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BRAIN FOOD: We celebrate Native American Heritage Month SEE 6B.
FREE • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2023
VOLUME 9, NO. 4
HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE: County approves Windermere stadium The stadium is scheduled to open before the start of the 2024 football season. 6A.
YOUR TOWN TIME TO FALL BACK You will have one less hour of sunlight in the evening starting Sunday, Nov. 5, 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.
Going the whole hog
OBSERVER BOOK DRIVE BEGINS Do you remember your favorite book as a child? Do you remember a loved one reading it to you night after night? There are children in West Orange County who don’t have books to escape into or haven’t had the opportunity to experience the thrill of opening a brand-new book. Through its Reading Reindeer literacy program, which started in 1997, the Observer Media Group is hoping to change this by collecting new books to be given to underserved children from birth to age 17 during the holidays. Reach out to contact@orangeobserver.com for a drop off location near you. The deadline is Dec. 1. Checks payable to Reading Reindeer also can be mailed to Observer Media Group, 661 Garden Commerce Parkway, Suite 180, Winter Garden, Florida 34787. The books will be given to Edgewood Children’s Ranch, Eight Waves, Oakland Police Department, Matthew’s Hope Firm Foundation, Christian Service Center, Community Health Centers, the Winter Garden Police Department’s Holiday Gifts For Kids Program and the Ocoee Police Department’s Holiday Toys for Kids in Need Program.
Jake Reid, Olivia Hill, Miya Montague, Lele Sillito and Juliette Naranjo are only a few of the talented cast members in the show.
After a sold-out run in 2019, ‘Matilda the Musical’ returns to the Theatre South Playhouse with a fresh take on a popular story told in a new light in the theater’s immersive space. STORY ON PAGE 4A. Courtesy photos
Rachel Bolan, Rhyse Silvestro, Lilly Scarlett, Jordan Casteel, Kat Legan, Irelyn Silvestro and Zane Clark complete a dance number during the show.
Habitat SOUND SHOWCASE Local bands benefit took the field at West a success Orange High West Orange Habitat for Humany hosted its 2023 Rock the House. SEE PAGE 3A.
School’s 2023 West Side Showcase. PAGE 1B.