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VOLUME 86, NO. 43
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019
This is Halloween! West Orange elementary schools celebrated incognito. SEE 20.
Ocoee’s origins The 26th annual Ocoee Founders’ Day Festival celebrated the start of the city with a star-studded country music show. PHOTOS ON PAGE 4.
Elks plan benefit for Ocoee resident The Winter Garden chapter will raise funds for Dana Hopkins, who was injured in 2018 after falling from a tree. TIM FREED MANAGING EDITOR
An Ocoee resident in a time of need isn’t alone — and an upcoming event is about to prove that. The Winter Garden Elks Lodge will be hosting a fundraising event Saturday, Nov. 2, benefiting Dana Hopkins — an Ocoee resident who fell from a hunting perch in December SEE HELPING PAGE 7
Jimmie Allen sang his heart out during his performance at the 2019 Ocoee Founders’ Day.
YOUR TOWN FALL BACK You will have one less hour of sunlight in the evening starting Sunday, Nov. 3, when daylight saving time ends. Don’t forget to move your clocks back one hour before you go to bed Saturday night — or at 2 a.m. Sunday — whichever comes first. PRSRT STD ECRWSS US POSTAGE PAID WINTER GARDEN, FL PERMIT NO. 81
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City of Winter Garden considers term changes A proposed charter amendment would add another year to the terms of the mayor and city commissioners starting in 2023. TIM FREED MANAGING EDITOR
A proposed charter amendment in Winter Garden would extend the terms of elected officials on the City Commission. Winter Garden city commissioners conducted a first reading at their Thursday, Oct. 24, meet-
ing on an ordinance submitting a series of proposed city charter changes to the voters — with one of the changes amending the terms of the mayor and city commissioners to four years instead of three. That change would apply to any SEE OFFICIALS PAGE 4
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UP, UP & AWAY Shepherd’s Hope took gala guests around the world at its Masquerade Ball. PAGE 10.