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Windermere kids enjoyed a trial run with their Halloween costumes at The Grove Orlando’s 2019 Boo Bash. SEE PAGE 7.

Dream team

SPREADING

Pro golfer Robert Gamez and his wife, Denise, are Bay Hill residents who enjoy giving back to local children through the Team Gamez Foundation. SEE PAGE 4.

SUNSHINE

Gala guests donned their best bad pants for a cause. SEE PAGE 8.

Windy Ridge mourns loss of teacher Timothy Toddy was killed in a four-vehicle crash Oct. 7 as he was driving his stepdaughters to school.

AMY QUESINBERRY COMMUNITY EDITOR

The Windy Ridge K-8 School community is mourning the death of a beloved instructor: second-grade teacher Timothy Toddy.

Toddy, 40, of Clermont, was taking his two stepdaughters to school Monday, Oct. 7, when a Danielle Hendrix

Robert and Denise Gamez have spearheaded the Team Gamez Foundation and one of their premier events, Chipping for Children, for 10 years.

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Lakers celebrated Homecoming in style.

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A group of Windermere Prep vocalists will be sharing the stage with some opera professionals in an upcoming concert.

Opera Orlando in Concert — set for Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Cypress Center for the Performing Arts at Windermere Prep — is the culmination of a collaboration

between the school and Opera Orlando. Students worked with guest artists and studio artists from Opera Orlando in a masterclass setting before the concert.

“This collaboration is indeed fortuitous for our students at Windermere Prep as they (recently put) on their first opera this semester, Menotti’s ​‘The SEE CONCERT PAGE 2

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YOUR TOWN ART EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR NOV. 1

The Windermere Arts’ third annual Art, Wine & Music Stroll has been rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1.

The program includes young performers showcasing their talents plus a chance to enjoy food, wine, entertainment and art at The Grove Orlando, at the southwest corner of South Apopka Vineland and Conroy-Windermere roads.

Tickets are $25 for food and entertainment; $30 including wine. For more information and to buy tickets, visit bit.ly/3179NI5.

The event runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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Senior Alex Sheffield was cast for the role of Mrs. Gobineau in Windermere Prep’s opera production, “The Medium.”

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Junior Maria Gullersserian played Mrs. Nolan in Windermere Prep’s opera production, “The Medium.”

Junior Sophia Bresciani will be singing “Monica’s Waltz” at the concert. She played the role of Monica in Windermere Prep’s opera production, “The Medium.”

Concert set for Saturday really able to dive into what being in an opera actually is like profesMedium,’” said ​Jason King,​Win- sionally,” Bresciani said. “I think dermere Prep’s director of fine that working (with) the people arts. “We are thrilled to partner from Opera Orlando will really with ​Opera Orlando​. We know help us learn more about (profesthat introducing our kids to all art sional opera). … I’m also really forms, providing them the oppor- looking forward to (learning) the tunity to collaborate on the stage vocal techniques and just to learn with international talent, is truly about their own experience with invaluable and life molding.” opera...” she said.

Senior Alex Sheffield and “I’m looking forward to getjuniors Sophia Bresciani and ting to work with professionals, Maria Gullesserian are three of especially professionals as highly the five students who will be acclaimed as they are,” Sheffield performing at the concert. Each said. “I’m excited to learn new of the girls had a role in Winder- techniques and really develop mere Prep’s production of “The my voice with them. … Singing Medium,” and they’re excited to opera whilst acting is very diftake part in another night of opera ficult because there’s so much at their school. support required for opera and “Doing ‘The Medium,’ we’ve there’s so much control that you already had a little bit of experi- have to have over your voice. You ence (with opera), but since we need to remember to maintain had a really5932-77750 short period of time for that while you’re moving4:45 around Friday Night Ice Ad 10p375x8.pdf 1 10/17/19 PM rehearsals and all that, we weren’t and while you’re still performing CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

and portraying emotions.”

Gullesserian said before her experiences in “The Medium,” she thought opera was just a different style of singing. That sentiment changed when she realized that opera also requires a vocalist to convey emotions through singing.

“I used to think that, with opera, it was mostly singing and not reacting or being as dramatic as like theater,” Gullesserian said.

“But the intensity in which (we) were singing actually allowed me to cry and sing at the same time. … I feel like you can hear the emotions not only with (expressions on) your face but with the way you’re singing things. … You can hear what you’re feeling.”

In addition to the students hitting the stage, the concert also will feature Italian opera conductor Nicolas Giusti, who is a master of the Italian style of opera, as

Nicolas Giusti is a world-renowned pianist and opera conductor, as well as a master of the Italian style of opera.

OPERA ORLANDO IN CONCERT WHEN: 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26 WHERE: Cypress Center for the Performing Arts at Windermere Prep; 6189 Winter Garden Vineland Road, Windermere COST: $22, includes light appetizers and drinks TICKETS: bit.ly/2mRKPOV

well as a world-renowned pianist.

He will be playing piano and conducting at the concert and he’ll also be acting as a mentor to the students. He said he loves working with and encouraging aspiring young vocalists, because they are the future of the art form of opera.

“I am excited because I love the young people,” Giusti said. “We have to consider the young people as our future, and we have to give them all we can, because without young people — children and

Gaberiel Preisser is the executive director and “resident baritone” of Opera Orlando.

young (adults) — we don’t have a future, we don’t have a life, we don’t have a world and we don’t have music, of course. … My goal is to encourage young people to consider the music, the arts and especially the opera as an important part of their lives.”

Giusti also will be joined by Opera Orlando Executive Director Gabriel Preisser, who is the organization’s “resident baritone.”

Giusti and Preisser will perform a concert of operatic arias, duets and ensembles alongside the students.

“We know that this is the beginning of a wonderful long-term partnership with the students and faculty at Windermere Prep, and we are so grateful to them for having us,” Preisser said. “They have a beautiful venue and a talented array of students who are eager to launch their careers in the arts. It is our privilege to provide formative opportunities, like this concert, that will certainly enrich the students’ lives and also enrich our entire community.”

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Portillo’s will open its first Orlando-area location late next year.

Tyler & Kristen Hitchcock made memories with their children Lexi, left, and Chloe.

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ario, Mary Poppins and Marvel heroes of all kinds were just some of the costumed characters at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church’s annual Trunks, Treats & More event Saturday, Oct. 19. The halls were filled with families in costumes as they made the rounds of the dozens of decked-out candy stations scattered throughout the church. Bounce houses, games, a pumpkin patch and even an inflatable corn maze only added to the fun, and the evening was capped off with a concert called Candy, Sweets & Musical Treats.

— ERIC GUTIERREZ

Stilt walkers Zeshan Khan, left, and Matt Putnam had a blast posing for pictures with Austin and Melody Zhang.

Right: Armani, left, and Kameron Quintero enjoyed dressing as Batman and the Joker at the event.

Portillo’s coming to Lake Buena Vista The Chicago-style eatery is bringing its Italian flavors to a location just outside of Horizon West.

TIM FREED MANAGING EDITOR

If you’re craving that authentic taste of Italian meats from Chicago, you’re in luck.

Portillo’s, the popular Chicago eatery, recently was announced as a new restaurant within Unicorp National Development’s upcoming project, The Village at O-Town West in Lake Buena Vista.

The new location, set for the corner of Palm Parkway and Daryl Carter Boulevard, will be the very first in the Orlando area, joining two other Sunshine State locations in Tampa and Brandon.

Portillo’s features a menu filled with items such as Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, char-grilled burgers, fresh salads and Portillo’s famous chocolate cake.

“Our company strives to partner with tenants that can help showcase the area as a world-class destination for visitors,” Chuck Whittall, president of Unicorp National Developments, said in a statement.

“Portillo’s will be a great addition to our stellar dining options here in Lake Buena Vista.”

It’s like a foodie dream come true for Winter Garden resident Denise Gregorie, who’s originally from the suburbs of Chicago and remembers growing up eating Portillo’s. Now that nostalgic menu is just a short drive away.

“We’re very excited — we went over to Tampa to get it, but before that we would get mailaways from my sister who’s still back in Chicago or my parents who would send it over for football games or special events or Christmas,” Gregorie said.

“We’d get beef and sausage and hot dogs in the mail, and that would be a happy day for all.

“It’s the taste of Chicago coming to Orlando — it doesn’t get better than that.”

— Denise Gregorie

Logan Pintor the little dinosaur perused the pumpkins in search of the perfect one.

Suzy Brown, left, and Cheryl Good might have dressed like chickens, but they weren’t scared of any of the other costumed characters.

SNEAK PEEK Fans are invited to visit portillos.com/lakebuenavista to sign up for a chance to attend a sneak-peek meal and to be served Chicagostyle favorites from the Portillo’s food truck in Orlando prior to the opening. Loyal customers also will receive email updates on Portillo’s Lake Buena Vista’s restaurant.

“That will not be a tough trip to make (to Lake Buena Vista), and it will be made frequently,” she said. “It’s the taste of Chicago coming to Orlando — it doesn’t get better than that.”

Gregorie’s twin sister, Diane Melesio, has fond memories of their father taking them as children to the original Portillo’s — a trailer in a parking lot in Villa Park, Illinois.

“In every Portillo’s they have a picture of the original (trailer), and it was not too far from my father’s office,” Melesio said.

That original trailer was first opened back in 1963 by Dick Portillo, who invested $1,100 in that small hot dog stand originally called The Dog House. Years later, Portillo’s has expanded to more than 60 locations across several states.

Vallory Farrasso, senior marketing manager at Portillo’s, said that first-time guests have to try the Italian beef sandwich — dipped, with sweet or hot peppers and cheese fries.

Portillo’s is excited to call Lake Buena Vista home, Farrasso said, adding that the location also will include a double-lane drive-thru for hungry guests on the go.

“We chose Lake Buena Vista because it’s one of the most popular destinations in the country and there is a large population of Midwesterners living in Florida,” Farrasso said. “Our fans have been very vocal about us opening a location here.

We’re proud to be in the front of The Village at O-Town West and can’t wait to get started building our restaurant to entertain and feed our hungry guests.”

Portillo’s is expected to open in late 2020, according to Ana Espinoza, senior account supervisor at Wagstaff — the PR and marketing agency for Portillo’s.

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Helping hearts DANIELLE HENDRIX ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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hen someone has invested in helping you succeed, it’s only natural to want to give that same effort and support back to others.

In pro golfer Robert Gamez’s case, the support he received from his family growing up didn’t just mold him into a great athlete — it also molded his heart.

Robert Gamez and his wife, Denise Gamez, run the Team Gamez Foundation together.

Through the foundation, the couple supports local charities near and dear to their hearts. For the Bay Hill residents, helping children in need both locally and around the nation is at the forefront of their mission.

Every year, the Team Gamez Foundation hosts the Chipping for Children event, which brings together the golfing greats, top performers from the entertainment industry, Hall of Fame athletes and Team Gamez Foundation supporters for a weekend of golf and fundraising.

This year marks the 10th annual Team Gamez Foundation Chipping for Children Celebrity/ProAm Tournament, which takes place Oct. 28 at Orange Tree Golf Club. Attendees will enjoy breakfast before the shotgun start, followed by a morning on the course with lunch and awards after golfing. The night before, attendees are invited to The Big Show, where they’ll hear some of the best entertainers in the music industry, all of whom donate their time and talents to be there.

No matter how many years the Gamezes have hosted the event, though, the desire to help better children’s lives never fades.

GIVING SPIRIT

The Team Gamez Foundation began with Robert Gamez’s pro career in the early ‘90s, when

he got involved with the Ronald McDonald House in Las Vegas, where he’s from.

“It’s just something I started with the Ronald McDonald House charity back in the day,” he said. “I did St. Jude’s Ranch for Children in Vegas — they took in kids that were abused by the parents and neglected and they lived there. I got involved with them and saw some great things coming out of them, out of what they were doing.”

Although there were some years where the Team Gamez Foundation didn’t host an event, Robert Gamez estimates this is his 25th event, and it’s the 10th that he and Denise Gamez have put on together.

The Team Gamez Foundation has undergone some name changes through the years, but after the Gamezes got married, they changed the foundation’s name to Team Gamez in order to reflect the village of support they have behind them and their mission.

“We had a bunch of people behind us that were willing to help us because they donate their time, so we decided it’s more of a team than just me,” Robert Gamez said.

“When I started, it was me and family. Now we’ve got such a great team behind (us) of volunteers and board members that donate their time.”

The Team Gamez Foundation mainly supports children’s charities in Central Florida, such as Give Kids The World Village and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Florida. This year, the chosen organization is Great Oaks Village — a residential foster group home for children ages 6 to 18-plus who have been removed from their homes by the state due to abuse, neglect or abandonment.

Great Oaks Village is especially near and dear to Denise’s heart, because she herself was adopted when she was just four weeks old.

“When I see Great Oaks Village

TEAM GAMEZ FOUNDATION P.O. Box 690362, Orlando (407) 595-2715 WEBSITE: teamgamez.org FACEBOOK: facebook.com/ TeamGamezFoundation CHIPPING FOR CHILDREN This year’s Chipping for Children Celebrity/Pro-Am Tournament is sold out, but those interested in supporting the Team Gamez Foundation still can purchase tickets for the Chipping for Children Big Show and Pairings Party from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Rosen Centre Hotel Sunday, Oct. 27.

There will be live music from some of the best musicians in the industry, both silent and live auctions, and food and cocktails. Tickets cost $125.

For more information about Team Gamez Foundation or to purchase tickets to The Big Show, visit bit.ly/32Er1hC.

and these kids are either waiting to be adopted or put back with their birth family, they’re just waiting,” she said. “They might show up at midnight with two changes of clothes in a garbage bag. I want to help those kids that don’t have the outcome I had. Children don’t ask to be here, so if we don’t take care of our children, we’ve got problems.”

During the Chipping for Children weekend festivities, attendees enjoy four days of fundraising, golf and camaraderie. Denise and Robert Gamez gather their friends and family, as well as celebrities and pro athletes, to play golf and support a great cause — investing in the futures of children who need assistance.

“There are so many children that have everything it takes to be successful except the launching pad,” Denise Gamez said. “They have all the talent, all the brains, all the drive and desire, but they don’t have that one little push that they need, the assistance that they need. Hopefully that’s where we can come in. These kids are amazingly resilient — they just need that extra support.”

SUPPORT SYSTEMS

In fact, it’s the care and support that Robert Gamez received from his family growing up and throughout his career that spurred him to give back to children who don’t have that support system.

“I just felt gifted that I had nothing to keep me from playing golf as a kid,” he said. “My parents gave up vacation time to take me to golf tournaments, whatever it was I was trying to do. They didn’t make a lot of money, but they gave up what they had to do for me to play golf. To see kids that don’t have that opportunity is why I started the foundation.”

The Gamezes’ friends and family chip in selflessly and donate their time and talents to further the mission of the Team Gamez Foundation, too. It takes a village, and they have an excellent one.

“We have amazing, generous friends who donate these really awesome experiences you can’t get anywhere else (for our auction),” Denise Gamez said. “I want our people to know that every dollar you spend in our auction goes directly to the kids.”

The Gamezes’ village also banded together a few years back when Robert Gamez suddenly had to undergo a quadruple bypass surgery, resulting in a 10-day hospital stay.

Just as their friends do when it comes to the Team Gamez Foundation, they were in action and supporting the Gamezes every step of the way from hospitalization through recovery. And in a true testament to the Gamezes’ impact on local children, members of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Florida brought them to tears when they sent over a box of 120 handmade get-well cards.

“That’s when you know you’re making a difference and it’s worth every minute and hour we spend,” Denise Gamez said.

As their 10th Chipping for Children event nears, the Gamezes are just happy to be making a difference and offering a support system of their own.

“We love what we’re doing and I wouldn’t want to do anything else,” Robert Gamez said.

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fatal accident occurred on Florida’s Turnpike. Toddy’s car collided with a dump truck, which caused a chain reaction involving two more vehicles.

Alana Sifre, 16, and Julissa Santiago, 11, both were hurt, and it will take Alana up to year to fully recover from her injuries, according to a family friend.

At Windy Ridge, Orange County Public Schools provided a team of support persons from the district and Principal Charles Jackson notified parents and gave them the option of breaking the news to their children.

“We … sat with the kids and (broke) the news to them,” Jackson said.

The students were able to process as a group what the news meant, but the gathering also served as a way to open up dialogue.

“Many of the boys and girls were upset, and as they talked about him certain things came up,” Jackson said. “One little boy said, ‘Those are the scissors I bought him,’ that were sitting on his desk. They talked about him loving the Steelers and fishing. Things of that nature started to come out. It was

Timothy Toddy was a second-grade teacher at Windy Ridge K-8 School.

a moment of grieving but also a moment of celebrating.”

The school is working on something special, possibly a balloon release, for Toddy’s class, and his name will be added to a plaque around a tree at the school front that is dedicated to members of the Windy Ridge community who have died.

“He was very caring, very thorough,” Jackson said. “All his students loved him. … He was definitely a teacher who loved teaching, he loved his children, and he would do anything for them.”

A member of the school’s leadership team currently is leading the class until a permanent teacher is found, Jackson said.

Messages from teachers were posted on the funeral home’s trib-

ute page for Toddy. They wrote they will miss his daily hugs and Pittsburgh Steelers conversations, that he truly brought to life the real meaning of “actions speak louder than words,” that God blessed the Windy Ridge family with the gift of Toddy’s gentle and warm spirit; and they will honor his life by living each day with the gentleness, kindness and compassion he showed with everyone.

Toddy taught second grade this school year but had previous experience at the middle school and fifth-grade levels.

Ruth Rodriguez, a first-grade teacher who worked with Toddy for three years at Windy Ridge, called him a faithful friend who was always ready to help — and with a smile on his face.

“I … had the privilege of having some of my students spend part of this school year with him,” Rodriguez said. “They would often come visit me and tell me how excited they were to learn with Mr. Toddy and what a kind teacher he was with the class.”

He was a dedicated teacher who went the extra mile to ensure student success, she said, and this included volunteering his time to tutor students after school.

TO HELP Two funds have been set up to assist Timothy Toddy’s family — his wife, Frances, will have to take time off work to care for her injured daughter. n A family friend established a fundraising page: bit. ly/2N4Ec4H n Orange County Public Schools created the Timothy Toddy Memorial Fund: bit.ly/2MCU7s9. To make a check donation, make it payable to Foundation for OCPS, write Timothy Toddy in the memo section and mail it to the Foundation for OCPS, 445 W. Amelia St., Orlando, FL 32801.

“He wasn’t only committed to the cause of student success but overall well-being of the student to encourage personal growth and often times bring a smile with his sense of humor,” Rodriguez said.

“He had a calmness about him that was contagious whenever he was around you — never in a rush yet attentive to the needs of others, both students and staff.”

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Hamlin food hall honors citrus grower A new 22,000-square-foot facility for food and retail vendors will be named after historical figure Arthur George Hamlin.

THE MAN BEHIND THE MARKET According to “Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of Capt. Giles Hamlin of Middletown, Connecticut, 1654-1900,” Arthur George Hamlin was born in 1855 and was educated at Gouverneur Academy and Colgate Academy in Hamilton, New York before graduating from Madison University in 1879. After studying law at Gouverneur and at Northampton, Massachusetts, he was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in 1881. He arrived in DeLand two years later and became the legal adviser for H.A. DeLand Esq. — founders of the town of DeLand. According to the West Volusia Historical Society, Arthur George Hamlin was the first attorney for DeLand. In addition to his legal career, Hamlin also grew oranges and famously developed the Hamlin orange, of which the Hamlin community is named after.

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A new food hall planned for the Hamlin community in Horizon West has a name — and it honors a man from Central Florida’s past.

Boyd Development, the developers behind the ongoing Hamlin project, recently unveiled renderings for A.G.’s Market — a new food hall coming to Hamlin next year.

The 22,000-square-foot building will sit just south of the Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas and is expected to have about 18 different vendors inside from food to retail, said Michael Boyd, sales and leasing associate for Boyd Development.

A.G.’s Market is named after Arthur George Hamlin, an attorney who came to Florida in the 1880s, grew citrus and eventually developed the Hamlin orange, which was grown mainly on the current Hamlin site. The name is a nod to Central Florida’s past, Boyd said.

“He was actually an attorney for guys like Henry DeLand, John Stetson and Henry Flagler — some of the longstanding Central Floridians,” Boyd said.

“We’ve tried to, in certain regards at the project, pay homage to A.G. Hamlin,” he said.

“We thought, ‘Let’s call it A.G.’s

A.G.’s Market should be open by fourth quarter of 2020.

Market and I’m sure people will ask the question, what does A.G. stand for?’ From there that’s how people can learn a little bit about it. … It also stands for ‘A Gathering Market,’ so it kind of has two different meanings there.”

According to the official Hamlin Facebook page, the lakefront venue will provide an array of food, drink and retail options, including craft burgers, pizza, a new twist on southern fried chicken, sushi, tacos, barbecue and dessert. Boyd said that the vendors will be a healthy mix of local names and national-scale operators that want to find a spot in A.G.’s Market.

Representatives of Boyd Development have been traveling the country to find ideas and ways to bring something special to Hamlin, Boyd said. “(Food halls) seem to be a very popular thing — you can come with your friends, your family and everybody can get a different thing to eat and reconvene at a table,” Boyd said. “We’re excited about it.”

A second-floor bar will showcase views of Lake Hancock and Disney’s nightly fireworks, as well.

Visitors also can expect a lakefront backyard with a spacious artificial turf lawn for

social gatherings or watching live music.

“It should be pretty unique to Central Florida,” Boyd said.

“You might not know what you want to do on a Friday or Saturday night, but you can at least think, ‘Hey, I can go to A.G.’s Market and there’s something for everybody.’”

The building is currently in the design phase, with construction starting in the first quarter of next year and completion expected by the fourth quarter of next year, Boyd said.

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Band experience > Homecoming dance MICHAEL ENG PUBLISHER

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rom all accounts, Windermere High’s first Homecoming dance was a rousing success. Video from the Oct. 12 party shows a packed ballroom with futuristic lasers illuminating hundreds of teenagers bopping up and down on the dance floor at the Hilton Orlando.

However, none of the students belonging to the school’s largest organization — the marching band — was there.

Instead, they were about 20 minutes away celebrating their own first — a spot in the finals for Bands of America’s Orlando Regional Championship.

For those unfamiliar with BOA, it’s the organization that crowns annual champions in the competitive high school marching band world. Its Grand Nationals, held annually in Indianapolis, showcases the top high school marching band shows in the country.

And in just its third year in existence, the Windermere band earned a finals performance in the organization’s regional competition. When the final scores were tallied, the young band earned an eighth-place

finish, besting programs from local schools such as Olympia, Oviedo and Cypress Creek.

Windermere’s marchers shared the field with perennial powerhouse programs from Tarpon Springs and Broken Arrow (Oklahoma).

Next month, the band will travel north to bring its show to the 2019 Grand Nationals at Lucas Oil Stadium.

I’m sure the competition conflicting with the Homecoming dance disappointed a few band members. But as a former marching band kid, I say with confidence that the memories you made at Camping World Stadium that same night will last far longer than any you missed on the dance floor.

In fact, I can’t remember much about my high school Homecoming dances. I’m sure there are photos of those nights somewhere in a box. But of the experiences I carried on from high school, those dances rank pretty low.

Conversely, lessons I learned as part of a competitive marching band program have continued to inform and inspire me — decades after I removed my drum harness for the final time.

I can still hear my drumline instructor’s voice in my head and have utilized some of his best lines both at work and with my children.

Among my favorites: Don’t be sorry; just fix it. And, You’re just going to have to ‘come on.’

(Translation: Stop making excuses.)

Truth: Nothing in my career has pushed me harder than the two-a-day practices we endured in the heavy, still August heat in Missouri — all in an attempt to achieve perfection with 12 minutes of music and movement. The words, “One more time,” haunted me at the end of every exhausting day, but I now know intimately the canyon that exists between good enough and great.

Another truth: Spending those hours, weeks and months of a marching band season with about 200 like-minded peers is more than worth it — regardless of whether you win or lose.

That experience sharpened my resolve and force-fed me humility. It required me to set aside my own ego for the sake of the group. And nothing is as nervewracking as trying to pull off some crazy drum lick with the percussion judge staring at your hands and barking criticism into a portable tape recorder (yes, I’m so old that my judges’ comments were on audio cassette).

And finally, one more: The relationships — both with my bandmates and with music itself — have continued to be a source of happiness long after my marching career ended.

Next year, I certainly hope those powers that be at Windermere High will check to make sure the Homecoming dance doesn’t conflict with BOA. However, in a year that forced the band to choose, to me, these Windermere musicians got the better end of the deal.

Nia Muhammad and her daughters, Zuri and Aaliyah, were one of the sweetest families around.

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Held Saturday, Oct. 12, Boo Bash hosted hundreds of guests, many dressed in full costume.

Children collected treats from the vendors and shops, got their faces painted, made ghost eggs with Mad Science Lab, participated in a hula-hoop contest and colored their own crafts to take home.

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Kathryn “Kay” Eckles, 101, a marketing representative for National and Pan American Airlines, died Thursday, Oct. 3, in a nursing facility in Washington, D.C. She was born in Ocoee, Florida, and was a graduate of Florida Southern University.

She began her career in 1944 as a flight attendant in Miami and concluded it in 1980 as the first female marketing executive for PanAm at the Pentagon.

After moving to Washington in 1947, Kay became a civic activist as an officer and board member in a number of local organizations. She testified before the D.C. Council and various regulatory agencies, as well as marched for causes in which she believed.

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Baldwin; husband, Ron June; brother, Nick Graham; and sister, Bonnie Rau. You will be sadly missed but will forever be remembered for filling our hearts with joy and love.

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In 1981, he moved the family to Winter Garden, Florida, and worked for Disney. He retired from the work force at Disney after 23 years. n Preston had many things in life that he loved. He loved his family, church and friends.

He enjoyed eating seafood and gardening. His daughters have kept him well supplied in seafood; crab was his favorite, and he taught his daughters how to catch a crab.

He grew some unusual things in his gardens. In New Jersey he grew horseradish. In Florida, he liked growing pineapples under his orange trees. Preston was

always watering something in his gardens.

Friends and family could catch him outside in the front yard watering the plants, hosing down the driveway and feeding his friends, the squirrels. Sincerely, he will be a sight that is missed when you drive by his home. n Preston was a member of First Baptist Church of Winter Garden for 38 years. He was a deacon and usher and loved taking Sunday school attendance. Church was a major part of his life, and he enjoyed worshipping and socializing with his fellow Christians.

Friend to many, even a hero to one, as he saved a girl from drowning in a riptide many years ago. Preston loved his Lord and Savior and shared that love for Christ with his family.

PRESTON CONAWAY DIED THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 2019.

Preston Conaway was born in Paulsboro, New Jersey, July 24, 1940. He was the husband of Glenda Ailiff for 55 years. They married in December 1963. He has four daughters, born in the state of New Jersey. Cheryl, his oldest, is married to Tom Schumacher, and they have two children, Nadine and Sam. Wendy is married to Randy Steinbeck. She has a daughter, Amber, and they have a daughter, Callie. Amber has two children, Shayla and Saige. Valerie is married to Todd Hunt, and they have two sons, Joseph and Gabriel. Last, Wanda is married to Shaun Morgan, and they have two boys and a girl, Taylor, Holly and Justin. Preston

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Carpe Diem “My wish that each and every one realize the fragility of possessions, of family, of life and vow once more and over and over to cherish each moment, to make the best possible use of each hour to seize the day that will never come again.”

Billie was survived by her children, Rob June, Randy (Jamie) June and Wendy (Aron) Bishman; grandchildren, Joseph (Katie) June, Cameron (Jessica) June, Teron (Cherie) June, Jaylyn (Brian) Moogan, Lauryn June, Colin Bishman and Cooper Bishman; great-grandchildren, Blaze June, Haley Anderson, Alyssa June, Leah June, Ryland June and Ayla June; sisters, Roberta Boice and Debra (Andy) Sciandria; and brother, Timothy (Sue) Graham.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Graham and Ruth Eimer and stepfather Jim

BILLIE ANN JUNE DIED SUNDAY, OCT. 13, 2019.

Billie Ann June, a.k.a. Grandma Billie, 83, of Clermont, Florida, passed away Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019.

She was born in Ripley, New York, March 10, 1936.

Billie graduated high school in Westfield, New York. She went on to nursing school and became a registered nurse.

She was married to Ron June in the late ’50s and moved to Orlando, Florida.

Billie worked as a registered nurse at Florida Hospital. She later went on to get her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in administration and became director of surgery at Florida Hospital. She was employed by Florida Hospital for 40 years before retiring in her 60s to enjoy family and friends.

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Tracy Bernheim waved to students on a Transformers/ alien-themed truck.

The Lakerettes hyped up the crowd of students during the parade.

RED& BLUE CREW W indermere Preparatory School was a spirited spectacle Friday, Oct. 18, as proud students celebrated the end of Homecoming week with a festive parade. Students in the lower school and middle school lined the roads of the campus to watch the celebration put on by upper-school students before heading to the school’s gymnasium for a rowdy pep rally.

At halftime during Friday’s home football game, seniors Andrew Reynolds and Emily Whitt were crowned Homecoming king and queen, capping off the fun-filled week.

Leah Meyer, Taylor Sheridan and Stuart Sheffield rode in a car during the parade and got students excited for an upcoming school production of “The Little Mermaid.”

The Lakerettes showed off an impressive routine at the pep rally.

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Lower-school students were excited for the parade to start.

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Seniors Andrew Reynolds and Emily Whitt had a special memory together as they were named Homecoming king and queen during halftime of Friday’s game.

Right: Sophomores Jack Durst, Ashley Turpin, Carson Marosi and Kini Magpuri rode through the parade in style.

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BAY MEADOWS ELEMENTARY Although Alexis Guignet has only been at Bay Meadows Elementary for nine months now, her colleagues and students quickly became her extended family.

Guignet, a Millersville University graduate, teaches in the school’s ESE program and always is furthering her education and striving to be the best version of herself so she can encourage her students to be the best they can be.

What do you love most about your school?

What I love most about Bay Meadows is the people. Everyone is so kind and supportive.

What’s your favorite part of your job?

My favorite part of my job is the kids. They make me smile every day and I truly love seeing them learn and grow.

What made you want to take on this job?

My cousin, Mr. Guignet, is a second-grade teacher at Bay Meadows. He told me how much he loved Bay Meadows, how it was a great work environment and how he truly enjoys waking up every day and coming to school. Once I got here, I absolutely loved it! Now, thanks to him, I wake up every day and love coming to school, too!

What motivates you and pushes you to do your best?

My friends and family always motivate me to be the best version of myself I can possibly be. I also have a mentality that every single person can make an impact on the world and a little effort goes a long way. I just want to make a positive difference any way I can!

REPORT CARD SCHOOL: Bay Meadows Elementary ROLE: ESE K-5 teacher TIME AT THE SCHOOL: Nine months

What’s the nicest thing a student or faculty member has done for you?

For my birthday, a lot of people at Bay Meadows made me feel very special. My team got me flowers and a cake but many other people, both staff and students, also did things to make my birthday a wonderful day. My Bay Meadows family made this a birthday I won’t ever forget.

What is the coolest place you have visited and why?

The coolest place I have ever visited was Cape Town, South Africa.

Cape Town is an amazing place with beautiful views of both the mountains and beach. It also has many different kinds of wildlife that we don’t have in the United

States. When I was there, I tried a lot of different foods that were delicious and I met many wonderful people. I also got to teach a first-grade class for three months while I was there and teaching in another country was an incredible experience. It really helped me grow as a teacher and as a person.

If you could see any musician, band or artist live, who would it be and why?

I would see Stevie Wonder because not only do I enjoy his music and believe he is talented but also his story is quite incredible. He has made so many achievements and he also has done a lot of things outside of music to make a change and help others.

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New books for children from infancy through middle school are being accepted for this annual project. They are distributed to multiple organizations throughout West Orange County. Reading Reindeer was started in West Orange County in 1998. Community support has enabled Reading Reindeer to bring new books to close to 63,500 children.

Through cash donations, this program also provides a new copy of Dr. Seuss’ ABCs to the parents of all babies born at Health Central Hospital throughout the year — about 700 births annually. The community is invited to join the effort to improve literacy levels in West Orange County.

Checks payable to Reading Reindeer also can be mailed to the Observer Media Group office at 661 Garden Commerce Parkway, Suite 180, Winter Garden, Florida 34787.

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High tea for Wolverines MEET THE SPEAKERS n MICHAEL BRODSKY — Brodsky is a financial advisor and managing director at Brodsky and Associates.

According to his website, he delivers personalized financial advice to help clients achieve their financial goals. n CHRISTINA FARLEY — Farley is an author who most recently wrote a children’s book titled “The Princess and The Page,” a mystical adventure about a pulls-no-punches princess and the power of her magical pen. n LEAH PORRATA — Porrata serves as the director of education and outreach for Central Florida Community Arts, an organization that exists to build and serve community through the arts.

Guests at this year’s Windermere High Legacy Social will be transported to a 20th-century British tea room in honor of the ‘Downton Abbey’ theme.

DANIELLE HENDRIX ASSOCIATE EDITOR

“Downton Abbey” enthusiasts and Windermere High supporters, mark your calendar for an evening out in downtown Winter Garden.

The Windermere Wolverine Legacy Fund is hosting an evening of high tea, British bingo and inspiration during its second Legacy Social Saturday, Nov. 2.

From 6:30 to 10 p.m., the Roper Co-Op Ballroom in Winter Garden will be transformed in a British tea room of sorts. Guests will feel as if they’re in Yorkshire as they enjoy tea, biscuits and finger foods buffet style from Cookie Jar Catering Company.

The theme was inspired by the movie “Downton Abbey,” which was released in late September. The last Legacy Social was an ‘80s-inspired party, but Jane Dunkelberger, WHS Legacy Fund vice president of community relations, said that the team wanted to do something different this year. The social has been in the works since earlier this year.

“We’re just trying to make a tradition to have a social every year, and the first year — the inaugural year — we did an ‘80s

night,” Dunkelberger said. “Last year we weren’t able to plan a social, but this year we’re going to make it a little different and make it themed around the movie because the movie just came out. The purpose of our event, as with all of our events, is that all the monies we raise goes toward future scholarships, club grants and our programs for the school.”

This year’s social also is considered an exclusive event — only 100 tickets are being sold. Guests will not only be treated to high tea, but they also will hear from three inspirational guest speakers: children’s author Christina Farley, financial advisor Michael Brodsky and Central Florida Community Arts’ Leah Porrata.

In between the guest speakers, attendees will play fastpaced rounds of British bingo.

The game has 90 numbers, and for each “bingo,” attendees will win raffle tickets for the bingo prize drawings. Prizes include gift cards and gift baskets.

The Wolverine Legacy Fund was established in 2017 when Windermere High first opened its doors. The fund exists to provide scholarship opportunities to students, as well as grants for the school’s clubs, classrooms, ath-

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letics and performing arts. Dunkelberger said that new schools still face funding challenges.

“This is the first high school that we’ve had built in this area since Olympia,” Dunkelberger said. “Being that this is the first high school since then, and with any public school that opens within Orange County, there’s a lot of shortfall as far as what the school can provide for electives and programs such as performing arts, theater and band. Within any new school that opens, many schools start with the basics of instruments, tools and resources that are used in the classroom. Even being in Year Three here, we’re still short instruments and any type of

resources used in the classroom.”

It’s why Dunkelberger and the rest of the Legacy Fund volunteers hope that the community, families and supporters of the school will step in and get involved with the social in some way. Whether it’s buying a ticket to attend or offering an event sponsorship, the funds will go a long way.

Even though some of the school’s programs have their own booster clubs, Dunkelberger said the Legacy Fund acts much like an overall booster that helps with shortfall of continuing to build up the Wolverines’ programs.

“With the school continuing to grow we’re up to 13 pre-majors,” she said. “They’re very important to the fund as far as aligning partners and business owners to help support the 13 pre-majors that we offer ... We just want to create a tradition for our school and our community of the community gathering together and supporting Windermere High.”

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Middle school to host adult ESOL classes Parents of some Horizon West Middle students have been given the opportunity to take free English for Speakers of Other Languages classes.

DANIELLE HENDRIX ASSOCIATE EDITOR

“The parents are really interested in the course simply because they want to learn and understand English better and also be able to help their children.”

— Chad Ryan

Through Orange County Public Schools’ ESOL program, students whose native language isn’t English are given the resources and opportunities to help them learn.

But for their parents — many of whom might not speak English at all — resources aren’t always as plentiful.

ESOL is the name Florida has given to its program for teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages, according to OCPS. The district’s ESOL program provides students with access to grade-level curriculum and all school services. All teachers are qualified to teach ESOL. And while students enrolled in OCPS schools can reap the benefits of ESOL, there often can be a divide when it comes to their home lives. Parents who aren’t proficient in English might have trouble supporting their children with homework or attending parent/teacher conferences and school functions.

This is where OCPS’ Title III ESOL Parents Tutoring Program comes in. The Multilingual Services Department now is offering English classes for parents of English Language Learners

(ELLs) after school at Horizon West Middle School. Classes will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

“Dr. Arlene Peters, Multilingual Services director, reached out to the principal since OCPS did not have any schools in the West Learning Community offering the program, plus HWMS has a high number of ELL students,” said Renée Burke, OCPS manager of media promotions.

Burke added that 13 other OCPS schools, including Chain of Lakes Middle School, also are offering ESOL classes for parents of ELLs. “We looked at historic data of schools that have offered the program last year,” she said. “If they showed at least a 51% retention and at least 60% of parents improved their English languagge proficiency, they were invited to continue.”

Chad Ryan, the ESOL compliance specialist at Horizon West Middle, said that, after meeting with parents, many felt that the need to offer adult ESOL classes was great.

“We held our first Multilingual Parent Learning Counsel meeting on Sept. 26 and the feedback from parents on such topic was definitely one for the need of the class,” Ryan said. “Many schools in OCPS offer an adult ESOL course. We felt the need to offer it for our HWMS community as well. It has been overwhelmingly received.”

That overwhelming reception was so great, in fact, that

the class already is at capacity for this school year and there are “many, many others” on a waiting list should spots open up.

“I have basically helped get it off the ground by working with district personnel to get it set up and running,” Ryan said. “We have two staff members here at HWMS that will serve (as) coordinator and teacher ... The parents are really interested in the course simply because they want to learn and understand English better and also be able to help their children.”

According to OCPS, the Title III grant focuses on supplementary instructional support for ELLs. However, the Title III grant doesn’t just help OCPS students.

The ESOL classes for parents at Horizon West Middle are funded by the same Title III federal grant and are free for ELL parents.

Additionally, the Multilingual Services Department will provide free Rosetta Stone licenses.

OCPS already offers adult ESOL classes for those 16 and older with limited English proficiency at Orange Technical College. In fact, some of these classes take place at other West Orange-area schools, including Bridgewater Middle and Westpointe Elementary.

“The need for this type of adult class is apparent, as we have families moving to Orange County from Brazil, Venezuela and Puerto Rico, just to name a few places,” Ryan said. “I’m looking forward to seeing the progress the adults in the class are going to make.”

ADULT ESOL CLASSES The adult ESOL classes taking place Tuesday and Thursday evenings at Horizon West Middle School currently are full, but any adult interested in taking ESOL classes can do so through Orange Technical College.

According to OTC’s adult ESOL program application, adults currently can choose to attend evening classes in Lake Nona, at Bridgewater Middle and at Westpointe Elementary. Afternoon classes are available at Goodwill Apopka. To learn more about OTC’s adult ESOL classes and to register, visit bit. ly/2JaQfwq.

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In Foundation Academy’s 3-0 win over Victory Christian to claim the Class 2A, District 6 title, Alina Almonte O’Neill had an absolutely stellar performance as she picked up 31 assists, 17 digs and six kills. Senior Maddy Seip racked up nine kills, 19 digs and three aces, and Kayla Richard added six kills and 16 digs for the Lions in the victory.

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Despite West Orange volleyball seeing its season come to an end in a 3-1 loss to Lake Brantley in the Class 7A, District 3 tournament Wednesday, Oct. 16, there were still bright spots for the Warriors. Freshman Madison Smith finished the night with 14 kills and 11 digs, while junior Tristan Tucci had two serving aces, 25 digs and four assists.

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The Olympia girls golf team dominated the competition in the Class 3A, District 5 tournament at The Legends at Orange Lake (par 72) Wednesday, Oct. 16.

The Titans shot a tournament-best 325 — finishing 19 strokes ahead of second-place Windermere.

Caroline Hwang continued her dominance on the course as she claimed first place with a 71 (1 under par), while teammate Claire Jensen finished fifth with an 81 (9 over par). For the Wolverines, Sarah Loza would lead the way with a 75 (3 over par) — good enough for a third-place finish.

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In Dr. Phillips’ 1,9791,906 win in boys bowling over Lake Nona Tuesday, Oct. 15, Caleb Considine bowled a game-high of 245 for the Panthers in their victory.

The girls bowling team wouldn’t fare as well, as the Panthers fell to Lake Nona 1,869-1,741. In that match, the Panthers were led by Chyanne Huggins, who rolled a game-high of 174.

Cat’s pajamas The Bridgewater Bobcats out-shot the Eagles 5-3 in penalty kicks to claim the title and an undefeated season.

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verything came down to this one final moment.

As Bridgewater Middle School’s Samuel Suarez approached the ball, he took a big breath and glanced over at Cole Cunningham, who was in goal for SunRidge Middle School.

After a scoreless overtime period, the Bobcats were up 4-3 in penalty kicks and all Suarez had to

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Mike McGlynn tapped as head coach at West Orange High After holding the label of interim label for the past month, McGlynn now looks to lead the Warriors into the future.

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The West Orange boys bowling team had a solid tri-match with Bishop Moore and Edgewater Tuesday, Oct. 15. The Warriors edged out Bishop Moore 2,173-2,104 in the win, as the Warriors were led by Clintz Vital — who rolled a 209 to help push the Warriors to 12-3 on the season.

do was find the back of the net to hand his team the Orange County Boys Soccer Championship.

“I was so nervous, oh my God,” Suarez said. “Everybody was shooting to the left and was like, ‘Nah, I’m going to shoot it to the right.’ I did it and it worked.”

Suarez planted a hard boot into the ball — sailing it past Cunningham.

The celebration that followed

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Mike McGlynn’s first game without the interim label will be against Ocoee.

The Warriors have found their new head coach.

Since West Orange High School’s game against Evans back on Friday, Sept. 13, Mike McGlynn has been the man in charge, and his work ethic and results didn’t go unnoticed by the administration.

On Monday, Oct. 21, McGlynn was officially announced as the new head coach of the football program — though he had actually found out about the decision the previous week.

“I find out last Thursday — before we go out for senior night — that they were going to take off the interim tag and name me head football coach at West Orange

High School,” said McGlynn, who had previously served as the Warrior’s offensive-line coach. “I’m very excited about the future of West Orange football. I’m very humbled that I was selected to be the next football coach … and I look forward to serving (the) Winter Garden community — not just with our high-school football — but our community in whole from top to bottom.”

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After transferring in from Lake Mary Prep, Jacob Lowe has found a spot playing on both sides of the ball for Windermere Prep — at linebacker and H-back. Lowe, who has fit in well in Head Coach Jacob Doss’ system, has picked up a touchdown on offense while dominating on defense — leading the team in tackles (61 overall).

When did you get into football?

I started playing (flag) football when I was in Pre-K. I played flag through second grade, and then I started playing tackle — my mom wouldn’t let me play until I was in third grade.

THE BASICS

SCHOOL: Windermere Prep SPORT: Football POSITION: Linebacker, H-back YEAR: Sophomore

This is your first year at Windermere Prep after transferring from Lake Mary Prep.

Describe the transition.

I love it — the coaching staff is great, and the school is great.

I’ve been welcomed, I love my teammates and I love playing for them — it’s been great.

H-back/tight end?

The hardest part — for both — is making open-field plays. It takes a lot of focus, and it also takes some athletic ability. At tight end making open-field blocks can be challenging, but definitely on the other side of the ball at linebacker, (it’s) making open-field tackles.

What’s been the toughest part about changing schools?

I have a little bit of drive — about 45 minutes every morning until I get to my apartment. The hardest part is getting home and doing my homework. I have to find a way during the day just to get some stuff done so at home I’m not jammed up.

What are the best words of advice you’ve been given about football?

Getting knocked down and getting back up — facing adversity. Coach Doss has preached getting through adversity, because any team can be good. If you don’t know how to face adversity when you’re losing or you’re getting knocked down — figuratively or literally — how are you going to be good?

What is your favorite part about playing at linebacker and H-back/tight end?

My favorite part about tight end is you do a lot of things — you block, you catch and in this offense you can run. At linebacker, you do multiple things. At linebacker you can tackle, coverage and there’s just a lot you can do.

Going into this season, was there anything you were looking at working on as far as it relates to your own game?

I was trying to be faster — flying around the field and getting to the ball more. Not necessarily getting faster — but just playing faster with more of a motor.

What is the hardest part about playing at linebacker and

was immediate as Suarez was met by teammate and goalie Weber Nakagawa, before the whole team swarmed him out in front of the Bridgewater faithful who made the trip over to West Orange High School Wednesday, Oct. 16.

Going into Wednesday night’s game, the Bobcats and Eagles had played each other once.

Based on that game, Bridgewater Head Coach Josh Kennedy knew his side was in for a fight.

“We played them first game of the season and we beat them 1-0, so coming into the game you don’t really know what’s going to happen because 1-0 is not that big of a victory,” Kennedy said.

“I think it feels great and I think I’m still processing. The boys are really excited and I’m proud of them — they worked hard and they deserve it.”

Both teams had found their groove as they arrived to the championship game, with Bridgewater looking for that final win to cap off an undefeated season. Meanwhile, SunRidge stood at 8-3.

From the start, the Bobcats looked the most comfortable of the two teams, as they maintained a ton of possession in the Eagles’ side of the field.

Less than five minutes into the game the Bobcats got their first corner of the match, before getting a few solid looks at goal.

Francisco Martinez had the first

good shot at the goal for the Bobcats, though the ball went just wide of the iron.

After that shot things started to even out a bit as the Eagles began to find their footing and a flow in the game — kicking off with a corner at the 11:35 mark before Nakagawa was pressured and forced to make a quality save with 9:43 left in the half to keep the score knotted up at 0-0.

The Eagles would get one last opportunity before the half when Finlay Prain came close to putting SunRidge ahead with five seconds to go in the first half, but the ball sailed a bit on him and flew just left of goal.

The second half would continue the stalemate between the two schools, with both exchanging near chances — the first of which came less than two minutes in when SunRidge’s Daniel Hernandez tried a shot of his own on goal that was promptly stopped.

About nine minutes later, with 9:58 left in regulation, Bridgewater’s Ricardo Davila would have the best chance of the night, as he took the ball deep into the Eagles’ final third — going one-on-one with Cunningham before pushing the ball wide left and crumbling to the ground in disappointment.

The remaining time in regulation passed without much action, and so did the five-minute golden goal overtime period.

All that was left now was penalty kicks, which saw Bridgewater’s Nicolas Mujica step up first.

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Is football something you’d like to do collegiately?

I want to play college football. I have a D1 offer right now from Jacksonville State, but I want to get more.

I have to get better, faster and stronger and just prove myself more on film. That is something I dream of doing though.

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football included four years as a starter at guard for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers before being drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2008 NFL Draft.

From 2008 to 2015, McGlynn saw time with the Eagles, Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis Colts, Washington Redskins, Kansas City Chiefs and the New Orleans Saints.

His time in the NFL was revolutionary in how he approaches football, as McGlynn got the opportunity to play under coaches like Andy Reid, Marvin Lewis and Sean Payton.

“Andy Reid is one of my biggest mentors besides my father,” McGlynn said. “I was able to be around some tremendous leaders of men — Andy Reid being the top for me, and Sean Payton being very renowned in my eyes and a great leader and play caller.”

During his time with some of the league’s most influential coaches, McGlynn had the

chance to really glean information that he saw would be beneficial to a football player.

Of all the things he took away from his time as a professional, it was the simplest thing that has stuck with him throughout the years.

“The biggest thing I learned about my NFL career is what is great communication, and what’s not good communication,” McGlynn said. “Sitting back and watching those great leaders lead, I’ve learned a lot and look to apply those life lessons to our young men at West Orange.”

One of the biggest challenges McGlynn has had to face thus far is the coaching change itself.

Taking over the program midway through the season is tough, and that’s not lost on McGlynn.

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“Our practices are more uptempo, our transition from our weight room to the field is more efficient and more structured and we are just trying to take advantage of every minute that we have to get better,” McGlynn said. “That’s one thing that is a little bit of a culture thing that we’re going to implement.”

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“I was mostly thinking about where I wanted the ball to go,” Mujica said. “I didn’t want to miss — if I missed I pretty much knew that the other team would be more confident in their penalties and that really brought me to locate the ball better.”

Mujica would easily sink the first penalty for the Bobcats, before SunRidge’s Jacob Bignon responded in kind. From there Bridgewater’s Caleb Henson would knock in the Bobcats’ second penalty, while SunRidge’s Nicholas Sirois answered to tie it up at 2-2.

SunRidge, despite being the underdog, seemed to be keeping pace with Bridgewater until the third round of penalties came about. Following the Bobcats’ third successful PK by Dominic Vosilla, SunRidge’s Nathan Cullen stepped up to the ball and drilled it right off the post — sending it careening away from goal.

The miss put Bridgewater in perfect position.

Davila would knock in his penalty for Bridgewater, before Prain hit what would be the last penalty for SunRidge. What followed was the game-sealing penalty from Suarez to give the Bobcats the 5-3 victory — capping off a perfect 12-0 season with a title.

“I don’t know if anyone has done that before,” Kennedy said.

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Nona and No. 8 Dr. Phillips travels to No. 1 Riverview Sarasota. Both games took place Wednesday, Oct. 23, after press time.

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While many eyes are glued to what’s happening on the football field, all of the fall sports are going full bore into postseason mode — which includes district tournaments and regionals.

For some schools there was disappointment abound, but for a handful of others, district titles and playoff spots were clinched over the last week or two.

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WINDERMERE VOLLEYBALL DEFEATS DR. PHILLIPS

Fewer match-ups were bigger — and more anticipated — than the Class 7A, District 5 volleyball final between Windermere and Dr. Phillips Thursday, Oct. 17.

Going into that game, both teams had only faced off once during the regular season — a game that saw the Panthers best the Wolverines in a 3-1 win at Windermere.

To say that loss — one of only two for the Wolverines (25-2) — stung is a bit of an understatement, Wolverines Head Coach Layla West said.

“Losing to DP was a big eye opener for us during the regular season, and it was one of our first losses,” West said. “We knew going into that match playing DP at DP, it was something that not only did we have to prepare for physically, but mentally as well, because DP brings that crowd.”

With Windermere being the No. 1 seed, the Wolverines got to take

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The Wolverines sealed a spot in the state playoffs after a big win over Dr. Phillips in the district final.

advantage of a new system where they enjoyed a bye in the quarterfinals before going on to beat fifthseeded Cypress Creek 3-0. Meanwhile, the No. 3-seeded Panthers had to knock off No. 6 Tohopekaliga and No. 2 Lake Nona — the latter being a test for the Panthers, who traded jabs with the Lions before winning in the fifth set.

In the championship game, things started off rough for the Panthers as they took a shot to the chin early and fell 25-19 in the first set.

“It was tough for us, but it kind of shook us and kind of put us in that mindset, ‘We don’t want to be here — we don’t want to lose the

next three sets,’” West said. “I’m really impressed with our girls and our performance to make sure that didn’t happen.”

The wakeup call sounded, and the Panthers went on to take the next three sets 25-19, 25-15 and 25-14 to seal up the district title.

Taylor Head once again proved a threat as she recorded 25 kills and 17 digs, while Cassidy Chambers recorded 14 kills and 13 digs. For the Panthers, Olivia Osuna racked up 50 assists, while Alicia Virtue had 15 kills and 24 digs.

Both teams will face big challenges in the regional quarterfinals of the 7A state tournament, as No. 3 Windermere hosts No. 6 Lake

Fewer teams have more to live up to than the Windermere Prep boys golf team.

Last season, the Lakers stormed their way to bringing home the 2018 Class 1A boys state title, and this year, Head Coach Kyle McClone is hoping for a repeat after winning the 1A, District 8 title by a whopping 66 shots (team total of 275; 13 under par) Monday, Oct. 14.

“I think the kids had a good game plan on how to play the course and they obviously executed the plan really well,” McClone said. “The golf course was in fantastic shape, so to play on greens that are perfect to where you hit a good putt and you know it’s going into the hole, that’s really exciting for them..”

No one took advantage of the course at The Country Club of Winter Haven more than senior Hiroshi Tai, who shot a scorching 64 (8-under-par) for the Lakers. Meanwhile, teammates Tiago Barni (69), Camden Smith (71) and Kenny Nguyen (71) all finished under par. McClone’s alternate David Wu — whose score didn’t count — shot a 75.

While winning has become a bit of the norm over at Windermere Prep for McClone and his program, this year’s team is different than previous years, McClone

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DISTRICT WINNERS Foundation Academy volleyball — Class 2A, District 6 Olympia girls golf — Class 3A, District 5 The First Academy boys golf — Class 1A, District 7 The First Academy girls golf — Class 1A, District 7 Windermere boys golf — Class 3A, District 5 Windermere Prep girls golf — Class 1A, District 8 NON-DISTRICT WINNERS (PLAYOFF SPOT CLINCHED) Dr. Phillips volleyball — Class 7A, District 5 runner-up Legacy Charter volleyball — at-large bid The First Academy volleyball — Class 3A, District 4 runnerup Windermere girls golf— Class 3A, District 5 runner-up

said. Instead of having a bunch of seniors, this year Tai is the lone 12th grader.

“Over the past years we’ve had two to three seniors on the team and some juniors, but this is probably the youngest group that we have had,” McClone said. “To see them really mature and step up and continue to get better throughout the years has been really fun.”

The next step for Windermere Prep will be a brutal Class 1A, Region 2 tournament at Providence Golf Club against some of the best teams in the state — including powerhouses in The First Academy, Lake Mary Prep and Circle Christian.

“Four out of the top five teams are probably in our area,” McClone said. “We have our work cut out for us.”

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Games are Friday, Oct. 25, unless otherwise noted n JUPITER CHRISTIAN (0-8) AT CFCA (3-5) GAME: Thursday, Oct. 24 After starting the season 0-3, CFCA (3-5) has found its footing lately — going 3-2 with wins against Windermere Prep, Trinity Christian and First Academy-Leesburg. This week, the Eagles will look to keep the winning going as they host a struggling Jupiter Christian (0-8) side that hasn’t won a game all season.

On average, Jupiter Christian has been outscored an average of 13.5 to 33.5. n DR. PHILLIPS (7-2) AT OAK RIDGE (1-7) Dr. Phillips’ senior night couldn’t have gone any better for the Panthers (7-2), as they clinched their 12th consecutive district title with a 47-10 blowout of East Ridge last week. Although the Panthers have a playoff spot sealed, there still is one final regularseason game as they travel to Oak Ridge to take on the Pioneers (1-7). The Pioneers are coming off their first win of the season — a 35-0 blanking of Windermere.

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or the second consecutive week, West Orange was on the wrong end of a tough loss — this time it was a 28-21 defeat at the hands of Lake Brantley Thursday, Oct. 17, in the last seconds of the game.

After being set up inside the 5-yard line thanks to a 23-yard screen pass from Lake Brantley quarterback Noah Hudak to Mason Norwood, Hudak crashed past the Warriors for a 1-yard touchdown with just 7.2 seconds remaining.

An extra point by Robert Soto and an interception on a prayer tossed up by Warriors quarterback Tyler Huff sealed the 28-21 district win for the Patriots (5-3, 2-2). The loss for the Warriors (4-4, 2-2) was the second against a team that runs a unique offense, always a tough task, said Warriors interim head coach Mike McGlynn.

“Obviously when you’re facing a team like (Lake) Brantley that runs that style of offense (triple option), every possession is crucial,” McGlynn said. “Not capitalizing in the red zone — inside the 10-yard line — on our

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Lidney St. juste eyes a defender as he runs the ball on a play.

first possession was a waste for us, because when you’re playing a team like that, obviously you’d like to get up on them so you can get them out of what they want to do, which is run the ball.”

That first drive for the Warriors ended with a missed field goal from 22 yards out by Riley Boyd, but it didn’t take long before West Orange would find itself back in scoring position.

With 5:36 left in the first quarter, a bad handoff by Hudak was fumbled around before being recovered by the Warriors. Two minutes later, Sinica Sigler rumbled up the middle for a 1-yard touchdown run to give the Warriors the lead. Boyd dinged the ball off the upright, keeping the score at 6-0.

The Patriots got their first and only score of the first half when Travis Lesko found pay dirt on a 4-yard run. A successful PAT handed the Patriots their first

lead of the night at 7-6 with 10:09 left in the half.

Two minutes later, West Orange answered. Sigler ran over defenders on a 41-yard touchdown run. The PAT split the uprights, and the Warriors would take their 13-7 lead into the half.

“Biggest thing is just capitalizing — taking care of our techniques and fundamentals, because in that first half, there were just some glaring things,” McGlynn said. “Coming out of the half, we were looking to get the ball back, and we have a game plan. … Then they do a great job executing an onside kick and momentum is on their side.”

The onside kick to start the second half was the real switch in the game for Lake Brantley, as Lesko reeled off back-to-back scores — a 24-yard run in the third quarter and a 3-yard run in the beginning of the fourth quarter to take a 21-13 lead.

After seeing their offense shut down for most of the second half, the Warriors finally had an answer — thanks in part to multiple defensive pass interference calls against the Patriots.

Huff hit Jaylon Carlies for the 6-yard touchdown before turning around and tossing the ball over to Garrett Valentine for the two-point conversion — tying the game at 21-21 with 3:56 left to go. What followed was a soulcrushing 10-play, 58-yard drive by the Patriots that culminated in the game-sealing touchdown

by Hudak with 7.2 seconds.

The Warriors will now set their eyes on a big rivalry game on Thursday night as they take on Ocoee in “The Shield Game.”

CFCA DOMINATES IN 45-12 WIN OVER FIRST ACADEMY-LEESBURG

It may have rained throughout CFCA’s senior night Friday, Oct. 18, but there were no long faces by game’s end — the Eagles dominated First Academy-Leesburg in a big 45-12 victory.

After a season that started 0-3, the Eagles (3-5) have rebounded nicely in the past five games and almost were perfect in their win over FA-Leesburg (4-4).

“We finally came together and played together as a team,” CFCA head coach Jeremy Campbell said. “On both sides of the ball, guys are finally starting to click a little bit and are starting to play for each other.”

A big part of Friday night’s outcome was thanks largely to a balance of offense and defense for the Eagles, which showed up early.

Right out of the gate, the

n WEST OAKS ACADEMY (2-6) AT FOUNDATION ACADEMY (7-2) Foundation Academy (7-2) goes into its final game of the regular season against West Oaks Academy (2-6) and hopes to finish strong before the playoffs. The potent Lions’ offense — led by quarterback Henry Austad and Danny Stutsman — hopes to exploit a shaky Flame defense that has given up an average of nearly 29 points per game.

Offensively, the Flame have struggled through year; they average fewer than 20 points per game. n SANTA FE CATHOLIC (3-5) AT LEGACY CHARTER (7-1) With last week’s 28-21 win over Cocoa Beach, Legacy Charter (7-1) sealed the No. 1 spot in the FCS North to advance to the 2019 FCS State Championship tourney.

But before they think about the playoffs, the Eagles have one last regular-season game against Santa Fe Catholic (3-5). Although the Hawks are coming off a 21-15 loss at the hands of All Saints’ Academy, in the two games prior, the Hawks dominated — winning by a combined score of 92-9 over Bishop McLaughlin Catholic and Shorecrest Prep.

That offense will be put to the test Friday, as the Hawks have to deal with defenders such as junior Hunter Moyer and senior Matt Cochrane. n WEST ORANGE (4-4) AT OCOEE (3-5) GAME: Thursday, Oct. 24 Both West Orange (4-4) and Ocoee (3-5) have had a rough go of it for most of the season.

The Warriors are coming off a disappointing last-second loss to Lake Brantley, while the Knights lost their fifth consecutive game. Although disappointment abounds, there are fewer things that

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Braden Holcomb fights for the ball against the Orangewood defense.

Eagles’ defense forced FA-Leesburg to punt after holding on third down. Then the offense came out firing.

A few plays following a big toss from quarterback Nathan O’Dell to Daveon Reynolds, Wilkerson St. juste stampeded to his first touchdown of the night on a 14-yard run. The PAT gave the Eagles the early 7-0 lead with 8:11 left in the first quarter.

FA-Leesburg responded on the next drive, as quarterback Nick Jackson would hit Bryce Cherry on a 16-yard touchdown pass.

The following PAT was emphatically blocked by a leaping Reynolds to maintain the Eagles’ 7-6 lead with 54 seconds left in the opening quarter.

The back-and-forth scoring continued. The Eagles stormed downfield to the FA-Leesburg 1-yard line — thanks to a run by St. juste — but this time, it was O’Dell who called his number for the 1-yard QB keeper. Although the extra point was partially blocked, it still made it through the uprights to make it 14-6 with 9:52 left in the half.

FA-Leesburg’s next drive end-

ed on a wide-receiver pass from Treavon Cummings to Justin Sombelon for six, before Reynolds snagged a pick on the proceeding two-point conversion attempt. The Eagles’ lead was cut to 14-12, but that would be as close as FA-Leesburg would get. The Eagles went on to shut out FA-Leesburg’s offense for the rest of the game.

“They had those two fluke plays in the first half where it’s busted coverage, but the defense, we tell them all the time, ‘Bend, but don’t break,’ and they definitely did that,” Campbell said.

After St. juste had a 64-yard touchdown run called back for holding with 3:38 left in the half, the Eagles had some trickery of their own to show.

Wide receiver Keenan Milroy took the direct snap before tossing the ball behind the line of scrimmage to O’Dell, who then heaved it around 35 yards downfield to Nyjal Davis. Davis shook off tackles for the 45-yard touchdown as the half expired.

The score and extra point put the Eagles ahead 21-12 going into the break, but Campbell stressed to

his guys that it wasn’t over.

“We made corrections, but before leaving the locker room I tell them, ‘There is nothing less important than the score at halftime,’” Campbell said.

In the third quarter, O’Dell picked up another short-rushing touchdown, while Reynolds grabbed his first touchdown of the night on a 15-yard scamper. Then, in the last quarter of play, Jajuan Preaster hauled in a 12-yard touchdown, before St. juste capped off the night with his second score of the night on a blistering 57-yard touchdown run.

The Eagles hope to keep rolling as they host Jupiter Christian (0-8) Thursday, Oct. 24.

FOUNDATION ACADEMY THRASHES ORANGEWOOD CHRISTIAN, 42-21

The Foundation Academy Lions blew out the Orangewood Christian Rams 42-21 Friday, Oct. 19.

“We started off a little slow, but I expected that,” Lions Head Coach Brad Lord said. “We got banged up last week, and we had three new offensive linemen in there, and they did a great job — we got clicking.”

Henry Austad had a huge day for the Lions (7-2), completing 20 of his 27 passes for 325 yards and four touchdowns. Braden Holcomb caught six passes for 132 yards and a touchdown, while Danny Stutsman had five receptions for 97 yards and a touchdown.

The Lions will celebrate senior night Friday, Oct. 25, when they host the West Oaks Academy Flame (2-6), before setting their sights on the playoffs.

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take the edge off a tough season more than a win over a rival, and that’s just what both teams will be looking for in “The Shield Game” Thursday, Oct. 24. Over the last few years, the Warriors have dominated the series, going 4-1 against the Knights since the 2014 season — outscoring Ocoee 228 to 76 in the process. Ocoee’s last win in the series came in 2016, when the Knights squeaked out a 31-29 victory. Pride will be on the line for both teams as they fight for the shield. n OLYMPIA (3-5) AT EAST RIDGE (4-4) The roller-coaster season for Olympia (3-5) continues as the Titans travel to East Ridge (4-4) for a district matchup with the Knights.

The Titans have dropped back-toback games for the second time this season — falling to Dr. Phillips and Boone — while the Knights have had their own struggles, having gone 1-4 after starting the season 3-0. The Knights’ offense is a three-pronged attack consisting of dual-threat quarterback Robbie Sanders (1,106-passing yards, 11 passing touchdowns; 415 rushing yards, 10-rushing touchdowns), receiver Jack Crumblish (369 receiving yards, five touchdowns) and running back Cordell Saunders (592 rushing yards, four touchdowns).

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n AKELYNN’S ANGELS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (1-6) AT TFA (3-4) After a big 38-17 win over rival Windermere Prep last week, The First Academy (3-4) hopes to win its third consecutive game in a matchup against Akelynn’s Angels Christian Academy (1-6).

Since starting the season with six consecutive losses, the Wildcats picked up their first win against Four Corners two weeks ago before going into a bye week. Meanwhile, the Royals are playing some of their best football this season. n BOONE (4-4) AT WINDERMERE (1-6) A tough season gets even tougher as Windermere (1-6) hosts a redhot Boone (4-4), which is currently riding a four-game win streak. A large part of that success has come from the Braves’ offense. That unit is led by sophomore quarterback Casey St. John — who has thrown for more than 1,000 yards this season — and senior running back Christian Roberts and his 900-plus yards on the ground. Although the offense for Boone has been strong, the defense is another story. The Braves give up more than 26 points per game — something that the Wolverines hope to exploit in Friday’s tilt. n BISHOP SNYDER (1-7) AT WINDERMERE PREP (2-6) A 38-17 Homecoming loss to The First Academy was tough for Windermere Prep (2-6), but the Lakers hope to rebound in their seasonfinale matchup against Bishop Snyder (1-7). Through their eight games, the Cardinals have been outscored 10 to 36 and scored more than 20 points once — a 22-14 win over a 2-6 Cedar Creek Christian.

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THROWBACK THURSDAY The Winter Garden Times Oct. 24, 1974 In 1974, Messenger, Facebook, Snapchat and texting had yet to be invented for communicating with others. The only way to talk to someone was the old-fashioned telephone.

The phone directory was an important book, especially for businesses who needed to get their phone numbers into the hands of customers. In the Oct. 24, 1974, issue of The Winter Garden Times, Florida Telephone advertised the deadline for submitting changes or additions to listings for the new directory, which was distributed to every home and business in the area.

75 years ago

Everybody is invited to attend the Democratic rally Saturday night at 8 o’clock in Winter Garden on Main Street near the A.C.L. Railway depot. Prominent speakers will address the assembly and deliver messages of vital interests.

From all reports, canning of food by the women of Winter Garden district was a record breaker the past season. Records at the local ration board office show that approximately 20,000 pounds of sugar was used.

Frederick H. Bekemeyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Bekemeyer, is home on a 10day leave prior to leaving for the University of the South in Suwannee, Tennessee, where he will continue classes in the U.S. Navy V-12 program.

Consumer purchases of rationed stoves must be made with a certificate obtained at local war price and rationing boards.

65 years ago

Mrs. Arthur O’Brien, leader, and Mrs. Bob Kerr, co-leader, entertained Troop 10 Girl Scouts at the Kerr home with a Halloween party.

The Orlando Transit Company bus had a freak accident in front of the Davis Pharmacy on Plant Street last evening when the bus hit the bumper

FROM THE ARCHIVES Five Lakeview High School cheerleaders pose for photographer B.P. Hannon in this photograph from the early 1960s: Kathy Burgess, left, Class of 1961; Nancy Stout and Margaret Phillips, Class of 1962; Peggy Watford, Class of 1963; and Sharon Thompson, Class of 1962. The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation preserves hundreds of photographs by Hannon, who operated a camera shop in Winter Garden and chronicled West Orange County’s social life for decades.

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. of Gene Cappleman’s car that was parked.

The Roper Co-Operative held its regular annual meeting at the offices, and at the conclusion of the meeting, the members went to Roper’s camp on Lake Butler for a chicken

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County Commissioner A.D. Mims said the cost for the Avalon Road job was $15,558.06.

Twenty years ago, phone numbers went like this: Iserman & Co. (Florida Metal Craft), 1; Ned Vick Inc., 696;

111 Crocus cousin 115 Done and done?

116 Actors in a documentary about physical appearance?

120 Barn toppers 121 Tot 123 Cameo stone 124 Org. with prohibited items 125 Bring out 126 Shiny cotton fabric 127 Sushi roll wrap 128 Pull 129 News anchor’s place 130 Endures 131 Just out of the shower 132 Oui, in English

Highfill Dry Cleaners, 307; Davis Pharmacy, 79; Winter Garden Hardware, 208; Mask Welding & Repair Shop, 612-Green.

44 Sound off 46 Mole or vole 47 Successful hacker’s cry 48 No. 1 pick 49 Shoe insert 52 Tesla’s rival 53 Experience again 57 Without thinking 58 Tire patterns 60 Forty winks 61 Paid player 63 Swapped 68 Bars on a pkg.

69 Nervous twitch 70 London of fashion 72 Like some necklines 73 Kind of butter in lip gloss 74 Sports squad DOWN 75 Sitar master Shankar 1 Lines on a music score 77 “That makes sense” 2 Vatican-related 80 Uppermost point 3 Pet shelter org.

81 Gold-medal skater 4 What worrywarts do Lipinski 5 Place to buy lox 82 Shut with a bang 6 Root around 84 Frisky, whiskered swim7 ___ mater mers 8 Get wind (of) 9 Calrissian in “Star Wars” 85 Suburban trees 87 Crime scene barrier movies 92 Lion-colored 10 Choose 94 Combat doc 11 Bent out of shape 96 Better half, so to speak 12 “Mudbound” Oscar 97 That, in Tabasco nominee Blige 98 Diane of “Book Club” 13 Kitchen sponge brand 14 Brightest star in Cygnus 99 “Whoa, big fella!”

101 Distorts, as data 15 ___ Park, Colorado 18 Kind of license or justice 102 Trying experience ©2019 Universal Uclick 104 Enjoyed immensely 20 Martial arts-based Apple’s video chat service? 55 Weigh station unit 83 One of thousands re105 Dodge ACROSS workout 29 “Fever” singer, 1958 56 Categorize, say ported during flu season?

106 Homo, for humans 1 Where jets might be 21 In tatters 31 Earthly item on the 59 Scuba excursion that 86 Small salamander heard 27 Lines on a 1-Down, maybe 107 Sunken ship moon isn’t thorough?

88 Chum 108 Instruments with octave 4 Longest-serving prez 28 Bottle stoppers 32 From ___ Z 62 It might contain a twist 89 Gutter locale keys 7 Permit 30 Subaru storage spot 33 Stable positions?

64 Place to do shots 90 Dolla Sign and Cobb 109 Impressionist Claude 12 Apple pie a la ___ 34 Cinch ___ (Hefty bag) 91 Ancient Briton 16 Prof’s helpers, for short 35 Barbara Gordon’s alter 65 ___ mail 36 Great serves from Bianca 112 Squalid ego 66 Zellweger of “Jerry 93 Nikon product 113 Magazine edition 17 Do another hitch Andreescu 39 Think the world of Maguire” 95 In the thick of 114 Does’ partners 19 Go for eagerly 37 Pulsates 40 Volume about an illegal 67 Good potatoes for 97 Test for a cosmetician?

117 Cub Scout groups 21 Derbies, e.g.

38 Some corp. takeovers basketball tactic? baking 100 Mexican bread 118 Combustible heap 22 iPhone download 40 URL opener 71 Letter after delta 103 Worried about 119 Freeway sign word 23 Pesky boy in “Blondie” 45 Floating at sea 41 Wayward G.I. 50 BOGO deal 73 Seat belt, e.g.

104 Gym area for strength122 Touchdown prediction?

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52 Physics work unit 78 Egg head?

110 Lil ___ X (“Old Town 26 Jokester who uses 43 Wine barrel sources 54 General Bradley 79 Pics on pecs, perhaps Road” rapper)

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