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YOUR TOWN

Ocoee OKs home plan proposal

ONP NEEDS YOUR HELP

The Oakland Nature Preserve is holding a community volunteer workday this Saturday, Oct. 7, and is in need of people to sweep pavilions, mulch trails and help with habitat restoration work.

All ages are welcome; volunteers should wear hot-weather appropriate clothing and closed-toe shoes.

Register at oaklandnaturepreserve.org/volunteer. The workday begins at 8 a.m. at the preserve, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland.

City leaders granted a developer permission to construct 43 single-family homes on Silver Star Road.

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A planned residential development with 43 homes received the final go-ahead after city leaders approved all permits needed to start construction during the Sept.

19 City Commission meeting.

The coming 10.91-acre development, Ocoee Reserve, will be

Cops catch Ocoee man impersonating police officer

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ARTS & CULTURE

The 53-year-old was arrested Sept. 26, after pretending to be an officer while driving inebriated.

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An Ocoee man was arrested Tuesday, Sept. 26, after using red and blue strobe lights typically used by police to deceive surrounding traffic into believing he was a legitimate cop.

According to an arrest report, Albert Michael Dolan, 53, used the lights while driving his Dodge Charger to move unimpeded through traffic on Stoneybrook West Parkway and Winter Gar-

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How does one go about becoming a top finisher in a beard and mustache competition? Winter Garden resident Scott Metts tells how he did it. STORY ON PAGE 4.

Artist Amanda Torres combines love of paint, pets.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 5

ORANGE COUNTY RETIRED EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at College Park United Methodist Church, 644 W. Princeton St., Orlando. The program is on “A Potpourri of Health & Insurance Services.” (407) 677-0446 or ocrea-fl.org.

SATURDAY, OCT. 7

FAMILY BOOK BASH 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Enjoy a family-friendly celebration of reading, authors and books.

Meet local authors, stroll along the story walk, learn to submit your own e-book, become a book reviewer and more. (407) 835-7323.

MISSIONS FUNDRAISER 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Fort Barachel Foundation warehouse, 130 N. West Crown Point Road, Winter Garden. The foundation and First Baptist Church Winter Garden

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are coming together to send a mission team to Burundi, Africa, and proceeds of this giant garage sale will raise money for the trip. (321) 299-2905.

SEVENTH ANNUAL THINK PINK BREAST CANCER RIDE 7 a.m. registration; first ride at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, starting at Winter Garden Wheel Works, 101 W. Plant St, Winter Garden. There are three rides, of 10, 30 and 65 miles, and the start times are 8, 8:30 and 9 a.m. Costs are $10, $30 and $40, and registration includes a T-shirt. For information: active. com/winter-garden-fl/cycling/ wgww-think-pink-breast-cancerride-2017.

SUNDAY, OCT. 8

COMMUNITY YOGA 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. All levels and body types are welcome. Take comfortable clothes and water. Yoga mats

will be provided. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. (407) 835-7323.

MONDAY, OCT. 9

COFFEE AND A CRAFT FOR ADULTS 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Enjoy coffee and tea while you design your own Sharpie ceramic mug. All supplies provided. Registration required at (407) 835-7323.

WALT AND HIS TRAINS 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, at the Central Florida Railroad Museum, 101 S. Boyd St., Winter Garden. “The Legacy of Walt Disney and His Trains” is presented by Joe Bopp and hosted by the Central Florida Railway Historical Society. Free. (407) 656-0559.

TUESDAY, OCT. 10

VETS: OUR HEROES 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Participate in fun activities, share your creativity and make cards to be delivered to military servicemen and women for Veteran’s Day. Registration recommended at (407) 835-7323.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11

VETS: OUR HEROES 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Participate in fun activities, share your creativity and make cards to be delivered to military servicemen and women for Veteran’s Day. Registration recommended at (407) 8357323.

THURSDAY, OCT. 12

9ROUND OCOEE BREAST CANCER KICK EVENT 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at 9Round Ocoee, 2791 Old Winter Garden Road. The community is invited to participate in this annual fundraiser.

(407) 654-4660.

DIY CORK CRAFTS 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Repurpose old wine corks into fun and easy crafts.

Supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring your own corks.

Ages 18 and up. Registration required at (407) 835-7323.

EXPLORING DNA WEBSITES 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Explore three DNA testing companies’s websites: Ancestry DNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andme. Learn the differences between the companies and find out how to

navigate each website. Explore Gedmatch.com for an overview of the tools they provide to help you analyze your DNA test results. (407) 835-7323.

PHOTOSHOP LEVEL 1 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Learn about the functionality of Photoshop and explore the environment.

Become familiar with using selection and editing tools. Recommended for adults. Seating is limited. (407) 835-7323.

ST. LUKE’S UMC PUMPKIN PATCH 3 to 8 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekends starting Thursday, Oct. 12, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 4851 S. Apopka-Vineland Road, Orlando. The patch will feature a variety of pumpkins, from classic carving pumpkins and miniature pumpkins to a range of winter squashes and gourds.

Prices will range from $1 to $30.

(407) 876-4991, Ext. *238, or youth@st.lukes.org.

WINDERMERE GARDEN CLUB 9:30 a.m. coffee, 10 a.m. program Thursday, Oct. 12, at Windermere Town Hall, 520 Main St. Guests who are interested in gardening, flowers and plants are welcome. Peggy, (407) 8764239.

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Feet of strength A father and son from Ocoee recently spent 177 days hiking the Appalachian Trail — the world’s longest continuously marked footpath that extends from Georgia to Maine.

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fter braving multiple hours-long hikes in cold rain, foot blisters, joint aches, deer ticks and pesky food-thieving mice, a father and son accomplished what only slightly more than 15,000 people in the world have been able to achieve: They hiked the entire Appalachian Trail.

At about 2,185 miles of treacherous terrain and unpredictable weather, completing the whole trail was no easy feat for Ocoee residents Brian Workman, 45, and his 19-year-old son, Andrew.

The adventurous duo started their trekking adventure March 19 at Amicalola Falls State Park in Georgia and finally finished a little more than five months later Sept. 11 after summiting the 5,267-foot high Mount Katahdin in Maine — the official endpoint of the trail.

THE THINGS THEY CARRIED

Preparing for the expedition took much longer than five months.

Brian Workman spent six years planning and saving enough money to last them for the journey.

The gear alone cost the hiking duo about $2,000 each, and Brian Workman saved up a total of $12,000 for expenses, estimating they would each spend about $1,000 a month. However, the reality came out to about $1,700 a month, which included food, hostel fees and the nine pairs of shoes they wore out.

The duo also spent a full year training their bodies to ensure they would be able to support their own weight while lugging around food, gear and other necessary supplies in their backpacks for eight to 10 hours a day.

“I would alternate between bicycle rides to increase my

endurance, and then I would also do what we call rucking, which involves putting a pack on your back with weights in it and walking around,” Brian Workman said, adding that he’d carry 30 pounds in his pack while his son carried 45. “So I would walk around Starke Lake and do the whole loop, which is about six miles, five or six days a week for a year.”

THE THINGS THEY SAW

Despite the year of training, trekking through 14 states for 177 days at an average of 12 miles a day through fields, rivers, rocky footpaths and forests had its struggles.

“I learned that it never gets easy,” Brian Workman said. “I thought it would get easier at some point, but it was hard every day. Something hurts every day.”

But the struggle was all made worthwhile by the natural beauty, wildlife and picturesque views they experienced as they made their way through national parks, cascading waterfalls, endless cornfields, pristine forests and majestic mountains.

“The outside world almost doesn’t exist when you’re doing the trail,” Brian Workman said.

“You’re not worried about the news; you’re not worried about Trump; you’re not worried about any of that.”

The highest peak they reached on the trail was Clingman’s Dome — a 6,643-foot high mountain near the border of Tennessee and North Carolina in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

During their sometimes 20-mile hikes through the parks, they spotted numerous bears, deer, martens and, unfortunately, deer ticks.

While passing through Pennsylvania, it occurred to Andrew Workman to start routinely inspecting his body for ticks after hearing of fellow hikers who had been bitten.

“I wasn’t checking for ticks super thoroughly before, but once I did, I found one right here,” Andrew Workman said, pointing

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Andrew and Brian Workman at the summit of Mount Katahdin. Andrew Workman received the trail nickname ‘Mellow Yellow’ because of his chill attitude and the yellow shirt he often wore, while Brian Workman was dubbed ‘Stogie’ — a reference to the type of cigar he smoked.

to the back of his knee. “They love that spot on the leg, and it was a deer tick nymph, which is like a teenager tick that is the most potent for Lyme disease.

So a couple weeks later, I started developing a rash that indicated I got it, which made hiking a lot harder because your joints ache and you just feel like an old person and you’re a lot more tired.”

THE THINGS THEY LEARNED

Ticks and Lyme disease aside, body aches and fatigue became a regular part of their every conscious moment.

“The hardest part is the morning when you first get on your feet because it hurts so much,” Andrew Workman said.

Some hikers combated the aches with painkillers. One man with the trail nickname of “Chopsticks,” carried a plastic bag containing what looked like 200 to 300 pills of ibuprofen. But the Workmans instead endured the pain by keeping their energy up with lots of calories in the form of granola bars, beef jerky, coffee, Cliff bars, cheese sticks,

RITZ crackers with peanut butter, tapioca pudding, Pop-Tarts, fruit snacks and more Honey Buns than might be considered healthy.

To thwart bears and mice from stealing food, the duo secured it in trees.

“Everything we ate — I really don’t want to see for a long time,” Brian Workman said, adding that the minute he got home he nearly teared up while eating a brisket sandwich from Harry & Larry’s Bar-B-Que. But the limited food options and physical demands of the trek are not, Brian Workman said, why only 25 to 30% of people who attempt the trail succeed — it’s the mental battle.

“The physical part of it is not why people quit — it’s because they get too inside their head and they can’t handle getting rained on and then having their feet stay wet for three days,” Brian Workman said.

But Brian Workman was mentally prepared for the trek, as he had dreamt of the trail since his high-school days after reading an article in Reader’s Digest.

“It was a lifetime experience for me,” the father said. “I had thought about it since high school, and I’m 45 now, and it was just overwhelming — that emotion of finishing it. We went up (Mount) Katahdin, and we finished and took our ending picture, you know where you’re just like, ‘This is the end, yay!’ And then I just sat down and cried.”

For Andrew Workman, the experience was more a lesson in endurance.

“You learn a lot about yourself,” he said. “You have to remember there’s a bigger goal, and you can’t think short-term, you’ve got to think long-term, but you have to balance it, because if you look too far down the road, then it might look like you’ll never get there, but you will.”

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Observer “If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

Friedrich Hayek “Road to Serfdom,” 1944

It’s all about the ’stache CHOOSE A CATEGORY There is a variety of judging categories in the World Beard and Moustache Championships: n Moustache — Natural, Dali, English, Imperial and Hungarian n Partial Beard — Musketeer, Imperial Beard, Fu Manchu, Alaskan Whaler, Natural Sideburns and Natural Goatee n Full Beard — Verdi, Garibaldi, Full Beard Styled Moustache and Full Beard (in four different length categories ranging from .1 cm to more than 60 cm) n Freestyle — Moustache, Cheekbeard (Bakenbart), Sideburns, Partial Beard and Full Beard n Craft/Fantasy (women’s category) — Realistic Moustache, Creative Moustache, Realistic Beard and Creative Beard

SCOTT’S CHOICE FULL BEARD STYLED MOUSTACHE The mustache is distinct from the beard but may not include hair growing from more than 1.5 cm past the corner of the mouth. The mustache may be styled as in the Dali, English, Hungarian and Imperial moustache categories. The beard appears as it grows and left natural; the more natural the better. Styling aids are permitted on the mustache but not the beard.

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cott Metts is used to people walking up to him, asking questions and wanting to take a selfie with him. That happens frequently when one sports an 18-inch-long beard and a mustache that measures 20 or 21 inches from one tip to the other.

The Winter Garden resident received plenty of attention recently when he traveled to Austin, Texas, for a competition dedicated to the art of facial hair.

He and his lengthy natural beard, coupled with a sculpted mustache, came in first place in the Full Beard Styled Moustache category of the 2017 World Beard and Moustache Championships.

There were 41 competitors in this category. His winning prizes included a plaque, ribbon, handmade knife and belt buckle.

A total of 728 bearded and mustachioed participants entered this year’s contest.

PREPARING FOR JUDGMENT

The rules are specific in this competition, and judges are looking at the smallest of details, sometimes checking closely for split ends or measuring to make sure the contestant qualifies for the category.

Overall, density, color and shape play a big role, Metts said.

“Some colors are more rare; mine is one of them,” he said.

“Whenever I see someone with this same color, we have to get a photo together.”

Judges also are looking at how well a beard looks on the person.

Does it detract from your look or enhance it?

In the Full Beard Styled Moustache category, Metts’s beard — which he started growing fourand-one-half years ago — had to be natural with no added products such as hairspray or wax.

To prepare for the competition, Metts typically starts about two weeks prior.

“I would use like beard balms that have some conditioning stuff in it, and I keep it braided so I don’t mess with it too much,” he said.

“I don’t really practice the style beforehand. Usually a few days beforehand … I let it get as natural as it will.

“The night before the competi-

tion, I will wash it with an organic shampoo,” he said. “They make shampoos that are specific for beards and mustaches. Regular shampoos damage the beard.”

The day of the competition, Metts applies the wax. It takes about an hour to shape the mustache into the perfect curl, something he has done for contests for the last three years. There has to be enough product in the mustache to make it stay in place all day.

“In that category, it’s all about symmetry,” he said. “The way the brim folds is the same way the mustache curls.”

Once Metts walks out on the stage, he has just a few seconds to do something in front of the crowd before heading to the judges.

“I’ll take my top hat off and shake my beard,” he said. “And I can wiggle my mustache. I just kind of go out, and here I am.”

In the beard competitions, contestants can wear what they want.

Some dress up, others wear costumes. Metts’s props are minimal; he likes to let his mustache and beard do the talking. He appears in a top hat and coat with several unique rings on his fingers, including one that once belonged to his grandfather.

For his next competition, Metts, 34, wants to mix it up a little and enter a freestyle category. But that will be at least two years from now.

He will hold his world title for the next 24 months. In the meantime, he will stay busy judging competitions.

“It’s fun to judge,” he said. “It’s a little nerve-wracking because … there are so many good ones. And it’s such a close community that everyone becomes close friends.

You can’t be biased, you know.”

To be asked to judge a contest is a big honor because it means you are respected, Metts said.

“We’re looked on like celebrity judges,” he said.

A little-known fact — if you aren’t familiar with beard competitions — is that they double as charity events and benefit local organizations through the entry fees, usually $20 to $25. One contest in Orlando raised funds for One Heart for Women and Children.

“If it didn’t have anything to do with charity, I probably wouldn’t do it,” Metts said.

Publisher / Dawn Willis,

OTHER GIGS When Metts isn’t grooming his facial hair or traveling to another competition, he is tending bar at the Bull & Bush pub in Orlando’s Milk District.

He’s also working on getting his band back together.

In 2009, he and his brother, Chris, started The Lonesome City Travelers, a two-piece acoustic duo whose songs concentrated on traveling and relationships. Through the years, they added a few more band members, worked on their old-country bluegrass-withmodern-influences music, released an album and toured.

After a hiatus, the group, now a six-piece band, is working on new music and changing its name to reflect its new style. They hope to settle on a name and play their first gig early next month.

“We wanted to grow with our sound and style of playing,” Metts said. “We’re more like The Band, mixed with some more ambient stuff like Pink Floyd. This is something that we think will be a really good live show.”

Metts is currently talking to the owner of Will’s Pub on Mills Avenue about his establishment debuting the new band.

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den-Vineland Road.

The deception continued until Dolan drove up behind Winter Garden police officer Cody Hudson’s patrol vehicle. After he passed Hudson, Hudson noticed Dolan’s vehicle displayed a decorative license plate cover, which the officer knew was not standard for undercover police vehicles.

Given his suspicion, Hudson began to follow the car, which had been traveling 66 mph in a 35-mph

speed zone. During the pursuit, Hudson noticed an object fly out of the passenger’s side window — an object which was later discovered to be a glass cup containing a pink alcoholic drink.

Officer Hudson then checked the tag number in the police database system and discovered that the vehicle was privately owned and not registered to any governmental agency.

When Hudson pulled over Dolan’s car, Dolan exited his vehicle and began approaching Hud-

son’s police car, prompting Hudson to order Dolan back to his own vehicle.

In response, Dolan yelled he was a cop who worked for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency. He then repeatedly asked Hudson to follow him home.

Dolan did not have any form of identification on him, and police dispatch confirmed there was no record of a certified law-enforcement officer with the name of Albert Dolan in the state of Florida.

Officer Hudson then instructed Dolan to sit on the ground and detected the smell of alcohol emanating from his breath. Upon questioning, Dolan revealed he recently had consumed two cans of beer. The officer had Dolan perform several exercises, during which Dolan showed signs of impairment. He was arrested and refused to submit to a breath test when transported to a DUI testing center. He was charged with driving recklessly and driving under the influence.

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Arden Park, which was originally approved in 2006, is a 308-acre planned-unit development, of which 54.44 acres are designated wetlands and includes Lake Sims.

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Phases 3A and 3B propose an additional 116 single-family homes. Phase 3A, which includes an amenity center, will have 27 homes, and Phase 3B will have 89.

According to city documents, the minimum residential lot sizes for the 89 homes in Phase 3B will vary. Forty-five of the homes will be 55 by 120 feet, 27 homes will be 75 by 120 feet, and 17 homes will be 65 by 120 feet. Phase 3A, on the other hand, will have 10 lots measuring 55 by 120 feet and 17 lots measuring 75 by 120 feet.

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Developer Avex Homes, which has a total of 10 communities in Orlando and Tampa, will offer homeowners the chance to customize their future homes. Avex Homes President Eric Marks said he hopes to break ground on the estimated $10 million project in November with a tentative opening in June or July 2018.

“At that point, we’ll have some spec homes available, but we typically like to build to the request of our customers, with upgraded cabinets and countertops and those type of things, so we wait for the sale of most of the homes we build,” Marks said.

Marks added the project will feature four to six floor plans ranging from 1,600 to 2,800 square feet. Each floor plan will include three different architectural styles: Florida vernacular, traditional and Mediterranean. The smallest floor plan includes three bedrooms and two bathrooms, while the largest includes five bedrooms and three bathrooms.

Home prices will start at $200,000 and reach the upper $200,000s, Marks said. Most will be two-story homes with front porches, and all will include twocar garages and backyards.

The future community’s amenities include a playground and tot lot, but Marks said the devel-

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“One part is its location; being in the city of Ocoee with good access to roads is really unique in that area,” Marks said. “The second would be the price point; we’re really trying to bring a product to the market that’s affordable for families. And then third, as I can always say about Avex, is that we really focus on architecture and floor plans, so the floor plans will be modern and open floor plans that work really well for a family.”

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The male driver positioned his truck next to the slow car and pointed a handgun at the driver in the other car, which had two children and five adults. The man then pulled into a nearby gas station. Dispatch sent police officers to the gas station, and an officer parked behind the suspect vehicle, but the windows were too tinted to see any subjects inside. As soon as the officer exited his vehicle, the Dodge Ram started moving forward slowly and turned to the right. Seconds later, the driver’s door opened while the vehicle was still in motion, and the suspect fled on foot.

Surrounding officers commanded the man to stop, but he did not heed their orders and ran toward a CVS pharmacy, behind the Culver’s Restaurant and into an open field. Shortly after, the man was located and arrested.

The man was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, reckless display of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, resisting an officer without violence and tampering with physical evidence. Officers were unable to locate the handgun allegedly used in the incident.

10500 block of West Colonial Drive. At about 6:25 p.m., an officer was dispatched to a department store in reference to a possible retail theft in progress. According to one of the store’s asset-protection associates, a woman shopping through the store appeared to be repeatedly looking down at a receipt as she selected items from the display shelves.

This is a behavior common to retail theft in which a suspect attempts to “return” merchandise that had been previously paid for in a prior purchase or, alternatively, passes off stolen merchandise as having been previously bought. The suspected thief was observed entering the line for customer service and then leaving the line shortly before exiting the store. Upon her exit, the woman was stopped and questioned. The woman explained she planned to return the items in her possession, but the line was too long.

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16000 block of West Colonial Drive. At about 12:35 a.m., two police officers on patrol spotted a vehicle backing out from behind a business, which was suspicious because the business was closed and it was late at night. The officers conducted a traffic stop and ordered all the occupants to lie on the ground until the vehicle was cleared. Upon questioning one of the occupants, it was discovered that the people in the car bought $600 worth of marijuana and had parked behind the business to smoke it all. Upon noticing the officers, the occupants threw out their bags of marijuana in a nearby grassy area and attempted to flee. The officers located and retrieved the plastic bags containing marijuana, which totaled 110 grams.

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Ocoee Fire/Rescue receives $1.46M to expand staffing The department plans to hire 12 new firefighters to provide coverage for northwest Ocoee.

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Ocoee Fire/Rescue recently received a $1.46 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help bolster its fire protection coverage of northwest Ocoee.

“In the northwest area, we have not had any fire protection,” Chief John Miller said.

“We’ve been counting on people to assist us from Winter Garden or Orange County. It worked fine, but fire protection was taking longer as growth started happening out there.”

The station responsible for covering the northwest region of Ocoee is Fire Station No. 38, located in the Publix plaza on West Road. Currently, the station is home to a rescue truck and is not adequately staffed to accommodate a fire engine, which would require hiring 12 firefighters.

Realizing the city of Ocoee did not have the budget to cover an additional 12 firefighter salaries, the department applied for the highly competitive FEMA Safer Grant — a grant that only a handful of departments in Florida have ever received.

“It’s for either rehiring personnel laid off or hiring new personnel to meet national standards of having fire protec-

tion in our community,” Miller said.

After securing the grant, Miller said the department plans to begin the hiring process immediately to fill the 12 new positions, which equates to four people working on a rotation of three 24-hour shifts. The goal is to have an engine in service by the start of 2018.

“It’s critically important for all citizens of Ocoee to be provided with that protection,” Miller said.

The grant will cover the salaries and benefits of the 12 new firefighters for three years. After that, Miller said he hopes to have funds in place to maintain a full staff in that region through ad valorem taxes.

“You have a large community being built — there are going to be about 2,000 new homes built in the next few years,” Miller said. “When all that growth happens, we start generating ad valorem taxes.”

Because Fire Station No. 38 is located within the plaza and has no space to house an engine aside from the parking lot, Miller said the department already is planning to build a new fire station in the area within the next 18 months.

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Ashley Trickett blew on her pinwheel to make it spin.

early 800 pinwheels were on display on the front lawn at Thornebrooke Elementary School from Wednesday, Sept. 20, to Thursday, Sept.

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The display was called “Pinwheels for Peace” in recognition of International Peace Day, and many of the students had decorated their pinwheels with messages of peace and love.

n recognition of National Grandparents Day, more than 100 students and their grandparents attended the Grandparent’s Bingo Night at Lake Whitney Elementary School on Thursday, Sept. 28.

Grandparents and students munched on popcorn, cookies and pizza while enjoying several rounds of bingo.

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Mark and Gloria Coleman attended bingo night with their grandson, Landon Kierenia.

Kindergartner Bella Gencarelli and her grandma, Maria Gencarelli, enjoyed the event.

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Although they didn’t win, kindergartner Delaney Claik and her grandma Patty Yocca enjoyed playing bingo together.

Left: Third-grader Jasmine George and her grandmother worked together to fill a bingo card.

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ost little girls live for playing dress-up in their pink and purple princess gowns — right down to those toe-pinching plastic shoes with no tread.

As those little girls grow, they turn into teenage girls who painstakingly pore over Homecoming and prom dresses at Dillard’s, knowing that it has to be the perfect dress for a night out with friends. Later in life, they’ll “say yes to the dress,” the perfect gown for their wedding day.

So, it goes without saying that dresses are a big deal in the lives of many girls.

I, however, am not one of those girls. As a child, I lived in blue jeans and T-shirts. Even today, I’m much more comfortable in a pair of jeans and a nice shirt than I am in a dress. However, you’ll probably see me out and about in a dress more often now — for a little thing we like to call Black Tie. Except that it’s not a little thing — it’s a big deal.

We’re following in the footsteps of our sister papers in Sarasota to bring you the same Black Tie coverage — but this time in Orange County.

My hope is you’ll pick up the paper and not only see fancy dresses and tuxedos but also the heart and soul behind these events. The hors d’oeuvres, décor and entertainment are all fun, but there’s more than meets the eye.

It’s the passion of the people who support the cause that is the driving force behind such events.

These events wouldn’t exist if there weren’t people with vision.

They wouldn’t be executed if it weren’t for hundreds of volunteers who give their time yearround to coordinate them.

And they also wouldn’t be successful if it weren’t for the thousands of people out there who commit time and funds to the causes they love the most.

All of these people are the faces behind our local Black Tie community, and our goal is for you to get to know them, why they care and why you should care, too.

I’m very excited to be taking on the new role of Black Tie editor in Orange County. So here’s to a new season — for both the Observer and for myself.

And a great excuse to go shopping, too.

Oren and Tali Brockman, Ashley Garcia and Ryan McGrath got ready to dance the night away.

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Table sponsor Danielle Newbold thanks Bridges of Light Foundation cofounder Stacey Papp for the opportunity to support the organization.

“Golden Bill,” a member of ’80s tribute band Switch, had a great time performing.

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undreds gathered in the name of education Saturday, Sept. 30, for the Bridges of Light Foundation’s 14th annual Players Ball. Hosted at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando, the evening featured a three-course meal, silent and live auctions, live music, dancing, casino games and more. The gala raises money for the Bridges of Light Foundation, which supports children who have been abandoned, abused or neglected, or are at-risk.

— DANIELLE HENDRIX

Bridges of Light Foundation founders Stacey and William Papp awarded three students affected by the Pulse nightclub tragedy with college scholarships.

Emily Sakol, Diane Dalmain and Phaedra Steele enjoyed catching up with each other.

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Games, a silent auction and special appearances from four-time Olympic champion Chaunte Lowe and former Gators and NFL quarterback Tim Tebow all helped round out the evening.

Brett Chulman, Austin Coker, Holly Joffrion and Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn had a good time chatting.

Windermere Police Chief Dave Ogden and his wife, Shelly, enjoyed the evening together.

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Amy Gomes, president of the CFPT Foundation, thanked guests for supporting the cause.

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As Central Florida’s most beautiful museum continues its glorious 75th-year celebration, the Morse Museum in Winter Park is appropriately focusing on the “creative eye” of Louis Comfort Tiffany and the creative process at his studios. “Tiffany — Impressions on Film, Canvas and Paper” is an exhibition of Tiffany’s personal photographs, paintings and watercolors that provide a view of the man who built the artistic empire of Tiffany Studios. The museum is located at 445 N. Park Ave in Winter Park. The VIP/Members opening begins at 5 p.m. Oct. 16. The exhibit opens to the public at 9:30 a.m.

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Animal instinct Amanda Torres never planned on becoming a painter.

As an animal lover, her goal was to become a veterinarian when she went to college, but one course of chemistry made her re-evaluate her plan. Instead, she ended up in art instead, studying acrylics and watercolors.

Several years later, her art has now led her back to her love of animals.

“It’s blossomed into something more than I could have imagined,” said Torres, who lives in Winter Garden.

During a practice run on a course, a jump went terribly wrong, and Torres was thrown, resulting in a broken back and the end of her riding career.

During her weeks and months spent recovering in an upperbody cast, her parents offered to buy her a dog. For Torres, there was only one option.

“I wanted to find a dog that looked as much like a horse as possible,” she said. “I wanted the most giant animal possible.”

As a result, Torres ended up adopting an Irish Wolfhound puppy — a breed known for its massive size. When she adopted the puppy, the breeder insisted that she enter it in dog shows.

Torres obliged and has since delved deep into the dog show industry. She now owns three Irish Wolfhounds and enters them in shows throughout the year.

“Everything for me kind of comes back to showing animals,” she said.

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For nearly 10 years, Torres traveled across the state with her pony competing in various horse shows. Her goal was always to reach the national level and compete in Kentucky.

At 17 years old, she finally qualified for the national competition, but she never made it to Kentucky.

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Amanda Torres has been an animal lover all her life and now makes a living painting animals.

As an artist, the majority of Torres’ work features animals, and most of her paintings are either done in acrylic or watercolor.

“What I really enjoy doing is watercolors,” Torres said. “But watercolor is a million times harder to me than acrylic. If you make a mistake with acrylic, you can paint over it.”

Regardless of the medium, a large painting can take up to three hours for Torres to complete

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“I paint really quickly,” Torres said.

She typically spends a few hours a day working on several projects, and her style varies on whether she’s working in acrylics or watercolors. Acrylics allow for more defined stroke work, giving animals more defined fur, while watercolors are a more freeflowing process.

“I like to combine what I see with an artistic flair,” she said. “(With watercolors), I’m forced to be more artsy with it because it dries so quickly.”

And her paintings have included everything from dogs and horses to elephants, skunks and elk.

“It’s not just dogs and cats,” Torres said. “It’s really anything

anyone wants.”

Recently, Torres has partnered with animal-based nonprofits to help raise money for the organizations.

Through October, Torres has partnered with Greyhound Pets of Orlando, a nonprofit dedicated to finding homes for retired racing greyhounds regardless of injury or old age. Torres will donate half the proceeds of every painting she sells to the charity.

“I think it’s a cool idea, and I enjoy it,” Torres said of her work partnering with animal-based charities. “I hope that it takes off.”

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The British film star, Hollywood actress and author was given six months to live, but she is still very much in this fight. Her daughter, Natalia Leigh, has set up a GoFundMe page to help raise funds for her mother’s treatments, many of which are not covered by her insurance.

So far, more than $9,500 of the $45,000 goal has been donated.

Natalia has kept friends updated on her mother’s condition via GoFundMe. She also has put up her wedding dress for sale and has auctioned off a painting her mother created in an attempt to bring in more funds.

Leigh is a client at Celebrity Medical Center in Winter Garden and is responding to treatments.

She has had a series of setbacks, including an inflamed spleen, increased heart rate, internal bleeding, pneumonia and fevers, but she recovers each time.

Fighting Stage 4 cancer has meant enduring chemotherapy and injections; taking all-natural cancer-fighting pills, drinking lemon juice with turmeric and having an evening coffee enema; taking part in Chinese acupuncture; and sitting through intravenous drug sessions.

Because she has chosen a natural therapy, Leigh’s insurance does not cover the treatments.

In August, doctors told Leigh her cancer had gone from stage 4 to stage 2. She is still enduring pain from the softball-size tumor pressing on her abdomen.

The Leighs are options for the next phase of treatment.

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Suzanna Leigh has been battling stage 4 liver cancer for the last year.

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Royce Allen Hammock, of Winter Garden, Florida, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, at the age of 70 years. He was born in Red Bay, Alabama, to the late Wilburn Edward and Pauline Hammock.

Royce was a graduate of Ocoee High School. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force from 1965 to 1969.

Royce attended Seminole Community College and Scottsdale Community College. He worked most of his life in telecommunications and retired as a manager for Volt Communications.

He also worked two years as a long-distance truck driver.

Royce maintained an active lifestyle. He absolutely loved music and was an amazingly talented guitar and bass player. Royce was extremely creative with his music. He was an active member of the Starke Lake Baptist Church in Ocoee, where he was a mentor to kids, especially the musically inclined.

Royce was an avid reader and was always excited to learn

new things. He played softball, enjoyed snow-skiing, went scuba diving and sky diving and took flying lessons. Royce also enjoyed playing pool and target shooting. He was a great cook and was working on a cookbook of family recipes.

More than anything, he loved getting together with his family and friends.

He is remembered and will be dearly missed by his son and daughter-in-law, Craig A. and Lisa K. Hammock, of Geneva, Alabama, and their children, Royce’s grandchildren, Colton Allen (Kaylyn) Hammock, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Savanna Hammock, of San Diego, California; Shelby Hammock, of Geneva, Alabama, and

Cheyenne Hammock, also of Geneva; and one great-grandson, Luke Allen Hammock; stepson and -daughter-in-law, Brian and Angelina Sanders, of Winter Garden, Florida, and their children, grandsons Ashton Sanders, Bryce Sanders, Calvin Sanders and Devin Sanders, all of Winter Garden; sister, Patricia Ferguson, of Winter Springs, Florida; and sister and brother-in-law, Sandra and Rodger Wright, of DeLand, Florida; brothers, Randy Hammock, of Winter Park, Florida, Jerry Hammock, of Winter Garden, and Douglas A. Hammock, of Maryville, Tennessee; and 12 nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held last weekend at the Starke Lake Baptist Church, 611 West Ave., Ocoee, FL 34761. His final resting place is the Winter Garden Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the Starke Lake Baptist Church. Arrangements were entrusted to Page-Theus Funeral Home and Cremations Services, Leesburg, Florida. Condolences may be shared at PageTheusFuneralHome.com.

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He later started his own nursery named Fancy Plants.

So many folks admired how he built greenhouses that he was coaxed into building greenhouses for other people.

That evolved into a greenhouse demolition and reconstruction business, and then he added the sales of industrial fans.

He was very active in the community. He was an avid Packard car collector. He spent a great deal of time with the Apopka Rotary and the Oakland Presbyterian Church.

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75 years ago

The scarcity of felt for hats is so acute that there was a campaign to get folks to hunt wild rabbits for their fur.

The shortage of coffee struck Winter Garden. The whole city was found to be coffee-less, or, at least, there was none to be bought. The city made a store-to-store search but had to compromise with hot cocoa.

40 years ago

FROM THE ARCHIVES The Woman’s Club of Ocoee, organized and federated in 1924, still operates out of a building built in 1938 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s WPA construction program. Designed along streamlined, “art deco” features popular from the 1920s to 1940s, the building stands on Lakewood Avenue in Ocoee.

The mission of the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation is to preserve the heritage and architecture of Winter Garden while creating new cultural experiences. The Foundation also preserves the material culture of West Orange County, using it to educate the area’s youth on the community’s rich history.

Garden, was presented a plaque by the American Association of Blood Banks for being a 10-gallon donor. Revels donates blood at such a rate that he was almost up to 11 gallons by the time the presentation was made.

35 years ago

“The Times” has been inundated with letters to the editor concerning a request to the Orange County School Board to change the name of the Lakeview Junior High School Red Devils on religious grounds.

Harris Rosen is opening a new restaurant in Winter Garden called Godfather’s Pizza.

It will be in the old Burger Chef location in the Tri-City Shopping Center. Editor’s note: 4Rivers Smokehouse is located there now.

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“Donald Ray Tyndall, come on down!” the announcer for the TV game show “The Price is Right” hollered. And he did.

The Winter Garden resident was on vacation in California when he was televised on CBS. Among items from West Orange Merchants to be sold at the Channel 24 Auction are straw purses from Leader Department Store, sprinkling systems and a coffee percolator from Bray Hardware, ceiling laps from Winter Garden Lumber and shirts from Griffin’s Men’s Wear. Local auction workers are Charlotte Sutton, Fran Irrgang and Nancy Barber.

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THROWBACK THURSDAY OCT. 4, 1979 The Oct. 4, 1979, issue of “The Winter Garden Times’ ran an artist’s concept of EPCOT Center, a showplace for the nations of today and the technologies of tomorrow, along with plans for the Walt Disney World property.

The $800 million expansion was to include two major themed areas, Future World and World Showcase with areas representing various nations arranged around a central lagoon. An Oct. 1, 1982, opening date was announced — and three years later, the theme park opened on schedule.

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New head coach settling in at Legacy Trent Hopper was promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach during the offseason, lightening the load of former coach Jarrett Wiggers.

STEVEN RYZEWSKI SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR OCOEE As the athletic offerings and the individual programs at Legacy Charter have continued to expand over the past few years, so, too, have the responsibilities

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That’s not to mention Wiggers and his wife, Elizabeth, an English teacher at Legacy, are expecting their third child within the next few weeks.

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it was important to do so while preserving staff continuity — and that likely meant promoting from within.

“I wanted to make sure that, with all that other stuff going on, that we weren’t going to lose momentum,” Wiggers said. “My main goal was to figure out how to keep our staff together. I think

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CFCA basketball standout Dante Treacy announced via his Twitter account Oct. 1 that he has committed to play his college basketball at West Point for the Army Black Knights. Treacy, a senior for the Eagles this winter, is considered one of the best guards in Central Florida.

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The Ocoee boys bowling team beat Jones 3-0 Sept. 28, improving to 5-1 on the season. Isaac Clark led the way for the Knights, with a 67% mark ratio during the match.

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28 with a sweep over Merritt Island: 25-14, 25-18, 2522. Makala Heidelberg had a game-high 19 kills, Blake Hollis had three blocks and Torey Baum had 21 digs in the victory. Merritt Island is 11-2.

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In fact, the strollers and the little ones often play a large part in their morning workout.

Part of a prenatal and postnatal fitness program called Baby Boot Camp, the Winter Garden & Windermere franchise launched four months ago.

Alexandra Seba, instructor and franchise owner, first got involved with Baby Boot Camp two years ago, after her daughter was born.

Baby Boot Camp is a nationwide company that was started in 2001 by a new mom who wanted to find an effective workout that didn’t

require hiring a personal trainer — or a babysitter.

“I found (Baby Boot Camp) on social media, and it was just a mommy group going to work out together, and I said, ‘Yes, perfect,’” Seba said. “I was a stay-at-home mom, I needed to get out of the house, and I had no idea what other moms were going through. I got to be outside with other moms and SEE STRENGTH PAGE 18

BABY BOOT CAMP WINTER GARDEN & WINDERMERE Classes start as low as $4 per class, but Alexandra Seba is offering free classes for moms in the community to try out through Oct. 11. For more information, email Seba at alexandra.seba@ babybootcamp.com, or visit the Facebook page at facebook. com/BabyBootCampWinterGardenWindermere.

The Ocoee boys and girls swim teams swept Apopka in a meet Sept. 29. Gisa Souza won two events for the Knights girls team in a 105101 win, and Ryan Le won two events for the boys in a 144-87 victory.

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Can you recall what you were seeing when you had your big game against Cypress Creek?

I was just following the plan — linemen block, positive yards, no negatives, came out with the victory.

Which game are you most proud of so far this season?

I’m proud of when we played (Dr. Phillips). We came out with integrity and played real hard. We came out with an “L” but we played hard and played together.

The team has played well, especially against playoff

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teams from 2016. Are you surprised by how well the Warriors have played?

I knew we were going to be better than the team last year. … This year we have a lot of leaders that are showing leadership, and I think we can still make it to the playoffs.

How much more fun is this season than last season, when the team went winless?

It’s a lot more fun. Last year, I got hurt. I’m having a good season this year — I’m loving it.

Is there a professional or college running back whom you consider similar to you?

Leonard Fournette. I kind of run the ball like him.

What has football meant to you?

Just playing football, period, has taught me to grow up as a man — to lay down rules and it’s taught me how to respect people. I love football.

Who is the funniest guy on the team?

Sinica (Sigler).

What’s your favorite subject in school and what do you think you would like to study in college?

My favorite subject is math, and I’m trying to study law enforcement.

What would you like to do for a career?

I want to go to the NFL, but if that (doesn’t) work out, I have something to fall back on. I want to be a juvenile corrections officer.

their kids and I got my fitness back. One element that drove me to it was the mommy group — it’s a community of awesome moms.”

The stroller-based fitness class is for both expecting and new moms. Participants do cardiovascular drills, strength training and interval training — all of which utilize tubes and bands, as well as strollers and the little ones.

Once involved with the program, Seba was asked if she had any interest in becoming an instructor.

The Winter Garden & Windermere franchise recently turned four months old, and although Seba said it is already a great group of moms, she’s also looking to expand membership and class offerings. Her group currently works out those three weekday mornings at Chapin Station in Winter Garden, but she hopes to be able to snag a space indoors and expand class offerings to six days a week.

EAGLES ENJOY NEW DIGS While the Eagles are settling into a slight coaching change, they also are settling into a new home field.

Legacy had played a few home games at Ocoee’s Bulldog Field in previous years, but the bulk of the program’s home games usually had been played at Winter Garden’s Walker Field.

This fall, though, the Eagles have gone all-in on using the facility as their home field, and they said they are enjoying their new digs.

“The city of Ocoee — the Parks and Rec Department and the Ocoee Bulldogs (Pop Warner organization) — have been so welcoming to us,” Legacy Athletic Director Jarrett Wiggers said.

Remaining home games for the Eagles at Bulldog Field include Oct. 13 (against CFCA) and Oct. 20 (against TFA-Leesburg), with Legacy’s Sunshine State Athletic Conference “Matchup Games” for Oct. 27 and Nov. 3 still to be determined.

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Ocoee resident Megan Rivera first found Baby Boot Camp two years ago, three months after her daughter was born. She began with the Orlando group, but switched to the Winter Garden group after Seba launched it.

“My husband actually found the boot camp for me,” Rivera said. “I started that because I had no family in the area — I moved 10 years ago for work. He was all I had and I worked out like a crazy woman before having my daughter. It was a good way for me to get out of the house with her and make friends, and for her to make friends too.”

Within the program, workouts can be modified for pregnant moms and those who have just had a baby, and everyone is encouraged to go at their own pace and to have fun while socializing.

“The kids have become friends, and it’s a great way for me to get out, and for the kids to get out,” said Ashley Diana, another group member. “I love the fact that we can get out of the house and make other

mommy friends and do something healthy together. The kids love mimicking us and playing together.”

Seba said one of the best selling points about the program is that the children don’t have to be dropped off at a daycare or left with a babysitter.

“They’re right next to us — they have their snacks and toys, and they’re entertained with the music and games we play,” she said.

Any local moms who want to come out and try a class are encouraged to do so. Seba suggests bringing a yoga mat or beach towel, water bottle, snacks and entertainment for their little ones, comfy workout clothes and, of course, little ones and their strollers.

“You have nothing to lose,” Seba said. “It’s a great group of moms, we all encourage each other. It doesn’t matter where you’re starting, we’re all in it together. We’ll get to our goal slowly but surely, and we’re all in motherhood together, too.”

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that that’s so important, that we don’t have crazy turnover every year.”

Luckily for Wiggers, he already had just the person — Trent Hopper — on staff.

“I wanted somebody at the helm … who could really bring a lot of energy,” Wiggers said.

“Trent is that guy — he’s always been that guy.”

Formerly the defensive coordinator, Hopper is now five games in to his expanded role as head coach, and he said the decision to take on the added responsibility was an easy one.

“We’ve worked so good together, it didn’t take but a second (to decide),” Hopper said. “A guy needs a hand with something, I’m willing to help.”

Wiggers, who even as the head coach also served as the team’s offensive coordinator, has continued in that role. Having his immediate predecessor nearby to lean on has made the transition smooth for Hopper.

“It’s like we got two head

coaches, really,” Hopper said.

“It’s more of partnership than anything else.”

On the field, Legacy (0-4) has endured close losses prior to the Eagles’ most recent defeat, which was a 43-0 loss at the hands of Windermere Prep (4-0) Sept. 29.

Legacy’s other three losses, however, have come by margins of 16, seven and four points.

Looking forward, as the Eagles enter the heart of their schedule, Hopper said the defense needs to step up.

“We’ve had a hard time stopping teams,” Hopper said.

“We’re working hard to fix it.

We’ve just got to realize that the games we’ve got coming up are our biggest games of the year.”

Despite some obvious areas for improvement, though, the Eagles’ new head coach said he feels good about the program and the athletes he is leading.

“They’re just a good bunch of boys,” Hopper said. “They’re a joy to be around, all the time. I don’t ever have to question their work ethic.”

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Sophomore quarterback Brenden Cyr ran for one touchdown and threw for another in the loss.

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Hagerty 22, Ocoee 21 The Knights (0-5, 0-2) played well compared to previous weeks, and Ocoee led 21-18 late in the game, but the Knights could not hold on for what would have been a big win against the Huskies.

Foundation Academy 35, Agape Christian 0 David Perea had a 29-yard touchdown return on an interception and the Lions (2-2) earned a second consecutive win.

The Tigers are 4-1, and that loss came in a road game against Washington, D.C.’s St. John’s, ranked No. 68 in the country.

Since returning, Jones has outscored opponents 187-14 in four consecutive wins — including a 37-7 beating of local powerhouse Bishop Moore.

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urricane Irma came and went nearly a month ago, but the scheduling complications it created still are being felt by local high-school football programs.

For Orange County Public Schools programs such as Ocoee (0-5) and West Orange (2-3), in particular, the district’s decision to move games that had been scheduled for Friday, Sept.

15, to Monday, Oct. 9, created a situation where the Knights and Warriors now will have three regulation games in a little more than one week’s time.

To help, OCPS moved games scheduled for Friday, Oct. 6, to Thursday, Oct. 5. That means most Metro Conference teams who do not have a bye will play three games in a nine-day span.

However, because West Orange’s game against Jones scheduled for Oct. 6 is to be played at Camping World Stadium, that game was unable to be rescheduled, meaning the Warriors will have just two days of rest and preparation time between the showdown with the Tigers — considered to be one of the best teams in the region, if not the state — and a game Oct. 9 against Timber Creek.

Because of the damage West Orange’s home field suffered during the storm, which is actively being repaired, the home game against the Wolves will be played at nearby Olympia High.

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The Wolves are 2-3 overall and, like Ocoee, they are 0-2 in district play. Worth noting, however, is that West Port has lost all of its games by eight points or fewer and is allowing a reasonably impressive 16.8 points per game. Junior quarterback Brian Maurer has tossed 10 touchdown passes this fall.

The Wolves are 2-2 and appear to be rebuilding a bit after making it to the regional semifinals in 2016.

That said, Timber Creek played well against undefeated Winter Park Sept. 29, so the Warriors should be prepared for anything.

AT APOPKA — 7 P.M. FRIDAY, OCT. 13

The Blue Darters, 4-1 overall and 1-0 in District 8A-4, lost more than a dozen players to transfer in the offseason — not mentioning the players they lost to graduation. No matter. Apopka is as strong as ever, beating up on Metro opponents 122-29 in three games and also earning an impressive 14-6 win over Miami’s Norland High Sept. 1.

AT EDGEWATER — 7 P.M. MONDAY, OCT. 9

The Eagles, who went winless in 2016, are 3-1 overall and 1-0 in district play in Cameron Duke’s first year as head coach. Senior standout Quondarrius Whitfield had a three-touchdown performance earlier in the season for Edgewater.

VS. LAKE HOWELL — 7 P.M. FRIDAY, OCT. 13

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Lake Mary Prep (2-2) at CFCA (1-3) After starting out with two wins, the Griffins have come back down to earth the past two weeks with one-sided losses to Windermere Prep and Orangewood Christian. They will be looking to bounce back when they visit CFCA Friday. CFCA Coach Jeremy Campbell’s team is looking for a bounce-back of its own, and the Eagles defense will have to contain Lake Mary quarterback Walker Dycus, who likes to throw it a lot (93 pass attempts in four games).

Seven Rivers Christian (4-2) at Foundation Academy (2-2) The Warriors will arrive in Winter Garden averaging 33.3 points per game while allowing just 15.8. The biggest challenge for the Lions defense, which has been strong the past two games, will be containing junior running back Brendan Rooks, who has a whopping 12 touchdowns to his credit and 487 rushing yards so far this fall.

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or large-wind technology. This gave me an opportunity to bring some of my experience in aerospace manufacturing and product technologies to a more competitive level in small wind here in the U.S.” Berdan said much of the world is already developing small-wind technology — the goal of which is to generate usable power starting at wind speeds as low as five to seven miles per hour. In fact, in the one-and-one-half years his company has come to market, it already has turbines on four continents.

“BE-Wind offers small-wind technology for the urban environment — that is being able to bring wind technology now into the cit-

ies and the smaller communities,” he said. “These are small systems, very discreet and quiet, and they don’t need a high elevation to capture the wind.”

Around the world, he said, people are using small-wind technology, in combination with solar power, for things such as powering street lights or lighting parking lots. The energy collected from small-wind collection units can be stored and used to power anything, including homes.

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BE-Wind began in spring 2007, when Berdan and worldrenowned wind expert Tom Carbone began the quest to develop a new small-wind system. Their goal was to develop a prototype of a wind turbine with a new vertical

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renewable energy.

“There is such a need to start bringing energy around the clock to homes, communities and businesses, and especially during events like we’ve just been through with the severe storms,” he said.

“I think it’s going to be huge, and there’s a lot of people now working on different types of technology since they’ve seen mine.”

His reasoning on the future of small-wind energy is evidenced by the number of requests and emails he has received from around the globe for more information on BE-Wind’s systems. Although the response is slower in North America, where fuel and gas prices are cheaper, the response from other parts of the world — including in the Caribbean, South America, Central America, Europe and Asia industrial customers, such as res- — has been phenomenal, he said.

Already, Berdan has been contaurants or larger operations. Berdan said they can use multiple tacted by three developers to colunits and build a small microgrid laborate on building green comor wind farm on a rooftop. The tur- munities, which would utilize bines are also designed to function renewable energy to help new as a marketing tool — they light up neighborhoods become self sufwith LED lighting at nighttime, ficient with power.

“As an example, Irma was a big and BE-Wind can adorn them with a company’s name and logo one where a lot of the communities were waiting for large power to double as signage.

“What we’ve done is we’ve companies to come in and fix the brought (to market) a small-wind power,” he said. “You can actually technology to have as an energy have your own power source, so source, with a cool style to it so it now you can be off the grid with looks like art when it’s in motion multiple reusable technologies. and pleasing to the eye, and is real- You can have a small solar farm, ly installable almost anywhere,” he a small wind farm, some backup said. “It’s more than just an energy generators and a storage system. source; it’s art, and it can be used You’re self-sufficient if the power goes out, and the community can as a marketing tool.” be sustained or independent from THE OUTLOOK OF SMALL WIND the power grid. They’ll have ener720storm Celebration In the next five to 10 years, Berdan gy even through the through Aven F Celebration expects the small-wind energy backup power. I think we’re going 720 Celebration Avenue, Suite 100, Facebook.com/Century sector to become a burgeonto see that more and more, and it’s Celebrationas FLnot 34747 ing, billion-dollar industry just here in Florida.”

Facebook.com/Century21Celebration Multi-Lingual O more people jump on board with According to Canadian windenergy company Surespan, small wind is usually defined as “a lower-scale wind turbine that produces less than 100 kilowatts of electricity and is created to be installed at homes and small farms, either as a source of backup electricity, or to reduce electricity costs.”

Big-wind operations, on the other hand, are developed to produce mass power for the grid. According to Surespan, the average large wind turbine is between 195 and 260 feet tall, with a capacity to generate about two megawatts of electricity.

axis design. That was when the EOW2 wind turbine was developed, and in January 2016, the product was brought to market.

According to BE-Wind’s website, the turbines “have a proprietary deflector system that creates optimum air flow and eliminates opposing wind.” The design also allows the turbines to operate efficiently in extreme wind conditions.

BE-Wind’s turbines come in three sizes — six feet, eight feet and 10 feet. The smallest unit is ideal for remote locations such as oil rigs in the ocean, and it can handle hurricane-force winds. The eightfoot unit is a bestseller for homes and ranches, Berdan said, and it offers a mid-sized power supply while still being compact.

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The townhouse at 7110 Flowing Water Alley, Windermere, sold Sept. 25, for $283,500. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,724 square feet. The price per square foot is $164.44.

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The home at 13235 Roskin Lane, Windermere, sold Sept. 28, for $370,000. Built in 2007, it has five bedrooms, five-and-onehalf baths and 3,598 square feet. The price per square foot is $102.83.

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The home at 6401 Swanson St., Windermere, sold Sept. 25, for $632,476. Built in 2017, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,934 square feet. The price per square foot is $160.77.

mere, sold Sept. 29, for $2.1 million. Built in 2010, it has five bedrooms, six baths, a pool

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and 5,873 square feet of living area on 1.46 acres.

The price per square foot is $357.57.

The home at 14634 Avenue of the Rushes, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 29, for $1.25 million. Built in 2008, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths, a pool and 6,110 square feet. The price per square foot is $204.58.

The home at 15031 Driftwater Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

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This Keene’s Pointe home, at 11634 Vinci Drive, Windermere, sold Sept. 29, for $2.1 million. It is situated on 1.46 acres on Lake Burden.

The home at 15073 Driftwater Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

29, for $359,255. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, three-andone-half baths and 2,853 square feet. The price per square foot is $125.92.

The home at 15067 Driftwater Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

27, for $331,115. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,221 square feet. The price per square foot is $149.08.

The home at 14248 Pleach St., Winter Garden, sold Sept. 29, for $245,000 (REO/bank owned).

Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,650

square feet. The price per square foot is $148.48.

The townhouse at 7005 Pasturelands Place, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 22, for $232,500. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,512 square feet. The price per square foot is $153.77.

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The townhouse at 12934 Vennetta Way, Windermere, sold Sept. 29, for $230,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,644 square feet. The price per square foot is $139.90.

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The home at 14389 Shocklach Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

22, for $436,000. Built in 2016, it has five bedrooms, four-andone-half baths and 3,496 square feet. The price per square foot is $124.71.

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The home at 14343 Cedar Hill Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

29, for $445,000. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,746 square feet. The price per square foot is $162.05.

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The home at 8601 Bayview Crossing Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 28, for $379,900. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths and 2,914 square feet. The price per square foot is $130.37.

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The home at 7863 Minutemen Loop, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

29, for $315,000. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 1,900 square feet.

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The home at 15567 Waterleigh Cove Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 22, for $249,900. Built in 2015, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,685 square feet. The price per square foot is $148.31.

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The home at 8138 Soldierwood St., Winter Garden, sold Sept. 28, for $338,118. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 3,009 square feet. The price per square foot is $112.37.

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The home at 8275 Bayview Crossing Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 27, for $310,000. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,028 square feet. The price per square foot is $152.86.

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The home at 7124 Desert Mandarin St., Winter Garden, sold Sept.

27, for $296,990. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,859 square feet. The price per square foot is $159.76.

The home at 14612 Porter Road, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 22, for $380,000. Built in 2016, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,100 square feet. The price per square foot is $122.58.

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The townhouse at 8076 Bluejack Oak Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 29, for $311,440. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths and 2,201 square feet. The price per square foot is $141.50.

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The home at 7824 Bostonian Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 23, for $298,000. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,716 square feet. The price per square foot is $298,000.

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The home at 1519 Amber Leaf Circle, Ocoee, sold Sept. 28, for $279,569. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,938 square feet. The price per square foot is $144.26.

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The townhouse at 1004 Crestwood Commons Ave., Ocoee, sold Sept.

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The home at 423 Fern Meadow Loop, Ocoee, sold Sept. 28, for $289,900. Built in 1997, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,071 square feet. The price per square foot is $139.98.

FORESTBROOKE

The home at 3498 Starbird Drive, Ocoee, sold Sept. 29, for $347,000.

Built in 2004, it has five bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 3,616 square feet. The price per square foot is $95.96.

MEADOW RIDGE

The home at 475 Douglas Edward Drive, Ocoee, sold Sept. 28, for $450,000. Built in 2011, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,555 square feet. The price per square foot is $126.58.

The home at 2831 Maria Isabel Ave., Ocoee, sold Sept. 22, for $420,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,521 square feet. The price per square foot is $166.60.

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29, for $210,500. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,780 square feet. The price per square foot is $118.26.

SILVER GLEN

The home at 1678 Glenhaven Circle, Ocoee, sold Sept. 25, for $270,000. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,476 square feet. The price per square foot is $109.05.

VILLAGES OF WESMERE

The home at 2003 Fishtail Fern Way, Ocoee, sold Sept. 22, for $280,000. Built in 2011, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,426 square feet. The price per square foot is $115.42.

The townhouse at 2132 Leather Fern Drive, Ocoee, sold Sept.

29, for $229,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,743 square feet. The price per square foot is $131.38.

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The home at 2308 Pesaro Circle, Ocoee, sold Sept. 22, for $360,000.

Built in 2004, it has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,972 square feet. The price per square foot is $121.13.

WINDERMERE GROVES

The home at 951 Grovesmere Loop, Ocoee, sold Sept. 28, for $294,500. Built in 1992, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,974 square feet. The price per square foot is $149.19.

PLANTATION GROVE WEST

The home at 828 Grovesmere Loop, Ocoee, sold Sept. 29, for $395,000. Built in 1992, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and

2,612 square feet. The price per square foot is $151.23.

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The home at 1988 Saint James Court, Ocoee, sold Sept. 27, for $200,000 (short sale). Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,042 square feet. The price per square foot is $97.94.

WINTER GARDEN CARRIAGE POINTE

The home at 2029 Redmark Lane, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 25, for $345,000. Built in 2010, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,780 square feet. The price per square foot is $124.10.

COBBLESTONE

The home at 200 Black Springs Lane, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

28, for $305,000. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,745 square feet. The price per square foot is $111.11.

EMERALD RIDGE

The home at 14706 Tullamore Loop, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

29, for $265,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,960 square feet. The price per square foot is $135.20.

GROVE PARK AT STONE CREST

The home at 13103 Moro Court, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 29, for $289,900. Built in 2010, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,603 square feet. The price per square foot is $111.37.

GROVEHURST

The home at 12991 Daughtery Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

28, for $253,000. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,956 square feet. The price per square foot is $129.35.

OAKLAND PARK

The home at 1033 Colleton Alley, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 27, for $511,900. Built in 2017, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,074 square feet. The price per square foot is $166.53.

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The home at 823 Easley Ave., Winter Garden, sold Sept. 22, for $430,000. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 2,667 square feet. The price per square foot is $161.23.

The home at 907 Easley Ave., Winter Garden, sold Sept. 26, for $378,000. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,167 square feet. The price per square foot is $174.43.

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The home at 2252 Black Lake Blvd., No. 7, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

26, for $326,500. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,567 square feet. The price per square foot is $127.19.

The home at 709 Shadowmoss Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

25, for $458,500. Built in 2003, it has five bedrooms, three-andone-half baths, a pool and 3,671 square feet. The price per square foot is $124.90.

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STONEYBROOK WEST

The home at 442 Home Grove Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

29, for $245,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,668 square feet. The price per square foot is $146.88.

The home at 1520 Loch Avich Road, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

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The home at 712 Valencia Court, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 22, for $298,000. Built in 1974, it has four bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths, a pool and 2,341 square feet. The price per square foot is $127.30.

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The townhouse at 1433 Scarlet Oak

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The home at 16655 Harbor Sail Way, Winter Garden, sold Sept. 29, for $685,000. Built in 2016, it has

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The home at 2610 Grove View Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

27, for $436,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, three-andone-half baths, a pool and 3,696 square feet. The price per square foot is $117.97.

The home at 2442 Prairie View Drive, Winter Garden, sold Sept.

29, for $300,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,540 square feet of living area.

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