eating berries and digging up roots, and he paid us absolutely no mind.”

Once they finally made it to Alaska, the exploration continued.

Hanlon gave his wife the grand tour; it was her first time.

They checked out the famous Iditarod Headquarters in Wasilla — just 45 miles north of Anchorage — where dogs train to run the race.

Also by happenstance, at the Headquarter’s museum, Hanlon and Godreau ran across an older couple from The Villages who had spotted their Florida tag. It’s not a trip unless you run into fellow statesmen, Hanlon said.

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“I found so many different people along the route that I was able to engage with — whether it was the farmer in the Ozarks (or) the retired army colonel on a bicycling trip to Gnome, Alaska. What I found is that there is this essence of humanity … there’s always something that binds us together.”

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the place he used to call home but also to truly experience America.

With that thought in mind, Hanlon told his staff at Belicoso Cigars and Cafe — which he owns — he was taking time to get out and explore the country.

Before leaving, he mapped out the roads he was looking to take, making sure to avoid interstates as best as he could. For Hanlon, traveling the back roads would allow him to see more.

His plan worked, as he traversed through the Ozarks in Arkansas, and weaved his way around the Rockies before pick-

ing up Godreau in Denver.

From there, the couple traveled through the great wildernesses of the Northwest — into states such as Montana and Wyoming — miles away from any cell tower.

“You get to that point where you’re somewhat nervous in the beginning — you realize that you have no contact with anybody, so if I have an issue or a problem, I’m just out of luck,” Hanlon said. “If you have a flat tire or run out of gas, you’re going to be there for a while, so better get use to it.”

But being unplugged from the outside world made Hanlon

BACK TO SUNSHINE

After the long tour through the state, during which the couple rode 1,390 miles on the Alaska Highway, it was finally time to head back to Florida — which was a miserable trip, Hanlon said.

On the drive home, Hanlon and Godreau were met with constant bad weather and a temperature spike from the 52 degrees in Alaska to the 100-plus mugginess of a Florida summer.

But despite those issues, overall it was a ride that led to not just outside exploration, but also some soul-searching. Being able to experience other parts of the country and meet people from all walks of life was as eye-opening as it was fun, Hanlon said.

“I found so many different people along the route that I was able to engage with,” Hanlon said.

“What I found is that there is this essence of humanity … there’s always something that binds us together.”

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On Friday, Oct. 5, the city will host Getdown Downtown — a block party that will mark the start of a series of monthly events.

“As the city developed over the last few decades, it never really had a downtown,” public information officer Robert Sargent said. “There’s lots of restaurants and shops, but that’s all destination shopping. People drive to where they’re going to, they go through the door, get what they need and go home. The city, a few years back, started master-planning a downtown — a destination for folks to come, do some shopping, do some eating, and relax and enjoy the area.”

The event, organized by the city in partnership with the Maitland Chamber of Commerce and the Maitland Downtown Partnership, will feature a number of food, drink and business vendors along the street, as well as an outdoor concert from the Orlando cover band Blender and a performance from the Colby Center for Dance and Performing Arts.

The city also is looking to highlight a few businesses making their way to Maitland for the first time. It’s partnered with Sanford Brewing Company, a brewery opening in the adjacent Maitland City Center, which will have three stalls at the GetDown and nightly entertainment once it opens. The center’s Houndstooth Kitchen and Florida 7 cafe also will be represented.

The centerpiece entertainment for the kids will be the Magic Dragon — a 37-foot-long inflatable lizard climbing wall and slide.

To match the dinosauric attraction, the Maitland Public Library and Maitland Arts and History Museums will host dragonthemed craft tables and activities featuring dragon activities as well.

City officials and guests also will commemorate the occasion with an official ribbon-cutting at 7:15 p.m.

Independence Lane will be joined by Independence Square, a community park center, sometime next year. Council is working with the Parks and Recreation advisory board to finalize the park’s design.

IF YOU GO THE GETDOWN DOWNTOWN WHEN: 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5 WHERE: Independence Lane PARKING: Free in the garage at the City Centre across from Maitland City Hall. Other parking will be available south of Independence Lane across from Packwood Avenue and north of Independence Lane across Horatio Avenue. Street parking along Independence Lane will be unavailable all day Oct. 5.

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Winter Park Tennis Center set to reopen The tennis facility now has eight rebuilt hard courts, a pro shop and shaded bleachers.

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Grab your tennis rackets, Winter Parkers. Your local tennis center is new and improved.

Winter Park will celebrate the reopening of the Winter Park Tennis Center with a ceremony Saturday, Sept. 29, starting a new chapter for the facility at 1075 Azalea Lane.

The event marks the completion of several renovations to the tennis center, including eight new hard courts, a new pro shop and checkin area, updated locker rooms and restrooms, new LED lighting, the

addition of brick pavers and new sidewalks, enhanced landscaping, the installation of a new fence and custom-designed windscreen, and shaded bleachers and patio spaces for a more enjoyable spectator experience.

The event also will include open court play, lite bites and fun activities.

“We’re very excited to be able to present a quality facility to our residents — it’s like a world-class tennis facility,” Winter Park Assistant Director of Communications Craig O’Neil said. “We’re happy to really improve it.”

It’s been about 20 years since the

“The first thing we wanted to do was kind of turn it into a countryclub atmosphere. What you pay for recreation in city facilities is obviously a lot lower than a country club, but we want the people to experience that kind of feel.”

The mindset behind many of the changes was to give local tennis players a high-end experience they should expect in Winter Park, Daus said.

“The first thing we wanted to do was kind of turn it into a countryclub atmosphere,” she said. “What you pay for recreation in city facilities is obviously a lot lower than a country club, but we want the people to experience that kind of feel. Customer service, our new staff, our new tennis center manager — they’re going to focus on making sure the communication is top notch, that every person that comes to the facility knows what is going on and what is available.”

The facility has a long history in the city, giving residents a place to play for the last 94 years. Winter Park has a passionate tennis community that’s been itching to play on the new surfaces — which saw a soft opening Sept. 10, Daus said.

“When we closed down to start construction in May, we actually decided to leave the eight soft courts open, because the facility’s almost divided exactly in half by the pro shop,” Daus said.

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“It’s hot in May, June, July, August and even now,” she said. “It can get up to 112 degrees and every single court filled starting at 7 a.m. all day long. We did have to close for two whole weeks as we got the big concrete bores and the roof and all that stuff done, and every single member was chomping at the bit to get back in there and play.

People who get out there and play will play every day — some twice a day.”

Daus said the soft courts will be redone in the next year or two, as well.

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eight hard courts — sitting alongside the center’s eight soft courts — were completely redone and not just patched, so it’s a welcomed change, Recreation and Family Services Manager Cathleen Daus said.

“We had held a bunch of public meetings that were very well attended by members of the community and members of the tennis center — we had nothing but positive feedback as they watched the renovation take place on half the facility,” Daus said. “I would say everyone is really excited to get out there on those new courts and start playing.”

One significant choice made with the new hard courts was to reconfigure them, allowing for better playability, entrance and lighting. The soft court received some attention too, with some new surfacing put down and new wind screens.

Tennis players also will now be able to play on the city’s first outdoor pickleball court — a sport that was only playable indoors at the Winter Park Community Center.

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Chamber hosts District 47 debate Florida House District 47 candidates Stockton Reeves and Anna Eskamani tackled topics such as Home Rule, education funding and more. counties, all the way to a point of trees,� she said.

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Democrat Anna Eskamani and Republican Stockton Reeves tackled a variety of topics during the morning debate.

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Reeves believes there should be a distinction between some Home Rule subjects, such as tree trimmings and design standards, and other issues such as alcohol. “If you have a way that fits within your Comp Plan, the way you want design standards or anything else, you should be able to do that without interference from Tallahassee,� Reeves said. “The only reason I think you need to overwrite laws is when you deal with things like alcohol or tobacco.�

Eskamani had sharp words for the Florida Legislature. “The Republican party has been in control for 20 years, and they preach a philosophy of small government but practice time and time again big-government policies on preemption taking away the rights of our cities and of our

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Reeves and Eskamani both supported increasing funding for arts and culture.

Eskamani spoke of her lifelong love of theater, especially following her mother’s death, and criticized the cutting of arts funding by nearly 90% by the Republican-controlled Legislature. She said she would work to restore the dedicated arts funding seen before the economic recession.

Reeves said his 20 years as a board member — and often chairman — of the Maitland Arts Center, as well as his time working the United Arts government affairs working group, serve as proof of his commitment to the arts. “I may be a Republican, but art and humanities are sides of a coin (that) a lot of Republicans talk about in terms of science and engineering and math,� he said. “You have to have both sides of the same coin.�

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Everest Tarr, Italia Geils, Elise Linn, Charlee Maze, Adelyn Smith and August Linn ran around after the movie finished.

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21. The Lakemont Elementary PTO-organized event had popcorn and other snacks for students as they watched the movie “Ferdinand.”

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A personal touch

Shanna, Keith and Zach Hanson worked together to give senior Rileigh Hanson a special parking space.

Suhaymah Ashnika, Kyndall Richards and Chloe Phlegar had a fun time painting a parking space together.

David Johnston got some help from his sister, Lauren, and brother, Ben, to give his parking space a musical theme.

Sarah Nix’s parking space was inspired by Edvard Munch’s famous painting “The Scream.”

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ozens of Winter Park High School seniors had a chance to get creative and paint their own parking spaces on the school’s main campus on Saturday, Sept. 15. The $25 fee each senior paid to paint a spot went toward helping seniors get caps and gowns for graduation.

Riley Webb gave her parking space a fun beach theme.

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In Winter Park’s 30-0 beatdown of Evans, senior running back Tyrone Davis had a huge night as he racked up 242 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries.

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Nono Stephens helped the Orangewood Rams volleyball team pick up its ninth win of the season. She picked up eight kills and four aces in a three-game sweep (25-6, 25-14, 25-7) against Central Florida Christian Academy.

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In a 2,062-1,933 win over Windermere, Bishop Moore bowler Bennett Moses led the Hornets (1-2) when he rolled an impressive 201 game.

PRACTICE MAKES

PERFECT Bishop Moore senior Danielle Owens has been playing golf for just three years, but already she has become a force on the greens.

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ome see hitting a golf ball as a simple act — swing a club, hit the ball and hope it makes its way into the hole.

But for Bishop Moore’s Danielle Owens, a golf swing is like a dance.

There’s a rhythmic motion that requires perfect coordination and timing — things that take hours

and hours of constant practice to build muscle memory and shape form.

For Owens, the game is not unlike another passion of hers — dance.

“I feel like the activity (dance) itself really helped me — I had a good understanding of how my body worked, so I feel like that was one of the reasons why I picked up golf so quickly,” Owens said. “I could manipulate my swing and

really get moves down that my coach asked me to do.”

That start three years ago — which was prompted by her and her family moving to a golf community — was filled with excitement and anxious nerves. Most of the golfers she started off facing all had been playing since they were kids.

When she arrived to Bishop Moore for her freshman year, her shot was always high and right.

She had to learn how to adjust herself to find that perfect swing.

Today, her shot consistently finds its mark, and the nerves of being the new kid on the block no longer bother her.

Head coach Luanne Cherney has watched Owens’ progress from fresh-faced freshman to the hot-shot leader of the Hornets.

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One frame at a time After moving to multiple bowling centers, the Winter Park High boys and girls teams have found a place to call home as they look to push the program forward.

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There is no greater story than that of one in which obstacles are overcome and battles are won by the good guys — or girls.

In the case of the boys and girls bowling team at Winter Park High over the last few years, adversity started early — before last season even started.

After helping to save Aloma Bowl from being sold last year, the Winter Park bowling teams were told there unfortunately wasn’t room for them to host games.

With no place to call home, the teams shifted to Colonial Lanes last season, where they had an average year until it, too, was made unavailable for play. That alley closed.

“It was a rough year,” head coach Cynthia Allison said. “I’ve been doing this since 2009, and we have been a winning team every single year. Last year, we (the girls) still won Metro, but for district, we finished third for both boys and girls, so we didn’t make it to states, unfortunately.”

And because of the change in location, there were a handful of kids who quit simply because they couldn’t make the trips out for practices and games.

In fact, on this year’s rosters, Allison only has five returners on

the girls team and three on the boys.

One would think that with such an inexperienced team — which is also just getting settled into a new home at Boardwalk Bowl on East Colonial — this new season would start off with a loud “thud.”

Instead, the opposite has happened.

Although they are only one game into the season, the Wildcats have led off with a bang.

In a matchup with Lake Nona, the boys team handed the Lions a 2,310-2,043 loss, while the girls team also picked up a win in a 2,157-1,830 blowout.

The strong start is something the Wildcats needed after last year, and it begins with one aspect that had been lacking in the past — team chemistry.

“They seem to be bonding together a lot better,” Allison said.

“They’re high-fiving each other, they’re talking to each other on the lanes — which they need to be — and they’re becoming a really great team. They’re becoming one, and that’s we need to win and that’s what we’re going to do.”

On the girl’s side of the lanes, the Wildcats are led by senior Danielle Allison — a natural leader who has the average to impress.

Voted as captain by her teammates, Danielle Allison acts as the anchor on the five-girl squad

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thanks to her poise.

In the matchup with Lake Nona — which is not really known for its bowling program — Danielle Allison only bowled a 160, as she and the other girls mixed up playing time because of the blowout nature of the game. But during a more competitive game, Danielle Allison has been known to toss some mean balls down the lane as she has averaged an impressive 180 to 190 average.

“Not only does she have the highest average, but she handles pressure the best,” Cynthia Allison said. “And if the girls need something, they go to her. If they want any kind of advice about bowling, they go to her.”

Seniors Sarah Bastian (170 average) and Sarah Dougherty (150

average), and juniors Brooklyn Butner (170 average) and Kiomarie Courser (160-170 average) give the team depth.

As the girls continue over their success from last season, the boys team is looking to start fresh with its own big-league bowlers who have found their stride.

Although there is no one true leader who has stepped up as of yet, there is a surprising amount of talent on this year’s team — some of which comes in the form of freshman Ashton Angel.

“He walked in the door — and this kid has to be 6 feet tall — he is a freshman, and I’m thinking, ‘OK, ninth-grader. Tall. He’s just going to be all over the place,’” Cynthia Allison said. “He walks out onto that floor, and he has a vertical

backswing, and it’s amazing.”

Another surprise player for Allison is senior Troy Whitehead — who, as a first-time bowler, averages between 180 to 190.

As the new guys help push the program forward, established players such as seniors Emilio Garcia (150-160 average) and Jonathan Cabezas, and junior Nick Colquitt (170-180 average) are helping with both their arms and expertise.

Cynthia Allison hopes to get her team ready for the games to come this season, although she is eying a specific match against the vaunted Apopka bowling team.

“They (the boys team) bowl very well individually — my main goal right now over the next couple of weeks is to get them to bowl together as a team,” Allison said.

BAIT AND SWITCH How our new Winter Park Public library became a Book Mobile

Our city politicians have hijacked the process of creating a great library for Winter Park by not living up to the promises of the $30 million bond referendum. Patrons, citizens, voters, donors were promised a 50,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art library.

• “The single greatest need our library has is for additional space.”

(Vote FOR Winter Park Library email-Feb. 2016) • “Our library is out of space … Books for kids and adults are being eliminated because shelves are full and there’s no space to add more.” (February 2016 email Vote FOR Winter Park Library) • “Our children continue to lose out on learning opportunities and materials because of inadequate space.” (Mailer 2016, Yes for Winter Park Library-Parking-Events Center)

handle all the parking needs of the library and new event center.

Instead, we are getting surface lots spread all over Martin Luther King Park, impacting our green space and park activities.

You will have to walk a long way to get to the library.

In addition, you were promised that the library, event center and parking structure would only need an additional 1% of MLK Park.

The current plan calls for and additional 8% of the total park space above what the existing civic center encompasses.

The entire project is a financial, environmental, parkland, programming and parking disaster. We deserve better.

• “We are so limited on space that books must be removed to make room for any new arrivals.” (Letter to citizens, Jeffrey Jontz, President WP Library Board of Trustees)

Instead we are getting a library a mere 600 square feet more than the current one on New England Avenue. Only 34,400 square feet.

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Emily McLatchey A star sophomore on the Winter Park girls golf team, Emily McLatchey has helped lead the Wildcats to a solid 7-2 record around the halfway point of the season. The sophomore hopes to golf at the collegiate level — and possibly beyond.

When did you first start playing golf?

I first started playing around the course when I was about 7, but I started playing more competitively when I was about 12. My dad and my uncle both play, so I would go play with them sometimes. I really loved it, so I kept playing.

and I went out and played fine and we ended up winning, which was really fun. Then in regionals, I remember I played fine. … I was disappointed, because I didn’t think I was going to make it to states, and then my coach comes running up and she is like, “We made it to states! We came in second!”

What has been your favorite part about playing golf at Winter Park?

It’s very different than I thought it would be.

It’s very social, and I like that, because golf has always been very individual for me. Playing with other teammates has been a lot of fun, because I’ve made a lot of really close friends.

What would you say is the strongest aspect of your game?

I’d like to say my short game definitely saves me a lot. Normally if I have a wedge in my hand, I can get it pretty close, and when my putting is on, I make a lot of putts.

Is there one highlight from your time at Winter Park that stands out?

I remember at districts last year, I was really sick,

Is golf something you’d like to do after your time at Winter Park?

I’d love to play in college — it’s always been a goal of mine. Right now, we are starting to look more into talking with multiple colleges. I don’t know how far I’ll go after that — I

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mean I’d love to keep playing forever — but I’m just going to keep playing until someone says I can’t.

What is the best advice you’ve been given by coach Joe DiFrancesco?

He tells us to just have a lot of fun and to keep a positive attitude — but to keep trying the whole time. It’s something that I kind of struggle with, because I can get down on myself, but he is really supportive, and he has been a good coach to us this season.

Are you a cat or dog person?

I’m more of a dog person. I have a cat and a dog, but I love my dog (Ruby). She is always so happy to see me, and dogs are just so friendly, and they’re fun. They’re like people in a way. And my cat doesn’t really like me that much.

What is your favorite meal after finishing a round of golf?

I like pizza, I guess? I’m generally open to anything, but when I go home to that, that’s always fun.

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her training from dance — to have a focus and single minded purpose to excel at the game.

“She’s used to the hours of work,” she said. “(And) she has the ability to have that focus to work on something, work on something — almost like you’re doing a dance routine where you just have to get it right and no one would know.”

Owens is a “course hawk” — she spends every single day out on the greens working on her short and long game. The only time she isn’t on the course is when she is at school, doing homework or sleeping.

When she isn’t suiting up for the Hornets, Owens is out on the links playing on the Florida Junior Tour.

“The FJTs are really competitive, and all the players are really good in those, so it really pushes me to be a better player,” Owens said.

It’s that constant dedication to the game that has led Owens to her role as a leader for the Hornets. So far this season, Owens has helped lead the Hornets to five straight victories (5-1), with scores such as the 37 she shot against Windermere Prep and the 21 she shot in a rain-shortened match with Lake Highland.

Through those five games alone, she has picked up an impressive 38 average.

Although her stats so far this season have come from hard work and determination, there also has been another factor —

the arrival of a talented freshman Ainsley Mann.

“She’s an outstanding local junior player, and Ainsley is actually the fuel and the gas motivating the whole team — including Danielle, because Danielle finally has some competition,” Cherney said. “Everyone has motivation because they’re seeing what the other two girls are doing, so it is kind of feeding itself.”

But how does Owens herself feel about the arrival of another talented player? To put it simply, she’s welcomed Mann with open arms.

“We’re definitely friends, and I do enjoy playing with her a lot,” Owens said. “She hits her driver a little farther than I do, and I push myself and get my swing together. I think we help improve each other, and I feel like that is a good thing to have on a team.”

Although Owens is working on her game constantly in the hopes that one day she will be playing at the collegiate and professional levels, currently, she is more worried about helping her team win. The only way that will happen is to keep practicing and working alongside her friends.

“Before I went to Bishop Moore, I didn’t really have anyone that I knew who played golf — I was alone,” Owens said. “Meeting new people and studying from people who I play and compete with makes Bishop Moore a very enjoyable team to be on.”

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An artist, a witness Artist Jamilah Sabur will give a performance at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum related to her exploration of time.

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Jamilah Sabur tackles concepts and ideas using a variety of creative mediums, from neon lights and water colors to film and performance.

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Geology. How does an artist capture these broad concepts that make us think and view our world through a different lens?

Miami-based artist Jamilah Sabur uses a mix of almost every art medium you can think of — whatever she needs to stand as a witness.

Sabur will be giving an artistic performance, titled “A Derivation of Time,” Tuesday, Oct. 2 at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum on the campus of Rollins College.

The performance, which will focus on etymology and geology, is an extension of her current exhibit on display at Cornell, “Ibine Ela Acu/Water Sun Moon.” The collection of filmed performances and installed artwork focuses on Sabur’s research and affinity for the nuanced terrain of Central Florida, including the highest points of the region and the directional flow of the St. Johns River. The title of the exhibit comes from language of the Timucua – a Native American tribe that was once settled in the region but has been extinct for hundreds of years.

Sabur explores not only the origins of violence and history of colonialism in Florida but also the different characteristics of the local environment and its relation to the concept of time.

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WHERE: Cornell Fine Art Museum at Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park INFORMATION: rollins.edu/cornellfine-arts-museum

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ART HISTORY IN POP CULTURE CLASS AT ROLLINS COLLEGE 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays, from Oct. 1 to 22, at Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park. This series discusses art historical topics through the lens of today’s social media and pop-culture trends. Have selfies replaced self portraits? Are food pictures modern day still lifes? What on earth is a meme?

This class takes a humorous and contemporary approach to art history and connects the past with the present. No prior art historical background necessary and no social-media experience required. Tuition is $70. For more information, call (407) 646-1577 or email lifelonglearning@rollins. edu. To register for this class, visit bit.ly/2QIINKX.

TEDDY HENDERSON AT THE WINTER PARK VILLAGE 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the fountain at the Winter Park Village, 510 Orlando Ave., Winter Park. Local acoustic artist Teddy Henderson is versed in an array of songs ranging from the ’50s to today.

Be it pop, rock, folk, jazz, country, R&B, hip-hop, electronica and more, Henderson has your favorite genre covered. For more information, visit musicbyteddy.com.

‘I LOVE A PIANO’ AT THE WINTER PARK PLAYHOUSE Through Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Winter Park Playhouse, 711 Orange Ave. Suite C., Winter Park.

This glorious musical looks at America through the perceptive and hopeful eyes of the legendary Irving Berlin. It follows the journey of a piano from its first days in Tin Pan Alley to the 1950s. The story comes to life with more than 60 of Berlin’s most beloved songs, including “Blue Skies,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “Cheek To Cheek” and “God Bless America.” Music and lyrics by Berlin and conceived by Ray Roderick and Michael Berkeley. For more information on show times and to buy tickets, visit winterparkplayhouse.org.

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 28 BACH AT THE ALFOND: KATIE MESS 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28 at The Alfond Inn, 300 E. New England Ave., Winter Park. Katie Mess is active as a performer in the Central Florida area in orchestral, chamber and solo settings. A Florida native, she holds degrees in flute performance and music theory from Rollins College, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Central Florida. Since returning to Florida,

Mess enjoys playing with the Bach Festival Orchestra and the Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra as second flutist, regularly performing on the masterworks for orchestra and choir as well as premiering new compositions. In addition to performance engagements, Mess serves as adjunct instructor of flute at Rollins College and Seminole State College in Sanford, as well as maintains a private studio. Afternoon events include tea and scones from The Alfond Inn. Tickets are $15. For more information and to buy tickets, visit bachfestivalflorida.org/ event/alfondkatiemess.

“JUKEBOX SATURDAY NIGHT” 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 at Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park.

Jukebox Saturday Night is a musical review of the great Big Bands during the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s.

Performances celebrate America’s swing era and feature the greatest hits recorded by Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Les Brown, Woody Herman and others. Tickets are $25. For more information, visit bluebambooartcenter.com.

FRIDAY, OCT. 5 HAUNTED TOURS OF MAITLAND ART CENTER 6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at Art & History Museums — Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland.

Hear ghost stories and be guided around one of the most haunted spots in Central Florida. On this tour, guests will hear the history and ghost stories of the facility from its staff and students. The Maitland Art Center, originally named the Research Studio, was built by artist J. André Smith during the final years of his life, from 1937-1959. The high walls of the center were created to keep curious minds from encroaching on Smith’s territory during his life, before being opened to the public years after his death. A&H staff still feels the presence of André 58 years later. The tours start every 30 minutes, with family-friendly tours starting at 6 and 6:30 p.m.

Tours also will take place from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28.

Tickets are $10 for A&H members and $15 for the general public in advance and $15 for A&H members and $20 for the general public for a walk-up. For more information, visit artandhistory.org.

‘DANGEROUS WOMEN’ Through Wednesday, Dec. 12 at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park. The books of the Bible are full of fascinating female characters — good and bad wives, courageous heroines, and deceptive — and sometimes even deadly — femmes fatales. “Dangerous Women” and its accompanying catalogue present more than 20 works from the rich holdings of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art that explore different artists’ responses to the women of the Bible. Paintings by artists such as Pietro da Cortona, Fede Galizia, Pordenone, Giovanni Andrea Sirani and Francesco del Cairo will be accompanied by Old Master prints and drawings. For more information, visit rollins. edu/cornell-fine-arts-museum.

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Water sun moon Enzian to host 24th annual South Asian Film Festival films Sabur wearing a mask and kneeling in front of a rhombus shape placed on the ground. She explained the shape originated from a piece of architecture she recalls from her mother’s childhood home in Jamaica — it serves as a metaphorical link between Sabur’s ancestral home and Lake Apopka.

The video is used to convey the magnitude of the geographical area, its beauty and the futility of borders and owning territory in the grand scheme of time.

“My practice is kind of rooted in a conceptual base,” Sabur said. “For me, (I use) every mode, every means necessary in exploring this thought, this idea.

It’s so much rooted in this basic sense of learning and knowing.

In much older works, I used to make kinetic sculptures. For me, at the base, it’s about process.”

Another piece in the current exhibit at the Cornell Museum showcases Sabur’s craftsmanship with neon lights. “Origin and etymology of escarpment” examines a word that means a steep slope that occurs at the edge of a plateau, paired with lines that create a sloping image.

Sabur said the word “escarpment” can relate to both time and a physical landscape, which relates back to the concepts she explores in the exhibit.

“In her practice, Sabur challenges the notion of time as a concrete measurement,” a description at the entrance to the exhibit states. “Time is very much a central component; however, layers of time accu-

mulate to form new meanings.

Moreover, the future can be the past and the present can be both real and imagined.”

Sabur admits she is half artist and half philosopher.

“One of the themes that I always go back to with my practice is this sense of time — this is definitely the ultimate philosophical exploration,” Sabur said. “It’s thinking about space, the gaps in how we recall memory. That’s always a core within my thinking.”

Cornell Fine Arts Museum Director Ena Heller said Sabur brings a fresh and fascinating perspective with her unique exhibition.

“Jamilah’s art, for us, brings together so many of the things that we are interested in exploring as a museum and as a college,” she said. “It was really amazing to see her research of Florida history and the way it resonates with her as a young person living in Florida. What I really love about her art is connecting these big issues — like the lost history of the Timucua, the history of Florida and the environment and bringing them all together into this very personal art.”

Sabur said she hopes people who come to see her exhibit and performance Oct. 2 will walk away with a new perspective. An artist can function as a witness, she said, and that’s what she’s sought to do with her work.

“How I see the work functioning is this extension of really wanting to have people re-shift their gaze, re-shift their sense of scale,” Sabur said.

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The Enzian Theater will again host its South Asian Film Festival from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1.

The 24th annual festival, organized by longtime Enzian Programming Director Matthew Curtis, Programming Coordinator Tim Anderson and Asian Cultural Association Executive Director Jasbir Mehta, will showcase two dramatic films, two documentaries and one shorts collection, the latter being a relatively new addition to the festival. “(Jasbir, Tim and I) start looking at films in late spring and throughout the summer,” Curtis said. “Sometime by mid-August, we boil down the list to a group of final selections and then try to find the best balance of films we can put together. We only have five slots, essentially.”

The trio looks for new, awardwinning films — often up to 80 narrative features, more than 20 documentary features, and 30 to 40 shorts — from submissions to the Florida Film Festival in April, movie festivals across the country.

This year’s film offerings include “Dark Wind,” a look at climate change’s impact on different facets of Indian society; “Lovesick,” a film shot over eight years about the impact of HIV/AIDS on Indian culture and a doctor’s attempt to create a matchmaking service for survivors; “What Will People Say,” a drama about a Pakistani girl raised in Norway who must deal with a

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“Dark Wind” is one of the five films that will be featured at the festival.

IF YOU GO 24TH ANNUAL SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL WHEN: Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 WHERE: Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland TICKETS: Individual tickets at $11; series pass at $50 WEBSITE: enzian.org/films/ festivals/south-asian-filmfestival

new culture when she is sent to live in Pakistan; and a documentary looking at the controversial artist M.I.A’s journey from Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom.

Mehta wanted to launch a film festival that examined South

Asian and Indian culture beyond that shown in Bollywood films.

Although the narrative and documentary features don’t receive awards, there is a “Best in Fest” competition for the short films.

Curtis, who has served as Enzian’s programming director for 23 years, appreciates the larger variety of films from which he can choose from. In the early years, he often resorted to playing older Indian films.

“We’re not interested in Bollywood films,” Curtis said. “There are other theaters in Orlando, especially south Orlando, that play the Bollywood hits. They’re all available right away on DVD, we’re looking for fresh, independent voices — something different that will speak to our audience.”

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The organization, which assists in the recovery and adoption of special needs dogs, had guests donning elaborate masks and bidding on art pieces.

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Frank Riggio, Ashleigh Coran, Ana Kimelton and Kraig Kimelton donned wild masks.

Right: Charlotte Wells and Zoe Brewer hit the dance floor.

Patricia Yannitte and Jenna Jones wore color-coordinated masks.

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1 Like crunchy veggies 4 Gin go-with 9 Rx dose, sometimes 13 Place for all previous days 17 Freudian study 18 Ant settlement 19 Solos for sopranos 21 Fodder storage tower 22 A little photo gallery?

(Pt. 1) 26 “Towering” film thing 27 Gaucho’s plain 28 Eight-person groups 29 Big name in chicken

45 Horse’s utterance 46 Playful antic 47 “Everything will be fine” 48 Fowl Down Under 49 Dreamworld “land” 54 The Windy City, cut 57 Simple laugh 59 Pharaoh’s serpents 60 Blue pool ball 62 Butterfly enclosure 64 It calls the kettle black 66 Emulate a surgeon 67 Sandpaper description DOWN 68 Repeat sign, in music 1 Install to new specs 69 Wane 2 Throes, pains and woes, 70 Trade association together 71 Islam’s deity 3 Scarfs, as food 72 18-Down feature 4 Little city 73 Tam-wearer’s language 5 Miscellaneous grab bag 77 Powerful jungle creatures 6 French refusal 78 Jacob’s first wife 7 English fireplace 8 Batting feat involving four 79 1993 Texas siege site 80 Pulsating pain hits 81 Vote of agreement 9 Mountain pond 10 Con ___ (with vigor, musi- 83 Plant for poi 84 Spumante lead-in cally) 86 Vietnam city 11 Informal relative 89 “___ my wit’s end!”

12 Light blow 91 Mermaid’s habitat 13 Secretive “over here” 92 “Yeah, I’ll bet!”

14 Assistant on the job 95 Sudden bursts 15 Part of a crate 96 Sacred song of David 16 Happy Meal lures 18 Louis Armstrong’s instru- 97 Ready for marriage 101 Y kin? ment 20 One leaning on the build- 103 ___ Gritty Dirt Band 104 Point and say “Nah, nah!” ing at lunch 23 MLB manager Durocher 106 Horrible gymnast 58 Ridicule, in a way the world 30 Mosquito repellent 107 Tear-inducing bios 24 Couldn’t stomach 61 Vast time period 89 Some savings vehicles ingredient 108 Aerodynamically 25 Unreturned serve 63 Luxurious pampering 90 Grind together, as teeth 30 Because of 31 Not bona fide designed place 93 Wash up 33 Twin in Genesis 109 Car brand needing no 31 Corpulence 65 A little photo gallery?

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36 What gears do gas 32 Greatly excited (Pt. 3) (Pt. 4) 39 Sax type 110 Playing hooky from base 34 Get droopy 74 Father or soda 98 Do horse maintenance 43 A little photo gallery?

35 Time-wasting commotion 111 Lee of desserts 75 Human balancing point 99 Language of a particular 37 Relative of Claudius (Pt. 2) 112 Bouillabaisse is one 76 In rows crossing group 49 A citrus fruit 113 Symbol on a smartphone 38 Howdy from Australia columns 100 Hawaiian island 50 Intimated 114 Shout from a park swing 39 Wows 101 “... can’t believe ___ the 40 Plaster foundation 51 Summoned your butler 77 U-turn from never 115 Desires 82 Approx. project comple- whole thing!”

52 Rationed (out) 116 Vets’ concerns 41 Squirrel’s home 102 Prefix with knock or 53 Savory jelly tion date 117 “... ___ ye be judged” 42 Huge things for underbodies 55 Coin-___ (some washers) 85 Sound from the 119 It rolls with pips dogs 105 Provide a leg up 56 “___ Como Va” (Santana disgusted 120 Attempt 43 Natural rope fiber 110 Be a helper hit) 87 Some ones and fives 44 Glass medicine container 121 Mauna ___ 57 Quiets 88 Thing often wished for 114 Poetic Elinor

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