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VanderLey victorious After the primary was too close to call, the race for the District 1 Orange County Commission seat went to a run-off. On Tuesday, Betsy VanderLey defeated Robert “Bobby” Olszewski. 4.

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Rock legend Pat Benatar took the stage Nov. 4 for the Ocoee Founders’ Day Festival. The annual festival honors the city’s heritage with family friendly fun.

Attention foodies: 10th A Taste of Dr. Phillips set for Sunday.

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Rock star Pat Benatar and her husband Neil Giraldo headlined Friday’s concert with some of their Top 10 hits, including “Invincible” and “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.” For more photos, see page 3.

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2016 Bad Pants Gala features loud leggings and terrible trousers.

It was a chilly Saturday evening, and the 23rd annual Ocoee Founders’ Day Festival was in full swing with hundreds of people in attendance. Saima Plasencia confidently patrolled Bill Breeze Park, unceasingly vigilant of her surroundings as she warmly SEE CHIEF PAGE 4

Join Matthew’s Hope at its first Giving on the Green Sip and fundraiser at the West Orange Country Club, 3300 West Orange Country Club Drive, Winter Garden.

The event, from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, includes live music, a putting contest and a silent auction. Presale tickets are $60 and include wine, beer, specialty cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets the night of the event are $75.

For another $25, stay for a buffet-style dinner.

For more, visit Matthews HopeMinistries.org.

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“I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve the citizens of Ocoee,” said Ocoee Police Department Dep. Chief Saima Plasencia.

The city of Winter Garden is sponsoring its annual Thanksgiving food basket drive for the West Orange Christian Service Center.

Food baskets should be taken to the Christian Service Center, 300 W. Franklin St., Ocoee. Items required are a $10 gift card to Publix or Winn-Dixie, dessert, bread or mix, stuffing mix, two canned vegetables, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce. Baskets must be dropped off by noon Thursday, Nov. 17.

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ADVENTURES FROM THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee.

Everybody loves that willy, nilly, silly ol’ bear — Winnie the Pooh.

Hear stories about Pooh and his friends and enjoy fun activities and a craft. Ages 3-5. (407) 835-7323.

BASICS OF SQUARE FOOT GARDENING 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Jessie Brock Community Center, 310 N. Dillard St., Winter Garden. Join Ed Thralls, of the Orange County Master Gardener Program, as he provides expertise in general education classes on urban horticulture. $5 per class per family. Advance registration is required at (407) 254-9200.

FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: MS. BEE’S POPCORN & CANDY SHOPPE 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at 2 E. Plant St., Winter Garden.

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MAKE HALF OF YOUR GRAINS WHOLE 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Learn the importance of eating whole grains and the health benefits of including whole grain and whole wheat in your diet. This class will teach you to identify whether or not a product is whole grain by learning to read labels. Seats are limited.

Registration required at (407) 835-7323.

SENIOR TRAVEL ADVENTURES 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Learn about the Road Scholar program as Stephanie Berry recounts her adventures. The program allows participants to experience learning opportunities on travel adventures. Also learn about Airbnb and other great deals for seniors who want to explore the world. (407) 835-7323.

WEST ORANGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at West Orange Country Club, 3300 West Orange Country Club Drive, Winter Garden.

Guest speaker Kathe Swanson, a legal immigrant from Austria, will speak on the process of becoming a U.S. citizen. Lunch is $20. worw.federated@gmail. com. RSVP at (407) 248-9559.

FRIDAY, NOV. 11

CAREGIVING MATTERS WORKSHOPS Check-in starts at 9:30 a.m., presentation is 10 to noon Friday, Nov. 11, at Serenades West Orange, 720 Roper Road, Winter Garden. The series is being held in partnership with the State of Florida Department of Elder Affairs and the Senior Resource Alliance. This month’s program is “How to Determine the Stages of Dementia,” and it helps caregivers and family members better deal with their loved ones by understanding the loss of cognitive function and what stage they are experiencing. Admission is free.

Register with Cindi Spurgeon of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center, (407) 843-1910, Ext. 301.

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ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Jessie Brock Community Center, 310 N. Dillard St., Winter Garden. Shop for one-of-a-kind items made exclusively by the Winter Garden Recreation Department’s 50+ participants. (407) 656-4155.

BLUE HIKE: LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE TOUR 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, on the north shore of Lake Apopka; meet at the McDonald Ramp, 24600 County Road 448A, Mount Dora. Join Oakland Nature Preserve President Jim Peterson for a two- to threehour kayak tour. Paddle the North Shore Restoration Area and see wildlife. Participants must take their own canoe or kayak and life jacket. No beginners or inflatable kayaks. Limited space is available. Free for ONP members, $5 for others.

Preregistration required online at oaklandnaturepreserve.org.

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ELKS TURKEY SHOOT 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Winter Garden Elks Lodge, 700 Ninth St. Cost is $3 a shot.

There are 12 stations to shoot from; closest pellet to the center wins a turkey in each round.

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SENIORS BOK TOWER TRIP 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, meet at West Orange Seniors, 1701 Adair St., Ocoee, for a trip to Bok Tower for a tour, program and lunch. Cost is $45.

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ST. LUKE’S HOLIDAY BAZAAR 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 4851 S. ApopkaVineland Road, Orlando. The United Methodist Women are presenting the 34th annual event, which includes a holiday market place with themed shops: Glass Menagerie, Creative Fall Décor, Shabby Chic, Sweet Shop, Country Store and more. Debbie McNary, (407) 719-1199, umw@st.lukes.org.

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PRE-THANKSGIVING GALA 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, in the Food for Thought catering venue at West Oaks Mall, 9401 W. Colonial Drive, Suite 542, Ocoee. Hosted by FarMor Entertainment, this eighth annual event, “Oh Give Thanks (Part VIII),” will give local authors, singers, dancers, poets and spoken-word artists the opportunity to showcase their gifts and talents. Banquet tickets are $25 at the door. For more, call (407) 476-8121.

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Ocoee rocks at annual Founders’ Day fest The Rico Monaco Band entertained the audience with both original songs and covers of popular ones on Friday.

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U.S. Navy veteran Donald Kaup has a framed map of Oahu.

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ill Breeze Park was transformed into a wonderland of carnival rides, games, vendors, musical performers and more for the 23rd annual Ocoee Founders’ Day Festival. The festival is a free event held for the public to celebrate the city of Ocoee’s roots and heritage. This

year’s event ran Friday, Nov. 4, through Saturday, Nov. 5.

Friday’s concert brought in headlining rock star Pat Benatar and husband Neil Giraldo, while country duo Big & Rich took the stage Saturday night.

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Noal Tilton, 7, took a break in the shade to enjoy the music at Ocoee Founders’ Day festival.

Every year during Ocoee’s Founders’ Day, Bill Marquis sits on the front porch of the Withers-Maguire House and carves.

Left: Dawn Gurtner swirled paint and glitter across 10-year-old Brooke Cockerel’s face during Ocoee’s Founders’ Day.

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Two Ocoee High teachers under police investigation GABBY BAQUERO STAFF WRITER

Two male teachers from Ocoee High School were placed on paid relief of duty pending the outcome of an investigation, Orange County Public Schools’ Katherine Marsh confirmed.

Marsh did not confirm the two teachers on paid relief of duty are the same teachers facing allegations of sexual misconduct, but

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Kristi Gray, of the Department of Children of Families, confirmed they are also investigating a case regarding two teachers from Ocoee High. One of the two teachers under investigation has been working for OCPS since Aug. 12, 2014. The second has been working for OCPS since August.

District spokeswoman Shari Bobinski could not confirm whether every hallway and

classroom has a security camera.

Ocoee Principal Laura Beusse sent a robocall to parents.

“Please be advised you may see media reports related to two employees who are involved in an investigation by law enforcement,” Beusse said during the Nov. 1 call. “These employees have been put on relief of duty and are not working at school at this time.”

Donald Kaup avoided injuries at Pearl Harbor and potential health risks at Bikini Atoll during his service in the U.S. Navy.

AMY QUESINBERRY RHODE COMMUNITY EDITOR

Seventy-five years later, Donald Kaup can still remember the announcement over the loudspeaker: “All hands man your battle stations. This is not a drill.

The Japs are here.”

The U.S. Navy fireman first class was 25 years old and serving aboard the USS Medusa when the Imperial Japanese Navy bombed the naval base at Pearl Harbor just before 8 a.m. Dec. 7, 1941.

Kaup, who will celebrate his centennial birthday Nov. 21, will be in Ocoee on Nov. 11 as a special guest for the city’s Veterans Day program. He lives in south Orlando but has ties to Ocoee.

The World War II veteran grew up in Skamokawa, Washington.

He enlisted in the military in January 1941, attending boot camp in San Diego and then machinist’s school in Michigan. His first assignment was the Medusa, which was the Navy’s first purpose-built repair ship. He worked in the lower machine shop.

“That’s where I spent most of my time on the ship,” Kaup said.

“I was a lathe operator. Medusa was a repair ship, and we had ships come alongside that had problems. We sometimes patched ships, whatever needed repair.”

When Pearl Harbor was attacked, his workload increased tremendously. His ship, which was moored off Pearl City Landing, was not struck, although there were many near misses.

The Medusa remained at Pearl Harbor until April 1943, when it traveled to the New Hebrides Islands, east of Australia, to continue working on ships. Kaup served there, as well as in Papua New Guinea and Admiralty Islands to the north.

After some leave time in the United States, Kaup was assigned to the USS Hecuba, at New Orleans. This is where he met and married his wife, Marie.

He still remembers the day, Jan. 1, 1945: “There were two girls who sat down in Walgreens drug store, and they said, ‘Do you want to sit with us, sailor? You were ahead

OCOEE TO HONOR PEARL HARBOR The public is invited to attend the city of Ocoee’s Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m.

Friday, Nov. 11, at Bill Breeze Park, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive.

The city will pay special tribute to Donald Kaup, 99, who survived the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.

Steve Shuga, first vice commander for the American Legion Department of Florida, is the keynote speaker. The ceremony also will include music and flag presentations.

Ocoee resident Tamia Dawkins, a student in Dr. Phillips High School’s fine-arts magnet program, will sing the national anthem with music from the Ocoee Middle School band. Additionally, there will be flag presentations by the Ocoee High School Junior ROTC Color Guard and Ocoee’s police and fire department honor guards. Refreshments will be served after the ceremony.

of us.’ The place was full. So I said yes.”

He arranged another meeting at the local bowling alley, and by April 12, they were husband and wife.

While on the Hecuba, Kaup achieved the rank of chief machinist’s mate. When the ship was decommissioned at Pearl Harbor, he was reassigned to another ship that was scheduled to go to the Bikini Atoll. Kaup said he took emergency leave just prior to the nuclear bomb testing.

After serving on numerous ships — including the USS General H.W. Butner, USS Bottineau, USS Latimer, USS Sabine and USS Zelima — Kaup became an instructor at the naval base in Valejo, California.

He retired in 1960 and moved his family to Orlando, spending five years at Cape Canaveral, at the start of the Saturn space program.

He also worked as an air-conditioning machinist.

Donald and Marie Kaup have three children, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Contact Amy Quesinberry Rhode at aqrhode@orangeobserver.com.

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VanderLey wins commission seat Oakland resident Betsy VanderLey will succeed outgoing District 1 Orange County Commissioner S. Scott Boyd.

GABBY BAQUERO AND DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITERS ORANGE COUNTY With more than

50% of the vote, Oakland resident Betsy VanderLey secured her place on the Orange County Commission Tuesday.

VanderLey earned 42,036 (53.5%) votes. Winter Garden City Commissioner Robert “Bobby” Olszewski

received 36,541 (46.5%) votes.

VanderLey celebrated her win at a watch party at The Vineyard Wine Bar and Healthy Bistro at The Grove Orlando.

“It’s a really great feeling,” VanderLey said of the win. “A lot of people helped make this happen. It’s never just one person.

Look at how many people were in here. Everyone of those folks in there has either written a check to help me do this or waved a sign or knocked on a door or made a phone call.

“There’s a lot of growth going on in District 1, and we all know it,” she said. “So, we (have) to make sure

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that we’re planning for road infrastructure, for parks, for school capacity, for all of those things.

And (the) first order of business is to figure out what’s already in the queue, so that I know if there’s things that are missing that need to be addressed.”

Olszewski watched the results at a private family gathering.

“I want to thank all of the voters who supported me in this campaign,” he said. “Obviously, we are disappointed with the results, but I look forward to spending more time with my baby daughter, Reagan, and my wife, Alison.”

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Incumbent Jerry Demings won reelection handily, earning 340,733 (65.35%) votes, compared to challenger Spike Hopkins’ 180,644 (34.65%) votes.

“I’m proud of what it signifies to have received affirmation from the voters of Orange County now for the third time, that I am the person they want to be the Orange County sheriff,” Demings said.

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of law enforcement and public service.

She retired after 30 years of service from the MiamiDade Police Department, where she ran a district station before becoming Ocoee’s first female deputy chief. Her time in that department has given her the skills she expects she needs to excel in her new role as deputy chief alongside Steve McCosker, who ChooseOrlandoHealth.com was promoted from lieutenant to deputy chief as well.

“The Miami-Dade Police Department has given me such a great inventory of skills that I don’t really look at anything as being hard or challenging,” Plasencia said. “I just look at it as: ‘Let’s just get the job done.’”

Plasencia is not the type to shy away from male-dominated roles or leadership. But she was not made aware she would be the department’s first female deputy chief until after she was hired.

“As a female officer in law enforcement, you don’t, at least, I don’t think of myself any differently,” Plasencia said. “I just think of myself as a police officer. So, although I’m inherently female, I don’t perform any differently than my male counterparts. So, for me, it’s a great moment in my career to kind of be the first in this department, but in the same token, I’m no different than the Ocoee Police Department’s new people who served before me in deputy chief in October, answered this position.” the middle school-age girl by Her passion for protecting and explaining what she would learn serving others runs in her blood. at a police academy and encour- Both her father and stepfather aging her to follow her dreams. worked in the military, requiring “The only difference between her family to move frequently. you and I is that I’m wearing But it wasn’t until she had grown this uniform,” Plasencia told the weary of working as a retail store young, aspiring cop. manager for two years and participated in a police ride-along in ‘I WANT THIS JOB’ Homestead that she finally realPlasencia, 53, lives for the duties ized her calling.

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greeted festival attendees with friendly jokes.

At one point, she sang along as a band played country music onstage. Minutes later, she found herself standing in front of a young girl who had suddenly walked up to her with admiration in her eyes and asked what it’s like to be a cop.

Plasencia, who became the

Rick Singh earned another term as Orange County’s property appraiser,

defeating challenger Edward DeAguilera in a heated race.

Singh earned 310,567 (60.69%) votes, while DeAguilera received 200,114 (39.11%) votes.

“The citizens of Orange County spoke loudly and clearly that they’re very satisfied,” Singh said.

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Incumbent Christine Moore defeated challenge Matthew Fitzpatrick to retain her seat as the District 7 representative on the Orange County School Board.

Moore received 34,411 (55.63%) votes, compared to Fitzpatrick’s 27,450 (44.37%) votes.

“It was clear from what we kept hearing ... that people recognized how hard I work for their kids and the strides the school district made as a whole,” Moore said.

“They expressed gratitude for the things that had been improved in the district.”

Fitzpatrick said he is ready to keep working as an educator.

“I’m disappointed, but it’s not the end of the world,” he said. “I’m still passionate about education, which means I have to try to help kids in a different way other than being on the School Board.”

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“I kind of got tired, you know?

Nothing was ever changing except for the merchandise,” Plasencia said. “It was kind of the same business. And then I had the opportunity to ride with a Homestead police officer, and I rode with them for a couple of nights, and I was like, ‘I want this job.’”

‘I LEARNED I COULD DO ANYTHING’

She then joined the police academy — an experience that transformed her from a studious girl who preferred reading books over interacting with other kids to someone who takes charge and feels confident enough to perform any task she’s given.

“When I went through the police academy, I came out a different person,” Plasencia said. “I always knew I could do any job anybody gave me, but I didn’t have any confidence in my own self. And coming out of the police academy, I learned I could do anything, and it gave me that confidence.”

After working in law enforcement for some time, she received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Lynn University and a master’s degree in leadership from Nova University. She has two adult daughters and now lives in Ocoee. When she’s not working, she spends her time exploring Ocoee, horseback riding and attending craft festivals.

Her husband, two horses and three dogs still live in Davie, and she drives down to visit on weekends. But her past four weeks living in Ocoee has been spent learning about the community, meeting government officials and exploring the history. She keeps several photos of historical places on her cell phone, such as the stained glass windows in the old Ocoee Christian Church.

She hopes her husband and pets soon will move to Ocoee with her.

But in the meantime, she plans to continue getting to know the community she’s sworn to serve. “(Serving others is) one of the most important components of my life,” she said.

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OCT. 25 900 block of Ninth Street. At 9:48 p.m., a police officer performed a traffic stop on a male bicyclist who did not have a rear red light on his bike. At one point during the traffic stop, the bicyclist sat down on the ground as the officer ran his information through the system.

During this process, a second assisting officer noticed the bicyclist sliding his left hand out of his cargo pants pocket and digging around in the dirt as if he was trying to quickly bury something. The officer then found a small, clear tied-up bag with a white granular substance inside the hole the bicyclist attempted to dig in the dirt. A police field test kit proved the substance was meth.

OCT. 27 13200 block of West Colonial Drive. At 2:08 p.m., an officer responded to a call from a Seacoast Bank employee about a man trying to cash a fraudulent check.

The bank employee was certain the check was fraudulent because she personally knew the signing party for 10 years and was aware the signing party always hand-signed checks. When officers attempted to transport the man to Orange County Jail, he became violent and resisted arrest. During transport, the man repeatedly kicked the interior of the police vehicle and used his head to strike the side and center windows, causing $500 in damage.

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OCT. 31 1720 block of East Silver Star Road. Around 7 p.m., an officer received a call about a female shoplifter. The female in question was observed selecting a bag of Reese’s candy amounting to $10.99 and a bag of shrimp amounting to $20.99.

The female then proceeded to grab other items and place them in her shopping cart, but she concealed the Reese’s candy and shrimp in her purse.

Ocoee considers dissolving code enforcement board Following a decision made by the Code Enforcement Board, Ocoee city commissioners have suspended the CEB’s next meeting and are considering the option to replace it entirely with a special magistrate.

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OCT. 30 Intersection of West Colonial Drive and Motamassek Road. At 11:45 p.m., an officer pulled over a white sedan he clocked traveling at 59 mph in a zone with a 45 mph speed limit. The driver and passenger were brother and sister who claimed to be returning from a concert. While obtaining their information, the officer noticed a distinct smell of cannabis emanating from the vehicle and asked them to shut off the car and step out. When asked about the source of the smell, the siblings responded it might be from the concert they just left. When asked again, the brother admitted he had smoked some.

At his answer, the sister then mumbled under her breath, “If you get into trouble, I will never associate with you again. Do you hear me?” The officer’s search produced various glass pipes and a green substance that tested positive for THC.

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OCOEE A controversial decision made by Ocoee’s volunteerbased Code Enforcement Board on Oct. 25 may lead to the dissolution of the board completely.

The final minutes of the Nov. 1 City Commission meeting were filled with ample discussion regarding the CEB’s decision — a motion that passed 4-2 and ignored the legal advice presented by a city attorney. The motion granted Jim Sills, the owner of property located at 1 Taylor St., until Aug. 31, 2018, to bring his lot into compliance with proper zoning standards.

City records show the lot in question, designated as light industrial zoning, has been used for outdoor storage for almost an entire 32 years since Sills bought the property in 1984.

The problem is such zoning does not permit outdoor storage, and a recent citizen complaint brought the matter to the CEB’s attention.

But Sills believed the city is partially to blame for not noticing before that his use of the property did not conform to zoning standards, particularly after the city granted him a fence permit in 1988.

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“So somewhere along the line, the city is at fault,” Sills said during the CEB meeting.

Sills entered a lease agreement for the property with a fiber optics company that stores its equipment and material on the lot that does not expire until August 2018. However, as per standard regulations and city staff’s recommendation, property owners with code violations regarding the nonconforming use of property are usually given a maximum of 30 days to clean up the lot.

For Sills to be given 22 months was out of the norm, and the decision prompted CEB member Michael Hopper, who staunchly opposed giving Sills more than 30 days, to leave the chambers after providing a verbal resignation.

“It needs to be treated as a violation,” Hopper said before the motion passed. “I don’t care how long it is, because like I said earlier, thank God the city don’t go back 32 years and want to bill him for 32 years of being in violation. ... That’s not a bad deal.”

Ocoee commissioners were appalled by the decision. City Attorney Scott Cookson presented their options for dealing with the consequences of the decision. One option dis-

cussed was to disband the CEB entirely and replace it with a special magistrate. The alternative option would be to replace certain noncomplying members of the CEB and go through an appeal process via the circuit court to reverse the decision.

However, the appeal process would cost the city an estimated $50,000 and take about a year.

“I love to see citizens involved, but that was a mockery of code enforcement what they did that night,” Mayor Rusty Johnson said. “They should have never done that. ... But I don’t want to spend $50,000 to $60,000 going though this process. So what we got to do is look at what to do to get it fixed. … Because what they (the CEB) did is tell us to go jump in the creek as the board up here and the city.”

Given the breach in trust, commissioners voted 4-1 on Nov. 1 to suspend the next CEB meeting until the following Dec. 6 city commission meeting.

Ralph Jones, the administrator of the code of enforcement department expressed his thoughts on the issue of their consideration to replace the CEB with a special magistrate.

He believed the CEB, which is made up of residents, provides better representation and that a better alternative would be to simply replace the board members who are not doing their job.

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The store, which has a sixmonth lease at the shopping center, opened Oct. 15 in the space previously filled by Sports Authority.

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She recently tried out for the All-County Orchestra through a blind audition.

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Mariana has put in plenty of practice on each of the three songs she will play at the concert. She said she is grateful for Brown’s help.

“She has supported me a lot since the first day I got here, and she has been a great teacher,” Mariana said. “I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for her.”

Mariana is the daughter of Luis Edwardo Valderrama and Liliana Alvarez, of Ocoee.

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And she is the first student from Ocoee Middle chosen for the honor.

“My teacher was so excited,” Mariana said. “She received an email and couldn’t wait until Monday (to tell me). She called my parents and said, ‘Yay, we passed!’ I’m so excited.”

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It was a smaller event back then, with only a few hundred people in attendance.

But over time, Rotary members watched the annual event blossom into a community success.

“It’s increased every single year,” said Alma Van Der Velde, publicist with the Rotary Club of Dr. Phillips. “There’s entertainment, and we always have a fabulous silent auction that’s been a big highlight. It’s just a great event.”

This year’s 10th annual Taste of Dr. Phillips will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Dellagio Town Center on Sand Lake Road, and will feature a variety of food and drinks from more than 20 restaurants. Robbie Demoor, from Memorable DJ Entertainment, will provide entertainment.

“The Rotary Club is a great organization,” said Ronald Auyong, general manager at Dragonfly Robata Grill and Sushi, one of the restaurants participating in A Taste of Dr. Phillips. “They do great things. We’re super excited about it.”

About four years ago, the event relocated to the Dellagio Town Center after it outgrew its original space.

“It’s such a great thing, and so close to our restaurant,” said Nicole Maurice, assistant manager at BRAVO Cucina Italiana.

“It’s amazing how many people come out to this.”

The club is hoping for a sold-out event, Van De Velde said, which is a goal they have hit nearly every year since the creation of A Taste of Dr. Phillips 10 years ago.

But it’s not only the tasty food, drinks and entertainment that draws a crowd year after year. All

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proceeds benefit a variety of charitable organizations throughout the community. And supporting local charities is one of the club’s primary missions.

The Rotary Club of Dr. Phillips was created in 1979 and donates an average of about $100,000 annually to charities and organizations. With more than 80 members, the group is constantly working on projects to better the community, and A Taste of Dr. Phillips is one of those projects.

For Sunday’s event, tickets are limited, and only about 100 are left, Van Der Velde said.

General admission is $65 per person. This year also features VIP tickets for $95 per person, which includes not only the food and drinks, but also seating in a covered area.

“There’s a lot of standing, but with the VIP, they’re guaranteed to sit in a certain area under the shade,” Van Der Velde said.

Tickets can be purchased online at atasteofdrphillips.com.

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The human guests got to enjoy a cocktail hour, silent and live auctions, dinner, the presentation of the Animal Hero Award, a performance from speed painter Tim Decker and more.

Four kittens, all from the same litter, were available for adoption.

Theresa Hutto and Brent Skidmure posed with fun props in the photo booth.

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Gerry Lajeunesse, Daniele Florville and Steven Fiske enjoyed each other’s company.

Tanya Zeiher, Anthony Douglas and Monisha Seth mingled throughout cocktail hour.

Brownie, a Bernese Mountain Dog, was one of Pet Alliance’s adoptable dogs.

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Florida PTA Mosaic Church announces relocation fights for The church will move from its Oakland location to a larger space in Winter Garden. mandatory recess Families at Mosaic Church are moving to a new location.

Because of the church’s growth,

Mosaic announced to its members in the spring that the church will be relocating from its space in Oakland to a larger facility 2.8 miles away in Winter Garden. The new building is 78,000 square

church, they can come and do that,” he said.

Mosaic launched in 2003 and now offers seven services, which includes services in historic downtown Winter Garden. The church outgrew its space quickly.

“The only thing that they could SEE MOSAIC PAGE 16

WHEEL MAN Kim Krummel is the education manager of Harley-Davidson’s technical training program at the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute of Orlando.

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recognizable names in the motorcycle industry, but did you know this large company takes special care to support the people who build and repair their bikes right here in Orange County?

Winter Garden resident Kim Krummel is the education manager of Harley-Davidson’s technical training program at the SEE BIKER PAGE 17

TATUM CEMPELLA, 11, AND JOSH MCDONALD, 10

A majority of kids agree recess is the best part of the school day. Recess is time for kids to play and talk with their friends; it’s when kids learn teamwork and social skills. Some children can’t imagine life without recess, yet that’s almost every day for others.

People such as Angie Gallo, legislation chair for the Florida Parent Teacher Association, and Amy McBeal are trying to change that. For years, Gallo and the Florida PTA have been actively trying to return recess to schools. But they had to present their idea to the 300,000 PTA members at a convention before moving forward with their cause. There, members passed a resolution to support the fight for 20 minutes of daily unstructured play.

McBeal joined the cause when her daughter started kindergarten two years ago. She noticed her daughter was tired at the end of the day. McBeal learned her daughter was only getting an average of 10 minutes of recess per week.

McBeal’s school adjusted the recess time for their students.

But McBeal felt she needed to continue her fight for all students. This is when Gallo and McBeal met. Together, they approached an elected official in the House of Representatives and gave their evidencebased arguments. However the bill failed once it reached the Senate.

Lucky for kids, the Florida PTA is not a group of quitters. They continue to fight, and their work is paying off in Orange County. OCPS recently agreed to reinstate recess for the 2017-18 school year.

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feet and will be renovated to fit the needs of the growing congregation.

Joel Coffman, emerging generation pastor at Mosaic Church, is hopeful this change will be a positive one for the community.

“Hopefully, we will give some space so that if more people do want to come and be apart of the

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Walking into Critics’ Corner Coffee, a friendly environment of couches and deep blue walls happily greets both kids and adults.

Located in the same plaza as the popular West Orange Cinema movie theater, the coffee shop provides a great meeting place or somewhere to unwind and carry on conversations from the nearby theater.

West Orange 5 and Critics’ Corner Coffee have a unique connection unlike any other. Both coowners Jessica McVay and Tenyl Bradford have worked at West Orange 5 since they were 17 years old and are still co-managers of the theater today.

“It’s now a continuing relationship that we’ve had for over a decade,” McVay said. “So I think this over here is very special because the theater is so special … as is the relationship it’s had with the community for over two

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To do this, the coffee shop is staying local. After living in Ocoee since she was 8, McVay knows and understands the beauty of this local community and is planning on harvesting all of it into her new business. For example, one of its main attractions is its great coffee. To brew their one-of-a-kind beverage, McVay and Bradford rely on a local roaster.

“We have a local roaster, and their brand is not very well known in a lot of places,” McVay said. “I actually don’t know of anyone else around who sells their coffee.”

In addition to their ties to the community, McVay and Bradford are incredibly kid-friendly, encouraging families to come in and enjoy their coffee and sweet treats after going to see one of the many kid films the theater plays.

“The more the merrier,” McVay said.

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possibly do to be able to invite more people would be to move locations,” Coffman said. “There is a statistic called the 80/20 rule, meaning in a gathering in western society, if a room is 80% full, Americans feel over crowded and feel there is not enough

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puts out a call to local West Orange County schools each year to submit stories to the team at FFA. Kids don’t have to be students at FFA to submit their pieces, but if selected, they too are published writers. We are so excited to have ongoing partnerships with schools such as Lake Whitney Elementary and SunRidge Middle School.

Seeing your story in the paper is a feeling unlike anything else.

As editor-in-chief of the Jour-

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I especially want to thank Ms. Stefanie, our teacher and leader, who enables and pushes us to be the best writers we can be. And, of course, you, our readers, need to be thanked; we wouldn’t be where we are today without you.

room. Once the church realized this issue, they started looking for new locations and are very excited to move.”

There are different opinions regarding the move to the new location. Church member Marie Rhodes is not sure how she feels about the move.

“I have mixed feelings, and

I’m not happy,” she said. “I’m struggling, because I still want the gospel to be spread, but it’s hard to take my mom. … She is 90 years old, and it is hard to take her every Sunday. It will not change my attendance. I may not like that particular building but I will have to get used to it.”

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If you spot kids walking into a local business toting video cameras and notebooks, you’re probably watching Journalism X in action. As Journalism X students, we are presented with such a unique and amazing opportunity. Through our partnership with the West Orange Times and Observer, our voices are heard throughout the community.

Each week, we meet for an hour on Thursdays at Florida Film Academy; that’s about the only thing that stays consistent. We do a range of activities — from story meetings and field trips to interviews and hammering out a story. Each activity shows a different side of journalism and gives us valuable realworld experience in the field. As someone who wishes to continue as a journalist into her profession, this class has given me a love for writing and reporting as well as an edge over others in the competitive field of college admissions.

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Ragged breathing, pounding feet, encouragements from teammates, the amazing feeling of crossing a finish line or finishing a workout with friends who quickly become family. This is what the runners on the West Orange cross-country team experience every day during their season.

The students participating in cross country push their bodies to the limit every day to become better runners.

During the fall, the runners practice every day after school, sometimes for three hours to get ready for their meets that happen every Saturday. They run an average of six to 10 miles a day and, during competitions, run more than three miles at sometimes five-minute-mile averages.

It’s clear from witnessing the practices that cross country is a sport not for the weak of mind.

In fact, pushing yourself every day while juggling homework and other responsibilities can be taxing. Each runner has a different way of coping with the difficulties of being on varsity. For Artise Lewis, a sophomore on the varsity boys team, he pushes himself by imagining his goals he hopes to achieve and by living by

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the motto, “When the going gets tough, sometimes you just gotta shut up and run.”

Although difficult, cross country provides a multitude of benefits to students on the team. Probably the biggest benefit is friends morphing into a second family.

The people on the team see each other at their weakest points, when they feel like it’s not possible to run another step. They push each other to run their hardest and to jump over the mental obstacles a person is faced with when their body fatigues the way it does while running long distances. For senior Madison Tharp, her favorite part of running cross country was the friends she made.

“Since we get to see each other every day, cross country is like a family,” she said. “I love getting to see all my best friends and coaches every day, and I’m going to miss it after I graduate.”

Indeed, the students running cross country have a bond that cannot be replicated through another process other than falling down together and helping each other back up.

Of course, no team would be complete without its coaches.

Coach Boston and Coach Morris are the coaches of the West Orange cross-country team. By planning workouts that seem almost impossible to the students they coach, these coaches push

runners to their full potential and show them that they can achieve more than they thought possible.

In addition, by not allowing students to give up on a workout, themselves or their abilities, these coaches provide runners with a skill that can be applied into the outside world.

Zac Bennouna sums up the experience of cross country the best in his poem.

“With each step I grew / Mentally and physically pushing through. With each step it grew / A bond between the team that was true / With each step we grew / Fighting ferociously no matter what life threw.”

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“It’s a big job keeping the students in line and keeping things going,” he said.

Krummel leads the curriculum, manages more than 30 instructors and teaches mechanics how to put together motorcycles along with learning the history behind them.

Incoming students must have either their GED or highschool diploma to apply for the training program. It takes about 60 weeks to complete the program, but it can take students up to three years to learn to train on Hondas and other bike brands. More than 600 motorcycles are donated to the school from numerous bike companies. About 500 students graduate from the training each year.

Krummel oversees the whole program and is definitely the person for the job thanks to his upbringing. You can say it’s in his DNA: Krummel’s family were Harley-Davidson dealers and taught Krummel to drive a motorcycle at the tender age of 4. Most kids are learning how to ride a tricycle at that age.

For more information, visit uti.edu.

FUN FACT Harley-Davidson motorcycle company has been around since 1903 and is still making motorcycles today.

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The junior high cheerleaders really liven things up at the Pop Warner football games. Full of spirit are Kim Pitchford, Kay Geitgey, Diane Geitgey, Carla Smith, Cindy Naramore, Laurie Lamb, Cathy Emmerick and Scotty Smith.

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postmasters, are standing on the truck enlightening the students about the post office’s duties.

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Dal Duppenthaler, of Winter Garden, enjoyed an exciting reunion with his college teammates on the 1940 eight-oared crew at the University of Washington. The championship group was inducted into the

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THROWBACK THURSDAY NOV. 10, 1983 Former West Orange Times Publisher and Editor George and Anne Bailey proved that it can be easy to hop the Greek Islands. Selfproclaimed “un-touristy people,” they admitted to being allergic to tour buses and being herded around from site to site. However, for a trip of this magnitude, they decided to swallow their independent streak and reach out to a travel agency.

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Participants got to enjoy access to myriad games, carnival rides, bounce houses, face painting and temporary hair coloring, miniature-fire-

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Parents could bid on silent-auction items as they watched their little ones jump around at the cake walk, “unlock” a stuffed animal from a large cage, scale a rock wall or take a whirl on spinning carnival rides.

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Margaret Flick, 60, shares her experience at Winter Garden Yoga. See page 23

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Warrior alum traverses world from the Patagonia to Provo

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Kyle Griffitts, a former star on the West Orange football team, recently joined the team at BYU as a preferred walk-on after a two-year mission trip to Argentina.

STEVEN RYZEWSKI SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

They call themselves “The Energy Bunch.”

They are the redshirt players for the football team at Brigham Young University — more popularly known as BYU. They do not suit up for games, but they are a

part of the team and get to be on the sideline, where they (vigorously) cheer on their teammates and help get the crowd pumped up.

Among them dating back to Oct. 12 is Kyle Griffitts, a West Orange High alum who officially SEE GRIFFITTS PAGE 24

Steven Ryzewski

Kyle Griffitts utilized a bye week for the BYU football program to visit his alma mater, West Orange High, where he starred as a linebacker and tight end, to catch the Warriors’ game against Wekiva Oct. 27.

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FHSAA CLASS 2A STATE PLAYOFFS — REGIONAL SEMIFINALS FOUNDATION ACADEMY LIONS AT DELTONA TRINITY CHRISTIAN EAGLES KICKOFF: 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11 WHERE: Dewey Boster Sports Complex, 1200 Saxon Boulevard, Deltona ADMISSION: $8 per FHSAA guidelines

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The Legacy Charter soccer team opened its season with a 4-3 win over Pepin Academy Nov. 7. Alex Bartual finished with a hat trick by scoring 3 goals for Legacy Charter and Zach Carmean added a goal.

SCOUTING REPORT — FOUNDATION ACADEMY (6-4):

SCOUTING REPORT — TRINITY CHRISTIAN (7-3):

If Foundation is a team whose success is predicated on its defense, it has found its mirrorimage in Trinity Christian. The Eagles score a whopping 35.5 points per game, but also allow 27.7 from their opponents.

The high-powered offense SEE FOUNDATION PAGE 25

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Zhantavious “Tay” Winters had two rushing touchdowns for the West Orange football team Nov. 4 against Ocoee High.

West Orange diver Courtney Russo place seventh in the state in Class 4A at the state meet Nov. 5.

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The first thing that stands out about the Lions this fall is that their defense has been strong throughout the season. Foundation Academy has allowed just 14.4 points per game and has been especially adept at creating turnovers — the Lions have 16 interceptions and 21 recovered fumbles to their credit.

On offense, Foundation Academy has seen quarterback Jacob Titus continue to improve and quietly through nine touchdown passes. Meanwhile, Jaquane Patterson has run for 1,003 yards in the regular season.

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Marlo Tillman and the Ocoee Knights celebrated beating West Orange for the first time since 2009 Nov. 4 and are hoping to add another first to their résumé this Friday with a program-first playoff win.

OCOEE FHSAA CLASS 7A STATE PLAYOFFS — REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS BARTRAM TRAIL BEARS AT OCOEE KNIGHTS KICKOFF: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11 WHERE: Ocoee High School, 1925 Ocoee Crown Point Parkway, Ocoee ADMISSION: $8, per FHSAA guidelines

SCOUTING REPORT — OCOEE (7-3):

Ben Bullock took over the program at Ocoee in the spring of 2015 and in short order has taken the Knights from two wins the season before in 2014 to seven wins this fall. More important than Ocoee’s quantity of wins this fall is that it went 6-0 in district play, making the playoffs for the first time since the school opened in 2005.

Ocoee’s strength is its defense — the Knights have allowed 19.6 points per game, including the statistical outlier of 62 points surrendered to Apopka in Week

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On offense, the Knights have improved, with transfer quarterback Jake Novello increasingly becoming more reliable and crossover players from the defense — Dorian Jones, B.J. Bohler and Lyston Barber, among others — who have contributed to the offense in spots. The star of the offense, though, is junior running back Konrie Brown.

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WGLL AAA team is 8-0

Winter Garden Little League’s AAA Pirates are a perfect 8-0 this fall with two regular season games on the schedule for this week to close out an undefeated run.

Kas Ocasio leads the team in RBIs (15) and hits (16).

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Margaret Flick For more than three years, Margaret Flick has been attending Winter Garden Yoga. There, her regular yoga practiced has helped the longtime resident of West Orange with stressrelief, aches and pains and even helped with her recovery from a pair of recent surgeries. At age 60, Margaret and her husband Tom are regularly active and she credits much of that to her yoga practice.

What led up to you deciding to give yoga a try?

That was a little over three years ago, and mainly at that time, what I wanted was stress relief. I had a few little aches and pains that I just thought were normal. It wasn’t until I started coming here consistently … that those aches and pains went away.

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THE BASICS AGE: 60 RESIDES: Windermere HOMETOWN: Washington, D.C. FAMILY: Husband, Tom; children, Lily and Max

What are the benefits of yoga?

First of all, stress relief. They teach you to breathe and there is a portion of every class that you get to really relax. Primarily, at Winter Garden Yoga, it’s body mechanics and learning how to move your body that will benefit you 24/7. And mobility — that’s what they really work on here.

Do you do any other types of fitness?

I used to walk, and I currently go to a rowing studio for my cardio conditioning (Live2Row). Actually, the two are very complementary. … Many years ago I used to swim. My husband and I, we ride a tandem-bike.

Why do you like Winter Garden Yoga, in particular, so much?

They really understand body mechanics. … We’re like a family here. We really get to know each other, and sometimes we go to Axum afterward for coffee. You also have accountability, because they’ll miss you if you don’t come. You can trust that they’re going to do things with the correct postures.

What are your favorite foodie spots out here in West Orange?

Sit-down restaurant would be Thai Blossom, and for healthy, on-the-go food it would be Press’d (Juice Bar & Kitchen) down at Plant Street Market.

What non-fitness hobbies do you enjoy?

I like to read, and I used to like to garden. I used to do a vegetable garden for quite a few years. I had to give that up because of the squirrels.

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joined the team as a preferred walk-on that day. For Griffitts, a star for the Warriors as a varsity tight end, fullback and linebacker, simply being on the sideline as a part of the team — in some capacity — is enough for now.

“It really was a dream come true. It’s like ‘I’m on the sideline for a BYU football game — and I’m a part of them,’” Griffitts said.

There is more to it than just the traditional “Rudy”esque story, though. Griffitts is 20 years old now, more than two years removed from his high-school graduation in the spring of 2014. Instead of going directly into college to start his college career, Griffitts — who had several scholarship offers from Division I programs coming out of high school — chose to do a two-year mission trip mandated by his Mormon faith beforehand.

His brother, Kyle, a star quarterback for West Orange who also intends to play football for BYU, did the same — though Kyle’s mission trip started later, in February 2015, after the football program asked him to redshirt that season in case of an injury to its starting quarterback.

And so, instead of preparing for fall camp as a freshman recruit for the Cougars, Griffitts instead was on a plane — and later a bus — to the Patagonia, a sparsely-populated region located at the southern end of Argentina.

HEADING SOUTH

“I asked him (our mission coordinator) not to send me anywhere too cold — because I’m not very good with the cold — so he sent me to the coldest place ever,” Griffitts said with a laugh.

“I’m a Florida boy.”

Griffitts got used to the cold out of necessity. Each day, he spent six hours or so outside working to help the people of the various villages. Although the main objective was to bring as many people to Christ as possible, Griffitts and other missionaries were also tasked with serving the people and helping in anyway they could.

It was grueling work at times — not that Griffitts minded. In particular, the longtime Florid-

ian said he would marvel at how kind the people of these villages were.

“The people down there are so humble,” Griffitts said. “You go in there, and they would give you everything they had. They were so kind and loving — they were Christ-like in that sense.

They didn’t complain — they just loved and were kind.”

Griffitts said he stayed with one family, in particular, for a long period of time and got to know them well. When he arrived, the family had been having issues and the parents were even considering divorce.

Through talking things out and being open to the teachings of the Bible, Griffitts said the family got through the dark period and is now doing very well.

“It was cool to see the change in them,” Griffitts said. “It’s exciting to see that change when people allow Christ in their life.”

COMING HOME

After two years, though, it was time to return to America — and to football. And although the work Griffitts would do each day was often grueling, it also was not the kind of thing that kept his body in shape at a level necessary to play college football. So, when he returned to Provo, Utah, over the summer, the race was on to get back into game shape.

“It was brutal,” he said. “I was serving in the Andes mountains for the last two months. … I couldn’t get outside and run.

The entire mission, I was doing push-ups and sit-ups. I’d lift rocks and do stuff like that. …

(When) I got back, I was so out of shape.”

To offset that, Griffitts paired up with a local trainer in Provo.

The time spent with the trainer was largely successful, with one caveat: Griffitts tore his hamstring. Because it came in training outside of the team, it was not something BYU could help with. So, Griffitts was on his own to rehab, and his odds of joining the team as a preferred walk-on this fall were greatly diminished.

Undeterred, Griffitts pushed on and returned from his injury three weeks earlier than expected — something he calls “a miracle.”

Given a tryout of sorts to join the team this fall, Griffitts made the most of it. The coaches let him know Oct. 12 that he was officially a part of the BYU football team, and he was given No. 42, his old number from high school. As a preferred walk-on who is redshirting, he will not play this fall and is largely used on the scout team in practice — but the drive to make the team was bigger than simply when and if he would see the field.

“Since I was a little, little kid … my first photo taken of me and my brother was us wearing BYU gear with a football next to us,” Griffitts said. “My dad played football here, and this is where my parents met. My No. 1 dream in life has been to play football for BYU. … I was ready to get back on that field, man.”

THE ROAD FORWARD

Griffitts said his time on the scout team has gone well, and he enjoys helping his teammates prepare for their opponent each week. Starting with the spring season, he will begin competing in earnest to move up the team’s depth chart — although he will do so with new perspective, thanks to his mission work.

“I realized that football really isn’t everything,” Griffitts said.

“As much as I really love football and it’s my passion, there’s more to me than football. … I realized how much more important God is — and his plan for me — than a game.”

And, whenever he takes the field in practice — and eventually in a game setting — Griffitts said he tries to remember how fortunate he is and that he has fans rooting for him all the way down in the Patagonia.

“Not everybody has a chance to live out their dreams,” Griffitts said. “So I’m going to do everything for it.”

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For Ocoee to beat a team that makes regular playoff appearances, it will have to cut down on its mistakes. Last week against West Orange — a game in which the Knights led 28-0 at halftime before holding on for a 31-29 win — was an example of how sideways things can get when Ocoee commits penalties.

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“Bartram is in the state playoffs for the 14th time in 16 seasons of playoff eligibility. … Its threequarterback system of Joey Gatewood, Jordan Smith and Riley Smith is what makes this Bears team go. … Team runs a unique 3-5 defense that has given opponents problems.”

— Justin Barney, high-school sports editor at Jacksonville’s Florida Times-Union BRACKET BREAKDOWN

The winner will play the winner of a regional quarterfinal between host Buchholz (Gainesville) and Hagerty. The four teams on the other side of the Class 7A, Region 1 bracket are Lincoln (Tallahassee), which will host Columbia (Lake City), and Robert E. Lee (Jacksonville), which will host Leon (Tallahasee).

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that Trinity Christian runs can be summed up in two words: Amorie Archibald. The senior has thrown for 1,836 yards and 15 touchdown passes while also running for 1,581 yards and 23 touchdowns.

BRACKET BREAKDOWN

The winner will face the winner of a regional semifinal between host Victory Christian (Lakeland) and Warner Christian (South Daytona) for the Class 2A, Region 2 Championship. The regional champion will face the winner of the Region 1 bracket that includes North Florida Christian (Tallahassee) hosting Cedar Creek Christian (Jacksonville) and University Christian (Jacksonville) hosting FAMU High School (Tallahassee).

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Jaquane Patterson has carried the ball 129 time this fall — and is averaging 7.8 yards per carry. That’s nearly a first down every time the talented senior touches the ball.

KEY TO THE GAME

The Lions have to stop — or at least slow — Amorie Archibald.

“We’re going to have to stop (Archibald),” Foundation head coach Brad Lord admitted. “(He is) probably the best athlete we’ve seen all year.”

Additionally, when the Lions are able to get stops on defense, it will be crucial to control the ball and avoid three-and-outs that put the ball right back in his hands.

WINTER GARDEN For a secondconsecutive season, the West Orange girls volleyball team advanced to the regional finals of the state volleyball tournament and saw its season ended by a powerhouse from Seminole County.

It was eventual-state champion Winter Springs that beat West Orange in 2015, but it was Oviedo this time on Nov. 1.

The Lions (25-3) swept the Warriors (23-3): 25-16, 25-21, 25-23.

Afterward, West Orange coach Ross Usie said he tried to instill in his team that one bad night did not offset another strong season for the program.

“All around, I think they wish they would have played a little bit better, but I told them, ‘Oviedo is a good team. … Don’t judge our season on this one loss,’” Usie said. “Just because we didn’t make it to the big show, doesn’t mean we didn’t do well.”

The consecutive appearances in a regional final mark a first for the program, as the team had never before advanced that far.

“It’s an honor — the girls know that, too,” Usie said.

Moving forward, the future is bright for the Warriors. West Orange will graduate just two

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seniors from this season’s roster: Cassidy Chorney and Katerina Murray. The team also may stand to lose any freshmen or sophomores who are zoned for Windermere High, which will open next fall. Otherwise, Usie and his staff will look to get his program back to this point in 2017 — and perhaps a game or two further.

That theoretical road, though, likely would involve trying to go through Oviedo again.

Where the Warriors will graduate only two seniors, the Lions — who made quick work of Riverview in a 25-11, 25-18, 25-13 sweep in the state semifinal Nov. 5, and will play in the state championship Nov. 12 — have only one senior on their roster.

That means that, for West Orange to make it further, it likely will have to beat a nearly identical Oviedo squad that may well be the defending state champs.

Whatever the road forward for the program, Usie said the next challenge is getting his team to put forth its best effort in games like the regional final, in which the opponent is as talented or more talented than the Warriors.

“You’ve got to know when you make it this far that you’re playing the highest level of volleyball,” Usie said.

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espite the Ocoee Knights leading 28-0 going into halftime, the annual Shield Game rivalry between the host Knights and the West Orange Warriors was anything but dull.

The Warriors put together an inspired second-half effort, rattling off a 23-point run before ultimately falling 31-29. The victory marked the first time since 2009 that Ocoee (7-3) has won the Shield.

“It means everything — we set certain goals at the beginning of the year and one of them was avenging this loss from last year,” Ocoee head coach Ben Bullock said.

Though the Warriors (2-7) ultimately lost, head coach Bob Head said afterward he was proud of the team’s resiliency in the second half.

“Our guys fought and I couldn’t be more proud,” Head said.

“They showed a Warrior spirit.”

For a full recap of the Knights’ big win and more photos, visit ObserverPreps.com.

WEEK 11 RESULTS

The following are results from Week 11 games played Nov. 4 (home teams on bottom): West Orange 29, Ocoee 31 Legacy Charter 14, Windermere Prep 49 TFA-Leesburg 0, CFCA 39 Other ObserverPreps.com results: Dr. Phillips 48, Evans 9 Olympia 12, Winter Park 26 East River 14, Wekiva 48 The First Academy 28, The Villages 7 BYES: Foundation Academy, Apopka

The Knights won back the Shield for the first time since 2009.

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Flying the W in Winter Garden

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efore this season, I had always joked that if the Cubs ever made the World Series — or won it — I’d quit my job and head to Chicago, where I would lose myself in the revelry.

I grew up just outside of the city in the southeast suburbs before moving to Winter Garden in 2000, and I’ve been a diehard Chicago sports fan since birth.

Instead, when the formerly cursed Cubs actually won the World Series last week, I was

sitting in the living room of my parents’ home in northwest Winter Garden — about 1,154 miles away, per Google Maps — with my mom, my brother and the biggest Cubs fan I know; my dad.

In hindsight, I’m glad that I did not follow through on my irrational first idea.

But the idea of it does harken to a bigger picture reality of being a sports fan in Florida.

Many of us are from somewhere else, and our sports allegiances usually reflect that.

On the one hand, it’s kind of cool when you go shopping at Publix wearing your team’s gear and someone stops you to strike up a conversation – unless it’s Bears gear and someone stops you to wallow in misery.

On the other hand, you simply cannot recreate the energy or experience of living in a city during a champion-

ship run. It’s the difference between seeing Kris Bryant throw over to first for the final out and celebrating for a halfhour before heading to bed (it was pretty late here on the East Coast, and people have to work in the morning, after all) and watching that same final out and dancing in the streets until the sun comes up.

It’s just different — which brings me to the decision of where to watch that final game.

My dad, Jud Ryzewski, is the ultimate tortured Cubs fan.

So, in lieu of actually being in Chicago to experience a Cubs World Series (the victory parade is being credited as one of the largest gatherings of people in the history of humanity), I did the next best thing — I shared a baseball moment a lifetime in the making with my dad.

The role teams play within

their cities as a source of civic pride has always been one of the biggest draws to sports for me. It’s why I root for the Cubs and the Chicago White Sox in baseball — it’s heresy to many, but I simply can’t imagine not rooting for a team from Chicago.

With that said, the longer I live in Florida, the more of a connection I feel with the Orlando Magic or the UCF Knights. And although the fire for those Chicago teams still burns, it doesn’t quite burn as brightly as it once did.

And so, the Cubs’ big win did not quite feel the same as it would have been if we had never moved to Florida or if I was a kid with a Sammy Sosa jersey again.

But for my pops, it was the same — a lifetime of disappointment can do that.

So as we embraced after that final out, I realized that

moment was close to — if not just as good — as standing outside of Wrigley Field with thousands of strangers that night waiting for the marquee to read “CUBS WIN.” We even flew our own W, of sorts, thanks to some blue masking tape and a white garage door at my parents’ home.

The fun part is, I think this is just the beginning and that the Cubs will win multiple World Series titles with this roster — and so do people much smarter than I on the matter. It’s going to be one heck of a run.

And, hey, if the White Sox can get their act together (unlikely), I might even live to see my grandest sports dream — an all-Chicago World Series, South Side vs. North Side.

Now that I might quit my job to go see.

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REAL ESTATE

Tildens Grove home sells for $1.17 million baths and 2,016 square feet. The price per square foot is $157.87.

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home in the Tildens Grove community in Windermere topped all West Orange-area residential real-estate sales from Oct. 21 to 27.

The home at 12806 Jacob Grace Court, Windermere, sold Oct. 26, for $1.17 million.

Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths, a pool and 4,558 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $256.69.

SNAPSHOT Total Sales: 73 High Sale Price: $1.1 million Low Sale Price: $40,250 REO/Bank Owned: Three Auction/REO: One Short Sales: One

ORCHARD HILLS

The home at 4984 Wildwood Pointe Road, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 21, for $286,930. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,998 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $143.61.

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This Tildens Grove home, at 12806 Jacob Grace Court, Windermere, sold Oct. 26, for $1.17 million. This completely renovated home sits on 1.8 acres on Lake Davis.

HORIZON WEST ASHLIN PARK

The home at 11518 Ashlin Park Blvd., Winter Garden, sold Oct. 24, for $309,990. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,919 square feet. The price per square foot is $161.54.

HAMLIN RESERVE

The town house at 15447 Honeybell Drive, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 25, for $253,961. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,724 square feet. The price per square foot is $147.31.

INDEPENDENCE/ SIGNATURE LAKES

The town house at 5631 Water Rose Road, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 25, for $234,990. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,500 square feet. The price per square foot is $156.66.

The home at 15601 Expedition St., Winter Garden, sold Oct. 21, for $232,000. Built in 2013, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 2,148 square feet. The price per square foot is $108.01.

LAKESHORE PRESERVE

The town house at 8700 European Fan Palm Alley, Win-

ter Garden, sold Oct. 21, for $449,888. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, three-andone-half baths and 2,749 square feet. The price per square foot is $163.66.

The town house at 8706 European Fan Palm Alley, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 21, for $335,375. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 2,036 square feet. The price per square foot is $164.72.

The town house at 8712 European Fan Palm Alley, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 21, for $318,260.

Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half

The home at 7925 John Hancock Drive, No. 136, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 27, for $320,000. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,274 square feet. The price per square foot is $140.72.

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The home at 7543 Bluejack Oak Drive, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 26, for $395,000. Built in 2016, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 3,791 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $104.19.

The home at 7031 Scarlet Ibis Lane, No. 83, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 24, for $334,990. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,441 square feet. The price per square foot is $137.23.

The home at 8100 Surf Bird St., Winter Garden, sold Oct. 21, for $326,359. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 2,699 square feet. The price per square foot is $120.92.

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SUMMERLAKE GROVES

The home at 332 Chickasaw Berry Road, Ocoee, sold Oct. 21, for $278,000. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 2,313 square feet. The price per square foot is $120.19.

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The home at 3 Oakland Pointe Circle, Oakland, sold Oct. 21, for $280,000. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,926 square feet. The price per square foot is $145.38.

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The home at 901 Brynmar Estates Blvd., Ocoee, sold Oct. 24, for $245,000. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,046 square feet. The price per square foot is $119.75.

MCCORMICK RESERVE

The home at 3632 Gretchen Drive, Ocoee, sold Oct. 25, for $285,815. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,034 square feet. The price per square foot is $140.52.

BAPTIST

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 125 E Plant St., Winter Garden 407-656-2352 Sundays 8:30 am Traditional 9:45 am Bible Study 11:00 am Contemporary Awana - Wednesdays - 6pm Pastor Tim Grosshans www.fbcwg.org 2nd Campus: “FOUNDATION WORSHIP” Sundays 9:45 am - All Ages at Foundation Academy High School 15304 Tilden Road - Winter Garden www.FoundationWorship.com 407.730.1867 STARKE LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH 611 West. Ave., Ocoee Pastor Jeff Pritchard (407) 656-2351 Email: starkelakebaptist@gmail. com

WESMERE

The home at 15238 Black Lion Way, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 21, for $180,600 (auction/ REO). Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths, a pool and 1,898 square feet. The price per square foot is $95.15.

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SUBURBAN SHORES

The home at 1311 Suburban Terrace, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 21, for $223,000. Built in 1972, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,763 square feet. The price per square foot is $126.49.

The home at 14850 Tullamore Loop, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 24, for $260,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,428 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $107.08.

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The home at 17641 Seidner Road, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 25, for $377,500. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 2,377 square feet. The price per square foot is $158.81.

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STONE CREEK

The home at 1539 Loch Avich Road, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 27, for $230,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 2,199 square feet. The price per square foot is $104.59.

The home at 145 Longhirst Loop, Ocoee, sold Oct. 24, for $227,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,838 square feet. The price per square foot is $123.50.

AUTO • HOME • LIFE • BANK

The home at 3543 Turningwind Lane, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 25, for $377,000. Built in 2003, it has six bedrooms, four baths and 3,519 square feet. The price per square foot is $107.13.

The home at 2001 Clover View Way, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 27, for $385,000. Built in 2001, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,968 square feet. The price per square foot is $129.72.

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The town house at 7965 Ava Jade Alley, Winter Garden, sold Oct. 24, for $229,751. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,691 square feet. The price per square foot is $135.87.

The home at 1809 Ocoee Vista Parkway, Ocoee, sold Oct. 24, for $305,000. Built in 2008, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 2,897 square feet. The price per square foot is $105.28.

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The home at 311 Zachary Wade St., Winter Garden, sold Oct. 26, for $469,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,598 square feet. The price per square foot is $180.52.

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The home at 14525 Spotted Sandpiper Blvd., Winter Garden, sold Oct. 21, for $256,000.

Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,756 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $145.79.

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The home at 3537 Gretchen Drive, Ocoee, sold Oct. 26, for $278,840. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,327 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $119.83.

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The home at 8130 Tropical Kingbird St., Winter Garden, sold Oct. 26, for $295,000. Built in 2014, it has five bedrooms, three baths and 2,692 square feet. The price per square foot is $109.58.

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7344 W COLONIAL DR. ORLANDO, FL 32818 11/10/16 • 10:00 AM 11/11/16 • 11:00 AM 11/18/16 • 11:00 AM 11/30/16 • 10:00 AM

IMA CENTER

1277 N SEMORAN BLVD. ORLANDO, FL 32807 11/11/16 • 4:00 PM

L CLAUDIA ALLEN SENIOR CENTER 1840 MABLE BUTLER AVE. ORLANDO, FL 32805 11/10/16 • 2:00 PM 11/30/16 • 2:00 PM

LOGAN’S ROADHOUSE 3060 WEST SANDLAKE RD. ORLANDO, FL 32819 11/15/16 • 2:00 PM 11/15/16 • 11:00 AM 11/22/16 • 2:00 PM 11/22/16 • 11:00 AM 11/29/16 • 2:00 PM 11/29/16 • 11:00 AM

OFP ACITIVITY CENTER 1130 SOUTH SEMORAN BLVD. ORLANDO, FL 32807 11/15/16 • 11:00 AM

OFP ACTIVITY CENTER 810 NORTH NOWELL ST. ORLANDO, FL 32808 11/29/16 • 11:00 AM

PANERA BREAD FLORIDA MALL 1117 FLORIDA MALL AVE. ORLANDO, FL 32809 11/16/16 • 2:00 PM 11/30/16 • 2:00 PM

PERKINS APOPKA

989 WEST ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL ORLANDO, FL 32712 11/14/16 • 11:00 AM 11/14/16 • 2:00 PM 11/15/16 • 10:00 AM 11/21/16 • 11:00 AM 11/21/16 • 2:00 PM 11/28/16 • 11:00 AM 11/28/16 • 2:00 PM 11/29/16 • 10:00 AM 11/30/16 • 11:00 AM 11/30/16 • 2:00 PM

PREFERRED BENEFITS CONSULTANTS 701 E SOUTH ST. #130 ORLANDO, FL 32822 11/15/16 • 10:00 AM

RENAISSANCE SENIOR CENTER

3800 SOUTH ECONLOCKHATCHEE TRAIL ORLANDO, FL 32829 11/14/16 • 2:00 PM 11/21/16 • 2:00 PM 11/28/16 • 2:00 PM 11/29/16 • 10:00 AM

YMCA

814 W OAKRIDGE RD. ORLANDO, FL 32809 11/16/16 • 12:00 PM 11/30/16 • 12:00 PM

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Freedom Health is an HMO plan with a Medicare contract and a contract with the Florida Medicaid program. Enrollment in Freedom Health depends on contract renewal.

This information is not a complete description of benefits.

Contact the plan for more information. Benefits, premiums and/or co-payments/co-insurance may change on January 1 of each year. The Formulary, pharmacy network, and/or provider network may change at any time. You will receive notice when necessary. (1) You must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premium. (2) Limitations, co-payments and restrictions may apply. (3) Amount varies by plan and county. The Part B premium is covered for full dual enrollees. This plan is available to anyone with Medicare who has been diagnosed with Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Heart Failure, or a qualified Chronic Lung Disorder, such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or Asthma. This plan is available to anyone who has both Medical Assistance from the State and Medicare. Premiums, co-pays, co-insurance, and deductibles may vary based on the level of Extra Help you receive. Freedom Health, Inc. complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. Español (Spanish): ATENCIÓN: si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Kreyòl Ayisyen (French Creole): ATANSYON: Si w pale Kreyòl Ayisyen, gen sèvis èd pou lang ki disponib gratis pou ou. A sales person will be present with information and applications. For accommodations of persons with special needs at sales meetings call Member Services: 1-800-401-2740 TTY: 711. Hours of Operation: 8am-8pm 7 days a week from Oct 1 - Feb 14 and 8am-8pm Mon-Fri from Feb 15-Sept 30. H5427_17NP_F_04_A_CMS Accepted