11.24.16 West Orange Times & Observer

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W E ST O RA N G E T I M E S &

Observer Celebrating 110 years in West Orange

YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

VOLUME 83, NO. 47

FREE

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Remembering

YOUR TOWN A REASON TO RUN

Kayleigh Anne Rawles

The West Orange Junior Service League will host the Jingle Jolly Jog 5K at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Oakland Park, 15241 E. Oakland Ave., Winter Garden. The run/ walk starts and ends in the community. This event, which benefits the league, will include both a 5K and kids fun run. There will be winners in each age group, a special visit from Santa, a live DJ and more. The cost is $25 through Nov. 26, $30 through Dec. 2 and $35 on race day. Register at trinrun.com or at Tri & Run of West Orange, 56 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. For more information about the Jungle Jolly Jog 5K, call Jamie Thompson, (321) 279-3544, or Kim Cannon, (321) 303-2616.

Courtesy photo

Gabby Baquero

Kayleigh Rawles’ parents, Kristine Silva and Joshua Rawles, embraced 17-year-old Paulina Weintraub, an old best friend and former neighbor of Kayleigh, during a memorial Nov. 19 at Bill Breeze Park in Ocoee. Kayleigh died Nov. 13. She was just 13 years old.

Kayleigh Rawles, an eighth-grade student at Ocoee Middle School, died Sunday, Nov. 13, but the memory of her kind heart and smile will live on in the memories of those who loved her. See page 4.

ARTS & CULTURE

PRESCHOOL PILGRIMS

Charlie Mae Wilder honored For 40 years, Wilder has served Winter Garden on a variety of city boards, as well as at her church. BRITTANY GAINES STAFF WRITER

American Actors Factory shares love of the stage at assistedliving facilities.

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Preschoolers at Zion New Life Lutheran Preschool experienced what life was like for those who celebrated the first Thanksgiving. See page 13.

WINTER GARDEN Since 1976, Charlie Mae Wilder has loved on the people of Winter Garden. And with her long list of accomplishments, it was almost no surprise when she was nominated for and won this year’s Heritage Builder Award from the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation. “She has worked tirelessly to improve the lives of the resi-

SEE WILDER PAGE 4


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