SO U T H W EST O RA N G E
Observer Windermere, Horizon West, Dr. Phillips
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 7, NO. 4
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021
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HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS
If you’re craving some fall fun, West Orange is the place to be. SEE PAGE 3.
Ocoee commissioners voted to allow the store to sell animals. SEE 6.
Mandate debate rages on Orange County firefighters continue their fight against a vaccine mandate. SEE PAGE 5.
YOUR TOWN WOMAN’S CLUB ASSISTS S.T.A.R.S. GFWC Woman’s Club of Ocoee collected school supplies to be donated to S.T.A.R.S. of West Orange, an organization that coordinates community efforts to provide backpacks and schools supplies to local economically disadvantaged students. Education Chair Lillian Lasseter was on hand to give Allisha Douglas, executive director, the donation. The pandemic canceled the club’s 2020 Creative Expressions event, which allows students at Ocoee schools to enter an arts contest and win the gift of a check and school supplies for their school.
Anthony Rollo found a kid-sized gourd in the pumpkin patch.
LIFE IS GOURD Hamlin welcomes the fall with its Pumpkin Patch Palooza. SEE PAGE 4.
Photos by Jim Carchidi
Brooke Joyce made a festive mask at the craft table.
SWINGING SENSATION The First Academy celebrated Homecoming with its annual fall carnival. PAGE 14. PRSRT STD ECRWSS US POSTAGE PAID WINTER GARDEN, FL PERMIT NO. 81
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Eat, drink and be scary! Whispering Oak hosted a Trunk-orTreat event last week. SEE PAGE 18.
