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VOLUME 84, NO. 44
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Costumed canines walk the red carpet. PAGE 13.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2017
Bump in the real-estate road Hurricane Irma’s effects on the market: $51.6 million in damage and a 20% decline in September sales. SEE 25.
TURN BACK YOUR CLOCKS Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5. Be sure to turn your clocks back one hour before going to sleep Saturday night. The next daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 11, 2018.
OCOEE GOES ALL-IN FOR XMAS
The Ocoee Police Department is hosting a poker tournament at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov, 4, at the Ocoee Lakeshore Center, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive, to benefit its annual Toys for Kids in Need program. Big Stacks Poker League will provide dealers, chips and management. A $50 suggested donation includes a catered lunch, two drinks and 7,500 chips. Players can get an extra 1,000 chips with every toy they donate, up to five. For more, contact Sgt. Mireya Iannuzzi at (407) 554-7197.
Bollhoefer: Hampton Inn not confirmed The Winter Garden city manager said a proposal for the inn on Dillard Street has yet to begin the city’s approval process. GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR
During the Oct. 26 City Commission meeting, Winter Garden City Manager Mike Bollhoefer took the opportunity to address the confusion regarding recent news of a Hampton Inn reported to open on Dillard Street. According to Bollhoefer, a SEE HOTEL PAGE 6
Feb. 28, 1931 — Oct. 26, 2017
How do you say goodbye to your hero? Jack Quesinberry served as Winter Garden’s mayor for nearly 17 years — the longest tenure in the city’s history. But to Community Editor Amy Quesinberry, he’s simply “Daddy.” AMY QUESINBERRY COMMUNITY EDITOR
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addy has been building for me my entire life. I have lived in four homes constructed by his strong, rugged hands. He created all sorts of backyard equipment for my younger sister and me, and he put together the wooden swing set for my children. “But this amazing man can take credit for building so much more than structures. He built his own construction business from the bottom up. He built a large, loud, silly family. He built a community. He built a reputation for integrity and honesty and respect. I wrote those words on Father’s Day 2016 — while sitting with this strong-willed, determined man as he breathed easier with the help of an oxygen tank, lying on his side, fighting the pain that had developed that week — on what I expected to be my last holiday with him. SEE JACK PAGE 4
He was always ready to give a tight hug — or even a loan — when one of his children needed him. He took fatherhood seriously. His children and his family were his world.