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West Orange County has a number of communities that started off with a bang many decades ago but never reached the status of a true governmentrun municipality. We begin our series with Beulah.

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YOUR TOWN Ocoee community grant available Applications are available for the city of Ocoee’s Community Grants. Residents can download an application at ocoee.org or pick up an application at Ocoee City Hall, 150 N. Lakeshore Drive. The deadline to submit applications is July 29.

The Community Grant program provides financial grants of up to $500. There is $6,000 available for this grant cycle.

Nonprofit organizations and civic groups are eligible to apply for a grant. In addition, those outside the city limits that benefit residents of Ocoee are also qualified to apply.

For information, call (407) 905-3100.

Ocoee teens invited to police department academy The Ocoee Police Department is hosting its annual Teen Police Academy from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. starting Monday, July 18, and ending Friday, July 22. It will be held at Highpoint Church, 476 Ocoee Commerce Parkway.

This program is free and covers numerous law enforcement topics. The program is open to teenagers from 13 to 18 years of age with no felony convictions.

All participants will receive a Ocoee Teen Police Academy shirt. Individuals must complete a registration form, which can be downloaded from Ocoee. org.

For information, call (407) 554-7204 or email patera. scott@ocoee.org.

Here they grow Orlando Health is poised to open an expansion of Health Central Hospital and recently announced plans for a Horizon West hospital, skilled-nursing facility and expanded cancer center. SEE PAGE 4

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Lighting the way to change

ARTS & CULTURE

In the wake of Johnny Riley’s fatal car accident on Roberson Road in February, his family is petitioning for streetlights to be installed to ensure safety.

DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER

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Johnny Riley, 18, was killed in a car crash Feb. 8 on Roberson Road.

WEST ORANGE The myriad comments on a petition to bring better lighting to Roberson Road have two threads in common: Sympathy and a desire to bring about change.

“I’m signing because (Johnny) was a dear friend of mine and hopefully the lights will represent his bright smile looking down after those and myself who travel on this road daily,” one person commented.

It’s been five months since a car accident on the stretch of road claimed the life of 18-yearold Jonathan “Johnny” Riley, a 2015 West Orange High graduate and Tallahassee Community College student. Johnny was driving eastbound along Roberson Road around 3 a.m. Feb. 8 when he lost control of his car, striking a power pole and then a tree before flipping over.

Three months after Johnny’s accident, there was another eastSEE LIGHT PAGE 4

WOHS senior goes all the way to Broadway.

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FRIDAY, JULY 15

FOOD TRUCK AND MOVIE IN THE PARK 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 15, at Bill Breeze Park, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee. Residents can enjoy dinner and snacks from the parked food trucks and then watch “Kung Fu Panda 3” on the big screen. The Friends of Ocoee History Preservation will give tours of the WithersMaguire House, 16 E. Oakland Ave., from 6 to 7:30 p.m. (407) 905-3180 or ocoee.org.

MUSIC AT PILARS: SUZY PARK AND CHRIS ROTTMAYER 8-11 p.m. Friday, July 15, at Pilars Martini, 146 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Enjoy an evening of music with Suzy Park and Chris Rottmayer. (407) 369-8900.

BUTTERFLY BUDDIES 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, July 15, at Nehrling Gardens, 2267 Hempel Ave., Gotha. Explore the world of butterflies during

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this Florida butterfly education class for children and their guardians. Tour the historic butterfly haven and take home a mini butterfly garden. Recommended for ages 4 to 10. Suggested donation of $15 for one child and a parent/guardian.

Register in advance at NehrlingGardens.org. Email kassy. holmes@nehrlinggardens.org for more information or call (407) 445-9977.

SATURDAY, JULY 16

MUSIC AT PILARS: SHALISA JAMES 8-11 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at Pilars Martini, 146 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Enjoy an evening of music with Shalisa James. (407) 369-8900.

ARCHAEOLOGY OPEN LAB 10 a.m. Saturday, July 16, at the Oakland Nature Preserve, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland.

At the Florida Public Archaeology Network volunteer lab, learn how artifacts

and other archaeological material get processed in the laboratory so archaeologists can use them to learn about the past.

Participants can sort, identify and wash artifacts and other material from real archaeological sites. All ages are welcome to participate or observe; children 12 and under should be accompanied by an adult.

RSVP at kgidusko@flagler.edu.

For information about ONP, call (407) 905-0054.

SUNDAY, JULY 17

GENEALOGY RESEARCH WRITING WORKSHOP 2 p.m. Sunday, July 17, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee.

Befuddled about the different elements of the genealogical writing process? Learn how to write research reports while you actively research. Discover the difference between a compiled genealogy, narrative genealogy, narrative lineage and narrative pedigree. Explore proof summaries and proof arguments. Patrons can take their own laptop and writing project to work on. (407) 8357323.

MONDAY, JULY 18 OCOEE POLICE

OUR TOUGHNESS IS YOUR STRENGTH.

DEPARTMENT TEEN ACADEMY 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, July 18, through Friday, July 22, at High Point Church, 476 Ocoee Commerce Parkway, Ocoee.

The Ocoee Police Department is hosting its annual teen academy, which is free and covers numerous law-enforcement topics. The program is open to teenagers from 13 to 18 years of age with no felony convictions.

Participants receive a free Ocoee Teen Police Academy shirt. For a registration form, go to the City of Ocoee website at Ocoee.org. For information, contact Officer Patera Scott at (407) 554-7204 or patera. scott@ocoee.org.

GENEALOGY: THE VERY BASICS 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 18, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. This event will introduce you to genealogical terms and techniques. Learn how to complete an ancestor chart and how to garner information from living relatives and household sources. Plus, learn about other resources that can be used in your research. (407) 835-7323.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 FIND YOUR ROOTS: ESTATES, WILLS AND PROBATE RECORDS

6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee.

Learn what these genealogical records are, where they are located and how to best utilize them in family history research.

Topics to be discussed will include wills, indexes, estate inventories, newspaper notices, bonds, settlements and guardianships. (407) 835-7323.

THURSDAY, JULY 21

CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at Table Top Catering, 6925 Lake Ellenor Drive, Suite 503, Orlando. Mingle with other business men and women; and don’t forget your business cards. Cost for West Orange Chamber of Commerce members is $5 in advance, $10 at the door; non-members pay $25. (407) 656-1304.

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DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER OCOEE “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

This proverb is the backbone of the Wounded Officers Initiative.

Based in Ocoee, the nonprofit was created in 2014 by three active law-enforcement officers when they saw a need for a long-term solution for officers wounded in the line of duty.

There are many organizations in existence that work to assist wounded soldiers and survivors of fallen officials. But WOI cofounder and president Peter Hernandez said that when it comes down to it, there is no system for wounded law-enforcement officers.

“The thing that brought it to light would be the National Police Week,” said Hernandez, a U.S. Army veteran and homicide detective with Orange County Sheriff’s Office. “It’s known for fallen officers. As a result of that, there’s been a lot of benefits and programs developed for fallen officers to take care of their families. That’s great and you have all this awareness, but when they created NPW, it was created to honor the fallen and disabled, the latter of which has fallen off the list.”

With this in mind, WOI was born. The focus is on getting the officers what they need. When an officer is wounded in the line of duty, they typically have a set amount of time to recover and get back to work. If they are rendered disabled or otherwise unable to return to performing their duties, medical pensions kick in.

With medical pensions, it works much like a retirement plan. Injured officers are retired

out and given a portion of their salary — but it doesn’t come with health insurance.

HEALTH INSURANCE NOT INCLUDED

Although worker’s compensation covers the injuries themselves, many agencies do not offer lifetime health coverage.

This becomes a problem because many injured officers have ongoing therapy or other medical expenses, even after the initial recovery period.

“When we created the organization, we tried to figure out, what is it that wounded lawenforcement officers needed?”

Hernandez said. “The thing they always hit on was independence and dignity.”

He added that since the officers are accustomed to being the helpers in society, it’s hard for them to ask for help themselves.

“A wounded officer needs a steady salary, not a one-time check,” Hernandez said. “We’re looking at creating the solution, not facilitating the problem. It’s about maintaining their independence. A cop doesn’t want to ask for help. All we want to do is help.”

WOI developed five principal goals, which it calls C.A.A.R.E. These goals are counseling, advocacy, awareness, recognition and education. Out of each specific goal stems various programs WOI has put in place or is working to kick off that will benefit wounded officers.

For example, under the counseling goal comes the Blue Line Support 24-hour hotline. After a person suffers physical trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder usually kicks in during the recovery period. Although officers are trained to “turn off” their emotions to do their job, WOI cofounder and vice president Jimmy Brown said that no agency trains them to turn those emotions back on.

“You’re left with this flood and don’t know what to do with it,” Brown said. “We’re helpers, so we tend not to ask for help for ourselves. (The hotline) consists of trained peer police officers who

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volunteer their time. Their task is to triage mental health and see what their peers are presenting issues of.”

From there, the peer volunteers can direct officers in need to the therapists and resources they need to cope with their trauma.

WOI aims to fully launch Blue Line by the end of the year, and it initially will serve five Central Florida counties.

Ultimately, the founders hope the Blue Line Support program will grow to serve wounded officers who need help nationwide.

And in the wake of the July 7 shooting in Dallas, Texas, where five officers were killed and seven others injured, the hotline could mean the difference between life and death for wounded officers everywhere suffering from PTSD. “Non-life-threatening (injuries) does not mean non-lifechanging,” Brown said. “It turns into suffering and wondering where the end of the tunnel is going to be.”

WOI is also working on developing a nationwide legislative bill outlining a standard medical retirement plan for injured officers and seeks to spread awareness and recognition of them.

Currently, WOI features 18 injured officers and their stories on its website, hosts an annual recognition dinner and has plans for myriad other ways to recognize the officers’ sacrifices.

“We’re taking every single opportunity to go out there and talk to people,” Hernandez said.

“Every single day we see why it’s so necessary. It’s more than a job.

It becomes part of you.”

“A cop doesn’t want to ask for help. All we want to do is help.”

– Peter Hernandez, Wounded Officers Initiative co-founder and president

MORE INFO Wounded Officers Initiative P.O. Box 1160, Ocoee Website: woundedofficersinitiative. org/home.html Facebook: http:// bit.ly/29Qsqux

HOW TO HELP WOI is in need of donations to help launch its programs and be able to provide injured officers with any form of assistance they might need. Financial donations can be mailed, sent online via PayPal, or you can choose a sponsorship option on the website.

You can also help by spreading awareness of the initiative. Visit the website for more information.

Contact Danielle Hendrix at dhendrix@orangeobserver.com.

Florida school grades released Orange County Public Schools cautions against comparing the grades to last year’s results.

JENNIFER NESSLAR STAFF WRITER

The Florida Department of Education released July 8 school grades for the 2015-16 school year.

The grades reflect preliminary grades for the 2016 school year, which are preliminary because there is a 30-day appeal period.

The grades were released in comparison with the 2014-15 school year’s grades. But Orange County Public Schools cautions against making a direct comparison.

“Superintendents Barbara

Jenkins of Orange County and Walt Griffin of Seminole County encourage parents, students and the community to view the 201516 school grade calculations as our baseline year,” the district said in a news release before the grades were announced. “These school grades will reflect learning gains made by students which could not be captured from the 201415 FSA as there were no previous, similar tests to use for comparison. It was noted in the release of the first year of FSA-determined school grades that the grades were only partial, so any comparison to this year's grades would be inappropriate.”

Comparison from last year to

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this year shows that many West Orange schools dropped a letter grade, which was not an unexpected result.

“It is important for our community, especially our parents and students, to know that learning gains are now more difficult to attain,” Jenkins said in the release.

“If we see a decrease in school grades, it will likely be because of the new and complicated learning gains structure.”

OCPS said it will continue to advocate for accountability where “schools are not simply labeled with a single letter grade.”

Contact Jennifer Nesslar at jnesslar@orangeobserver.com.

For a complete listing of area schools and grades, visit OrangeObserver.com

SCHOOL STATS

12 schools earned an ‘A’ 13 schools earned a ‘B’ 10 schools earned a ‘C’ 4 schools earned a ‘D’ NOTABLES

n Olympia High School was the only area high school to earn an ‘A.’ n Independence Elementary earned an ‘A’ in its first year. n Each school that earned an ‘A’ this year also earned an ‘A’ last year, excluding Independence Elementary, which had its first year during the 2015-16 school year.

Orange County Sheriff's Office and Orange County Fire Rescue responded to reports of a small plane that crashed into Lake Down July 8.

DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER WINDERMERE Two people were injured Friday, July 8, when their small plane crashed into Lake Down in Windermere, according to Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Orange County Fire Rescue responded to the call around 6:15 p.m. and were able to remove the individuals — a 9-year-old girl and her father — from the plane.

OCFR initially tweeted that both individuals were trauma alerts.

The child was transported to Arnold Palmer Hospital and the man to Orlando Regional Medical Center.

The airplane was a singleengine aircraft. The Federal Aviation Association said the plane took off from Orlando Executive Airport, before the pilot radioed that he was having engine problems. Two men — Austin Keaton and Joao Pacheco — were fishing in the lake, saw the plane crash into it and brought the father and daughter to shore in their boat, according to a release from OCSO. The 9-year-old had a nonlife-threatening injury and the father did not sustain any visible injuries, according to the release.

Neither has been identified.

The pair remains hospitalized, but no further updates on their conditions were released at press time.

Officials removed the plane from Lake Down Monday, July 11.

Contact Danielle Hendrix at dhendrix@orangeobserver.com.

HEROES HONORED Austin Keaton and Joao Pacheco, the fishermen who used their boat to bring the father and daughter to safety, were honored Tuesday, July 12, at the Windermere Town Council meeting for their heroic actions. Family members of all parties were in attendance and got to meet and share their thoughts for the first time since the incident.

“This has been a very difficult month for America and Central Florida … from the Pulse tragedy to the loss of the Dallas police officers,” said Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn. “And after learning of a plane crash in one of our lakes, this could have easily been another tragedy in the long list this month. Thanks to these young men, a family still has a daughter and a father. Windermere is proud of them!”

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bound crash — directly across the road from the site of Johnny’s accident. It wasn’t fatal, but it made the Riley family determined to bring about change to prevent future tragedies.

“The community stepped up big time for us and after this second accident we said, ‘enough,’” said Steve Riley, Johnny’s father.

“For two accidents to occur with young people under 20, within three months of each other, is pretty dangerous. There are no lights and no sense of speed, so if you take your eyes off the road for a second you’re into a drainage ditch. It’s a small, narrow road with a lot of obstacles that can help you deviate.”

The Rileys began by calling the city of Ocoee to determine where to start the process of getting better lighting along the road installed. Nancy Riley, Johnny’s mother, started a paper petition and went around the neighborhood with her youngest son for a day gathering signatures.

“After a day in the heat going around the neighborhood with a paper petition, we came up with change.org version,” Nancy said.

“Once I set it up I sent it to my friends and they signed and sent it to their friends, and it just continued.”

With the help of her friend, Fran Cummings, she set up social-media sites and continued to spread the word. Within 48 hours, the petition had garnered more than 500 signatures. In the 10 days since it was created, it had more than 1,000 at press time.

The largest obstacle has been determining which jurisdiction the road falls under. Roberson Road falls under three jurisdictions: Windermere, Ocoee and Orange County.

The county said it is responsible for Roberson Road as it spans from Windermere Road to Wesmere Parkway, while Ocoee is responsible for it from Wesmere Parkway to Maguire Road.

Windermere’s jurisdiction then borders the north side of Roberson.

Moving forward, lighting installation will depend on straightening out who is responsible for the project and planning it from there.

“The officials have been cooperative, it’s just difficult to get the right information for what we need to do to get to the next step — it’s just getting there,” Cummings said. “People from all over Orange County, even people from Lake County who travel this road, say that it needs to be done.

If something good could come out of such a tragedy, it would be nice.”

They are in the process of gathering the paperwork and the petition and hope to put themselves on the docket to speak at the July 19 Ocoee commission meeting.

“The comments (community members) posted were incredible from day one,” Nancy said. “The community has been so supportive and amazing to us and to Johnny.”

Contact Danielle Hendrix at dhendrix@orangeobserver.com.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE To view and sign the petition, as well as to keep updated on the process of getting streetlights installed, visit http://chn. ge/29AGCEr.

Observer “If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

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An Orlando Health hospital will open in Horizon West in early 2018.

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rlando Health is set to open an expansion of the Health Central Hospital, which will create more space and better conditions for patients at the hospital.

Currently, the ER holds 42 emergency beds in semi-private spaces, separated by curtains.

Patients and nursing staff are located in separate hallways, leaving patients out of the line of sight of their caregivers.

The most critical portion of the emergency department is separated by curtains, creating a lack of privacy for patients and their families during critical moments.

“It’s just not a well-designed place for the patient needs of 2016, or probably anytime, for that matter,” Eric Wiepert, doctor of emergency medicine at Health Central Hospital, told reporters about the current hospital space.

“It just doesn’t create a cohesive environment to treat patients; it doesn’t create an environment to where a nurse and a physician are really working collectively to see patients and to be available for patients.”

This is all about to change with the expansion of the hospital, which will add an expanded emergency department and patient bed tower. The expansion is scheduled to open Wednesday, July 13, after press time.

The expansion will increase the size of the emergency department, jumping from 15,000 to 52,000 square feet. The emergency department layout is more open, with the nursing stations being central for the rooms it serves, allowing nurses a clear line of sight from the station to patients. The 62 emergencyroom beds allow each patient and family more privacy, as patients stay in individual rooms.

The emergency department is now estimated to accommodate 90,000 visits per year, enabling the hospital to grow with the area, according to officials. Currently, the department receives less than 60,000 visits per year.

The effects of the 40-room inpatient bed tower are also expected to help increase efficiency in the emergency department.

In total, Health Central Hospital will have 211 rooms.

SKILLED-NURSING FACILITY

In summer 2017, construction will begin on a 100-bed skillednursing facility to help update facilities for Health Central Park, which is currently located in Winter Garden. The nursing facility will be on the campus of Health Central Hospital.

The new skilled-nursing facility will have a 40-bed dementia

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unit, which is currently considered Health Central Park’s “gated community.”

UF HEALTH CANCER CENTER

Additionally, the UF Health Cancer Center will move its office across West Colonial Drive to the Health Central Hospital campus, nearly doubling its size to 30,000 square feet and offering expanded services, with the goal of enabling West Orange residents to receive cancer care in the community, without having to visit a downtown campus for care.

At the new center, Daniel Buchholz, radiation oncology department chairman, plans to have a new technology — a ViewRay unit. Currently, there is only one ViewRay unit in the state of Florida.

As patients are treated with radiation, the unit uses magnetic resonance imaging to watch the tumor.

“If the patient takes a big, deep breath and the tumor moves a little bit, we’d see it,” Buchholz said. “If the patient wiggles side to side, we’d see it. That’s amazing. That’s really going to cut down side effects for patients and improve the accuracy of our treatment, which hopefully will improve the outcomes…this is state-of-the-art and what I feel is the future of radiation oncology.”

The new center will also have TomoTherapy, an image-guided radiation therapy that is currently at the cancer center. With this technology, physicians could see an image of the patient before they received radiation treatment, to help improve precision.

Both the cancer center and skilled-nursing facility are scheduled to be complete by the end of 2018.

HORIZON WEST HOSPITAL

The Health Central Hospital Expansion is not the only plans Orlando Health has for the West Orange area.

A 16-bed hospital is in the pipeline for Horizon West, with construction scheduled to start this November.

Ultimately, the hospital could help bring healthcare jobs to the Horizon West community, officials said.

Contact Jennifer Nesslar at jnesslar@orangeobserver.com.

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In total, projects cost $100 million, $75 million of which is funded by the West Orange Healthcare District.

TIMELINES UF Health Cancer Center Expansion n Construction begins end of summer 2017 n Construction complete end of 2018 Skilled Nursing Facility on Orlando Health property n Construction begins end of summer 2017 n Construction complete end of 2018 Horizon West hospital n Construction begins November 2016 n Construction complete February 2018

“If the patient takes a big, deep breath and the tumor moves a little bit, we’d see it. That’s amazing.

That’s really going to ... improve the accuracy of our treatment, which hopefully will improve the outcomes … this is state of the art and what I feel is the future of radiation oncology.”

– Daniel Buchholz

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hat if Beulah Road was the popular, social downtown hub of Winter Garden? It might have happened if the

rail lines had been placed a few miles to the Beulah predates the Civil War, and the small community was settled before Winter Garden came into existence. Yet, all that's left of the name are the road, a church, a pioneer cemetery and a lake. The community has been absorbed by Orange County.

The Beulah Settlement, originally called the Reaves Settlement, was carved from the wilderness about five miles south of Lake Apopka.

In January 1860, the Bartlett B. Reams family arrived in the area from Merriweather County, Ga., according to a book written by William Freemont Blackman about the history of Orange County. Also traveling with Reams were the W.C. Roper and Andrew Jackson Dunaway families — in a caravan of 28 horses and mules, five wagons, two carriages and one buggy.

The Reaves family, including Daniel Asbury and Rawlins Lowndes Reaves, settled there in 1867 and owned much of the property in the community, according to an article written in 1934 by Winter Garden's first mayor, A.B. Newton.

The community also boasted the only schoolhouse in the area.

The community continued to grow and develop until the 1880s and 1890s, when rail lines were extended to the north, leading to the birth of Winter Garden and its growth explosion.

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BEULAH CEMETERY

The Beulah Cemetery is accessible at the east end of Cemetery Road, just west of Lake Beulah and nestled under stately sprawling oaks. One of the earliest headstones belongs to Andrew Jackson Dunaway, a Confederate States Army soldier who was buried in 1866.

Beulah Baptist Church has long been the custodian of the cemetery, which is a free resting place for members of the Beulah community or church or for immediate family members of those buried there.

The Reaves family started the cemetery on private land and later donated it to the Beulah church.

The Central Florida Genealogical Society surveyed the cemetery in 1997 and discovered the names of many West Orange County pioneers: Johns, Patrick, Dann, Tanner, Roper, Reaves (Reeves) and Reams (Reames).

Newton, Winter Garden's first mayor and merchant, is buried there, as well.

This year, the Florida Public Archaeology Network has been sponsoring the Orange County Historic Cemetery Recording Project, which produces data that can be beneficial to researchers and archaeologists. Volunteers visit local cemeteries to record marker data, such as type, inscription, material, designs and condition.

The Beulah Cemetery is ranked high on the list because it is still in use, is well-maintained by the church and is still associated with the founding community.

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A daycare center opened on the campus in 1973 and operated until 1992. In 1976, five additional acres was purchased adjacent to the church for expansion.

Family Christian School was started in 2003. Located on the church campus, the school offers instruction in K4 through eight.

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West Orange County's pioneer children had to travel to Beulah for their education, as the Beulah School, established in 1860, was the only formal educational facility in the area for decades, and students attended until the Orange County School Board closed it in 1946.

A log building matching the original Beulah church was built as a school for the surrounding areas.

Classrooms were divided into older and younger classes, and both had combined grade levels.

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West Orange High School was opened on Beulah Road in 1976.

A 1969 aerial shows the future school site covered in citrus trees; a dirt road called Beulah Court ran east and west through the grove but was eliminated when the school was built.

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The oldest church in Orange County is Beulah Baptist Church, now at 671 Beulah Road. It has been written that the church was given its name by a member of the Reaves family who was fascinated by the name Beulah, a Hebrew word that means “married” and in the Bible is a name symbolic of the heavenly Zion. The community later adopted the name after the church.

Prior to it becoming a Baptist church, it was a community congregational church, founded in 1861 on property on Reaves Road.

It served as the only public school in the area, too, for many years.

R.L. Reaves, who was a preacher, offered sermons on the open land. Eventually, a 12-foot by 12-foot building was constructed of split logs because there was no lumber; the local sawmill had burned down in a fire in 1867.

According to the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Beulah Congregational Church became the Beulah Methodist Church in 1892. When the Methodist church moved to Winter Garden in 1909, the community felt a Baptist church was needed, so the church's denomination switched in 1913.

Two years later, the Reaves family deeded the property to the church. The first full-time pastor, the Rev. Mark A. Dobbs, was called in 1942, and the following year, a building fund was begun. A groundbreaking for the new sanctuary took place on Thanksgiving Day 1944. The new church building, with its steeple and modern design, was completed in 1946.

In the late 1940s, a parsonage was built using timbers from the old Beulah School, which closed in 1945.

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The schoolhouse at Beulah served as the center of the settlement’s social activities, before there was an Oakland, Ocoee or Gotha.

When the school was closed, the school board sold the school buildings to the Baptist church for $1, and the church used the timbers from the old school to build the parsonage.

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GABBY BAQUERO STAFF WRITER WINTER GARDEN After four years of serving its modern twist on Mediterranean cuisine in the Roper Building behind Axum Coffee on Plant Street in downtown Winter Garden, alFresco restaurant has moved to a new home. alFresco has relocated to where the now-closed Catania restaurant once was. The sudden move was done without much fanfare, but the end result is a pleasant surprise for co-owners Edwin Martinez and Lynn Kasten.

“Our lease was up, and so we were debating on what to do,” Kasten said. “We had come over to talk to (Catania owners) about using their kitchen for banquets and renting it out and doing breakfast and things like that, and the opportunity arose, and so we jumped at it.”

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just happened to come out of nowhere,” Kasten said. “We were mostly excited about staying in Winter Garden and being on the front side of Plant Street.”

Catania restaurant’s sign is still up, but Martinez assured they will change it once they get all the paperwork finalized. Their opening hours will remain the same, however, they will be expanding the back for more seating and adding a breakfast menu in August.

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Enjoy a movie under the stars at Bill Breeze Park.

Before the movie begins at 8:30 p.m., grab a bite to eat at local food trucks on site.

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THE CLAIRE LYNCH BAND 7 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at the Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden.

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During the past school year, Heistand performed as the title character in “Mary Poppins” and then as Cinderella in “Into the Woods” on West Orange’s stage.

But at the end of June, Heistand, a rising senior, could be seen performing on Broadway.

She was representing the Orlando area at the Jimmy Awards, the national high school musical-theater awards. It was an experience she considered formative for her acting career.

“You’re performing in front of judges who are casting agents, casting directors,” she said. “We got to meet Andrew Lloyd Webber, these incredible people in the theater industry that not any normal high schooler and 17-yearold could say that they have.”

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for the Performing Arts were watching.

Heistand was selected as an outstanding lead performer and competed in the center’s Applause Awards.

A male and female performer were selected to represent Orlando and the the Dr. Phillips Center for thePerforming Arts Center at the Jimmy Awards. Heistand was chosen, along with Tony Moreno, a student at Trinity Preparatory School.

This was the first year that the Applause Awards sent students to the Jimmy Awards.

At the Jimmy Awards, she competed as Mary Poppins.

There, 62 students sharing a passion for theater gathered together. The weeklong intensive concluded with a showcase at the Minskoff Theatre, where “The Lion King” is on Broadway.

The opening number was a melding of different performances from musicals like “Waitress,” “Hamilton” and “School of Rock.” The closing was from “Les Miserables.” Heistand got to participate in a production number from the musical “On Your Feet!”

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“When everyone’s in their own schools, and everyone’s in their own mindset, their own schedules, you don’t really get to take a moment to realize how big the world really is,” she said. “It was like being a small fish in a huge pond. Some of these people were just incredible — the amount of talent that was there that whole week at NYU Tisch was incredibly talented; it was just breathtaking.”

During the week, the group stayed on campus at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, which encouraged her resolve to attend college, as did Broadway performers who spoke to the students and encouraged them to attend college.

It stuck with her when she came home.

“It was kind of a life-altering moment to come home, let everything sink in — that I’ve had my Broadway debut — and kind of let everything settle back down and start to focus more on my aca-

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demics and on my ACT and also taking more voice lessons, and just making sure that everything is going to be prepared for my senior year,” she said.

During her final year of high school, Heistand looks forward to taking what she learned to mentor other drama students at West Orange High School, just as others mentored her through her high-school career.

“When everyone’s in their own schools, their own mindset, their own schedules, you don’t really get to take a moment to realize how big the world really is. It was like being a small fish in a huge pond. The amount of talent that was there that whole week ... it was just breathtaking.”

Contact Jennifer Nesslar at jnesslar@orangeobserver.com.

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For the month of July, the adoption fee for dogs will be reduced to $25, and the adoption fee for cats will be $15.

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“It’s just amazing to be able to work with people like that and get feedback from people like that,” she said.

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JOSEPH CHARLES HEMBROOKE JR. DIED JULY 6, 2016

Joseph Charles Hembrooke Jr., of Ocoee, Florida, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2016. He was 81. Joe was born in Brooklyn, New York, on Feb. 3, 1935, to Frances Adelaide (Kelsey) Hembrooke and Joseph Charles Hembrooke.

He graduated from Erasmus Hall High School and earned his bachelor’s degree from what is now The College at Brockport, State University of New York, majoring in health and physical education. While teaching near his home on Long Island, New York, he began furthering his education, leading to a degree in educational administration. He served as Principal of Horseheads High School, Horseheads, New York, from 1971 till 1978, when he took a position as Delaware Valley Central School District Superintendent of Schools in Callicoon, New York. He retired from education in 1985.

Growing up, Joe and his family spent the summers at the family’s summer home at Lake George and, while at home in Brooklyn, he developed a love for baseball, which evolved into a continuing passion for the New York Mets. Joe had umpired the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and, since moving to Ocoee, Florida, in 1965, served as an umpire for the local Little Leagues program.

In 2015, he was recognized by Ocoee Little League for his years of volunteerism and dedication to the players.

Although baseball was in his

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blood, he was a fan, coach and official of other sports. While at Delaware Valley, he officiated girls’ soccer and was respected and admired as a fair and knowledgeable official who was received warmly by opposing teams when he was on the field.

His love of education was not just about books and learning. It reached far deeper into his love of people — his faculty, staff, students and their families. He was fair in administering, was willing to join in on the fun, but maintained professionalism and respect even when he donned a cheerleading outfit because the girls didn’t have the required coach to maintain the squad, or donned a rabbit costume to promote the school’s production of “Harvey.” His students loved and appreciated him but still knew he was in a position of authority.

Joe touched thousands of young lives over the years as principal and administrator, but he also served on the Board of Directors for Outstanding Young Americans, was a state director for America’s National Teenager and Pre-Teen programs; and, in 1981, was instrumental in creating America’s Favorite Pageants, a program where girls could compete based on academics, volunteer service and personality.

In 2003, he and his wife founded S.T.A.R.S. of West Orange Inc. (Supplies To Assist ouR Students), a program providing backpacks and basic school supplies to students from economically challenged students in West Orange County, Florida.

Joe’s smile and sense of humor were always apparent, whether on the field, in the classroom, public speaking, at church or in the community. He provided encouragement, guidance and support to those in need and was ready to offer a helping hand.

As a member of St. Pauls

Presbyterian Church in Ocoee, he served as a deacon and an elder and on various committees, including the Mission Team, where his organizational skills and expertise took him to the Board of Directors of Bread of Life Fellowship Inc., where he served as vice president.

In May 2005, he was named Member of the Month by the West Orange Chamber of Commerce and received the West Orange Chamber of Commerce Community Champion Award for community service as a resident of the City of Ocoee that same year. He was an active member of the Chamber’s Education Committee and Events Team and always willing to assist when needed. The Silver Bend Homeowners Association recognized him for his many years of dedicated leadership and service as president, as well as volunteer.

In 2013 he was co-recipient of the coveted Disney Mouscar for his years of service providing backpacks and basic school supplies to local students and stimulating increased community awareness for other organizations to organize programs similar to S.T.A.R.S. to assist even more students.

He married the late Joan Cummings Oct. 7, 1956, and they had three children, Timothy Scott, Helene Ann and Kathleen Ann. Joe is survived by his wife, Chesta (Filer) Hembrooke; daughters, Helene (Carri Jean) and Kathleen (Jackie Satterly); 10 grandchildren, Erica Hembrooke (Jessica Richards), Kristy Clark, Timothy (Ashlyn) Hembrooke II, Natalie (Tim) Jennings, Andrew (Abbey) Clark, Leslie Hembrooke, Tara Hembrooke, Victoria Hembrooke, Alexis Hembrooke and Dylan Hembrooke-Turner; five greatgrandchildren, Peyton Jennings, Ava Albright, Hudson Hembrooke, Greyson Richards and Timothy Jennings; and many, many close and dear friends who became extended family to him.

A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 9, 2016 in the Sanctuary Chapel at Quest Church (formerly St. Pauls Presbyterian Church) in Ocoee, located at 1450 Citrus Oaks Avenue, Gotha, Florida.

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MARY JANE SHANER DIED JULY 2, 2016

Albion, New York: Mary Jane Shaner, age 96, passed away on July 2, 2016, at Medina Memorial Hospital in Medina, New York. She was born May 16, 1920, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to the late Harvey and Gertrude Costlow.

Mary Jane is survived by her daughters, Patricia (Richard) Peoples of Ocoee, Florida, Barbara (Doug) Morey of Albion, New York, Judith (Bruce) Liddle of Schoharie, New York; sons, Melvin (Elizabeth) Shaner of Shawboro, North Carolina, Alvin (Anita) Shaner of North Huntington, Pennsylvania; sister, Nancy Wallace; brothers, Dan (Annie) Costlow, Jim (Virginia) Costlow; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and cousins.

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service will be held at the Christopher Mitchell Funeral Home Inc., 21 West Ave., Albion, New York, at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 17.

Memorial contributions in Mary Jane’s name may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312; or to a charity of one’s choice. To share a special memory of Mary Jane, please visit christophermitchell.com.

DAVID J. “PA” BARRETT DIED JULY 9, 2016

David J. “Pa” Barrett, 66 of Winter Garden, Florida, passed away on July 9, 2016, in his home surrounded by family. He was born on Dec. 19, 1949, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, to parents Thomas Barrett and Betty Barrett.

Dave grew up on a farm and carried that necessary work ethic throughout his life.

David was a graduate of West Hazleton High School, where he played football, and went on to play at East Stroudsburg University, where he received a bachelor’s in business administration.

He also received an MBA from Syracuse University.

David began his career at Continental Can - White Cap in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, where he

served in various capacities and was ultimately plant manager. He worked as CEO for various venture capitalist holding companies, including Scovill Fasteners and LTI (Georgia), US Traffic and Color Spot Nurseries (California), Growing Family (Missouri), Monessan Hearth (Kentucky) and GPSI (Florida).

As president and CEO of various corporations, he spread a culture of hard work, integrity and happiness.

He served on the board of both Regions Bank in North Georgia and North Georgia Technical Institute. He was also a member of the Ocoee Golf Leagues.

David was an avid golfer and enjoyed the outdoors. His favorite activity was spending time with his family. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather.

Those he loved most called him Pa. He will be missed by all who knew him.

David is survived by his wife of 45 years, Nancy Martnick Barrett; his children, David Barrett of Alpharetta, Georgia, Sarah Barrett Bobilin of Clermont, Florida, and Andrew Barrett of Winter Garden, Florida; and eight grandchildren, Barrett, Benjamin, Annabelle, Stellie, Jacob, P.J., Micah and Joseph. He is also survived by his sister, Janet Barrett Lopez, and his brothers, Thomas Barrett, Ronald Barrett and Richard “Skitch” Barrett.

Visitation was held at Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home in Winter Garden from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 13. His funeral service is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 14.

In lieu of flowers, David has requested donations be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and MD Anderson Research Center.

GLADYS THOMPSON SANDERS DIED JULY 11, 2016

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She is predeceased by her husband, Edward “Buck” Sanders; her sons, Clyde Greggs and Mike Newberg; her parents, Hurtis and Alpha Thompson; and her first husband, Chapman Greggs.

She is survived by her daughters, Glenda Grant and Alpha Newberg; her grandchildren, Thomas Grant, Rachael Zedlitz, Candace Gardner and Katelyn and E.J. Newberg; her sisters, Allie Mae Barley and Janettie Stone; and her loving nieces, Deb and Cassie Stone; as well as many other extended family.

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Der’Renae Freeman, a West Orange alumna and rising senior at Florida State University, finished sixth, overall, in the long jump at her first USA Olympic Trials. Freeman recorded the top marks of her career at the trials.

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Katie Schorr, a member of the SouthWest Stars Swim Club and a rising junior at Montverde Academy who is from Ocoee, competed at the USA Olympic Trials in the 50-meter freestyle.

Schorr placed 118th in her first taste of Olympic-level competition.

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Kyle Corbin of the Winter Garden Squeeze was named the Florida Collegiate Summer League’s Player of the Week. Corbin hit .714 with six RBIs to earn the honor.

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Pablo Cabrera of the Winter Garden Squeeze was the third-leading vote-getter in balloting for the FCSL’s All-Star Game, which took place July 9.

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Winter Garden Little League went 3-2 and Ocoee Little League went 2-2 in the Florida District 14 Juniors (14U) All-Stars Tournament.

Ocoee baseball team shines The junior varsity baseball team for Ocoee High competed in the World Amateur Baseball Association’s (WABA) Summer Slam Tournament this past weekend, winning the event with a 3-1 record.

Ocoee edged out a 6-5 victory in the championship game.

The team includes Phillip Gray, Harrison Kohler, Kelton Butler, Austin Clements, Nick Brienza, Ryan Lattner, Joey Kennedy, Tyler Gray, Austin Garver, Caleb Andreaus, Peyton Butler, Stephen Godek and Garrett Brewer.

The owners of Winter Garden Fencing Academy make it their goal to welcome anyone interested in the sport — something the club was recently recognized for by USA Fencing.

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ennifer Seachrist has been fencing since she was 10 years old.

Her young age, though, her love for the sport developed in an unexpected way — Seachrist was dragged along to her brother’s fencing classes.

When — after six or seven months — her brother quit the classes, she stayed.

Now, she and her husband, Jason Seachrist, own Winter Garden Fencing Academy.

Tucked away on the corner of South Main Street and East Joiner Street in downtown Winter Garden, the Seachrists’ club was one of five fencing programs honored

by USA Fencing with a Club of Excellence award.

Winter Garden Fencing Academy was recognized June 29 in the category of Diversity in Woman’s Programming, a distinction which honors fencing schools that encourage diversity within the program.

Currently, 35% of the club’s 60 members are female. Jennifer Seachrist says that ratio is pretty high compared to most clubs, but adds that all they’ve done is make sure they reduce any potential barriers to entry in their program — by keeping their prices as low as possible, challenging the perception that fencing is an elitist sport and accepting any interested members starting from age 6.

“We’re not necessarily going out and finding people,” Jennifer Seachrist said. “We’re just laying it out; We’re saying this is who we are, and we want everybody to come and play. We keep our prices as low as we can, that way everybody can come and fence.”

The couple met through the Orlando Fencing Club 12 years ago after they took over a fencing class in a former karate studio that Jennifer’s coach used to teach. After noticing the high level of interest in fencing from the kids, the Seachrists started their own club, which “exploded” and became what it is today.

“We were just doing local tournaments before, and now we’ve got kids going all over the country for national tournaments,” Jennifer Seachrist said.

The Seachrists are not slowing down anytime soon in their efforts to welcome anyone interested with open arms — and dueling swords. After being contacted by some people with a successful wheelchair program, they now have an interest in adding a fencing program for people who use wheelchairs.

“I’m planning to go in the next six months to visit them, so we can figure out how they got started so we can bring something like that to Florida,” Jennifer Seachrist SEE FENCING PAGE 20

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Abby Henne, 10, and Nora Alawwad, 12, practice dueling with foil blades during a fencing class held at Winter Garden Fencing Academy on Monday, July 12.

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Nicholas “Nico” Cecchi, left, and Ella Klyce — both 10 — helped propel the SouthWest Stars Swim Club to a second-place finish at the highly-competitive Florida International Invitational.

SouthWest Stars duo tops competition at meet Along the way to finishing atop their age group, SouthWest Stars Ella Klyce and Nicholas “Nico” Cecchi set team and meet records at the Florida International Invitational in Plantation.

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Ella Klyce and Nicholas “Nico” Cecchi swam the best meets of their young careers at the Florida International Invitational late last month in Plantation, continuing an upward trend for the SouthWest Stars Swim Club, the competitive swim team for SouthWest Aquatics in Winter Garden.

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Tyler Meehan The Juniors (14U) All-Star team for Winter Garden Little League went 3-2 in district competition last week, finishing as runner-up in Florida District 14. Tyler Meehan played a big role for Winter Garden’s successful run, leading the team from behind the plate as catcher while also pitching in relief when needed and hitting over .300 during the tournament.

How do you think the team did in the district tournament?

I think we did great. Overall, we could have done better with the bats, but that’s probably about it.

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Hitting a home run at the Dr. Phillips field for the first time during the regular season.

What do you like about baseball?

Just practicing, getting work in and having fun. I like catching — I didn’t want to do it at first, but ever since I did it I’ve never got up from back there (behind the plate).

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Either the Red Sox or the Rays.

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Klyce and Cecchi, both 10, were each recognized as the top swimmer in their age group, each besting more than 20 respective competitors from around the state.

Along the way, both youngsters rewrote the record books for the team and the meet — Klyce set a team and meet record in the 100-meter fly (1:14.34) and Cecchi set a team and meet record in the 200-meter IM (2:47.86).

In the individual point standings, both Klyce (122 points) and Cecchi (121 points) each nearly doubled the total of the nearest runner-up (65 and 62 points, respectively).

“It was really exciting,” said Klyce, who attends SunRidge Elementary. “I didn’t think I would do that well.”

She wasn’t alone in her surprise, either. Though both swimmers were expected to compete for the top spot, the scale at which they were successful was a pleasant surprise for veteran coach and instructor Justin Correia.

“They definitely surprised us.

They broke a few meet records — and that meet has been around for quite a while now,” Correia said. “We were hoping to go down

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said. “There is no wheelchair program in Florida, but that’s kind of where we’re going with it — and that’s how we got this award. We work really hard to make sure that everybody realizes there’s no reason why you can’t fence.”

Given the club’s current size, it came as a pleasant surprise to be

What’s your dream job?

To be a veterinarian. I’ve always loved animals — I have five dogs, I had a snake and I have a pet lizard.

Can you tell us about the snake you used to have?

My snake passed away, but it was a ball python named “Goldie.”

Katie Schorr was the first SouthWest Star to compete at the USA Olympic Trials.

there and do well and they did exceptionally well.”

Both Klyce and Cecchi — who is a student at Montverde Academy and lives in Winter Garden — will now try and translate that success into a strong showing at this weekend’s Florida Age Group Championships in Orlando.

mentioned for an honor alongside prestigious fencing programs around the country. The Seachrists’ club is the only one in Florida that received any kind of recognition.

“It’s very surreal,” Jennifer Seachrist said. “It’s a huge honor, and we’re kind of humbled by it because there’s a lot of amazing programs out there. When we

Cecchi says he enjoys coming to practice each day and that the staff at SouthWest has been a big help to him.

“My coaches have probably been my biggest inspiration to swim,” Cecchi said.

The strong showing by the two standouts underscored a team performance that saw the SouthWest Stars Swim Club place second in the elite event. Though the team has had success regionally, Correia says the recent success on a more statewide level has been very encouraging for the program.

Additionally, the program just had its first swimmer compete at the United States Olympic Trials, with star swimmer Katie Schorr recording a time of 26.49 in the 100-meter freestyle. Her success has served as an inspiration for the young swimmers — and for the coaches who have worked with her for so long.

“Katie started out with us as a baby,” Correia said. “We’re trying to really move in that direction where we see full development from younger ages all the way up to teenagers to, hopefully, college.”

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read the article that had the other Club of Excellence awards from the five different categories, we were right up there with pretty amazing programs that we’ve heard about for years.”

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The Winter Garden Squeeze have already won four more games (12) this season coming out of the All-Star break than in all of 2015.

Squeeze eye second, third place coming out of break Winter Garden is just a half-game out of third place and a game-anda-half out of second place as it readies for the home stretch of the summer season.

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Even as the Sanford River Rats continue to run away with first place in the Florida Collegiate Summer League, the Winter Garden Squeeze have emerged from the FCSL’s annual All-Star Weekend with four more wins than it

had in all of 2015 — and second and third place well within striking distance.

Winter Garden (12-14) returned to action after the league’s allstar contest, which took place July 9 in Sanford, and dropped its first game to the league-leading River Rats, 7-1. Despite that, and despite the fact that the Squeeze

have lost six of its past 10 games, first-year manager Jay Welsh’s team is just a half-game behind third-place Altamonte (12-13) and a game-and-a-half behind second-place DeLand — clubs that are five and six games behind Sanford in the standings, respectively.

“We’ve been streaky up to this point — we got out of the gate real good and then we dropped six in a row,” Welsh said, reflecting on the first half of the season.

“I like where we are heading into the stretch run here. We’re finally figuring out who’s doing what well.”

Welsh pointed to pitching and fielding as two areas where the team has struggled, but noted the number of errors has gone down of late. The first-year coach also acknowledged that he has had to contend with his own learningcurve this season, coaching in the FCSL for the first time after leading the Winter Garden Tangelos — the Squeeze’s Futures Wood-bat League affiliate — to a championship last summer.

“I really think it’s night and day … this is well above what I ever anticipated,” Welsh said of the difference between the two leagues. “I think that’s so from the aspect of the hitting — the hitters that I’ve seen this year, what they’ve done with the wood bats … it’s been eye-opening.

These guys can swing it.”

The Squeeze will complete a mid-week series against Altamonte Thursday, ahead of weekend series against Leesburg (12-17).

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WELSH, SQUEEZE MAKE SPLASH AT FCSL ALL-STAR GAME A familiar face was calling the shots for the South team at the Florida Collegiate Summer League’s All-Star Game July 9 in Sanford.

Jay Welsh, the manager for the Squeeze, coached the South team — which comprised players from Winter Garden, Altamonte Springs and Winter Park.

Welsh was joined by eight Squeeze players, including four starters (Pablo Cabrera, Tyler Halstead, Cody Burgess and Kyle Corbin) and four reserves (Matt Sullivan, Nick Niarchos, Shane Haight and Jarred Neal). Cabrera was the third-leading vote getter in the balloting.

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CHURCH DIRECTORY

BAPTIST

EPISCOPAL

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

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH 241 N. Main, Winter Garden Services: 8, 9:30, & 11am, 7pm www.churchofthemessiah.com

WINDERMERE UNION CHURCH 10710 Park Ridge-Gotha Rd. Windermere, FL 34786 407-876-2112 Worship times: 9:00am Adult Sunday School 10:00am Worship www.windermereunion.org

CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION 4950 S. Apopka-Vineland Rd. Orlando Sun.Serv 8:30am, 10:30am, 6:30pm.

407-876-3480 www.ascension-orlando.org

METHODIST

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NON-DENOMINATIONAL

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 125 N. Lakeview Ave Winter Garden Service Times 9:00 AM and 11:15 AM Phone – 407-656-1135 Web: fumcwg.org

STARKE LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH 611 West. Ave., Ocoee Pastor Jeff Pritchard (407) 656-2351 Email: starkelakebaptist@gmail. com

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NEXT COMMUNITY CHURCH 13640 W. Colonial Dr., Ste 110, Winter Garden 407-654-9661 • Prayer 9:30AM, Fellowship 9:45AM, Service 10:05AM

Words to Live By...

“Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm.

Nothing is too hard for you.

- Jeremiah 32:17 (niv)

CHURCH OF GOD OCOEE CHURCH OF GOD Pastor Thomas Odom 1105 N. Lakewood Avenue, Ocoee 407-656-8011

New Beginnings Start at Matthew’s Hope

Matthew’s Hope will close our current offices and discontinue serving the homeless at 1460 Daniels Road on July 27.

Our Temporary Office will be located at 523 S. Woodland in Winter Garden beginning July 28.

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A Huge Community

Thank You!

Thank you for attending the grand opening festivities and thank you for trusting us to provide all of your healthcare needs.

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Thank You West Orange County for a Grand Weekend!

Thank you to over 1,400 residents and dignataries of the West Orange County community who came out this past weekend to Health Central Hospital’s Newly Expanded Emergency Department and New Patient Tower Grand Opening celebration.

During a tour of the expanded Emergency Room, visitors experienced a scaled-down “hospital” where children and adults alike got to meet our health care pros and use authentic tools and experience procedures in a fun setting. Attendees were able to use real surgical instruments, interact with Robo Doc, and learn CPR! Other fun activities included a visit with Orlando Health’s Air Care team, Arnold Palmer Hospital and Winnie Palmer Hospital transport teams, climb aboard the City of Ocoee Fire Department’s fire truck and a Rural Metro ambulance.

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DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY Emergency Department........................407.296.1150

Labor and Delivery..............................407.296.1380

Main Number.....................................407.296.1000

Marketing & Community Relations.........407.296.1491

Administration....................................407.296.1820

Maternal Child...................................407.296.1360

Adult Medical Unit (AMU)....................407.296.1350

Medical Surgical Unit (MSU)................407.296.1450

Ambulatory Services............................407.296.1290

Nursery.............................................407.296.1344

Atrium Pharmacy (open to public).........407.296.1912

Nutrition Counseling............................407.296.1027

Cardiac Rehabilitation.........................407.296.1595

Obstetrics (OB)...................................407.296.1360

Case Management..............................407.296.1480

Ortho / Spine Unit (OSU)....................407.296.1390

Chest Pain Center...............................407.292.2116

Outpatient Center (Laboratory).............407.296.1134

Express Care Walk-in Urgent Care Center.........................407.253.7580

Patient Advocate / Patient Relations......407.296.1817

Garden Grille Catering........................407.296.1025

Rehabilitation Services (In - and Outpatient)........................407.296.1900

Garden Grille Menu Line.....................407.296.1028

Radiology / Imaging...........................407.296.1160

Gift Shop...........................................407.296.1145

Scheduling.........................................407.296.1190

Health Central Park.............................407.296.1600 (Nursing and Rehabilitative Center)

Surgical Care Unit (SCU).....................407.296.1550 Surgery Center...................................407.253.2560

Health Central Hospital University.........407.296.1440

Volunteer Services...............................407.296.1147

Human Resources................................407.296.1080

Womens’ Imaging Center.....................407.296.1170

Intermediate Critical Care (ICC)............407.296.1250

Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center........407.253.2780

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