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Winter Park/ Maitland Volume 20, No. 51 407-740-0401 www.FirstColonyBank.net FIRST COLONY * BANK Your Real Hometown Bank On Hwy 17-92 in Maitland ,, ... Member FDIC reMDER __________________________ ____ , _____ _____ Thursday, December 18,2008 Locally owned. Locally produced. Widely read. www.WPMObserver.com 504 + tax e Member FDIC COMMERCE NATIONAL BANK & TRUST On the corner of 17-92 & Orange Avenue. 407-622-8181 * www.CNBT-FL.com Commun~~itBulCmuiyOnd Wildcats with heart While fundraising for a coach's medical bills, the Cats win. Page A2 Holiday calendar See the best the season has to offer in The Observer's calendar. Page A10 It's A Chick Thing A novelty shop's new Winter Park spot offers affordable gifts. Page A7 Community Bulletin........A3 Business Briefs............A5 City Talks....... .........A6 Play On! .............A12 Legals........... . .A13 Marketplace. .........A 14 Games..... ........ A15 -- 0 I - 0 41 - 9.,4 2 I94922 95642 2 Santa sightings soar Pioi0 lE'i ISAAC BABCOCK- THE OBSERVERh Santa Claus greeted guests, including Malik Vanderpool, 2, at Barnie's Coffee on Park Avenue. He'll make another appear- ance this weekend as well as travel Winter Park's streets with Mrs. Claus. Check G.O. Family for a listing of Santa's events. 'Tis the season for rise in crime JENNY ANDREASSON OBSERVER STAFF Thefts usually increase dur- ing the holidays, and police say the economic downturn could be making things worse. Maitland Police Officer Allison Diller said the city's burglary and theft numbers have been above average during the last month and a half. She said you can't of- ficially tie the economy to the increase, but she sus- pects that's the case. "We are watching busi- nesses more closely this time of year," she said, add- ing that law enforcement agencies will commonly put together special en- forcement units that patrol businesses only, mostly in the evening. Business owners can pre- vent thefts by making sure their stores are locked and well-lit overnight arid that valuable items, such as TVs, are out of sight, she said. Shoppers should seek out security escorts when bring- ing packages to their cars. In Oviedo this year, bur- glaries to businesses, includ- ing forced and attempted entry, have nearly doubled compared with this time last year, from 33 to 60. Car burglaries in that time frame have increased by 52 per- cent. Burglaries to residenc- es stayed about the same. "The holiday season al- ways gives people looking for something to steal op- > turn to CRIME on page A4 City OKs red light cameras ISAAC BABCOCK OBSERVER STAFF Winter Park may soon have its own "red light" district af- ter city commissioners voted unanimously last week to al- low cameras that can catch drivers running red lights. Mayor David Strong had spoken favorably of the cameras earlier in the year when asked about Apopka's system, which was the first in Florida. That system com- pleted an 8 1/2-month pilot study in March. Now he's adamant about implementing a similar sys- tem. "If you asked me I'd put them everywhere you could;" Strong said. "People > turn to LIGHTS on page A5 Schools face deeper cuts MARY-ELIZABETH HITTEL GUEST REPORTER Having recently reversed a decision to flip school start times, Orange Coun- ty School Board members may be feeling a reprieve from public criticism, but they still face tough budget decisions. After cutting 7 percent from each district and 6 percent from each of the schools for this year's bud- get, Orange County Pub-' lic Schools was forced to make a $23 million cut to next year's budget. School Board Chair- woman Joie Cadle said while Orange County will maintain what it can, cuts are inevitable. OCPS used its non-recurring expenses line item to cover the cost of the current $23 million holdback, Cadle said. A hir- ing freeze is also in place, and at this time, no ad- ditional cuts to the class- rooms will be made. Cadle added that the re- cent rumors that OCPS may be cutting sports teams or going to a four-day week are false and not options the Board is considering. "I want to put one thing to rest, the superintendent will not be recommending a four-day school week," Cadle said. "It would re- quire statutory change, and quite frankly, it does not make sense for academic achievement and success. I do not know why the me- dia ran with the four-day week." Terry Forrester, Winter Park High School Band Booster president, said the school schedule flip > turn to SCHOOLS on page A3 ISAAC BABCOCK OBSERVER STAFF A local coach nearly killed by a heart attack four years ago has a new lease on life, thanks to a bas- ketball tournament named in his honor. And last weekend Win- ter Park's boys basketball team helped raise money to help Coach Rob Graham, who was left unable to walk after the devastating heart attack. With microphone in hand, Gra- ham waved to the fans at home court before watching his team play. "Thank you all for making this all possible," he told the fans. The house was packed to cheer Touramen res Winter Park beat Bishop Verot 55-46 on Saturday's Hoops With Heart tournament. Wildcat Austin Rivers scored 18 points; teammate Robert Lovaglio scored 17 and had 12 rebounds. The Cats are now 7-1. on the coach and 12 of the top teams in the state, who battled each other for eight hours on the court. For the first time at the tourna- ment, which w1as held at Oviedo High School, Graham's Bishop Moore Hornets played the host team. "I said 'Forget about who wins or loses,' but we won't forget about who's helping people," Oviedo Coach Ed Kershner said. In front of that packed house, the Winter Park Wildcats found a way to win anyway, staying consis- tently ahead of Bishop Verot until the game tightened, then swung open, in the final minutes. They won 55-46, with forward Robert Lovaglio leading the way with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Next year, they'll be back. They may have more competition, though. "It's bigger every year we've done it," Kershner said. "It keeps getting better." S- - PHOTO BY ISAAC BABCOCK -THE OBSERVER Winter Park faced tough competition from Bishop Verot High School of Ft. Myers, but the Cats triumphed late. 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Players of all _ ages came in Christmas Sons of the American Revolution on Saturday, Dec. 13 outfits and even decorated rededicated a "Liberty Tree" planted' at the Mayflower their instruments. Retirement Center in Winter Park. UCF's College of Medicine received an $80,000 donation Friday from the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce and the Edyth Bush PHOTO BY ISAAC BABCOCK - THE OBSERVER Charitable Trust. Com mun it 'Comm-unitv B. 11 1i Army Reserve Private Thomas Lever has grad- uated from basic combat training at Fort Jack- son, Columbia, S.C. He is the cousin of Beth Cates of Charleston, S.C., and Ryan Lightbourn of Winter Park. Army Private Atreyu K. Hirst has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Co- lumbia, S.C. Hirst is the sen of Jeffry and Dawn Clark of Winter Park and grandson of Kenneth Hirst of St. Augustine. Jewish Community Center Idol was held Nov. 29 at The Plaza Theatre on Bumby Avenue. Pat- terned after the TV show "American Idol," audi- tions were held for several months leading up to the final event where nine finalists competed for $1,000 and a chance to sing the national anthem at the Jan. 6 Orlando Magic game. Marni Becker of Maitland won singing "And I am Telling You." Funds raised were to benefit scholarships for the Maitland JCC and Jack and Lee Rosen JCC in Southwest Orlando.. Florida Department of Transportation crews shifted eastbound Interstate 4 lanes to the right Dec. 11 between the exit ramps to Maitland Bou- levard (Exits 90A and 90B) and the entrance ramp from Maitland Boulevard to eastbound 1-4. Crews will close one or two eastbound 1-4 lanes between the exit and entrance ramps from 11:30 p.m. until 6 a.m. nightly through Thursday, Dec. 17, for mill- ing and resurfacing, weather permitting. The lane shifts will remain in place through January. The Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation of Winter Park has elected University of Central Florida College of Medicine Dean Deborah C. German M.D. to the Board of Directors of the Foundation. German joins the board during its 35th year of giving in Florida. German was selected after an extensive search process that included an internal assessment of skill sets of current board members along with the board's projected skill needs for its future work in a dynamic and forward-looking Central Florida. Habitat Orlando was recently notified of the single largest commitment of financial support in its 22-year history: $462,000 from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, coupled with a $71,000 commitment from members of Thrivent Financial, Lutheran congregations, Lutheran schools and other supporters from throughout Central Florida. The Habitat Orlando funding will be used to help build five of 58 town homes at Staghorn Villas, a new multifamily community located on the corner of Silver Star Road and LeHavre Boulevard. The 3.9-acre community will feature 10 buildings with four to eight town homes each, surrounded by green spaces and play areas. U.S. Marine Colonel Paul E. Wilson of Long- wood has published a new book, "China Ma- rine," about the political situation in China and the Far East after World War II. It's a love story set against the backdrop of. communist China, following a young Marine who marries a Chinese woman and struggles to evacu- ate his family as the Communist Party comes to power. SCHOOLS I Vote flops schedule < continued from the front page - putting middle school start times ahead of high schools - has been awful for her family. Her Winter Park High student keeps get- ting sick and Forrester feels that if she were not a stay- at-home-mom, her middle school student would not have enough supervision during the week. Newly elected School Board member Vicky Bell led an effort to switch the start times back to the way they were before, with mid- dle schools starting later than high schools. The motion passed 4 to 3 and will be in effect as of Au- gust 2009. "Having studied the re- port from (School Superin- tendent) Mr. (Ron) Blocker, there is no clear evidence that the actual time change had anything to do with the cost savings," Bell said. "I have studied this issue for months now. The money saved was because of bus consolidation schedules." She said the key was to stag- ger start times. Parents have also thought up ways for OCPS to save costs. "They could cut costs by turning off all electric- ity when the campuses are closed," Forrester said. "I walk by Maitland Middle School on the weekends, and every time I hear several air conditioners running in portables. No one is there, turn off the A/C." Jacobsons Huge St. John and Escada sale! Hurry in for best selection! New Store Hours Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. 329 North Park Avenue Suite 101 (next to Panera Bread) Winter Park, FL 32789 407.539.2528 www.Jacobsons.com CONTESTED DIVORCE - CHILDREN'S ISSUES MARK LANG & ASSOCIATES Attorneys In Beautifid Dou'ltouln TWiner Park 222 West Comstock Avenue, Suile 210 lnitcr Park. Florida 32S89-2615 Telephone- (40-) 599--433 \ 11x\.langla .net . "The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements. Before you decide, ask us to send you free written information about our qualifications and experience." 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C I r, , T , 1r , C,,3 a,-,l ., :,Ml | . ,]e Tr, Cu'U-.gJ, 31 - i.u, i;: CL, i'n " .i .- . ..*.- '. , ,.'.. a Hi-r ,.'r 1,n-i ,Srr rirpF-,T, Thursday, December 18, 2008 Page 3 Winter Park / Maitla r e~~' uy 'A~~ gaPI~fl.,, 4 hu rs ayo, ,l~mo IL AlWitrPk/MatndOsve Home burglary and theft More than $100,000 in jewelry was stolen Dec. 6 from a residence on Shepherd Avenue, after the bur- glar pried open a rear door. Two men knocked on the front door of a home on Granville Drive on Dec. 3, and when no one answered, one of the suspects went to the back of the home and broke a rear glass door. The suspects, described as two black men, one 5-foot-10 and 275 pounds, another 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds (about 25 years old), fled in a gray Honda four-door with Florida license plate D42 6KS. Homes were burglarized multiple times. Stolen items included a Sony Playstation 3, a Kenmore 790 elec- tric stove, a MacBook laptop, a Sony video camera model DCR-DVD610, $3,150 worth of jewelry, $3,000 worth of silverware, cash, a Xbox and five games, and a HP Pavilion laptop model #1PFE654VA. Strange crime Someone dumped trash on the dining room table of a home on Oakhurst Avenue on Dec. 2. The suspect may have entered by ma- nipulating a door lock. Nothing was reported stolen. A man was seen masturbating in a parking lot on the 1900 block of West Fairbanks Avenue on Nov. 28. Another man was caught mas- turbating publicly Dec. 8, this time at a business on the 1300 block of Orange Avenue. The unknown black male, who stood 5-foot-6 wilh a thin build, fled when discovered. Auto theft and burglary Eight vehicles were burglarized, most by having a window broken, between Nov. 28 and Dec. 9. The biggest theft was on the 300 block of South Park Avenue. Taken were a Kodak digital camera, co- logne, $400 in cash, a briefcase, gift cards, a checkbook, Blackberry 8600 cell phone, Dell Inspirion lap- top and an Acer laptop. Among the other stolen items were six purses (three from one car), a backpack, two Pioneer stereos and a Garmin Nuvi 200 GPS. A red 1966 Chevrolet Impala con- vertible was stolen Dec. 5 from Osceola Avenue by a thin black man in a dark four-door vehicle. A white 2003 GMC truck stolen in Lake County was recovered on West Fairbanks Avenue. Statistical wrap-up Residents called with noise com- plaints 23 times between Nov. 28 and Dec. 9 for offenses ranging from a loud alarm system to a loud hum- ming noise (reported twice). Parties were the most common complaint. Police arrested 48 people between Nov. 28 and Dec. 11 for a range of offenses, mostly drunk driving.and marijuana possession. Two people were arrested for domestic battery, one for leaving the scene of an acci- dent, one for prescription fraud, one for defrauding an innkeeper, two for burglary and two for grand theft. CRIME I Cities see rise in thefts as economy sours < continued from the front page portunity," Oviedo Police Chief Jeff Chudnow said. The reces- sion, which the U.S. entered a year ago, may be adding to those theft numbers. As unem- ployment rises, "people who wouldn't usually do it become desperate," he said. Winter Springs hasn't taken a big hit, Interim Police Chief Kevin Brunelle said. From Janu- ary through November the city experienced 299 thefts com- pared with 285 in 2007. Com- mercial burglaries did increase, from 13 in 2007 to 23. Robber- ies - violent burglaries - slid from 12 in 2007 to six this year. Not included in larcenies are car burglaries, Brunelle said, in which more than 75 percent of the cars were unlocked, making swiping GPS devices and purses easy. "What's happening is kids out there are carhopping," Brunelle said. He said most of the perpe- trators are juveniles on break from school who find unlocked cars and steal electronics and even Christmas gifts. Then they sell the goods online on sites such as eBay and craigslist or pawning them. "GPSs are a hot item," Ovie- do's Chudnow said, confirming 'that the majority of burglarized cars in Oviedo are unlocked too. He warned people not to leave valuable items visible in the car. Even if a person is leaving the car for two minutes, such as to drop off a child at day care, they should take their valuables with them and lock the car door.. Winter Park's Police Depart- ment was contacted for this story but did not respond to re- quests for comment. Hodges Brothers Roofing Locally owned roofing company serving Orlando since 1978 with shingle, built- l j up, modified bitumen and metal roof work. 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",.i. r. ..,[Ve"-r.- Observer Engagements Weddings Anniversaries SBirths Birthdays Graduations S.Celebrations Call Tracy Craft 407-628-8500 ext. 303 trraft@observemenwspapers com Published Thursday, December 18, 2008 Volume 20, Issue Number 51 Winter Park / Maitland Observer hT d December 18 20 8 Business A convoy of three Bright House Networks pickup trucks and three vans filled to the brim, along with a dozen employee volunteers, deliv- ered 650 wrapped holiday gifts for more than 120 children to the Hope and Help Center of Central Florida headquarters in Winter Park on Fri- day, Dec. 12, to support the center's Angel Tree Campaign for the children and family members of clients. The Hope and Help Center of Flori- da at "1935 Woodcrest Drive in Winter Park provides information, referrals, resources -and support services for people with HIV and AIDS. The Bright House Networks em- Employees of Bright House Networks wrapped 650 gifts for children at the Hope and Help Center in Winter Park. ployee volunteer gift drive for Hope and Help Center's Angel Tree Cam- paign started with just a handful of employees eight years ago. Geof Longstaff, who earned his MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins Col- lege and has more than 30 years of experience in banking, real estate development and community service, has a stirring question for U.S. bailout managers, not the least of whom is U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Pauls- en: Where were the boards? - The longtime area entrepreneur, who is heading the effort to open a new bank in Winter Park, said he fears that some corporate boards in America may have lost their way. "Where is their vision?" Longstaff asked in a press release. "Where is their oversight? That's what corporate governance is. Only lately, it isn't. Af- ter the bailout, after the recovery gets under way, we need to address this," he said. "Boards have a responsibil- ity to channel management and that doesn't seem to be happening" Keene Construction Company of Maitland recently completed Wool- bright Development's new $20 mil- lion, 203,263-square-foot Build- ings A and B at its London Square retail "power center" in Miami. The one-story, 108,747-square- "London Square" was recently com- pleted in Miami by Keene Construction. foot Building A is anchored by TJ Maxx, Ross, HomeGoods and Famous Footwear. Building B is two stories and 94,516-square-feet. LIGHTS I Cameras cited for reducing red-light running in Apopka < continued from the front page run lights like crazy, and it's-pretty dangerous." SThe city could vote to finalize approval of the cameras at its first meeting in January, opening the door to companies who design and operate such monitoring systems. Cities in Florida have been watching Apopka's trial run for clues as to how well the system will work. Apopka city officials took notes, but at the conclusion of their red light camera pilot study, they conspicuously left out information about whether accidents were re- duced by the.cameras. Apopka's system ticketed drivers from July 2007 to March 2008, hit- ting more than 800 cars with fines during that period. The system quickly proved valu- able for pulling in money in fines, ticketing 289 cars in the first 15 days alone. Red-light running in monitored intersections dropped off dramatically after the first two months, leveling off at about two dozen per month for the remain- der of the study.. Apopka kept detailed figures on how and when drivers were cited for running red lights, but Police Chief Charles Vavrek said it would be too costly to study how many ac- cidents occurred before and after the cameras were put in, so there were no such statistics. An absence of crash data and a large quantity of citation data is prevalent in many studies of red light cameras, according to a recent research study by the University of South Flqrida published in the Flor- ida Public Health Review Journal. "Local governments have used changes in violations or profit- ability as proof of successful cam- era performance instead of using changes in crashes and injuries," the study said. That study also found that in many cities employing the systems, total accidents at the intersections with the cameras increased due to rear-impact crashes. Winter Park Commissioner Phil Anderson said that the city's Police Department has looked into the ef- fectiveness of the cameras, and that he is listening to the department for its recommendations. "I'm trusting our Police Depart- ment who feel strongly that this will improve our safety," he said. But those improvements to safe- ty may have already been occur- ring. According to Florida Depart- ment of Highway Safety statistics, 'injuries and property damage due to red light running crashes de- creased steadily from 1998 until 2006, before the first red light cam- era system was installed. Injuries dropped nearly 40 percent in that time period. Strong said he attended a Metro- plan Orlando presentation that showed the Apopka study saw re- duced accidents, and that he trusts the Police Department's opinion about the efficacy of the cameras. What's in question is how the city will pay for the camera systems, which Strong said the city can't af- ford on its own. He's hoping for a similar agreement that other cities have met with camera system sell- ers in which the company pays for the cameras, but receives a portion of the fines generated. "We're not looking to make money or to lose money," Strong said. "We're just looking to improve safety." Seminole Community College University Pre-Majors Honors Institute Career and . Technical Programs SCCorporate College IJ scc-fl.edu SC A Diverse Learning Community I An Equal Access/Equal Opportunity College M My Choice. My Future. My Place. ---��- �-�--����--- �-�---- --�----- Thursday, December 18, 2008 Page 5 Winter Park / Maitla r irk ,'-' .. '* w . . - Paa 6~- Thrsay Deebr1,20 itrPr atadOsre As every resident in our community knows, our firefighters work hard for us every hour of every day. Words cannot express how thankful I am for how dedi- cated our team is to each of our families. It's the least I can do to continue my commitment to make sure our Maitland Fire Depart- ment and EMS team gets a new home - and soon! Many thanks go out to Bat- talion Chief Chris Phelps for his contributions to this week's City Talk article. -Mayor Doug Kinson On Monday, Dec. 8, Mait- land Fire Rescue units re- sponded to a reported con- struction accident with two workers said to be trapped some 40 to 60 feet in the air. Recognizing the highly technical nature of per- forming such a rescue, mu- tual aid assistance was im- mediately requested from Orange County and Winter Park fire departments. Crews arrived to find a seven-story building under construction with one worker still trapped atop a partially collapsed concrete platform. The 6,500-pound concrete-and- steel platform came away from the building causing it to buckle and almost fall. Coworkers using a forklift rescued one worker, who was slightly injured when the platform gave way. The other worker stood patient- ly atop the now-collapsed platform hanging onto the chains that were prevent- ing the concrete and steel from plummeting to the ground. This was a very dangerous situation as any movement of the platform could cause it to completely tear away from the building and possibly break the only lifeline that was holding the worker suspended 60 feet in the air. A coordinated incident action plan was established as a cooperative effort be- tween firefighters from the cities of Maitland and Win- ter Park as well as special- ized rescue teams from Or- ange and Seminole Coun- ties. Under the command of Maitland's battalion chief, a rescue group was estab- lished consisting of tech- nical rescue experts from Orange County's Squad 3 and Seminole County's Tower 12. A battalion chief from Orange County as- sumed the responsibility for responder and incident safety. The Winter Park Fire SDepartment's.training of- ficer also assisted with pre- paring the rope rescue plan. With the assistance of another crane that was originally working at an- other location on the con- struction site, crews were able to hoist a rescuer up to make contact with the trapped worker. Rescuers performed what is known as a "pick-off" by care- fully attaching the trapped worker to the rescuer and then disconnecting him from the platform. The worker was then lowered safely to the ground. This rescue effort dem- onstrates the effectiveness and efficiencies realized by the fire rescue mutual-aid agreements between Mait- land, Winter Park, Orange and Seminole counties. Over the years, calls for specialized rescue services as well as hazardous mate- rials incidents have greatly diminished. It was not too long ago that each fire department had its own specialized rescue team as. well as hazardous materials team and dive rescue team. The costs to properly staff, equip and train these teams became very expensive. For many of these same reasons, fire departments in Central Florida have banded together to take a more regional approach to respond to these highly specialized and technical- type emergencies. Central Floridians have greatly benefited from sharing of resources in terms of re- sponder knowledge and ex- pertise as well as the finan- cial savings represented by the reduction of specialty response teams. SUtilizing this same con- cept, fire departments re- spond across jurisdictional boundaries to help each other with structural fires. Responses to structural fires are predicated on national- ly recommended standards . that dictate the tasks to be carried out and the num- ber of response person- nel needed to safely affect a positive outcome. Few agencies can meet these recommended national standards without eliciting the aid of their neighboring fire departments. Central Floridians enjoy one of the most effective and efficient fire and rescue response systems where emergen- cies are answered by the closest unit regardless of jurisdictional boundaries, and agencies have the abil- ity to easily communicate on shared response radio channels. Residents can rest assured that where effi- ciencies are to be gained by cooperating or combining services, their fire depart- ment administrators are ac- tively taking advantage of these opportunities. They do this because your lives may depend on it. -Chris Phelps, battalion chief Call City Hall at 407-539-6200 and visit us at ItsMyMaitland.com City Hall closed City Hall will be closed be- ginning at noon'on Wednes- day, Dec. 24, through Thurs- day, Dec. 25, in observance of the Christmas holiday. City Hall will be open for, regular business on Friday, Dec. 26. No Waste Management service on Christmas There will be no Waste Man- agement service on Christ- mas Day. The makeup day for regular household trash pickup will be the following Saturday, Dec. 27. Holiday events still ahead in Winter Park Below are more holiday events the city has planned for all ages to enjoy. Gather with friends, family and loved ones to experience Winter Park's holiday tradi- tions. Chabad of Greater Or- lando presents Hanukah in the Park on Sunday, Dec. 21, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., in Central Park. This festive celebration featuring the lighting of a giant menorah will also include live en- tertainment and Hanukah treats for all to enjoy. The city of Winter Park will proudly host the second annual Champs Sports Bowl Parade of Bands on Friday, Dec. 26, at 2 p.m. Read on for more details regarding the parade. For complete details on these and other city of Win- ter Park events, please visit our official Web site at Cit- yofWinterPark.org. Bowl Parade featuring Florida State The city of Winter Park will proudly host the second an- nual Champs Sports Bowl Parade of Bands featuring school bands from Florida State University and the University of Wisconsin on Friday, Dec. 26, at 2 p.m. The parade starts at 2 p.m. at the intersection of Park and Lyman avenues. Florida State and Wiscon- sin bands and team mascots will march north along Park Avenue through downtown Winter Park. After turning west on Garfield Avenue, they will proceed to the West Meadow of' Central Park where they will per- form. SIn order to minimize disruption to traffic flow, street closures will occur in a rolling fashion along the parade route. Side street en- trances onto Park Avenue will be closed as the parade approaches each intersec- tion. Street closures will re- open immediately after the parade has safely passed. New convenience fee beginning Jan. 1 Since the city began accept- ing payments by credit card, the associated merchant fees have become an in- creasingly significant cost. In an effort to defray these costs, the city is taking two steps. , First, the city will no longer accept payments by American Express due to the high merchant fees. Second, the city will be- gin charging a convenience fee of $3 per transaction for, online and over-the-phone credit card (credit and deb- it) and e-check payments. This includes all payments made via the city's online Click2Gov payment service offered on the city's Web site. This convenience fee of $3 does not apply to any online banking (payments made directly through your bank), bank drafts, and does not include payments made face-to-face, or at the kiosk located in City Hall. This new convenience fee is effective-Thursday, Jan. 1. KWPB receives $10,000 grant ,The city of Winter Park's local Keep America Beau- tiful affiliate, Keep Winter Park Beautiful (KWPB), has recently been awarded a $10,000 grant from Waste Management to support the preservation of our local ecosystem and to further KWPB's mission to preserve Winter Park's environmen- tal legacy. This generous dona- tion will primarily be used to help fund a phone book recycling drive, which will in turn help create recy- cling education materials for Winter Park elementary and middle schools. The al- location will also be used to fund several tree plantings throughout the city. To date, Waste Management has al- located a total of $150,000 in grants through its part- nership with 15 Keep Amer- ica Beautiful affiliates. It is the mission of Keep Winter Park Beautiful to educate, motivate and assist individuals and groups to take greater responsibility for their community envi- ronment. For more informa- tion regarding Keep Winter Park Beautiful, and to learn more about how you can get involved, please visit the city's official Web site at Cit- yofWinterPark.org. City receives FMEA Com- munity Service Award The Florida Municipal Elec- tric Association (FMEA) recently honored the com- munity service efforts of Winter Park Electric Utility by recognizing it with the 2008 Community Service Award. The FMEA represents the unified interests of 34 public power communities across the state that provide electricity to more than 2 million residential and busi- ness consumers. Honored during a cere- mony at FMEA's annual En- ergy Connections Confer- ence and Trade Show in Or- lando, Winter Park received the prestigious award for its commitment to enhanc- ing customers' quality of life through recent initia- tives such as the Emergency Home Energy Assistance for the Elderly Program, Emer- gency Utility Assistance Pro- gram, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Online Energy Audit and residential Surge Protection and HomeWIRE services. In addition to these re- cent community-service initiatives, Winter Park Elec- tric Utility is in the process of undergrounding city- owned power lines, which will contribute to the over- all mission of improving electric reliability. Although the entire project may take up to 30 years to complete, residents now have the op- portunity to accelerate this process through the city's newly introduced Putting Lines Under Ground In Neighborhoods (PLUG IN) program. For more information regarding the city of Winter Park's Electric Utility Ser- vice and the PLUG IN pro- gram, please visit the city's official Web site at Cityof- WinterPark.org or call 407- 599-3233. Call City Hall at 407-599-3399 and visit us at CityofWinterPark.org Firefighters to the rescue I- -- n~-- -- - 1 Paae 6 Thursday, December 18, 2008 I Winter Park / Maitland Observer Lifestyles New spot for women's novelty shop AMY K.D. TOBIK - slogan is: I'm in the want business, not the need business," she said with a laugh. "You don't need a single thing in here, you want it!" Only a month since It's a Chick Thing! moved from its Winter Springs location, the 900-square- foot shop has become the ideal Winter Park spot to find those hip nov- elty gifts for friends, new moms and bachelorette parties, as well as senti- mental mother-daughter gifts. From attractive pre- monogrammed travel mugs to traditional mono- grammed silver necklaces. there is something charm- ing for every woman. The stylish La-Tee-Da home fragrance lamps and candles make fan- tastic ' houLsewarming gifts and the handmade > turn to CHICK on page A10 As the glass door slowly opens signaling the chime, customers peek in for a quick look, intrigued by the brown logo with hot pink lips on the window. "Welcome to It's a Chick Thing!" cheery owner Ker- rie Stumpf calls out. It's easy to be drawn in by the jazzy holiday mu- sic and a large collection of unique treasures artis- tically displayed among stylish decorations. The new business, lo- cated on Aloma Avenue just east of Lakemont Av- enue, alongside Outback Steakhouse, Tijuana Flats and Einstein Bagels, gets a constant flow of lingering pedestrians. "This plaza has such a.nice feel to it - there are always people around, they congregate," Stumpf said. Stumpfoftenjokeswith customers as they com- ment about the interest- ing collection of gifts. "My �* 1 i IV I u i u bY I.,IM mu.bA.jUi -- I IHtUbbi.nvrit It's A Chick Thing owner Kerrie Stumpf, left, and employee Doris Coleman, right, arrange a display shelf at the novelty gift business' new Winter Park location. The shop offers women-focused gifts for $30 and less, and brings with it a loyal following from Winter Springs. . ,- . - . 1. . ,'; .... . .' Don't wait until it's too late and let us preserve all your memories on to DVD - all video (Hi8, 8mm, S-/C/-D-VHS, Digital, MiniDV, Betacam and more), film (8mm/16mm), slides, photos and morel In-house work - call us today! Bring this ad and get 10% off. Code WP12. Call (407) 405-8483 or visit www.boehmboehm.com &boehm boehm ___�____I________�_________ll_ �___~~1~1_~ Winter Park / Maitland Observer Thursday, December 18, 2008 Page 7 Page 8 Thursday, December 18, 2008 Winter Park / Maitland Observer G . For Greater Orlando's Relishing what leaves you 'ravished' Family Calendar Santa Claus comes to Bamie's Coffee and Tea Company from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 20, at 118 Park Ave. in Winter Park. He'll be available for pictures and to visit. Candy canes and samples of hot chocolate will be available. The cost for photos is $10, which goes to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Florida Eatonville Branch. Call 407-629-0042 for more information. Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus will ride in a sleigh through Winter Park neighborhoods through Monday, Dec. 22.They head along Blueridge and Virginia avenues at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18 and through Margaret Square at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22. This is part of an annual tradition in Winter Park. The famous pair already have visited some areas of the city. Visit CityofWinterPark.org for more information. The number of homeless families continues to grow everyday in Central Florida, so Dommerich Elementary School wants to do its part to help those in need.. Students will host a holiday party from 1:30-2:30 p.m: Thursday, Dec. 18 to help needy families through the Coalition for the Homeless. The students will prepare care packages to send to homeless children. A representative from the Coalition for the Homeless will be on hand to speak with the students about the needs of homeless people in our area and how their gifts will make a difference. This year the fifth-grade students themed the annual event, "Warm, Inside and Out." Call Rebekah Dooley, a Dommerich teacher, at 407-623- 1407, extension 4271, for more information. The Orange County Voluntary Pre-kindergartenProgramoffers six hours daily of developmentally appropriate learning experiences with a strong emphasis on language development. The program begins Thursday, Jan. 15, and ends on June 3. Enrollment space may still be open at some Orange County elementary schools. To enroll, please do the following: Call the school to find out if there are any vacancies. If so, provide the school with your child's full name and birth date. The school will provide this information to the Early Childhood Team who will contact 4-C to determine the child's eligibility. Visit VPKFlorida.org or EarlyChildhood.ocps.net for more information. GINA DiPAOLO CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST There's a sensual passage in the Song of Songs. Are you familiar with the Song of Songs? I wasn't until recently. That tiny book in the Old Testament is an absolute treasure trove of poetic beauty. In only eight small chapters, I found more interesting and colloquial expressions of love than I've ever at- tributed to the best Danielle Steele novel. I admit, I read those in college; I'm much more highbrow now, I've moved onto Candace Bushnell. This verse is the kind that just makes me stop and appreciate the beauty of language and an author's ability to reveal such brilliance with the simple combination of words. Amazing how words can bring forth such an outpouring of emiOtiop, thought and image. Th t's wha in- trigues me so about language. Trust me, these words are not ones to live by. They offer no substantive advice. They are just exciting. Theysound inviting. They are descriptive and a bit person- al. And hey, they make me daydream. A young woman and her lover ban- ter-back and forth throughout the chapters, and as they do, their words- betray their feelings for each other; they are clearly enthralled with one another. They cannot heap enough praise and admiration, and they long. to be together. True, they are young and crazy in love. There is a lot of flow- ery language and metaphors that are not bona fide in today's vernacular, but all in all, it's a stir ulating read. "You have ravished rly heart with one glance of your eyes," says the young woman to her lover midway through chapter five, and that's when I stop and smile. Irresistible. I let my mind wander over the words - rav- ished, ravished, ravished. It's interest- ing that such a powerful word was juxtaposed with such a gentle word as glance later in the sentence. The author knows his speaker is full of/ passion but also lacks experienceand self-confidence. I repeat the words, committing them to memory. I'll 'ant to treasure them over my lifetime, %ot just for their obvious beauty but also for how they play with my mind. I linger and as I do, thosewords take me back. I remember en my husbandJav lSed-me ... within eyes. He di~l,1 swear. I can rearemer the feeliAg of being consumed by a look from him. A sweet sensation would fli6d my body, and it was hard to re- sist the urge to leave PG-13 territory. N matter where we were. Yes, ma'am, the'ge of innocence. The birth of a relationsip. It's hard to return to that place tha4 allowed such raw emotion and such uninhibited childlike re- sponses to something new and excit- irig. We could call it utter authenticity - the kind of authenticity that comes from lack of wisdom. don't think I have theenergy required to ravish anyone these days, nor do I want to re- turn to that stage. I enjoy remember- ing and appreciating. Remember the birth of your own relationship? Did you lavish anyone with one glance of vour eyes? Did anyone set you on fire? I like where I am now. It's a little 'calmer and warmer. These days, my husband ravishes me with one glarice of his eyes - it's a look that says, "Get a loadof the baby standing on a chair in herdiaper singing into a micro- phone with chocolate on her face." I -smile back, and while I don't feel the urgeright then to rip his clothes off, I get this warm feeling knowing we are sharing something that only we can with a simple glance. I look ahead and my future is com- ing over the horizon: clean, quiet -" $221 S$78 VALUE! L includes S -. Kds WelcomeExam, C IL A 1Appointment Cleanina :T*'- �:I r. ~i~��' 'ii, a WV .N house. Late dinners. Grandbabies. And I suspect a return to the two of us rav- ishing each other with one glance. I am hopeful. You should be hopeful, too. Statis- tics say that couples who read that big book and welcome the spiritual into their lives have about an 80 percent chance of staying together. The pjun- dits push the 40-50 percent divorce rate in the United States, but remem- ber there is always a bright tangent to every hideous statistic. The next time I'm looking for inspi- ration, I'm not going to lament over where to find it. I'm going to head straight to the horse's mouth. Wow, that Bible really is a good read. It's rav- ishing. =-~C-,j -B & X-Rays! $78 Welcome Appointment for Children Ages 12 and Under! A- ,, �- ;,- .^ '- -'-' ' " - - ' " ,, , ". - , - , , .. . " *-:�- " * - - � ' " , '. ' -.:-' - - , ' .. 2. .'= ,- ' o. '- '' I _% " . . . . . . The big 'Ohb" Winter Park / Maitland Observer Thursday, December 18, 2008 Page 9 This week's art comes from art students at Brookshire Elementary in Winter Park. Cat Marker on paper Illustrated by Elena Scivally int 2nd grade aint Illustrated by Alyssa Stewart 5th grade The World Illustrated by .............. ..............Janie C arlson Marker on paper 5th grade A good conversation should be heard and not seen. * Do people sound like they are , mumbling? * Do you find yourself turning up the volume on the tv? * Do you frequently ask people to repeat themselves? Your journey away from hearing loss begins here! Discover what gOl need to kneom www.OrlandoHears.com 1460 Lake Baldwin Lane Baldwin Park 407-898-2220 Dr. Melissa Riess * Your Diabetes Headquarters * Power Sooters * Wheekhairs * Lift hairs Masectbmy Supplies * Adult Diaper Home Delivery Program * Bath Safety Equipment * Oxygen Supplies * Hospital Beds * And So Much More! B G IO NFO Wg NEW DROP-OFF LOCATION Please open your hearts to needy local Orlando children this holiday season. Stop by and drop off your new, unwrapped toy (or monetary donation), and we will provide you with free coffee and sweets! Leave donations at. Michelle Valentine Matchmaking 1540-B Lake Baldwin Lane Orlando (Baldwin Park) Shy Seahorses Tempera p- mR -.- -n-l h .l I -& ; o --- ------------ L------- --I'- SO~u*-p~ 7-~e9L~7end. ~rUl~cl CAIYe. ~oum(~-~Ssr~e~. Thursday, December 18, 2008 Page 9 Winter Park / Maitland Observer BSSO@liK Qr CL*rTI)I)L FLQO!PX. get ....noticed Advertise S.*. here contact tracy 407-628-8500 tcraft@observernewspapers.com 1915 P) F~I gd i u. I I ,hm. 18 2008 Wne Par / MatadOsre Cinema Area ovietime forFri6y, Dc. 1 'Seven Pounds' - Opens Friday Winter Park Village 510 N. Orlando Ave. Winter Park 407-628-0035 SEVEN POUNDS (PG-13) 11:40am, 12:45, 2:35, 4:15,5:20, 7:10, 8:10,10:20,10:55 THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (G) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30,11:45 YES MAN (PG-13) 11:45am, 12:15,1:15, 2:25, 2:55, 4:30, 5:05, 5:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 9:40, 10:10, 10:40,12:10am, 12:40 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (PG-13) 11:50am, 1:30, 2:15, 4:25, 4:55,7:00,7:25,8:05,9:30,10:00, 10:30, midnight, 12:30am NOTHING LIKE THE HOLIDAYS (PG-13) 11:45am, 2:10,4:50,7:55, 10:50 FROST/NIXON (R) 12:35, 3:35, 6:45,10:15 AUSTRALIA (PG-13) noon, 3:30, 6:55,10:25 BOLT (PG) 11:40am, 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:45, 12:05am ^______"*"""" """ .............. " FOUR CHRISTMASES (PG-13) 12:05,12:50, 2:20, 3:05, 4:45, 5:15, 7:20, 7:45, 9:35, 10:05, 11:50, 12:15am TWILIGHT (PG-13) 12:55, 3:55, 6:50, 9:50, 12:35am QUANTUM OF SOLACE (PG-13) 12:10, 2:50, 5:25, 8:15,10:45 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (R) 12:40, 4:10, 7:50,10:35 MADAGASCAR 2 (PG) 12:25, 3:10, 5:35 ROLE MODELS (R) 1:05, 3:40, 7:40,10:55 VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (PG-13)12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55,12:25am Maitland 1300 S. Orlando Ave. 407-629-0054 MILK (R) 3:15, 6:30, 9:45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . PhnoI no urt-e ) I Crlumbia Pil lures o . di Ben Thomas is racked with guilt by a terrible secret. Looking to redeem THE D STILL 9:30 himself, he goes on a quest to change the lives of seven strangers. 1 hour 58 minutes - PG-13 I Also opening Friday: 'Yes Man' Winter Park Carl is a negative guy whose life is stuck in a rut. Seeking a 2155 Aloma Ave.~ - way out, he signs up for a self- 407-678-8214 help program that requires him )AY THE EARTH STOOD- to say "Yes" to every opportu- (PG-13) 1:30, 4:00, 7:00, nity that comes his way. This (P-13) 130, 400, 7:00, new outlook begins to change his life in dramatic and comical ways. RFUOF CHRISTMASES (PG-13) 2:15, 4:15, 7:30, 9:20 1 hour 44 minutes - PG-13 Calendar Enzian Theater hosts a "Popcorn Flicks" presentation of the movie "Scrooged" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, in Shady Park at 721 W. New Eng- land Ave. The next Popcorn Flicks event will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, in Cen- tral Park - a showing of "The Hus- tler." Winter Park hosts the second an- nual Champs Sports Bowl Parade of Bands featuring school bands frofi Florida State -University and the University of Wisconsin at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26. As a prelude to the Champs Sports Bowl game Dec. 27 at the Florida Citrus Bowl, school bands from the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big Ten. championship teams will march through downtown Winter Park and perform a "Bandtastic Game Day Preview" in Central Park's West Meadow. The parade starts at the intersec- tion of Park and Lyman avenues. Florida State and Wisconsin bands and team mascots will march nbrth, along Park Avenue through down- town Winter Park. After turning west on Garfield Avenue, they will proceed to the West Meadow of Central Park where they will perform. "Home for the Holidays," a musical revue, comes to the Winter Park Playhouse through Dec. 20 on Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets are $32 for adults, $30 for seniors, $24 for mati- nee times, and $22 for students and industry professionals. The theater is at 711-B Orange Ave. Call 407-645-0145 for more infor- mation. The Winter Park Chamber of Com- merce will host the Annual Orange County Commission Luncheon, Fri- day, Dec. 19. at the Racnel D. Murrah Civic Center of Winter Park. Registra- tion will begin at 11:30 a.m. and the program will begin at noon. The Civic Center is at 1050 W. Morse Blvd. in Winter Park. Reservations are required and are non-refundable. Individual reservations are $30 per person for Chamber members, $35 for non-members and members pay- ing at the door. Corporate table spon- sorships of eight seats are available at $240. E-mail Kimberly McDonald at km- cdonald@winterpark.org, call 407- 644-8281 or visit WinterPark.org for more information. The Mid-Florida Milers Walking Club promotes recreational walk- ing for fun and fitness and will host a walk in Winter Park on Saturday evening, Dec. 20. Participants can register at Winter Pines Golf Course at 950 S. Ranger Blvd. in Winter Park from 5:30-6 p.m Groups will leave at 6 p.m. This Mid-Florinaa Milers' annual guided holiday walk will go through parts of Winter Park adorned with Christmas decorations. -Bring flash- lights and reflective items. Wheel-4 chairs and strollers are medium, toI hard difficulty and pets are not'a h. lowed. The cost is $3 for AVA Credit.: fJh- credit walkers can walk for free. The distance'is 10 kilometers (6 miles), and a shorter 5-kilometer (3 miles) trail will be available. Visit MidFloridaMilers.org, call 407-304-6394 or e-mail mlanpher@ cfl.rr.com for more information. The Park Plaza Gardens Restaurant and Cafe in downtown Winter Park will offer a "prix fixe" dinner menu - with multiple selections from dif- ferent courses for the same price - along with party hats and Iavors to ring in the New Year on New Year's Eve. Brad and Company will play jazz- music from 9 p.m. to closing. An a la carte menu will be available in the caf6. The restaurant is at 319 S. Park Ave. in Winter Park. Call 407-645- 2475 for more information. The Retired Officers Wives Club of Central Florida meets the third .tifsday of every month, September p4.ough May, for lunch and mutual in- Ster'sts at the Elks Club #1079 at 12 N Primrose'Drive in Orlando. Call membership chairwoman Margie Simmons at 407-977-0516 for more information. The Gramercy Theatre Company of Orlando, in partnership with the historic Plaza Theatre, will be presenting a live stage production of "A Christmas Story," adapted by Philip Grecian, based on the motion picture. through Dec. 28. The Plaza Theatre is at 435 N. Bumby Ave. in Orlando. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Fridays, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. There is an additional performance at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26. Tickets are $23-$33. Call 407-228-1220 or visit ThePla- zaTheatre.com for more information. CHICK I Lighthearted and downright silly gift ideas fill 'Chick Thins < continued from page A7 sterling silver fossil, min- eral and gemstone jewelry makes a sophisticated pres- ent. The extensive selection of Pandora beads and brace- lets has become their No. 1 seller, Stumpf said. Customers are immedi- ately drawn to the exten- sive collection of UCF, Ga- tor and FSU collegiate gifts, from decorated wine glass- es to photo frames and food trays, all hand-painted by a local artist. First-time visitors can't help but laugh when they spot the high-heeled cake server or the drink holders *with hot-pink feathered rims. The hand-painted martini and wine glasses decorated with tennis mo- tifs or dice from a bunco game, and silly T-shirts with ' comical sayings about choc- olate or wine, also earn a giggle. "People who want to spend between 20 and 30 dollars on a gift can come in here and pick up one or two Women's novelty shop "It's a Chick Thing!" just moved from Winter Springs to Winter Park, at 1961 Aloma Ave. It's open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call 407-388-1400 for more information. things. It's fun and different and they didn't break The bank to do it," Stumpfsaid. Customer Patty D'Angelo of Winter Springs said she appreciates having a gift shop nearby that offers monogramming so she can personalize her gifts. "They have unique things you can't find at other stores - it's like a craft fair in here," D'Angelo said as she made her selection. Amber Tyler, once a dedi- cated customer at the Win- ter Springs location, trav- eled from Chuluota to the new shop to do her holiday shopping. "You can find unique gifts here, nothing that you absolutely need but is really cool and you just.want it," she said with a laugh. "Where else can you find 'Future Trophy Wife' key chains?" she asked as she laid down her purchases on the counter for a newly engaged best friend. "I think it's fun to have the sassy items," Stumpfsaid with a smile. "People are so serious all the time." 'Winter Park / Maitland Observer aP e 1 0 Thursday Dece 8 I Letter to Is Obama the new FDR? I received a sincere message via e-mail from a supporter of the president- elect congratulating me on a sup- posed strategy of mine. Evidently this follower thinks that I recommended that it would be a good strategic idea to spend as much money as possible during the waning weeks of the Bush administration. This excessive spend- ing would ensure that there will be nothing left for President Obama to waste money on when he takes office Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. First of all, the economic strategy that I have in fact always supported for my country has always been to live within its means. For example, I deplore all of these "bailouts" which have been advocated by the current administration and passed by Con- gress. But the person who wrote me does have a point. The president-elect has made substantial promises to all sorts of groups. He has said that he will provide a middle-class tax cut for 95 percent of the tax-paying public. In addition, lower-income individuals will not have to pay federal-income tax, but they will receive economic "stimulus" checks. And they won't have to pay ei- ther Social Security or Medicare taxes. He is going to help those who have bad mortgages and would not oth- erwise be able to stay in their homes. He is going to see to it that everyone will get to go to college. He is going to increase funds for early education. He intends to increase foreign aid. He wants to help out on Main Street now that Wall Street has been taken care of. He is going to take care of all of those 401(K)s that have lost so much money. He is going to bring back high-paying manufacturing jobs. He will offer tax credits to businesses that will bring back jobs from abroad. He intends to see to it that the United States has universal health care. I could go on and on. The problem is that he simply doesn't have enough money for all of it. He can borrow only so much. How much of the American gross domestic product does he want the Chinese to own? If he just has the Federal Re- serve System print more money.the country will suffer massive inflation. There is little question that he will have to disappoint perhaps a large number of interest groups. How will these groups then react to President Obama? Will they understand that the money was just not there and forgive him? Or will they run out of patience and begin to take out their anger on him. Time will tell. The problem for the Republicans is that they will have to rely on the pres- ident's supporters to become angry with him. Obama is often compared with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Recall, FDR's supporters elected him to the presidency four times. -Paul M. Weyrich Chairman of Free Congress Foundation EdriorlnM Copyrighted Material A Syndicated Content Available from Commercial News Providers LI.U. dftI Thursday, December 18, 2008 Page 11 Wi t P k / Maitland Obs r Opinion/ i mor, my bile, into timeless leavings? And, of course, the rilous and corrupt Republi- prose, answer was a resounding, cans, he not only could not Perspectives And Sanjay Darjeel- "Yes!" We've determined afford to do my column, ing did all the heavy lift- what you are, the old joke he offered me a 2-cents-a- by ing, all the hours over the goes, now let's decide the word (that's right, 2 cents word processor typing out price. Oh, my shame. a word) writing job (doing drafts, sweating the transi- But, I couldn't accept "Visit Sunny Orlando" bro- tions, worrying about verb that I had become such a chures, no less) but I had agreement and such, and cheap, tawdry little shill for only a week to decide. After for what? I am profoundly the "published" word. But a week it would be a penny ashamed to tell you. For the Roman goddess Fortu- a word. Sigh..Such is mod- $1.25. na smiled on her reprobate ern capitalism. America is If the shno fits M . B h That's right. One dollar of a writer son and deliv- now the outsourced. II L 1lUU iLO I l. u and twenty-five cents. The ered one Sanjay Darjeeling. I leave you now. This is disgrace - on my part. But I was on the cutting edge of my fond farewell, my swan I felt compelled to be hon- Party. But that was rare. I to my credit, he did support "outsourcing" years before song of a final column. So, est. "You don't really write don't know why I told the his family of seven (and his it became mainstream. Per- dear, faithful, loyal read- the column for The Ob- truth last Saturday night, one-legged mother-in-law, chance, one casual conver- ers, you will now be left server, do you?" asked the but once it's out, it cannot too) with my remittances. station led to another and with onlyJepson's pedes- diminutive, sparkling-eyed be rebottled. Sanjay was always grateful. the next thing you knew trian devices (he insisted I brunette. Standing before I do not personally write But for my largesse, as he so I was in communication write this last column), his the hors d'oeuvres table, this column. it is written generously put it, he did not with an aspiring Indian lad shameless, manipulative party drink in hand, I was by Sanjay Darjeeling, an have to intentionally maim who would work (write) writing tricks to amuse and momentarily flummoxed. Indian writer who lives on or blind any of his children for "peanuts." challenge you. I wish you And then the truth just the outskirts of Mumbai, to make them better beg- You know the sordid the best. I do. poured out like a knocked- India. Each week, I forward, gars. Unlike his "untouch- $1.25 details. A thousand- Regardless of what your over drink, via e-mail, an idea or two able" neighbors. plus columns later and I American press is now "Actually, I don't," I said. to Sanjay, as I have come And how did such a simply could no longer suggesting, when abroad, She nodded knowingly. to call him, and he creates reprehensible, despicable accept the accolades, the continue to claim to be For more than 20 years, the essays that have been arrangement come about glory, the fame. I came Canadian and if you're ever I've been living a false- an Observer mainstay since in the first place? Pride. clean over a canape of fresh in Mumbai, do look me up. hood. It's a small thing, 1988. Hubris. Arrogance. When salmon and cantaloupe. Wear a flak jacket, however. for some, to embrace the An example of the type I first started with The Such is the purity-of some Yours in a word. If not, harmless lie. And it always of prompt I would provide Observer, the then-owner- moments. In one accidental deed. made me inwardly laugh. Sanjay would be the re- publisher offered me such confession I cleansed my - SanjayDarjeeling "If you only knew," was my cent incident of President low compensation I was Dorian Gray soul of its 20- secret thought. Occasion- Bush deftly ducking a shoe taken aback by the effron- year shadow of hypocrisy ally, someone would slap thrown at him while doing tery of it. How did this man and dishonesty. And the sun me around, metaphorically last week's press confer- know I could be "had" for did, indeed, shine brighter speaking, for being unmer- ence in Iraq. I would have so little? Was I that needy? the next morn. TALK JEPSON cifully harsh to "W" and his come up with some utterly Was I so apparently shame- That and Sanjay now thoughtless brotherhood of tasteless lead, such as "If less, so without pride that I owns his own company Chris Jepson's opinions are made reactionaries, better known the shoe fits ..." and Sanjay would write for proverbial and while he loved every independently of the newspaper. as the Florida Republican would spin my acidic hu- "peanuts"? The dregs? The week ripping into the scur- Write him at jepson@MEDIAmerica.us. i w- ob f� o- 4wqp,4W.,& dff I~J Cr * g 1 Th I,,L II imdJi flPr.Am r 1 2Wnr k MtI Und bsv Conservative Cultural Commentary By Louis Roney Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UCF 2004 Fla. Alliance for the Arts award Assisted by beloved wife Joy Roney Promises S But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep," says Robert Frost in his thought- ful poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Eve- ning." When I was 19 or 20, I joined other students for an occasional lunch with Robert Frost in the Eliot, House dining room at Harvard. I wondered what promises he had made, and whether'he was able to keep them all. Frost was a troubled man in those years. His daughter's recent suicide weighed heavily upon him. His happy young "birch swinging" days were lost in the distant past. Still, Frost kept faith with the tenets that ruled his life and art. Today, not everybody I know concerns himself with keeping promises he has made, perhaps too lightly. The attitude seems to be, "I'll promise now, and later on, maybe I'll figure how to get out of it." Among some seasoned prevaricators one meets, Ananias would have to strain his imagination to make the second team. When Jimmy Carter asked on TV, "Would I lie to you?" what was the American public's unani- mous reply? Richard Nixon, referring to his truthful- ness about Watergate and the "cover-up," said to the nation on TV, "Your presi- dent is not a crook." Did that statement itself com- pound a lie? The old creed of a good upbringing, "Your word is your bond," is viewed as mawkish corn by lots of people today. For years I worked as an opera singer in Germany. There, a verbal "Zusage" (binder) on the telephone is as valid as a signed con- tract. Woe to the artist who fails to live up to a "Zus- age." He will be quietly "blackballed" by the The- ater Directors Association, and will never again be employed by anyone in the German theater system. The Germans are prob- ably no more moral in this respect than anyone else. But they have learned that it's not practical to run an enormous system of opera and playhouses if everyone involved doesn't keep his word fastidiously. Corruption has become a chosen way of life at almost every economic and educational level, if one believes our newspapers and broadcast media. We read that cheating on exams has become a national phenomenon - even in such institutions as Annapolis and West Point. "Truth in advertising" - are you kidding?! What kind of nafare you? As someone commented to me the other day, "Who can you trust nowadays?" No matter what else of value a friend, or colleague, or mate has, if you cannot count on him or her, what have you got? ... sand that runs through your fingers. In recentyears, highly visible religionists (e.g.: Bakker, Swaggart, et al) have raised the public's eyebrows with allegations of financial dishonesties or other more bizarre immo- ralities. Were their lives flat- out lies against the Chris- tian Ethic they espoused? If "the truth shall set you free," voluntary bondage seems the state of mind of a large percentage of people one knows. Lying has well-nigh become a popular national sport. A lie is so easy to get away with - and usually, one hears, "It won't hurt anybody." However, most people who damage other people's lives have prob- ably lied to them some- where along the way. George Washington's "I cannot tell a lie" must bring a derisive snort from some of our present leaders. Bill Clinton would seem- ingly rather lie than tell the truth. If this is to be the Age of the Lie in the U.S., in Bill we had the right guy in the White House to serve as our role model. Clinton preached a patently false NAFTA "Gos- pel" - that this treaty would "create millions of jobs in the United States." Anyone stupid enough to believe Slick Willie's sleight-of-hand brand of salesmanship deserved to be taken to the cleaners. A while back, TV news told us that our biggest auto manufacturer, General Motors, had received a con- tract from the Japanese to produce engines for forklift trucks. The details given were exactly what NAFTA oppo- nents predicted: i.e., GM built a factory in Mexico, and Mexican workers got the jobs. "All men are liars," states Psalm 116,v. 10. (Nota bene, liars: the Bible doesn't say you have to be one.) "Liars ought to have good memories," wrote Algernon Sydney. Right on, Algernon! Did Bill Clinton handily forget that, under the rules of GATT (another bill-of- goods he pawned off on us), no GATT member can unilaterally impose a puni- tive tariff on the goods of another member? Or did he know full-well that his threat to slap, all by his lonesome, a 100 percent tariff on a dozen models of high-priced Japanese cars. was bunk - a gold-plated lie? Even now, do we have the promised secure border between us and Mexico? "He (God) will not leave his promises unfulfilled," Samuel Johnson wrote. But in the meantime, we earthlings must deal with the promises of our fellow human beings! "A promise made is a debt unpaid," we learned by reading aloud Robert W. Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee," around our Boy Scout campfire. "It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should," wrote Thomas A Kempis in the 15th century. Yes, Tom, but maybe not so profitable. "Seldom is-heard a dis- couraging word," sings the cowboy in the folk song, "Home on the Range." What is a more "discourag- ing" word than a lie? These days, Demos- thenes' vain "search for an honest man" takes on a new dimension of futility. Shakespeare wrote, "Above all, to thine own self be true, And it must follow as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man." - "Hamlet." The worst sin is "to violate the sanctity of the human heart," i.e., to lie to one who believes in you, said Nathaniel Hawthorne in "The Scarlet Letter." When those look-you- straight-in-the-eye liars, who rationalize their way through life lie by lie, break a promise to you, they usu- ally replace it with a bigger one. If there is a Hell, I am sure it is loaded with ratio- nalizers wearing surprised looks on their faces.. We all know people of whom we could say, "He's as good as his word - but his word is no good!" Bobby Burns, the great Scottish poet, warned about lying to ourselves about ourselves, "O would some power the giftie gie us, to see ourselves as oth- ers see us." Galahad, whose "strength was as the strength of ten, because his heart was pure," is still a valid hero for the young. Those friends and col- leagues I know who have that strength have received the greatest inheritance that one generation can pass on to another. FALLEN APPLES NOT FAR FROM MY TREE #80 In 1644, philosopher Ren6 Descartes penned a three-word sentence that simultaneously describes humankind's potential and its concomitant limita- tions: Cogito ergo sum - I think, therefore I am. Descartes argues that Sman's very existence depends upon his con- sciousness of himself, i.e., the ability of his brain to think. This little statement is the basis of "idealism," implying that man exists only in his own imagina- tion, i.e., his innate mental concept of himself and the -world around him. The enormous poten- tial of man's intellect lives only within his own head, and is limited only when he bumps his head in approaching infinity., In a sense, man "thinks himself up" again every morning as he awakes from the torpor of sleep. In Western civilization, idealism is the philosophy which insists that the ulti- mate nature of reality is Ideal, or based upon our ideas, values and essences. The "real world," says Descartes, is inseparable from consciousness; per- ception, mind, intellect and reason in the sense of true science. Idealism; as we most often use. the word, applies to the concept that says things are in an ideal form, or as they ought to be, rather than as they usually are, in the realms of ethics, morality, aesthetics and values. If I say "I have an ideal wife," I am implying that in my mind she measures up to everything I wish for in a wife. (And incidentally, she does!) She is, of course, not per- fect - but, after 30 years; I have not yet located in her anything that needs to be changed: Making one's whole life's value is an ongoing, never- ending matter indeed. Every deed one does must first be conceived in detail before it is done. After it is done, one immediately sizes up the fruit of his imagination, and assesses the accuracy of how he fulfilled some- thing which was, a moment earlier, only an amorphous wish. The mundane impor- tance of our own self-con- cept can vary depending upon whether our feet are solidly on the ground. Too high a concept is a symptom of swell-headed- ness. Too low a concept indi- cates an inferiority com- plex. In the words of the old Quaker song, '"Tis the gift to be simple..." When you come down where you ought to be, "'Twill be just right." Is there pleasure in being wrong? When I recently started an article by asking, "Where are we going? What are we doing?" I was hop- ing against hope that my instincts were wrong. Well, my countrymen went ahead and voted the guy into the White House and I think a big surprise may be in store. The incoming presi- dent does not have a track record of being in com- mand of anything impor- tant before we ceded him the top executive spot in our land. We should never forget that, regardless of whatever switcharoos Obama serves up in the meantime, he will have the last laugh with his Supreme Court appoint- ments - which will be lib- eral. There were a lot of Socialistic hints in what he told us about his own phi- losophy, but we chose to see him as a nice guy who surely wouldn't do us harm. Socialism is something most of us detest, and yet at year's end, we find our fed- eral government owning big shares of the mortgage business and banks. Now the U.S. govern- ment is on the verge of sponsoring the manufac- ture of American automo- biles. All these dire things have happened under the aegis of George W. Bush. If this is "conservatism," what is it going to look like when the more radi- cal Obama takes over in January? The public's tires are slick and the road will be icy. With a Democrat House and Senate, how can we put on the brakes when we need them? "Government'S view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." - formerPresident Ronald Reagan "If you don't read the news- paper you are uninformed; if you do read the newspa- per you are misinformed." - Mark 7Tlain TALK RONEY Louis Roney's opinions are made independently of the newspaper. Write him at LRoney@cfl.rr.com. Winter Park / Maitland Observer aP e 1 2 Thursday Dece 8 "hciCr--~rsa.~~ Winter Park / Maitland Observer Thursday, December 18, 2008 Page 13 I(( Notices 2L&-4-- inj THIE IHr: iL r . Fl"il 1W :! iHE rr i ,- .11.1101:.1(ia IIIr.IFI Il.IT I: fll Jl l :l: .irjlit hLI: I.lI: I iAill Ai I'ivi ;iirs CASE NO. 48-2008-CP-002722-0 IN RE: Estate of ANN S. LUNDQUIST, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of ANN S. LUNDQUIST, deceased, whose date of death was November 30, 2008, File Number 48-2008-CP-002722-0, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 North Orange Avenue, Room 340, Orlando, Florida 32801. The names and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative's attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate on whom a copy of this notice has been served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the decedent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'SDATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is December 11, 2008. Attorney for Personal Representatives: KENNETH F. MURRAH Florida Bar No.: 0057494 Murrah, Doyle and Wigle, P.A. P.O. Box 1328 Winter Park, Florida 32790 Telephone: (407) 644-9801 Personal Representative: ELIZABETH ANN DOYLE 650 South Lake Sybelia Drive Maitland, FL 32751 Personal Representative: JAMES ANDREW DOYLE 460 Princeton Way, NE Atlanta, GA 30307 12/11,12/18 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROBATE DIVISION CASE NO. 48-2008-CP-002638-0 IN RE: Estate of ROOSEVELT L. McKINNEY, SR., Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of ROOSEVELT L. McKINNEY, SR., deceased, whose date of death was September 9, 2008, File Number 48-2008-CP-002638-0, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 North Orange.Avenue, Room 340, Orlando, Florida 32801. The names -and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative's attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's esnate-on whom a copy of this notice has been served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the decedent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE,ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is December 11, 2008. Attorney for Personal Representative: KENNETH F. MURRAH Florida Bar No.: 0057494 Murrah, Doyle and Wigle, P.A. P.O. Box 1328 Winter Park, Florida 32790 Telephone: (407) 644-9801 Personal Represertative: GWENDOLYN McKINNEY 4057 Eagle Feather Drive Orlando, Florida 32829 12/11,12/18 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROBATE DIVISION File No.: 48-2007-CP-001701-0 IN RE: ESTATE OF ELSIE G. BURDEN, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Summary Administration) TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE: You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered In the estate of Elsie G. Burden, deceased, ile Number 48-2007-CP-001701-0, by the Circuit Court for Orange -County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801; that the decedent's date of death was, April 15, 2007; that the total value of the estate Is $5000.00/approxlmate and that the names and addresses of those to whom At has been assigned by such order are: Name/Address Kathleen J. Dubecky / 37055 Sue Street, Geismar, Louisiana 70734 ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT: All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE. ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of the first publication of this Notice is December 18, 2008. An-'I.. ny tir 1r-vi.s.n �lhn'li r ii, I' Manlnon H NiII LuI.lnIh M niiir.w ii iiitie e . i ti 1 ullnll I I ll t.llr I';l I 'ln l'llllie I , IIJ .1 , III 1 1 .ll ,1i l 1i II t, I .lllllrn I ll lWllm 1., l.nllllnl Ij" lllII 1.1I It Wiiy h irJ THa"E 1 1i1.n1. I : 11.1 i il:f THE fllIlTH la iin' AL .:il:ai i .ii flslal, i: :.,r"j , lr l:rH. llHiUA Iii iFlA i6 i 'T 'lVliiiu lli CASE NO. 48.2008-CP-002764-0 IN RE: Estate of ANTOINETTE R. CLARK, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate -of ANTOINETTE R. CLARK, deceased, whose date of death was November 18, 2008, File Number 48-2008-CP-002764-0, is pending In the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 North Orange Avenue, Room 340, Orlando, Florida 32801. The names and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative's attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate on whom a copy of this notice has been served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the decedent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice Is December 18, 2008. Attorney for Personal Representative: KENNETH F. MURRAH Florida Bar No.: 0057494 Murrah, Doyle and Wigle, P.A. P.O. Box 1328 Winter Park, Florida 32790 Telephone: (407) 644-9801 Personal Representative: BARBARA C. McCUE 1901 Legion Drive Winter Park, Florida 32789 12/18,12/25 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROBATE DIVISION File Number: 48-2008-CP-2398-0 IN RE: ESTATE OF Bernetta A. Moulton, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Bernetta A. Moulton, deceased, whose date of death was Au- gust 15, 2008, is pending in the Circuit Court for Or- ange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 North Orange Avenue, Room 340, Orlando, Fl 32801. The names and addresses of the Co-Personal Representatives and the Co-Personal Representatives attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliq- uidated claims, on whom a copy of this notice is served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the dedent's estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this court within 3 months after the date of the first publication of this notice. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWIT-TANOING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE ANY CLAIM FILED TWO(2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of the first publication of this Notice is 12/11/08. Vanessa J. DiSimone Attorney for Co-Personal Representatives Florida Bar No. 0043713 Winderweedle, Haines, Ward &Woodman, P.A. 329 Park Avenue North, 2nd Floor, P.O. Box 880, Winter Park, FL 32790 Telephone: (407) 423-4246 Co-Personal Representatives: Jack E. Peterson Lance A. Ragland 329 ParkAvenue North, 2nd Floor - P.O. Box 880 Winter Park, FL 32790 12/11,12/18 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROBATE DIVISION File Number: 2008-CP-2178 IN RE: ESTATE OF Annabelle Stafford a/k/a Ellen Annabelle Stafford a/k/a Annabelle Brown Stafford, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Annabelle Stafford a/k/a Ellen Annabelle Stafford a/k/a Annabelle Brown Stafford, deceased, whose date of death was September 9, 2008, s pending in the Circuit Court for Seminole County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which Is P.O. Box 8099, Sanford, FL 32772-8099. The names and address- es of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative's attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and. other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliq- uidated claims, on whom a copy of this notice is served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of'the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the decedent's estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this court within 3 months after the date of the first publication of this notice. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD 'SET FORTH ABOVE ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of the first publication of this Notice 18 12/11/08, Personal Representative: Vicki L, Catuccl 32 Park Avenue North, 2nd Floor RO, Box 880 WInior Patr, FL 32790 VJ Ilnli.,ill Wliln A llhjiiny ,1ll I'nl~nnlllnlll I lnll.hlllhllvn I ' lllll ll, lull Nil II; " .r- l ililr'ni I l Illll r . W 'iill ' WIIi I ;n lllln, I' ' '1 J Pt' . <, lllB iNhlh, ,1.l] |11,hll 1 I' l l n., lilllll W indr 'ni'l, I(I I.' " I :.',i I'I] irJ ll s in'lm llT 'liii hii T Flri liaiJil i 1rii . I i fll i I 11llT I'll T lr : I: l li Il 'll) I ." I : I :.l :1 ii1 I lA)u I f AalI; il" Li l IItrI IN RE: ESTATE OF GRISELDA CASSAMAJOR, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of GRISELDA CASSAMAJOR, deceased, whose date of death was July 2, 2007; File Number 48-2008-CP-2702-0, Is pending in the Circuit Court for ORANGE County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 NORTH ORANGE AVENUE, ORLANDO, FL 32801. The names and addresses of the personal repre- sentative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's es- tate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other per- sons having claims or demands against decedents estate must file their claims with this courtWITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBUCA- TION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERI- ODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OFTHE FLOR- IDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.. The date of first publication of this notice is: De- cember 11,2008. DONALD W. SCARLETT Attorney for Personal Representative: Florida Bar No. 112821 Donald W. Scarlett, PA. 1003 East Concord Street Orlando, FL 32803 Telephone: (407) 422-8189 CHARLOTTE CASSAMAJOR Personal Representative 12388 ARLINGTON PARK LANE ORLANDO, FL 32824 - 12/11, 12/18 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROBATE DIVISION File No.: 48-2008-CP-1556-0 IN RE: ESTATE OF PROSPERO F. MENDOZA, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of PROSPERO F MENDOZA, deceased, whose date of death was June 23, 2008; File Number 48-2008-CP-1556-0, is pending in the Circuit Court for ORANGE County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 NORTH ORANGE AVENUE, ORLANDO, FL 32801. The names and addresses of the personal repre- sentative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's es- tate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other per- sons having claims or demands against decedent's estate must file their claims wi this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICA- TION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERI- ODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OFTHE FLOR-. IDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is: De- cember 18, 2008. DONALD W. SCARLETT Attorney for Personal Representative: Florida Bar No. 112821 Donald W. Scarlett, P.A. 1003 East Concord Street Orlando, FL 32803 Telephone: (407) 422-8189 AURORA B. MENDOZA Personal Representative 5836 GAMBLE DRIVE ORLANDO, FL 32808 12/18.12/25 ir i7 i I r Ni Miii, , iii ii r: i Tis Mi m 11s.ilir i :10 11 iL i: 'i I sN irj arr 'I' ah nlltdl I' u i:lllilj i FLI:IlIsI4 ai: i uiE l . I Ii1i rJ FILE NO.: 48-2008-CP-002611-0 IN RE: ESTATE OF JIMMIE DUFFY, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the Estate of JIMMIE DUFFY, deceased, whose date of death was Septem, ber 23, 2008, File Number 48-2008-CP-002611 -0, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is: Clerk of the Court, Probate Division, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 340, Orlando, FL 32801. The names and addresses'of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative's attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent's es- tate, on whom a copy of this notice is served, must file their claims with this Court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OFTHE FIRST PUB- LICATION OF THIS NOTICE, OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.-. All other creditors of the Decedent and other per- sons having claims or demands against Decedent's estate, must file their claims with this Court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLI- CATION OF THIS NOTICE. NOT WITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is: De- cember 18, 2008. Attorney for Personal Representative: FREDERICK W. JONES, ESQUIRE Florida Bar No. 181520 Graham, Builder, Jones, Pratt & Marks, LLP Post Office Drawer 1690 369 N. New YorkAvenue Winter Park, Florida 32790 Telephone: (407) 647-4455 Personal Representative: JAMES DUFFY 14903 Prairie Road Ct. Orlando, Florida 32824 12/18,12/25 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROBATE DIVISION File No.: 48-2008-CP-002581-0 Division 1 IN RE: ESTATE OF VADA RUTH RUBLE, -Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Vada Ruth Ruble, deceased, whose date of death was Sep- tember 24, 2008, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N. Orange Ave., Room 340, Orlando, Florida 32801. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal rep- resentative's attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's es- tate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims wih this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other per- sons having claims or demands against decedent's estate must file their claims with this courtWITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICA- TION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERI- ODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OFTHE FLOR- IDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is De- cember 11,2008. Attorney for Personal Representative: Shedri Lund Kemrney Attorney for David Ross Ruble Florida Bar No. 263028 1420 E. 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S Winter Park. FL 32789 i11 THI I:l: ill.r I Illlki : FliR ,i:dirjii F ei n i ri l L,:IlHlA P'.II:I A _ rUlvr:.llt' Fil, ri.:. i i. i.,s :1 , lI. I . .'ll Division Probate IN RE: ESTATE OF WALTER EUGENE TABONY, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Waiter Eu- gene Tabony, deceased, whose date of death was October 19, 2008, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the ad- dress of which is 425 North Orange Avenue, Suite 340, Orlando, FL32801. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal rep- resentative's attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's es- tate on whoma copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other per- sons having claims or demands against decedent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICA- TION OFTHIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERI- ODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OFTHE FLOR- IDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is De- cember 11,2008. Attorney for Personal Representative: Catherine E. Davey Attorney for Chester Wheeler Florida Bar No. 0991724 Post Office Box 941251 Maitland, FL 32794-1251 Telephone: (407) 645-4833 Fax: (407) 645-4832 Personal Representative: Chester Wheeler 2686 Tuskawilla Road Oviedo, Florida 32765 12/11,12/18 TITLE 6. CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE (Chs. 45-88) CHAPTER 50. 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Estimator- Orlando Job Description: Responsible for performing work with plans and specs to develop estimates. Performs take offs of plans as provided. Reads, interprets, and applies specifications to anticipated project costs. Inputs information into computer spreadsheets. Researches and applies material costs as needed. Researches and applies labor costs as needed. Develops final estimate and proposal letters. Keeps bid filed and plans in proper order and file. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $25,000.00 per year Job Order Number: 9360512 Vacation Consultant Job Description: Responsible for conducting simple vacation surveys with potential clients and explaining the basics of vacation memberships. Assists clients with paperwork and shows resorts on company's website. Work Tuesday-Saturday, 4:00pm- 10:00pm. Pay Rate: $7.00 per hour Job Order Number: 9359130 Industrial Engine and Generator Distributor Service Representative Job Description; Responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing various functions to achieve maximum utilization and efficiency of company resources and products to meet company's quarterly goals and objectives. Handles customer calls, accounts, orders, and daily inquires. Demonstrates in depth .knowledge of engines, generators, and parts. Maintains a current customer base while building new client relationships. Presents immediate follow-through with leads thorough delivery of product presentation and closing sale techniques. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $13.00 per hour Job Order Number: 9358345 Account Manager Job Description: Responsible for the sale of anatomic pathology services and the maintenance and development of established accounts in the following markets: physician offices, clinics, surgery centers, and hospitals within the assigned territory. Performs cold calling, follows up and develops accounts, and plans territory and sales forecasting. Attains, continuously develops, and presents the clinical and technical applications of the organizations services. Work Monday-Friday, hours may vary. Pay Rate: $40,000.00-$60,000.00 per year plus commission Job Order Number: 9377335- Manager Job Description: Responsible for traveling to colleges and universities across the country to implement colleges' best -practices methodologies for the overall user services organization including help desk, desktop support, lab management, and customer service. Provides training for teams of technical support representatives for advanced computer desktop support, advanced help desk support, lab management, and other user services organizations. Work days and hours may vary.. Pay Rate: $55,000.00 per year Job Order Number: 9372252 Irrigation Foreperson Job Description: Responsible for installing systems and ensuring functionality, repairing and maintaining valves, tracing electrical .components, installing, and initializing clocks and timers, locating existing zones and valves and performing pump repairs. Adheres to company's safety policy, watches over crew, and ensures customer's satisfaction through communication, relationship building and site visits. Work Monday-Friday,.7:OOam-3:00pm. Pay Rate: $12.00-$20.00 per hour Job Order Number: 9375475 Regional Sales Executive Job Description: Responsible for increasing sales of company's products to customers. Provides on-site product demonstrations, generates sales, and identifies additional sales opportunities supported by an expanding lead generation initiative and an existing customer referral base. Work Monday-Friday, hours may vary. Pay Rate: Salary based upon experience Job Order Number: 9376512 Chef/Head Cook Job Description: Responsible for developing recipes and menus, estimating cost, and pricing food. Manages the kitchen purchases and inspects work area and food quality and quantity to ensure standards are met. Hires, supervises, and trains cooks and other kitchen personnel. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: Salary based upon experience Job Order Number: 9376791 Office Administrator Job Description: Responsible for assisting with the enrollment process and answering telephones. Records student attendance, record requests, payments, and performs other duties as assigned. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: Salary based upon experience Job Order Number: 9376310 Security Officer Job Description: Responsible for patrolling and performing security officer duties. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $10.00 per hour Job Order Number: 9376755 Paralegal/Legal Secretary Job Description: Responsible for handling a wide range of legal support duties. Interacts with clients, drafts/transcribes legal correspondence and pleadings, schedules depositions, hearings and mediations, organizes files, answers phones, and performs other duties as assigned. Work Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm. Pay Rate: $25,000.00-$60,000.00 per year Job Order Number: 9378537 Sales Worker Job Description: Responsible for developing, deploying and enabling the key processes within Sales and Marketing. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $50,000.00-$70,000.00 per year Job Order Number: 9378448 Senior Manager of Project Planning and Implementation Job Description: Responsible for performing system conversions, integration, project management and coordination. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Bays and hours may vary. Pay Rate: Salary based upon experience Job Order Number: 9378370 Outpatient Substance Counselor Job Description: Responsible for counseling individuals on substance abuse. Completes and maintains accurate records of-cases on file. Work Monday-Saturday, hours may vary. Pay Rate: $9.00-$11.00 per hour Job Order Number: 9377836 Homemaker/Companion Job Description: Responsible for preparing light meals, performing light housekeeping, and providing companionship and transportation. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $8.00-$9.00 per hour Job Order Number: 9378445 Personal Computer Technician Job Description: Responsible for maintaining, analyzing, troubleshooting, and repairing computer systems, hardware, and computer peripherals.Answers user inquires regarding computer software or hardware operation to solve problems. Sets up equipment for employee use and performs basic desktop telecommunication maintenance. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $28,340.00-$32,938.00 per year Job Order Number: 9378092 Retail Salesperson Job Description: Responsible for product sales and customer relations. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $35,000.00-$75,000.00 per year Job Order Number: 9377405 Construction Laborer Job Description: Responsible for performing tasks involving physical labor at building and heavy construction projects, tunnel and shaft excavations, and demolition sites. Operates hand and power tools of all types and assists other craft workers. Cleans and prepares sites, digs trenches, sets braces to support the sides of excavations, erects scaffolding, cleans up rubble and debris, and removes asbestos, lead, and other hazardous waste materials. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $12.00 per hour Job Order Number: 9378862 Material Handler Job Description: Responsible for manually moving freight, stock, or other materials or performing other unskilled general labor. Work Monday-Friday, 2:00pm-11:00pm. Pay Rate: $9.00 per hour Job Order Number: 9378532 Food Server Job Description: Responsible for serving food and/or beverages to guests. Performs other job related duties as assigned. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $7.75 per hour Job Order Number: 9378739 Marketing Sales Representative Job Description: Responsible for providing customer service and closing sales. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: Salary based upon experience Job Order Number: 9377921 Medical Technician I Job Description: Responsible for prepping specimens' and tracking and entering data.-Runs samples with some analysis of samples. Troubleshoots equipment and precisely and accurately performs a variety of routine and special technical procedures in Flow Cytometry and Hematology. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: Salary based upon experience Job Order Number: 9377930 Computer Systems Analysts III Job Description: Responsible for recognizing a potential security violation, taking appropriate action to report the incident as required by regulation, and mitigating any adverse impact. Applies instructions and pre-established guidelines. Provides end user support for all operating systems, peripherals, and applications. Supports, monitors, tests, and troubleshoots hardware and software problems. Applies specific program requirements to identify areas of weakness and access controls. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $28.31 per hour Job Order Number: 9377863 Septic/Sewer Construction/ Project Manager Job Description: Responsiblefor running crews in the installation of septic systems, lift stations, grease traps, sewer systems,' and storm water systems. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $62,400.00 per year Job Order Number: 9378547 Demonstrator/Product Promoter Job Description: Responsible for demonstrating merchandise and answering questions for the purpose of creating public interest in buying products. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $25,000.00-$60,000.00'per year Job Order Number: 9377858 Seminole County Log ontoWorkforceCentralFlorida.comwhere you can enter the Job Title in the "Search For Jobs" box to see more information on these jobs and search thousands of additional openings throughout Central Florida, at NO COST. Apply by following the directions listed. For further help visit the WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA Seminole County Office at 1097 Sand Pond Rd., Suite 1001, Lake Mary, or call (407) 531-1225. Senior Bookkeeper Job Description: Responsible for the day- to-day financial functions. Reconciles bank statements and credit card statements, Processes accounts payable and accounts receivable. Establishes budgets and forecasts for procurement, statements of cash flow and profit and loss, quarterly/ annual tax filings, payroll for 25+ employees, sales tax payable, balance sheet analysis, general ledger maintenance, cash flow, sales tax, purchase orders, sales orders, implements accounting internal controls, and inventory management. Work Monday- Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm. Pay Rate:.$40,000.00-$45,000.00 per year- Job Order Number: 9374736 Optometric Technician/Assistant Job Description: Responsible for patient work up and data entry. Work Monday- Friday, hours.may vary. Pay Rate: Salary based upon experience Job Order Number: 9375456 Payroll Specialist Job Description: Responsible for processing a multi-state payroll for over 800 employees. Enters new hire information, files. Assists in any capacity needed within the payroll department including data-entry, researching discrepancies and running' reports. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: Salary based upon experience Job Order Number: 9376339 Child Care Worker Job Description: Responsible for performing child care worker and teacher duties. Work Monday-Friday, hours may vary. Pay Rate: $7.50-$10.00 per hour Job Order Number: 9376695 Executive Secretary Job Description: Responsible for providing administrative support for a variety of departments. Answers . phones, sorts/ distributes mail, maintains equipment, orders supplies, works with vendors, drafts correspondence, maintains logs and costs, organizes, and files. Provides administrative assistance to office and coordinates logistical support for program training events and/or meetings. Answers and directs all incoming telephone calls. Maintains current staff directories and emergency staff lists. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $22,300.00 per year Job Order Number: 9378686 Wood Finisher Job Description: Responsible for shaping, finishing, and refinishing damaged, worn, or used furniture or new high-grade furniture to specified color or finish. Work Monday- Friday, 7:00am-3:45pm. Pay Rate: $10.00-$13.00 per hour . Job Order Number: 9378769 Executive Assistant Job Description: Responsible for performing - administrative duties for executive management. Screens calls, makes travel and meeting arrangements, prepares reports and financial data, trains and supervises other support staff, and performs customer relations. Work Monday-Friday, 8:00am- 5:00pm. Pay Rate: Salary based upon experience Job Order Number: 9378346 Data Analyst Job Description: Responsible for client database preparation for professional services consulting and modeling projects. Develops, edit s, and maintains client modeling project databases. Applies market research concepts to create cartographic maps using complex mapping tools. Uses market research database programs to extract data for analysis projects. Works with consultants to determine project specifications, 'adjusts timelines, and obtains critical information prior to analysis. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: Salary based upon experience Job Order Number: 9378183 Coordinator Job Description: Responsible for coordinating work load in backroom, cash office, customer service, and merchandise. Communicates with management and store associates. Trains associates. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $8.00-$9.00 per hour Job Order Number: 9378112 Patient Care Coordinator Job Description: Responsible for answering all calls that come into our customer service call center. Accesses calls quickly and triages to appropriate department within 10 seconds. Enters patient information data into computer system and manages difficult customers. Responds promptly to customer needs and solicits customer feedback. Responds to requests for service and assistance. Contributes to building a team spirit and follows policies and procedures. Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time. Work days and hours may vary. Pay Rate: $10.75 per hour Job Order Number: 9377949 S I 0I * * Copyrighted Material Syndicated Content .' Available from Commercial News Providers 1* * Winter Park / Maitland Observer Thursday, December 18, 2008 V r I " L P . A h W U A & ~496aAMuAM -a -- ~. ~ -~ - * - - * C - -*.. - - -~ 0 I 4 - - - = - * - e dib Copyrighted Material . 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Seattle 17/28 25/31 Los Angeles 40/51 41/58 Houston 62/75 52/76 City Atlanta Chicago New York Friday Sat. 53/68 22/38 32/41 53/66 25/31 18/33 MARINE FORECAST Cocoa Beach tide schedule Time Low High Saturday 8:04 a.m. 1:46 a.m. Dec. 20- 8:31 p.m. 1:57 p.m. Sunday 9:02 a.m. 2:47 a.m. Dec. 21 9:25 p.m. 2:53 p.m. FLORIDA FORECAST City Friday Sat. Jacksonville 57/76 57/76 Miami 66/77 67/78 Tampa Pensacola 58/78 78/60 59/73 58/73 INTERNATIONAL City Friday London Paris Tokyo 41/50 41/48 42/51 Sat. 47/53 39/48 43/56 SKOLFIELD HOMES REMO[)I:. 1Nf, - R \.. A " .... --. _ \I ,- . Do you enjoy taking care of the small repairs around your home? Are endless lists of Saturday projects relaxing therapy? If not, then turn to Skolfield Homes, a name you can trust. We have a new division called Skolfield Services. The growth in our primary business of major renovations, additions, kitchens and baths has recently allowed us to add several more exceptional craftsmen to our team. As we complement out main business with this new division, we are, in a way, circling back to our 1979 roots and living our philosophy of "taking care of the client." Our service van is outfitted with supplies, tools, and most importantly an ex- tremely talented craftsman, Bob Decker. Our fee: $85 per hour plus materials; a relaxing stress-free Saturday: priceless! To schedule an appointment call 407-647-7730 BEAT THE HOLIDAY RUSH! Give the gift of health! Come by and see us for special pricing on Personal Training packages! If you want to be healthier, feel better and look better - then get involved at the Y! We care about your fitness success! The is simply a place where people love to be! We're ringing in 2009 with new equipment and classes! * New Life Fitness Strength Equipment * Free Weight Equipment * New Cardio Conditioning * Teen Fitness " Zumba *Body Pump *Cycling and more! e'. THE VIEW FROM YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS . --3.7 - S'-HTri I n: I:i TF',I F YOUR NAME HERE, FROM YOUR CITY! Want to see your picture in The Observer? Please e-mail it to editor@ observernewspapers.com. Files should be at least 1MB in size. Please include as much information about the picture as possible, for example where the image was taken, what time and who is in it. IMOR[ NIN; G 11= tEJIt Page 16 Thursday, December 18, 2008 Winter Park / Maitland Observer ~f~, ~" ::: ,a~t m PJ TOill IV THIS WEEK IN HISTORY On Dec. 18,1988 warm weather prevailed in ' U.S. ';;" i .,.�,ie cool ..%,eather s.oreac across 'the eastern states. Snieridan ** �,Vyo.. hac . a rlecoldl NVI of 68 degrees, 7 degrees v�arnier than Ke;.., �,Vest. Fla. The National Weather L Summar, pp- Visit Our Health Fair air Sat., Dec. 27 9-11 a.m. Nutritional Counseling Blood Pressure Checks 9 Flu Shots Recommended Fitness n-- ams |