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Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings has proposed adding a penny sales tax referendum to the November ballot. Demings says the tax increase is “critical for improving the region’s deficient transportation network,” but has not specified the proportions of funding that would be allocated to SunRail, Lynx or roadways.

occurs through induced demand. Wider roads encourage higher speeds during off-peak periods, and higher speeds increase the severity of traffic crashes and the likelihood of fatalities. Our region is regularly cited as the most dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians; safety must be the top priority for road improvements.

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4. Build an integrated, multimodal transportation system: A sizable portion of the sales tax should be used to build quality pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. These facilities should be prioritized near transit station areas to enable first/last mile access and to encourage compact, walkable development that supports transit.

The Orange County sales tax referendum is a historic opportunity to transform the quality of life in our community. However, it is a big ask, especially for low-income residents who rely on transit, for citizens to increase their own taxes for transportation. Therefore, the revenue must be used effectively and efficiently. To ensure our support, we, the members of Central Floridians for Public Transit, make the following requests. 1. The majority of revenues should go to transit: Orange County’s analysis of 11,000 survey responses shows that building a mass transit system is the No. 1 priority of our residents. MetroPlan Orlando’s outreach for its 2045 Plan also shows mass transit as the #1 top desired change. It is clear that Central Floridians want and need frequent, fast and convenient mass transit.

5. Coordinate land use and affordable housing to maximize investment: To maximize investments, Orange County should enact land use regulations that encourage ridership and economic development adjacent to new transit routes and Complete Streets investments. Examples of supportive land use policies include appropriate transit-supportive densities, removing bans on multifamily housing, planning for affordable housing, encouraging mixed-use development and reducing parking requirements.

Question: I came out of the bar I was in, and my car was keyed badly with some words that I am sure my ex-girlfriend wrote. She also later posted about it on her Facebook page which I screenshot before she deleted it. Can I sue her? Answer: “Crazy little thing called love.” In my 25 years of legal experience, most of my nutty stories deal with someone who did not handle a breakup well. The simple answer is “Yes.” You can sue her in small claims court and possibly file criminal charges. A little information for those of you who think Facebook, Instagram, and

2. Improve the rider experience with better amenities: In addition to badly needed improvements to frequency, route optimization and transit priority, the sales tax should fund holistic improvements to enhance the overall experience. This includes shelters and seating at stops, integrated payment systems, better wayfinding and real-time transit information.

The decisions Orange County makes this year may impact the lives of Central Floridians for decades to come. CFL4Transit and its coalition partners want to ensure that revenues from the sales tax increase will lead to a more accessible, reliable, sustainable and equitable future. We look forward to collaborating with Orange County to help shape a transformative vision for transportation in our community.

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School censorship is further enabled by the Legislature, Musk v. Moon, and other news you may have missed last week. »

A SpaceX rocket launched from Central Florida seven years ago is about to hit the moon Elon Musk, the man who innovated cars so hard that they started regularly exploding, is poised to be the culprit behind the first-ever piece of space junk hitting the moon. An out-of-control SpaceX rocket is expected to collide with the moon in early March after seven years of erratic movement. Data analyst and near-Earth object tracker Bill Gray wrote that he believes the collision will occur on March 4 on the far side of the Moon. Just think: If we’d funded NASA properly, we’d never get the exciting chance to watch a rich Redditor fling multimillion-dollar rocks at the queen of tides.

Florida Republicans push through proposal to allow public scrutiny of school books Overriding objections from Democrats who warned of “the slippery slope of censorship,” Senate Republicans last week took a first step toward ramping up scrutiny of the way public-school library books and instructional materials are chosen. School boards would be required to publish on the website of each school the procedures for developing media-center collections, and elementary schools would be required to publish on their websites “in a searchable format” all books and materials that are kept in the schools’ media centers or that are part of class reading lists. The legislation aims to give the public increased input on how library and classroom books are chosen by spelling out that all instructional materials are subject to “public inspection” — including the right to copy or photograph materials.

Orange County Public Schools will no longer excuse kids being kept home for fear of COVID-19 Orange County schools will no longer count “fear of catching COVID-19” as a valid excuse for absence. Superintendent Barbara Jenkins announced the change in a letter to parents, noting that the new rules would take effect Jan. 31. Jenkins cited the strain of teaching students who are in class and at-home simultaneously, as well as the declining numbers of COVID-19 cases in OCPS schools. She also noted that the state took away the ability to code an absence in their records this way. “We can longer provide excused absences for those voluntarily keeping their children at home due to the pandemic,” she wrote. Jenkins went on to suggest homeschooling for parents who are still concerned about the ongoing pandemic.

Winter Park Police Chief resigns following arrest on domestic violence charges Winter Park Police Chief Michael Deal resigned his position following an arrest on misdemeanor domestic violence charges last week. Deal sent his letter of resignation to Winter Park City Manager Randy Knight last week. In the letter, Deal praised his staff and said he was looking forward to “the next chapter.” He made no mention of the arrest. Knight said in a statement, “I want to thank Chief Deal for his service to the City of Winter Park. I wish him well in his future endeavors.” Division Chief Pam Marcum will serve as acting Police Chief until further notice.

Cruise lines’ ability to check vaccination status might be overturned as appeal looms A federal appeals court will hear arguments in May in a battle over whether Norwegian Cruise Lines can require passengers to show documentation that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration took the case to the Atlanta-based appeals court after U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams last year sided with Norwegian and issued a preliminary injunction against a Florida law that sought to bar businesses from requiring “vaccine passports.” The ruling, which applied only to Norwegian, said the state law violates the First Amendment and the dormant Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. orlandoweekly.com ● FEB. 2-8, 2022 ● ORLANDO WEEKLY

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GOOD GUYS DON’T BAN BOOKS Of course, you only know that if you read books BY JEFFREY C. BILLMAN

The logical end of the panic over cancel the “f-word” and “sexual innuendos.”

culture and critical race theory was always staring us in the face: to stop the left-wing oppression of school indoctrination, leftist ideas — in other words, any idea that doesn’t reinforce white conservative mythology — must be removed in the name of freedom. That’s not how the culture warriors frame it, of course. They portray themselves as shielding young eyes from obscenity and pornography and protecting children from racial shaming. Take a look at what they’re actually doing, however, and that veneer crumbles pretty quickly. A school board in Tennessee removed the Pulitzer Prizewinning graphic novel Maus, which recounts author Art Spiegelman’s parents’ experience during the Holocaust, due to “its unnecessary use of profanity and nudity and its depiction of violence and suicide,” because only sanitized versions of genocide will do. The superintendent of a North Carolina school district banned the MLK-themed novel Dear Martin — which the superintendent admitted he never read — after a 10th-grader’s parent complained that the book contained

A Florida school district removed 16 books from school libraries after a conservative group complained that they were pornographic: among them, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, and just about anything that touches on LGBTQ experiences. National campaigns have targeted books such as All Boys Aren’t Blue, Lawn Boy, Gender Queer, A People’s History of the United States, even The Handmaid’s Tale — sometimes picking titles from lists that promote diverse reading material, other times attacking books that might turn little Johnny Football Star queer. No one has been more aggressive than Texas state representative Matt Krause, who is running to become the district attorney of Tarrant County. Last October, he sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency asking if any schools in the state had any of the 850 books he included in an attached spreadsheet. As you might imagine, plenty of LGBTQ stuff made his book-burning list. But so did books about gender equality, the legal rights of teenagers, books about sexually transmitted infections (and books, even novels, that mention

teen pregnancy), a 30-year-old book on the abortion debate, books addressing racism, the graphic novel version of The Lottery; Life, Death, and Sacrifice: Women and Family in the Holocaust; Underneath: A History of Women’s Underwear; W Is for Welcome: A Celebration of America’s Diversity (seriously!); Inventors and Inventions (?), a 1968 medical thriller from Michael Crichton and, most ironically, Nancy Garden’s 1999 novel The Year They Banned the Books. One book on Krause’s gargantuan list caught my eye, both because I’ve been reading it and because, since Krause wants to become Fort Worth’s top prosecutor, he probably should too: Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Alexander’s 2010 book, a seminal work in the field of criminal justice reform, doesn’t employ language that would send Granny to the fainting couch. It makes a nuanced, provocative case that by targeting Black men through the drug war and “toughon-crime” legislation, the justice system created a caste system to replace Jim Crow segregation under the guise of race-neutrality. You don’t have to agree with Alexander. But if you’re afraid of kids engaging with her argument, that says more about your beliefs than hers. Such “populist” movements need to perpetually one-up themselves, so they can’t confine their actions to inserting themselves between teenagers and “dangerous” literature. Thus, in Oklahoma, a forthcoming Senate bill aims to prohibit K-12 schools from employing any teacher who “promotes positions in the classroom or at any function of the public school that is in opposition to closely held religious beliefs of students.” Parents are allowed to sue individual teachers and administrators, and damages are set at a minimum of $10,000. Because that’s not sufficiently meanspirited: “All persons found liable for damages shall make payment from personal resources and shall not receive any assistance from individuals or groups.” And then there’s Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is pushing legislation that prohibits public schools and private workplaces from making white people feel “discomfort.” Practically speaking, it gives racists license to sue schools because their kid’s class read I Am Ruby Bridges and employers because they had to sit through diversity training. DeSantis has also whipped up a throwback to the ’90s: a bill to ban any mention of sexual orientation or gender identity in schools. Which is to say, to cancel gay people. It follows the mold of Texas’ abortion law, giving parents — not the state — the right to enforce it by suing if a teacher mentions the 2016 Pulse massacre in Orlando or, perhaps, asks who America’s only “confirmed bachelor” president was. (Answer: James Buchanan, who was in a relationship with Alabama senator, ambassador to France, and vice president William Rufus King.) As if Florida — like Oklahoma and Texas — hasn’t made life miserable enough for public school teachers. But that’s the point, isn’t it? The right is bullying teachers into avoiding anything that might make kids question the world around them. Donald Trump loves the poorly educated. His acolytes want schools to pump them out like factories. It won’t work, not how they imagine. And if you want to keep them from hearing about racism, or birth control, or why they’re getting hair down there, or why some boys like boys, you’re going to have to find some way to undo the internet. (Don’t think they haven’t broken your parental controls.) Besides, banning books will only make teenagers seek out the forbidden. And the more we talk about banning books, the more likely they are to read about the history of book banning — and realize that history never views the people who do it as the good guys.

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CHARLIE FOXTROT Hey, Governor: The Florida DEP’s handling of wetland permits has become a colossal mess. You need to fix this — before the EPA fixes it for you BY CR AI G P ITTMAN

Dear Gov. DeSantis, Hi there! I keep writing you these letters and you keep ignoring them, but I feel I need to be persistent — for your sake. You claim to care about Florida’s environment, but when you talk about it, all you ever say is some version of, “I am throwing a lot of money at some of the problems.” As any child of divorced parents can tell you, “throwing money” is not the same thing as “showing care.” Look, I know you’re busy dodging questions about whether you got a booster shot, waging your crusade to protect sensitive white people from feeling bad about racism, and pretending to ignore Roger Stone’s jibes about you being nothing but “an obscure congressman with a bad haircut and an ill-fitting suit” before his citrus-complexioned friend gave your career a boost. But this is really

important, and not just because it could make a difference in your re-election campaign. You need to do something about the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and how it’s handling wetlands permits. And I mean right now. Remember when the DEP took over federal wetlands permitting in the waning days of the Trump administration, and a lot of environmental groups predicted it would be a disaster? Turns out — surprise! — they were right. By “disaster,” I mean it’s become what you yourself would call a colossal Charlie Foxtrot — the military euphemism for a civilian word that starts with “cluster.” Here’s the problem: When the DEP first took over handling federal wetlands permits from the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the agencies were all using a very restrictive definition of wetlands. That definition had been written by the Trump administration, revising one from the Obama years. The Trumpian definition removed protections for more than half the nation’s wetlands and hundreds of thousands of miles of upland streams. It did this by changing the definition of what constitutes a “water of the United States” and thus deserving of federal protection. In Florida, that worked out to about 6 million acres of wetlands that suddenly had no federal protection at all. The narrow definition was designed to give developers, miners, loggers, and other wetland destroyers a lot more leeway in what they could obliterate before they ever needed a federal permit. Meanwhile, places where a permit was still required ended up covering far less acreage. That definition was “business friendly,” in the same way that I tend to be “icecream friendly” — feeding a big appetite, but not a healthy habit. In August, though, a federal judge kicked that narrow definition to the curb. She ruled that it suffered from “fundamental, substantive flaws” and warned that it could cause “serious environmental harm.”

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The judge’s ruling meant the legal definition of wetlands broadened back out to include a lot more swamps, bogs, and marshes that the Trump-written definition did not. But not in Florida! In defiance of what that federal court decreed, your state agency is continuing to crank out its Clean Water Act permits based on what is now an old, out-of-date definition of what constitutes a wetland. That means those permits don’t cover all the wetlands they should. As legal flaws go, that’s about as fatal as the Death Star’s thermal exhaust port. The environmental law firm Earthjustice, which is suing to overturn the speedy, sloppy EPA handover of federal permitting to the DEP, has found records showing the DEP has processed at least 49 of these fatally flawed permits so far. “They are thumbing their noses at federal law and thumbing their noses at the EPA,” Tania Galloni, Florida managing attorney for Earthjustice, told me. “It’s really outrageous.” I sought a comment about this from the DEP, but I guess they were too busy wielding their rubber stamp to respond. Meanwhile, the EPA has noticed what’s going on. As of December, that agency had sent 10 letters to the DEP to say, in effect, “Y’all are breaking the law, and you better cut it out before things get nastier than a Janet Jackson beat.” One letter — couched in the kind of wording that you need a Bureaucratic-to-English dictionary to interpret — tells the DEP that the feds are really ticked off about this. The other nine letters show just how ticked off. Each one objects to a permit DEP is on the verge of approving. The permits are from various places around the state: St. Augustine, Oviedo, Jacksonville, Fort Myers, New Smyrna Beach, Bunnell, Port St. Lucie, even a Florida Department of Transportation visitor center to be built on U.S. 41 in the Big Cypress Preserve. Every single letter contains this sentence: “Accordingly, the EPA objects to FDEP issuing a CWA Section 404 permit for the proposed project.” Governor, you may assume a fight between Florida and the federal government is a good thing. After all, that’s

been your strategy for battling the Omicron variant: Blame Biden! That approach does guarantee you a star turn on Rupert Murdoch’s network. But this is a really bad situation for three reasons. One is obvious: Florida is allowing developers, miners, etc. to kill a lot of wetlands that we need. Our wetlands filter pollutants before stormwater runoff reaches our waterways. They soak up floods. They recharge our drinking water supply. They provide habitat for a wide variety of wildlife. Their filtration ability is huge. One recent Canadian study found that wetlands provide filtration worth billions (which is a lot of money, even if we’re talking Canadian dollars.) You, of all people, should appreciate how important that filtration part is, given your promise to do something to halt all the toxic algae blooms that feed on pollution. Wetlands also capture a lot of the carbon that drives climate change, without the state enacting any of that “leftwing stuff” you dislike. Get rid of the wetlands and you lose all those natural functions. The second reason why this is bad is that if the DEP pushes its illegal approach too far, the EPA could take the wetlands permitting program back from the state. That would be embarrassing for you in an election year. The third problem is downright ironic. The developers, miners, and so forth pushed for the EPA to hand over federal permitting to the DEP so they would get their permits approved much more quickly. When the transfer occurred in December 2020, Florida Home Builders Association CEO Rusty Payton said, “By turning this process over to the state, we expect a much more consistent and improved way to get 404 permits approved in a timely manner.” But if all the DEP permits have that same fatal flaw, the EPA will object to every single one. The permits can’t move forward unless the EPA removes its objections. Take a wild guess how much more sloooooooowly the permitting process gets from here. For an example of what I mean, look at what’s happened with one permit application from Fort Myers, which involves plans to convert a potato field into a lime rock mine. The EPA’s objection to the rock mine’s wetlands permit, first reported by the Fort Myers News-Press, is far from the first hurdle the project has faced. The Troyer Brothers have been trying since 2010 to get permission to start blasting their potato field apart with dynamite so they can harvest the rocky rubble for sale as a building material, according to Amber Crooks of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. Environmental consultants won the county commissioners’ approval to change the zoning on the Troyers’ land in 2019 by arguing something that I guarantee you will read and say, “No way! That’s ridiculous.” But it’s true: They contended that blasting for the mine, creating a hole 110 feet deep on a mining footprint of 781 acres, was actually better for the environment than continuing to farm potatoes. The commissioners went along with that ludicrous claim, ignoring numerous (and vociferous) objections from neighbors and environmental groups. The commissioners were so accommodating to the Troyers’ mining plan that they not only changed their zoning but also repealed a local rule that said no new mine could be approved without showing there was a need for it. One of the Troyers’ neighbors, a company producing experimental seeds, tried to challenge those decisions in an administrative hearing, but lost. Then, in 2020, the state Department of Economic Opportunity gave its blessing to the mine, too. In contrast to this series of locally sourced green lights,

the Corps has been hesitant to say yes. The company needs a federal permit to destroy wetlands that are amid what has been classified as primary panther habitat. Crooks told me the federal agency had talked of doing a cumulative impact study of the Troyer mine and other proposals that would wreck lots of wetlands in that same area, which seems like a pretty good idea. But once the Corps had to hand off the wetland permitting to the DEP, Crooks said, there was no more talk of studying cumulative impact. There was also apparently no further discussion of the impact on panthers — which, I’d like to remind you, are our official state animal. Instead, the DEP put the permit on a fast-track, at least until it ran smack into that EPA objection letter. Now the project is stuck in limbo, with no end in sight. Troyer Brothers’ public relations person did a lot of harrumphing about this to the News-Press — and with a straight face, too! “The Troyer Brothers mine went through a highly regulated and strict process,” said Angela Bell. Alas, Ms. Bell needs to learn that the EPA is, as my kids say, the boss level of the game. The Troyer Brothers may have won lots of early rounds, but they can’t get the permit if they don’t beat that last level. The whole situation reminds me of one of my dad’s favorite jokes. It’s about a country boy who’s applied for a job at a railroad yard. The foreman decides to test him. “What would you do,” asks the foreman, “if you saw a 60-car train barreling in from the left at 70 miles an hour, and a 70-car train roaring in from the right at 60 mph, both on the same track?” “I’d holler ‘W.L!’” replies the country boy. Baffled, the foreman asks why. “Because,” the country boy explains, “my brother, W.L., ain’t never seen a trainwreck that big.” Fear not, Gov. D, there’s no need to holler for W.L. I have a solution for you that will avoid the trainwreck. Sure, you could do nothing and hope that the Supreme Court will at some point rewrite the definition of wetlands again. But that’s liable to take months, if not years. Plus, “waiting for someone else to act” is hardly the picture of leadership you are trying to project for the voters this fall. Besides, none of this started with you. It was your predecessor, Rick “Jobs!” Scott, who launched the state takeover of the federal permits. And your former mentor-turnedfrenemy is the one who created the recent confusion over what a wetland is and isn’t. So, here’s what you need to do, and I mean right now. You call a press conference in some scenic spot, such as the Green Swamp. You then announce that you are immediately ordering the DEP to hand back the federal wetlands permitting program to the EPA and the Corps. You tell the reporters that Florida is no longer going to do the federal government’s work for it. You tell them you are taking this step to protect the state’s taxpayers from having to foot the bill for what is clearly a messed-up federal program. Then — and you are already pretty good at this — you skedaddle back to Tallahassee without answering any questions. It’s a total win-win! You don’t have to worry about the EPA making you look bad. The DEP gets more time to work on those few projects you like to brag about. The developers and miners don’t need to worry about their permits being hung up in a messy dispute. And, of course, a lot of wetlands will be saved, thus helping thwart pollution and toxic algae blooms. Assuming you really care about that. Your pal, Craig This story ran originally at the Florida Phoenix.

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Be sure to bring your inner child to these two highly anticipated, just-opened Orlando attractions After a month of momentous

shows and events, I welcomed last week’s opportunity to lighten up with a couple of highly anticipated but less weighty Orlando attractions. While both are sure to please their intended patrons, neither proved to be exactly what I expected, making this week’s column an impromptu object lesson in learning to appreciate things even when you are not the target audience. When I began reporting in 2019 on Ice Breaker, the new roller coaster that’s currently in previews at SeaWorld Orlando, it was anticipated to open in spring 2020. Nearly two years later, I was finally able to strap into one of the Premiere Rides– designed trains I saw at IAAPA 2019 and try SeaWorld’s first multiple-launch coaster for myself during a recent media event ahead of its official opening on Feb. 18. Ice Breaker’s Arctic theming is pretty bare-bones, with minimal queue decor and no audio or effects along the route, although you do get a lovely view of SeaWorld’s central lake. The attraction delivers its neatest trick right out of the gate, as the 18-passenger trains exit the station directly into a track switch that smoothly slides you laterally into a backward launch that sends you partway up the ride’s signature 93 foot-tall spike. After that, a series of additional launches thrust you forward, halfway up a twisting top hat; backward again, toward the spike’s peak; and finally forward once more through the remainder of the circuit, which consists of tight turns and bunny hills around an unglamorous backstage area. I only had the opportunity to experience Ice Breaker twice, but that was enough to know this smooth coaster delivers radically different experiences depending on which seat you select. In the front rows, you experience some wonderful weightlessness during the abortive initial forward ascent, but the track’s remaining 13 moments of airtime are of the mild floater variety. The back seats, on the other hand, provide surprisingly energetic amounts of ejector airtime for what is essentially “kiddie’s first VelociCoaster.” That unexpected kick for a family-friendly coaster would easily make Ice Breaker worthy of rerides for adult enthusiasts, if it weren’t for some design decisions that may doom it to be unfriendly for grown-

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up crowds. The ride vehicles are extremely restrictive, with insufficient leg room to cross between seats; the shin guards turn pleasurable pops of airtime into ankle agony; and over-the-shoulder “comfort collars” seem to serve no purpose except slowing down boarding. With a carrying capacity well under 1,000 riders per hour, Ice Breaker is certain to see epic wait times during its long-awaited opening season, so you may choose to fuel up with a colorful cocktail or Kobe beef slider from the adjoining Glacier Bar and Altitude Burger before getting in the queue. Meanwhile, I’ll be across the park in line for another lap on my old favorites, Mako and Manta. Back in the heart of Orlando, Creative City Project’s latest theatrical walking experience has debuted. “Dragons & Fairies” finally emerged in Leu Gardens, after a week’s postponement due to shipping delays. I fell hard for “Dazzling Nights” and “Down the Rabbit Hole,” the organization’s previous pandemic-era walk-throughs, finding them even more enjoyable than Creative City’s signature Immerse street festival. Participants once again traverse a wonderland of imaginatively illuminated trees, encountering live actors along the trail. This version weaves an original fable — obviously influenced by The Wizard of Oz and Labyrinth, among other classics — following Freya (performed by Zoe Rosas during my visit), a headstrong orphan fairy with a charmingly incomprehensible brogue, and her flightless dragon friend Dauntless (Adonus Mabry) as they petition a powerful wizard (Brett McMahon)

to rescind the decree that keeps their kinds separated. Creative City’s latest collaboration with director/scriptwriter/costumer Donald Spencer didn’t enchant me to nearly the same degree as the last, despite sharing many of the same design elements, but that’s largely because I’m about four decades too old to really appreciate it. While the candy-colored lighting design rivals Disney’s bioluminescent Pandora and the enthusiastic cast fully commits to their roles, the writing and direction lack the sly sharpness that made last year’s Alice-inspired show so delicious for adults. Kids, however, will be enamored of comical characters like the bickering trolls (James D. Stanley, Gregg Baker Jr.), and young ones will definitely be more awed by the attraction’s heavily hyped half-dozen dragons (from Chinese manufacturer Gengu) than their parents, who are likely to notice that the inconsistently sculpted and scaled figures’ stiff movements more closely resemble Christmas lawn ornaments than any animatronic you’d find in an Orlando theme park. I’d imagine locally built creatures with human puppeteers would have been far more expressive and less expensive. Although “Dragons & Fairies” seemed to me like a series of missed opportunities, when viewed through the eyes of the enthralled pre-schooler in my party, it was a rousing success. If you go, be sure to bring your inner child — and maybe grab a cup of hot cider from Easy Luck’s booth before beginning your quest, because even dragon fire can’t warm up these frigid Florida nights. skubersky@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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hroughout the course of 1921 Mount Dora’s five-year evolution, one constant has remained — an earnest dedication to showcasing Florida ingredients. From the Floribbean fare conceived by Norman Van Aken and Camilo Velasco to the modern comfort food of Josh Oakley to the progressive artistry of current executive chef Chris Edwards, the focus has always been on the bounty of the Sunshine State. But this 1921 — version 3.0 — feels like its most fully realized iteration, and the team led by Edwards has a lot to do with that. The former Atlanta fixture did stints at renowned institutions Holeman & Finch, Restaurant Eugene, and King + Duke before manning the kitchen at the most fetching restaurant in Central Florida. In fact, little (if anything) has changed with the mid-mod interior since the restaurant opened in late 2016, and that’s a good thing. I mean, why mess with the sittable art by Wharton Esherick, Wendell Castle and George Nakashima, or the decor and paintings that make 1921’s aesthetic an instant classic?

No need, I say, and no need to mess with pastry chef Tiffany Watson’s yeast rolls either. The throwback nod to midcentury dining is an instant classic itself, brushed with housemade cultured butter and flecked with Maldon sea salt. But in dishes crafted by Edwards and his trusted sous-chef Jose Fabre, the pair play with modernist forms of expression. It’s like we just ate a Miro, I think to myself after ravaging an organic-abstract serving of tomato spheres dancing around a blob of buffalo milk burrata ($19). They’re connected by orange streaks of tomato honey that run through quenelles of earthy-fresh basil pesto. Wispy watercress imparts an ethereal quality to it all, which I’m sure is a metaphor for something. It’s served with slices of dense rosemary focaccia that look more like pound cake but, hey, I’m no art critic. There’s artistry in the seared diver scallops ($38) as well, arranged to look like some sort of Fauvist wreath with bright textural embellishments — golden raisins, cheddar cauliflower, ricotta gnudi, fennel strands, tiny

shrimp. Pooled in the center is a curried brown butter–and–cheddar cauli sauce. It may sound like a lot, but the dish didn’t feel adulterated. It’s the same with the golden tilefish ($36). You’d think serving it with popcorn polenta, Mexican chorizo and saffron cream, then adding the crunch of yellow squash Parisienne, would hide the fish, but no. Edwards and his team are skilled in the, umm, art of proportion. We see it in a precise stacking of forbidden rice, bok choy and grilled chicken breast basted with a peanut bulgogi. Sounds somewhat straightforward, but that glaze was something. Peanuts are toasted in the wood oven, then a jus from chicken backs and a bulgogi marinade is made, before it’s all brushed onto that perfect oak wood-fired breast. Indeed, they’re masters at the art of cooking over a wood fire as well. If it weren’t clear to us before, it is after a serving of roasted Blue Point oysters ($6) enriched with bone marrow, foie and carrot butter. They’re served in a rock-salted roasting pan, with cardamom and cloves lending a warming-spice aroma. The dusting of nutritional yeast on duck-fat chicken thigh croquettes ($14) adds a uniquely cheesy note to the meaty nuggets, which sit in a shallow pool of sorghum hot sauce crumbled with bits of Asher blue cheese. Coffee-rubbed venison ($35), another oak-flamed wonder, is served with some highly intriguing accompaniments: rutabaga tater tots, strawberry-pecan sofrito, a creamy puree of salt-roasted pecans and “French press” beets and strawberries — French press coffee from 1921’s house roast is made into a coffee cream, which is then reduced and used to glaze poached beets and strawberries in the wood oven until they’re hot, then they’re mounted with cold Plugra butter for added luxe and sheen. That’s dedication. It’s also a bit nuts. The venison, arguably our favorite dish of the night, also comes garnished with shaved raw beets and fresh berries dressed in olive oil from Georgia. No doubt 1921 is an epicure’s delight — I haven’t even touched on the exemplary cocktail program offering the mellowest Negroni (it’s solera-aged in a barrel), or the 450-plus-strong wine list overseen by general manager and wine director Adam Crane that’s easily one of the best in the state. I will say that a bottle of 2013 Hirsch Vineyards “San Andreas Fault” pinot noir was our quaff of choice. Its strawberry notes buoyed every bite of the triple chocolate ganache ($11) with Chantilly cream, as well as the tetsukabuto squash crème brûlée with oat streusel ($10). If you’re feeling particularly decadent, the rosemary-basted foie gras ($27) appetizer, served over griddled brioche with pecan butter and red wine grape jam, is another feat in aesthetics and indulgence. Yes, it was a starter, but we were OK with that. None of us were ready for an ending to this meal.

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Reports of New York City’s famed Russian Tea Room opening an outpost in the Dellagio Town Center have been greatly exaggerated. The space will actually house Anqor Lounge, a luxury Russian hookah bar and tea room. Look for it to open toward the end of March. More Dellagio news: Work on the Norman’s space is progressing and the resto is slated to open in June or July. Nearby, My Lounge, a Turkish restaurant and nightclub, will move into the old Craig Miller’s Field House Sports Bar space … Izziban Sushi & BBQ at 1700 W. Sand Lake Road near the intersection of OBT has been rebranded as Izzi Korean Kitchen … The original F&D Woodfired Italian Kitchen in the Hourglass District will move into the old Primrose Garden Center building later this year. Construction is currently underway on the new restaurant, to be located at 2635 Curry Ford Road … Papi’s Food Truck by chef Christopher Hernandez will be parked near Santiago’s Bodega in Ivanhoe Village. Hernandez serves high-end pan-Latin cuisine … Deadwords Brewing has opened at 23 N. Orange Blossom Trail in Parramore near West Washington Street … Former East End Market chef-in-residence Jes Tanatalo will soon be a permanent fixture inside Redlight Redlight, when the brewery builds out a kitchen toward the back of the bar. Tantalo has staged regular pop-ups at RR serving an eclectic range of dishes with a focus on local sourcing and seasonality. Look for the eatery to open sometime this summer.

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Keith Bombaugh, the former senior sous-chef at Alinea in Chicago, has been appointed executive chef at Ava MediterrAegean, which opens Friday, Feb. 4 … Daawat the Experience, a South Asian/East African–inspired monthly pop-up, will stage its next dinner Saturday, Feb. 5. The dinner includes a mocktail, hors d’oeuvre, appetizers, four family-style mains, dessert and chai. Cost is $85. Visit daawattheexperience.com for more … SeaWorld’s Seven Seas Food Festival returns Friday, Feb. 4, with 24 festival marketplaces, including two new regions: Ireland and Sicily. The festival runs Thursday to Sunday through May 8 … Black Rooster Taqueria on Curry Ford Road is now offering brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Got restaurant dish? Send tips to dining@orlandoweekly.com

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SOUPA SAIYAN 3 Soupakase, a sub-concept at noodle house Soupa Saiyan 3, offers the best value for an omakase in the city. Ten pieces of nigiri, most using seafood from Toyosu Fish Market in Tokyo, are presented by skilled sushi chef David Tsan (Morimoto Asia, Kabooki Sushi). A handroll and soup are included, all for just $65. Soupakase is currently offered Wednesday to Sunday starting at 5 p.m. (reviewed Jan. 26) 11325 University Blvd., 407-440-4687, exploretock.com/soupa, $$$

LA ESKINNA Some of the best Mexican street fare in the city is being served out of this food truck parked in an industrial dirt lot. Park, scan the menu, place your order with the carhop and the food will be brought out to you. The pastor, barbacoa, vegan chorizo and birria tacos are all winners. Don’t pass on the birria ramen and taquitos either. Churros with cajeta are a worthy ending. Closed Saturday. (reviewed Jan. 19) 1826 Saturn Blvd., Lot 4A, 407-575-9156, facebook.com/la.eskinna, $

CLEAN EATZ Clean Eatz focuses on healthy fare — cooked without oil and without added salt or sugar — without sacrificing flavor in dishes like baked boneless wings with Buffalo sauce and bison burgers with turkey bacon and low-fat cheese. Calories, BTW, are listed next to all café menu items as well as the graband-go meals stocked in the freezers. Open daily. (reviewed Jan. 12) 2205 S. Orange Ave., 407-237-0493, cleaneatz.com, $$

MILKHOUSE Food hall-ish venue in the heart of the Milk District corrals a lineup of local heavy hitters: the Ravenous Pig Brewing Co., Kelly’s Homemade Ice Cream and two concepts by Bruno Zacchini — Bagel Bruno and Cicchetti, his homage to the inviting bacari of Venice, where small bites and quality quaffs lure in the afterwork faithful. Open daily. (reviewed Dec. 22) 201 N. Bumby Ave., 407-237-0575, milkhousesocial.com, $$

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The future-forward fashion of punk icon Poly Styrene PHOTOS BY FALCON STUART

THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED DAY-GLO X-Ray Spex leader Poly Styrene gets the doc treatment BY MAT THEW MOY ER

here’s a picture of Poly Styrene shot as she retraces her mother’s footsteps, a onstage with X-Ray Spex in 1978 by framing device fleshed out by off-camera Denis O’Regan that depicts the singer interviews with Styrene’s friends and family, in full iconic flight: DIY-modified vintage and a wealth of rare video and photographs 1950s clothing, gigantic hair, lips curled into from Styrene’s personal archive. A chance encounter with a Sex Pistols a sneer exposing braces and eyes ablaze with fury. You’re welcome to your posters show at the age of 19 changed Styrene’s of the Clash and the Sex Pistols, but this life. Soon enough she was auditioning is proof positive of punk’s initial promise musicians to join what would become her as a truly new type of music. Listening to unforgettable first-wave punk band, X-Ray X-Ray Spex’s futuristic albums, full of jittery, Spex. Born of British and Somali heritage, Styrene embraced the angular, angry critiques DIY life fully, running of our never-ending POLY STYRENE: her own clothing shop consumerist dystopia, I AM A CLICHÉ and designing her own only further drives that 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2 pop-art-as-nightmare point home. Enzian Theater stagewear. I Am A Cliché 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland Something that often tells the story of enzian.org gets lost in discussions Poly Styrene’s (née $12 of Styrene and X-Ray Marianne Elliott-Said) Spex is how incredibly far-too-brief life beautifully, a fitting tribute and elegy to one of the young she was when X-Ray Spex hit the most unique performers in popular music to scene. During an interview with a stuffy date. Co-directed and written by Styrene’s British television host, Styrene is asked if she daughter Celeste Bell, the film follows Bell is, in fact, a rebel. Styrene flashes an utterly

surprised and delighted smile, gives a teenaged laugh and says, offhandedly, “I suppose I am a bit, really.” The Spex made an immediate impact with Germfree Adolescents in ’78, charting with singles like the breathless liberation anthem “Oh Bondage! Up Yours!” and thrilling punk audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. The world could have been theirs, but Styrene, experienced up-close-and-personal the capitalist nightmare she was warning about in song, and it overwhelmed her. She suffered a breakdown and walked away from her band. Styrene was mother to Bell by her mid20s and released a solo album (Translucence, 1980) that was cruelly overlooked. Ensuing years would see her embrace her spirituality, journeying to India and joining a Hare Krishna commune in the U.K. Styrene would, in the early 2000s, make her way back to her family and her music, and the final act of the film is marked with triumph and tragedy writ large. Styrene, in the end, was a hero, an icon, an artist, a mother and a human. This is her story and you need to see it. arts@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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ON (small) SCREENS IN ORLANDO Streaming premieres you won’t want to miss by Steve Schneider PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2:

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Dark Desire — In the second and final season of the Mexican thriller series, law professor Alma Solares (Maite Perroni) faces the fallout of an extramarital affair that has threatened more than her relationship with her husband, an important but secretive judge. Whatever’s going on between Clarence and Ginni Thomas right now must be absolute almond milk in comparison. (Netflix)

Murderville — National treasure Will Arnett stars in a comedy mystery series that teams him with a different celebrity every episode to crack a homicide case. The hook is that none of his partners are given a copy of the script, and have to improvise their way from sleuthing to solution. Not sold yet? The guest detectives include Sharon Stone, Marshawn Lynch and Ken Jeong. Listen, the odds of this thing not being a hoot are so long even the Seminole Tribe wouldn’t take them right now. (Netflix)

Pam & Tommy — Pamela Anderson wasn’t mentioned at all in Netflix’s 2019 Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt. And that’s a darn shame, because Machine Gun Kelly’s performance as Tommy Lee was one of the best things about that flick. Now we’re finally getting a dramatized portrayal of the iconic couple’s public embarrassment of a relationship, drawn out to miniseries length and with Lily James as the pneumatic Pam. In the role of Tommy this time is Sebastian Stan, none other than the Winter Soldier himself. “You have a metal arm? Dude, that is so awesome!” “That’s not my arm, dude.” (Hulu) The Tinder Swindler — Documentary cameras go in pursuit of conman Simon Leviev, who bilked unsuspecting women for millions of dollars through one of our more popular dating apps. I give it eight months until that concept is the foundation for a new game show, Catfishing for Crypto. (Netflix)

Raised by Wolves — In Season 2 of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi think piece, androids Mother and Father try to find out if raising their human children in a community of atheists will ensure the survival of the race. Either way we don’t have a prayer, amirite? (HBO Max) Slapface — Filmmaker Mike Manning adapts his 2017 short into a full-length feature about a young fellow who recovers from the death of his parents by making friends with a homicidal, forest-dwelling creature called the Virago Witch. Silly boy! You’re supposed to grieve your parents by dressing up in a cheap-ass Bat costume and beating up on Paul Dano, not by doing something stupid. (Shudder)

PREMIERES FRIDAY, FEB. 4: Book of Love — Romance may be in the cards for an English author and the Spanish translator who made his latest novel a best-

seller in Mexico by turning it into soft porn. Makes you wonder if E.L. James ever met the guy who translated her Fifty Shades manuscripts from English to whatever the hell language they were published in. (Amazon Prime) Reacher — This crime series based on the popular Jack Reacher novels begins with an adaptation of 1997’s Killing Floor, in which our ex-M.P. hero is framed for murder. Just a heads-up: The books have been coming out at a pace of one a year since then, so it looks like you’re going to be all set up for binge-watching even if the ’rona never ends. (Amazon Prime) Phat Tuesdays — In a three-episode docuseries, learn how the turmoil of the Rodney King riots led to L.A.’s Comedy Store nightclub becoming a weekly platform for Black stand-up talent. I mean, it was also a platform for Encino Man, but nobody wants to talk about that. (Amazon Prime) Suspicion — Are five British tourists really guilty of kidnapping businesswoman Uma Thurman’s son from a New York hotel, or is it all just a case of mistaken identity? We have eight episodes to find out. But based on my own experience, I’m hoping they at least get nailed for the crime of pestering you for directions to Times Square when you’re just trying to grab a goddamn frank. (Apple TV+) Sweet Magnolias — The sophomore orlandoweekly.com

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season of the South Carolina-based drama picks up right where Season 1 left off, revealing who was in the passenger seat of the car that crashed on prom night. If you think I’m going to let a little detail like “wrong state” prevent me from landing another Joel Greenberg joke, you must be new here. (Netflix)

PREMIERES TUESDAY, FEB. 8: Love Is Blind Japan — The American dating show that made its name by bringing couples together sight unseen takes it act to the Land of the Rising Sun. Which confuses me a bit, because The Guardian called the stateside iteration “the final blow to the final nail in the coffin of civilization.” What’s left for a Far East edition to accomplish — dropping a dookie on the grave? And if so, wasn’t that supposed to be Greta Van Fleet’s job? (Netflix) Ms. Pat: Y’all Wanna Hear Something Crazy? — Ms. Pat’s reminiscences of her days as a very bad drug dealer exist at that nexus point of the hilarious and the horrifying that only the best comics can find. (“When you in a shootout and your safety’s on, you ain’t in a shootout no more. You bein’ SHOT AT.”) So I’m utterly delighted by the news that her first full-length Netflix special will delve into the half a year she spent in juvie, among other delightfully unsavory topics. Admit it, Ms. Pat: You were the one who caused that car crash on Sweet Magnolias, weren’t you? (Netflix)

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FILIGREE & SHADOW Central Florida musician Aisha Badru releases a new album of celestial folk on Nettwerk Records BY KYL E EAGLE A N D M AT T HEW M OYER

n 1986, Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush released the heartstopping collaboration “Don’t Give Up.” The song was a gorgeous slice of earthy ambience that balanced melancholic longing and a glimmering, essential undercurrent of hope. With Gabriel and Bush not slated for another collaboration anytime soon, Central Florida musician Aisha Badru is a more-than-worthy successor to this particular sound and sentiment in the modern pop scene. A comparison like this isn’t doled out lightly. Badru’s talent is fearsome, her ethereal songcraft rooted in deep emotions that skirt well clear of the dreaded “twee” descriptor. These are songs to play on repeat during long nights lost in reflective thought. Badru’s music triggers an emotional response that hits right to the heart’s imagination, These qualities are on abundant display on Badru’s recently released mini-album The Way Back Home. And don’t just take our word for it; the six-song EP, her third, was put out by credentialed independent label Nettwerk Records, over the decades home to alternative leading lights like Sarah McLachlan, Perfume Genius and Skinny Puppy. (If you’re snickering at us for throwing them in, we can’t hear you because we’re too busy jamming Badru’s “Worthwhile” and Skinny Puppy’s spectral “Worlock” in a two-sides-of-thesame-coin situation.)

Badru decamped to Central Florida during the early stages of the pandemic in 2020 after a stint in New York, currently living a quiet, contemplative life in Mount Dora — where some of the songs on this album were written — with her partner and twin toddlers. Badru humbly describes the songs on the EP as “simple with very relatable themes, whether it’s the feeling we get from a break-up, feelings of self-worth or spiritual fulfillment … a lot of things that I’ve gone through as I go through my journey of life and finding that wisdom as I’m finding that healing, I infuse that into my music.” The Way Back Home is filled with these compelling stories delivered through sound. Influenced by modern-day folk artists like Damian Rice and her labelmate Passenger, Badru’s songs stop you in your tracks physically and mentally, enrapturing the listener with strummed rhythm guitar, delicate and deliberate electronics, and her celestial voice. “I want the music to be uplifting. I do it in a way that the lyric is the centerpoint,” says Badru. “I want my words to cut through to people and find a place within them that needs healing and hope that my journey can help shed some light on what they’re going through.” U.K. producer Chris Hutchison fleshes out Badru’s singing and guitar-playing with subtle strings, electronic washes, piano and wide vistas of open sonic space. Cool synths

wash over Badru’s verses like an idyllic stream, giving the recording a brilliant continuity. “I normally write on guitar and [Hutchinson’s] been with me since my Pendulum album and he’s produced everything since,” says Badru. “He’s really helped my production sound. I’m very much a writer first before I’m a musician. I’m very much a poet, and he really helps with the atmosphere of my songs.” The Way Back Home’s closing track, “Rebirth” (praised by NPR as “extraordinary,” and they’re not wrong), is a testament to this in flying colors. Drum lines swell to the triumphant chorus, “This is the great rebirth,” with beautiful spoken word passages that amplify the song’s emotional core. When asked about her personal standout tunes on Way Back, Badru asks for a moment to think about it. After a few moments of silence she lists “The Way Back Home,” “Rooted” and “Graves.” “‘Rooted,’ it speaks to my inner landscape, now. Being in the space where all the things that have happened to me are still going to happen to me. The world is still going to have suffering,” explains Badru. “How do you respond? How do you stay grounded? Even though the world may be falling apart, how can you become rooted within yourself and not just falling wherever the wind blows you? “These three songs really speak to my perspective, and they all symbolize going forward and not going backwards, but going back to go forward. When I think about the whole EP, there’s a theme of being rooted.” For all the melancholy, there’s an essential element of hope in Aisha Badru’s music and a vulnerability that quietly shines through — spiritually and sonically. And that’s something we need now more than ever. The Way Back Home is available on all major streaming platforms, Badru’s Bandcamp or through Nettwerk Records.

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That’s it, Q-Burns Abstract Message is officially dead. Oh, Michael Donaldson — the mind behind the iconic act that was one of the most accomplished, respected and, up until now, enduring names to emerge from the belle epoque of Orlando’s storied 1990s dance music scene — is still alive. He’s just closing the illustrious Q-BAM chapter of his career. The good news is that he’s just opened a brand-new one with a fresh release under the moniker Grottoes. Debut single “Straw Belle” — released on Donaldson’s own 8-D Industries label and now streaming everywhere — plumbs waters even more abstract than his longtime former namesake. If “Straw Belle” is any bellwether, Donaldson’s no longer shooting to move you. He’s looking to immerse you. This first taste of his new post-dance electronic music crafts judiciously detailed atmosphere with dynamics that are, in turns, glacial and dramatic. It’s a sound that’s actually more in line with the experimental electronic music currently being put out by his label. Even as the more floor-minded Q-BAM, Donaldson was always cerebral and forward-looking. Now, as Grottoes, he’s liberated from the genre and staking an artistic claim beyond DJ culture. With the just-released Relics of the Dead, Orlando death-doom band Druid Lord are clawing their way out of the crypt with their first new album in two years. On their second record on Midwestern metal label Hells Headbangers, these disciples of darkness offer up another full-length serving of macabre metal that keeps it ominous. In subject, imagery and style, Druid Lord are all in on the death fetish. With its hell-bound riffs, incantatory growls and

Q-Burns Abstract Message is now dead. Don’t get it twisted, Michael Donaldson — the mind behind the iconic act — is still alive. He’s just closing the Q-BAM chapter of his unique career spell-conjuring guitar solos, Relics of the Dead is the rock soundtrack for a blood ceremony. It’s a lurid vision of extreme teenage imagination, only manifested with adult intensity. Unlike their traditional deathmetal contemporaries, Druid Lord’s horror fantasy is less about simply banging your head than it is about creeping into your very soul. Relics of the Dead is streaming everywhere but is available for digital download on Bandcamp for, naturally, $6.66.

Orlando country-rockers Jordan Foley & the Wheelhouse open. (8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, Tuffy’s Music Box, $12 general admission or $40 table for two/$80 table for four) Zeta, Andy the Doorbum, Felicity, 0 MPH, Fingerstipes: The last time Zeta and Andy the Doorbum came together in Orlando, they both stunned as part of a legendary bill for Zeta’s album release show at Soundbar in the final months B.C. (Before Covid). Florida-based Venezuelan transplants Zeta have been electrifying the scene with the dynamism and color of their wildly progressive and distinctly Latin punk rock. And Andy the Doorbum is an absolute original whose darkly experimental folk and intense theatricality make for a transfixing live experience. (5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, The Abbey, $15)

Prof, Mac Turner, Tae Supreme, Willie Wonka: In the age of hip-hop’s mainstreaming, and the decline that entails, it’s heartening to know that the art form still has truly fresh voices and ideas. And Minneapolis indie rapper Prof is one of those weird-ass wonders that shines from CONCERT PICKS THIS WEEK outside the box with his oddball swag. For Omicron don’t give a shit about your his G League Tour, he’s bringing an allplans so definitely double-check the latest Minneapolis crew. (7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, listings for anything you’ve got planned. The Social, $20) And mask hard if you head out. Thelma and the Sleaze, Body Shop, The Kernal, Jordan Foley & the Kaleigh Baker: The raw rock & roll of Wheelhouse: The son of longtime Grand Nashville’s Thelma and the Sleaze is steeped Ole Opry bassist Charlie Garner, Tennessee’s deep in old-fashioned dirt and attitude. Joe Garner laces his country music with a Their boss-ass-bitch perspective, though? subversive sensibility under the name the That’s now AF. Body Shop and Kaleigh Kernal. Though his music echoes the classic Baker will provide well-rounded and legit sounds he was brought up around, his lyrics local support. (8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, are unmistakably current and could only Will’s Pub, $12-$15) come from his iconoclastic mind. Excellent baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com ● FEB. 2-8, 2022 ● ORLANDO WEEKLY

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I’m a heterosexual cisgender man who loves prostate stimulation. I discovered it later in life, but it’s been a staple for the last 15 years. I’m worried I’m pushing the envelope too much and need your advice. Lately, the last six months or so, I will have an orgasm that’s so intense I have pain just to the right of the base of my penis and balls immediately afterward. If I push a finger in toward the center of my body, it’s tender. It goes away after a few minutes, but sometimes my right ball remains sensitive. I’ve even taken an ibuprofen to lessen the pain and I’ve had a prostate exam when it’s happening and I do self-exams of my testicles regularly, and I’ve noticed no changes. Usually my next orgasm is normal, and there’s no pain or sensitivity afterwards. As I said, though, it happens after intense sessions with a lot of prostate stimulation. While I’ve been practicing butt stuff for a long time, I feel as I’ve only perfected it in the last year or so. I should also state that my sessions last up to two hours, and I’m erect during most of that time. I obviously don’t want to hurt myself, and I don’t think I am, but it’s a concern. It’s very hard to stop something that feels so incredibly good. I’m a little uncomfortable talking with my urologist because he treats me like a long-lost uncle. At our first visit, I told him very directly that my father had prostate cancer and I really wanted him to take his time with the exam and to really make sure all is well with my prostate. I added that the last exam I got from my primary care physician didn’t last long enough to feel very accurate and encouraged my urologist to take as much time as he wanted up there. He did not. Hoping you can help me out. Pain Around Balls Concerning “I’ve never had a patient specifically say they wanted me to ‘take my time’ with a prostate exam,” says Dr. Ashley Winter, a board-certified urologist in Portland, Oregon. “But on numerous occasions, I’ve had a patient say, ‘Wow, that was way more detailed of a prostate exam than my primary care doctor did.’ And generally, that comment is meant as a ‘thank you,’ as in, ‘thank you for being detail-oriented.’” To be perfectly honest, PABC, I shared your letter with Dr. Winter because I suspected the request you made — “take your time up there, doc” — might’ve been the reason your doctor rushed through that prostate exam. Dr. Winter assures me that was unlikely. “I understand when someone wants their doctor to do a thorough exam,” Winter says. “A detailed exam shows the clinician is actually intent on collecting information about their body apart from lab tests and imaging studies. The patient feels ‘seen.’ Or touched. You get my point.” But just as a prostate exam that ends

quickly isn’t evidence a doctor is worried a patient might be perving, an exam that ends quickly also isn’t evidence a doctor isn’t being thorough. “Some patients have a very ‘high-riding prostate,’ for example, and that’s difficult to feel except for the apex, or the tip, of the prostate,” Winter says. “And I have long fingers! In those cases, I will probably do a quick in-and-out because taking longer would just involve me massaging the anus with no specific information being gathered.” There’s nothing wrong with massaging an anus for the sake of massaging an anus, of course, but no one needs to go to med school and/or to the doctor for that. But while I had her on the phone, I asked

Winter again if some people do go to the doctor for that. “In extremely rare instances patients are manipulative or fetishize their exams, but this is extremely uncommon,” Winter says. “And while I can’t rule out the possibility that the urologist who saw PABC was ‘weirded out’ by his comments, it seems more likely that PABC is projecting that on to his doctor. There is so much shame around ‘butt stuff’ and so I can easily see how this happens.” (It’s also possible that I’m the one doing the projecting here, as I was the one who raised the issue.) That said, while intentional perving is rare, some people do get aroused during exams. “Unintended genital responses — whether erection, or prostatic secretion during a rectal exam — are normal and occur on occasion,” Winter says. “It is the role of any self-respecting sex-positive clinician to

acknowledge that these things are normal and move on. But it’s super uncommon and when it happens, the patient is usually stressed out and very apologetic about it.” As for your problem — sensitivity around the base of your penis after one of your extended butt-play JO sessions — Winter thinks you might need a different sort of exam altogether. “It sounds like what he’s having is a pelvic floor muscle spasm,” Winter says. “People tense and contract muscles in their pelvis — muscles at the base of penis — during periods of prolonged stimulation. He’s not doing anything wrong, and he doesn’t have to stop. But he might want to take a warm bath after. And if it’s too uncomfortable or gets worse, he

I’m a 74-year-old straight man. I don’t have a problem for you. Instead, I am writing to share an idea with you with potential benefit to society. But, unlike you, I don’t have the means to spread the news. Based on the success of your ”It Gets Better” Project, you seem like the perfect person to publicize it. My idea and my proposal to you is this: International ComeOut-of-the-Closet Day. It would include coming out about your sexual orientation, but would not be limited to sexual orientation. It would include all long-suppressed “secrets,” including affairs, crushes, no longer being in love with your spouse or anything else a person might have kept hidden. I even have a suggestion for when to celebrate International Come-Out-of-theCloset Day: March 4. The slogan would be “March Forth on March Fourth!” What do you think? Movement About Really Changing Hearts We already have a National Coming Out Day, MARCH, when closeted queer people everywhere are encouraged — if they can do so safely — to come out to their families, friends, neighbors and co-workers. NCOD is not a new thing; it’s taken place on Oct. 11 every year since 1988. And while I appreciate the spirit of your proposal — let’s all get those long-suppressed secrets off our chests — I’m not sure you’ve thoroughly thought this one through. If one day a year we blurt out our secrets — affairs and crushes and secret second families included — the result would probably look less like National Coming Out Day and more like The Purge. And since most people regard breaking up on an annual holiday as a needless and avoidable cruelty, people who confess to affairs or no longer being in love on International ComeOut-of-the-Closet Day will not be seen as courageous truth-tellers, MARCH, but as inconsiderate assholes. It’s fine to dump someone; people fall out of love, people have affairs. But no one thinks it’s OK to dump someone — or to share a secret that forces someone to dump you — on Thanksgiving or Christmas or Valentine’s Day. Because then the person whose heart you stomped on winds up being reminded every year when that holiday inevitably rolls around. So, for the same reason it wouldn’t be OK to blurt out terrible secrets on the holidays we already have, it wouldn’t be OK to blurt them out on a day dedicated to blurting out terrible secrets.

should ask to be referred for a pelvic floor exam and possible pelvic-floor physical therapy.” Follow Dr. Ashley Winter on Twitter @AshleyGWinter. There’s a long-running controversy among the Adult Baby/Diaper Lover (ABDL) community about the long-term impacts of continuously wearing and using diapers. Some argue that adult babies may or may not become a bedwetter and/or incontinent from continual diaper use. The ABDLs who claim to have been successfully “un-potty trained” are loudly decried as liars by other members of their community. Naturally, there aren’t a lot of medical studies on this (there aren’t any), and I’m not going to ask my family doctor. Can you figure this out? In Nappies Cancels Out Nocturia

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries actor Bette Davis said that if you want to improve your work, you should “attempt the impossible.” That’s perfect advice for you right now. I hope to see you hone your skills as you stretch yourself into the unknown. I will celebrate your forays into the frontiers, since doing so will make you even smarter than you already are. I will cheer you on as you transcend your expectations and exceed your limits, thereby enhancing your flair for self-love. Here’s your mantra: “I now have the power to turn the impossible into the possible and boost my health and fortunes in the process.” TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu wrote, “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” You’ll be wise to make that your motto during the next five months, Taurus. Life will conspire to bring you more and more benefits and invitations as you take full advantage of the benefits and invitations that life brings. The abundance gathering in your vicinity may even start to seem ridiculously extravagant. Envious people could accuse you of being greedy, when in fact, you’re simply harnessing a crucial rule in the game of life. To minimize envy and generate even more benefits and invitations, be generous in sharing your plenitude. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “‘Because there has been no one to stop me’ has been one of the principles of my life,” wrote Gemini author Joyce Carol Oates. “If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere,” said Gemini actor Marilyn Monroe. “Play the game. Never let the game play you.” So advised Gemini rapper and actor Tupac Shakur. “Who I really am keeps surprising me,” declared Gemini author Nikki Giovanni. I propose that we make the previous four quotes your wisdom teachings during the next four weeks. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your animal symbol is usually the crab. But I propose we temporarily change it to the tardigrade. It’s a tiny, eight-legged creature that’s among the most stalwart on planet Earth — able to live everywhere, from mountaintops to rainforests to the deepest parts of the sea. In extreme temperatures, it thrives, as well as under extreme pressures. Since it emerged as a species half a billion years ago, it has survived all five mass extinctions. I believe you will be as hardy and adaptable and resolute as a tardigrade in the coming months, Cancerian. You will specialize in grit and resilience and determination. PS: Tardigrades are regarded as a “pioneer species” because they take up residence in new and changed environments, paving the way for the arrival of other species. They help create novel ecosystems. Metaphorically speaking, you could be like that.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I regularly ask myself how I can become more openminded. Have I stopped being receptive in any way? What new developments and fresh ideas am I ignorant of? Have my strong opinions blinded me to possibilities that don’t fit my opinions? In accordance with astrological omens, Leo, I encourage you to adopt my attitude in the coming weeks. For inspiration, read these thoughts by philosopher MarcAlain Ouaknin: “If things speak to us, it is because we are open to them, we perceive them, listen to them and give them meaning. If things keep quiet, if they no longer speak to us, it is because we are closed.” VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Like all the rest of us, Virgo, you have limitations. And it’s important for you to identify them and take them into consideration. But I want to make sure you realize you also have fake limitations; you wrongly believe in the truth of some supposed limitations that are, in fact, mostly illusory or imaginary. Your job right now is to dismantle and dissolve those. For inspiration, here’s advice from author Mignon McLaughlin: “Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.” LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else,” counseled poet and activist Maya Angelou. Author Toni Morrison said, “The function of freedom is to free someone else.” Author and activist Nikki Giovanni wrote, “Everybody that loves freedom loves Harriet Tubman because she was determined not only to be free, but to make free as many people as she could.” I hope the wisdom of these women will be among your guiding thoughts in the coming weeks. As your own power and freedom grow, you can supercharge them — render them even more potent — by using them to help others. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself,” testified Miles Davis, one of the most unique and talented jazz trumpeters and composers who ever lived. Popular and successful author Anne Lamott expressed a similar sentiment: “I’m here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped.” If those two geniuses found it a challenge to fully develop their special potentials, what chance do the rest of us have? I have good news in that regard, Scorpio. I believe 2022 will be a very favorable time to home in on your deepest, truest self — to ascertain and express more of your soul’s code. And you’re entering a phase when your instinct for making that happen will be at a peak.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the course of human history, three million ships have sunk to the bottom of the Earth’s seas. At one extreme have been huge vessels, like the Titanic and naval cruisers, while at the other extreme are small fishing boats. Many of these have carried money, gems, jewelry, gold and other precious items. Some people have made it their job to search for those treasures. I believe there could and should be a metaphorical resemblance between you and them in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Now is a favorable time for you to hunt for valuable resources, ideas, memories and, yes, even treasures that may be tucked away in the depths, in hidden locations and in dark places.

Meet Cookie! Sweet Cookie (A418313) is 8 years old and was surrendered by her previous family because they are moving to a place that does not accept pets. We wish we could say that Cookie’s story was an unusual one. Sadly, it isn’t. Dogs are often rehomed, sold, or surrendered many times during their short lives. We remember Cookie from when she was first brought in, three years ago. Now she’s back, a senior, and once again looking for a good home. Cookie doesn’t know why she’s here. She doesn’t know why she keeps being moved around. All she knows is a loving home.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “It is astonishing what force, purity and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods,” wrote author Margaret Fuller. That’s the bad news. The good news is that your capacity for exposing and resisting falsehoods is now at a peak. Furthermore, you have a robust ability to ward off delusions, pretense, nonsense, inauthenticity and foolishness. Don’t be shy about using your superpowers, Capricorn. Everyone you know will benefit as you zero in and focus on what’s true and genuine. And you will benefit the most. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “All things are inventions of holiness,” wrote poet Mary Oliver. “Some more rascally than others.” I agree. And I’ll add that in the coming weeks, holiness is likely to be especially rascally as it crafts its inventions in your vicinity. Here are the shades of my meaning for the word “rascally”: unruly, experimental, mischievous, amusing, mercurial, buoyant, whimsical and kaleidoscopic. But don’t forget that all of this will unfold under the guidance and influence of holiness. I suspect you’ll encounter some of the most amusing and entertaining outbreaks of divine intervention ever.

Cookie is housebroken, knows some obedience commands, does pull a bit on the lead, and would do better in a home with no children. Cookie has separation anxiety when she is left home alone. She has paired easily with other dogs in our care and this may help with her anxiety.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The year 1905 is referred to as Albert Einstein’s “Year of Miracles.” The Piscean physicist, who was 26 years old, produced three scientific papers that transformed the nature of physics and the way we understand the universe. Among his revolutionary ideas were the theory of special relativity, the concept that light was composed of particles, and the iconic equation E = mc squared. With that information as a backdrop, I will make a bold prediction: that in 2022 you will experience your own personal version of a Year of Miracles. The process is already underway. Now it’s time to accelerate it. freewillastrology.com

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Legal, Public Notices ALL ABOARD STORAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections: A83.801 - 83.809. All units are assumed to contain general household goods unless otherwise indicated. Viewing of photos will be available on www. lockerfox.com, up to 5 days prior to each scheduled sale. The owners or their agents reserve the right to bid on any unit and also to refuse any bid. All items or units may not be available on the day of sale. The Public Sale will take place via www.lockerfox.com on: Tuesday, FEbruary 22, 2022, 2:00 p.m., or thereafter, at: Sanford Depot, All Aboard Storage 2728 W 25th Street, Sanford, FL 32771 321-363-1902 Lynette Yancy 1051 Lynette Yancy 1439. The above Tenants have been given proper notice, fourteen days prior to the first publication of this Notice of Sale, that the Owner will enforce a statutory lien on the property located in their respective unit of the above-mentioned self-storage facilities. Ad to run: February 2 and 9, 2022. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described belowat the property indicated: February 11, 2022 at the times and location listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 1101 Marshall Farms Rd, Ocoee 34761 (407) 516-7221Amber ChampagneHousehold Items, Tina SavilleHousehold Items, Sidney LindsayHousehold Goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the abovereference facility

in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: February 11th, 2022 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:00 PM Extra Space Storage 610 Rinehart Rd. Lake Mary, FL 32746 (407) 333-4355 Jacob Boling – Office Equipment, Roderic Boling – Household Goods, Katie Boling Household Goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: February 11, 2022, at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage 11920 W Colonial Dr Ste 10, Ocoee FL 34761, 407-794-6970. Tyshaun Holiday- kids 4 wheelers, bike. John George- Furniture. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: February 11th, 2022 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage 2631 E Semoran Blvd. Apopka, FL 32703 (407) 408-7437 Ervin Gonzalez-Household goods Kaniesha Dixon-Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: February 11th, 2022 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 831 N. Park Avenue Apopka, FL 32712 (407) 450-0345 Janelle Hartzog-boxes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1001 Lee Road Orlando, FL 32810 (407) 489-3742, February 11th, 2022 @ 12:00 PM: Dornell Mooreluggage: Jessica Brown-household items: Shery Ghasemi-household items: Meghan Jalbert- household items: Maronda Blackshear-bags: Stacy Johnson-Sporting Goods, household: Haydee Maldanadohousehold items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated February 11, 2022 at the time and location listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage 1451 Rinehart Rd Sanford, FL 32771 (407) 915-4908 Destinee DeJesusWasher and Dryer, Boxes and Bedroom Set- Kaitlin Westerhoff , personal and household goodsJames Postell some personal items and furniture. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: February

Where ALL GUYS come together Visit www.squirt.org today to join the action 11, 2022 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage 11071 University Blvd, Orlando FL 32817, 3213204055 Brandon Smith-home goods The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:00PM Extra Space Storage 12709 E Colonial Dr, Orlando FL 32826, 4076343990 Maria J Collier: Bed, Mattress, luggage, boxes, jack, shoe boxes, microphone stand, totes, desk, chair; Fabian G Williams: Couch, chair, table, baby bicycle, boxes, toys, lamp, kids’ truck, car seat, luggage; Latricia Nicole Means: VCR luggage, rug, fan, power wheels, games, table, bags, totes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:00PM Extra Space Storage 11971 Lake Underhill Rd, Orlando FL 32825, 4075167913 Esaw Coons- luggage, totes The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:30PM Extra Space Storage 10959 Lake Underhill Rd, Orlando FL 32825, 4075020120 Caridad Lozada- clothes, bags, furniture, totes, oxygen tanks The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:45PM Extra Space Storage 9847 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando Fl 32825, 4074959612 Andre McKay, the majority of items are teaching supplies and materials (books, school supplies. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete

the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: February 11th, 2022 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:00PM Extra Space Storage 5592 L.B. McLeod Rd. Orlando, FL 32811 (407) 720-2832. Kenyana McCone- Household Goods, Boxes; Carlos Cambar- Boxes, Personal Items; Fairfield Inn & Suites- Business Goods; Jacklyn Escobar- Household Goods; Carlos Torres- Household Goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

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NOTICE OF SALEADVERTISEMENT OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under The Florida Self Storage Facility Act. Bidding takes place on lockerfox.com and concludes Friday the 18th day of February, 2022a t 9:00 AM with payment following in CASH at the facility. Store Space Orlando NOBT, 8235 NorthOrange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL, 32810. Richardson, JasonHousehold; Camacho, Jessica Household;Owens, Jasmine ; Leos, Karla Household; Edwards, Julien Household; Francois, Teela J Household; Thompson, Travis; Thompson, Travis ; Lugo, Alvin Household; arredondo, Carolina Household; Heiserman, Rachel HouseholdPurchases must be paid for at the time of purchase by cash only. All purchased items are sold as is,where is, and must be removed at the time of the sale. Sale is subject tocancellation in the event ofsettlement between owner and obligated party.Dated this:2nd and 9th day of February, 2022.

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Legal, Public Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY STATE OF FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/TYNAN CASE NO: DP19-642, IN THE INTEREST OF Minor Children: P. R. DOB: 07/12/2017 P. R. DOB: 11/03/2019 N. S. DOB: 08/22/2009 N. S. DOB: 06/16/2014 SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: Freddie Simons Address Unknown: A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above referenced children. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Greg A. Tynan on March 21, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. This is a telephonic hearing please dial 407-836-5646 (or toll-free 1-800-346-8020) and enter code number 517180#. The # key must be entered after the code numbers. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES A CONSTRUCTIVE CONSENT TO THE TPR PETITION OF THE CHILD(REN) AND COULD RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD(REN). “Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4)(d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby informed of the availability of private placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes.” WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 27th day of January, 2022. This summons has been issued at the request of: Sacha C. Dixon, Esq., Florida Bar No.: 1017790, Senior Attorney, Sacha.Dixon@myflfamilies.com. CLERK OF COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/HIGBEE CASE NO: DP 20-036 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN: C.N.D. DOB: 01/01/2020, C.T.D. DOB: 01/01/2020. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: SUSAN DALBEY, ADDRESS UNKNOWN. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the abovereferenced children. You are hereby commanded to appear before Circuit Judge Heather Higbee on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a

TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILDREN. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 4th day of January, 2022. This summons has been issued at the request of: Paul Karasick, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 69216, paul. karasick@myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/HIGBEE CASE NO: DP10-259 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN: G.M. DOB: 09/03/2014, A.M. DOB: 04/17/2012, A.M. DOB: 03/09/2011. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: ANTONIO MARCH, SR., ADDRESS UNKNOWN. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced children. You are hereby commanded to appear before Circuit Judge Heather Higbee on Monday, February 21, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILDREN. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 6th day of January, 2022. This summons has been issued at the request of: Samar Sultan, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 0289847 samar. sultan@myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/ TYNAN CASE NO.: DP20-459 IN THE INTEREST OF: G.F.A DOB: 09/29/2020, minor child. SUMMONS AND NOTICE

OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. To: LATISHA THOMAS, Address Unknown. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the above-referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge G. TYNAN, at 9:00 a.m., on March 4th, 2022, at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. THIS HEARING WILL BE HELD VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS. THE LINK WILL BE PROVIDED. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD (THESE CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD (OR CHILDREN) NAMED IN THE PETITION ON FILE WITH THE CLERK. “Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4)(d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby informed of the availability of private placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes.” WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 13th day of January, 2022. This summons has been issued at the request of: Nancy A. Robak, Attorney for the State of Florida Department of Children and Families 400 West Robinson Street, Ste. N211, Orlando, FL 32801, (407) 921-7169. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk, (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA DIVISION: 41 CASE NO. 19-DP105 IN THE INTEREST OF I. E. S., DOB: 06/29/2019. NOTICE OF ACTION AND OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: ELIZABETH SANCHEZ (unknown address) A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the abovereferenced child; you are to appear before Judge Laura Shaffer, on March 4th, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. at the Osceola County Courthouse at 2 Courthouse Square, Courtroom 4C, Kissimmee, FL 34741, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY /ADJUDICATORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THESE CHILDREN. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILDREN WHOSE INITIALS APPEAR

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ABOVE. “Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4)(d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby informed of the availability of private placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes.” DISABILITIES NOTICE: If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Court Administration, Osceola County Courthouse, 2 Courthouse Square, Suite 6300, Kissimmee, Florida, (407) 742-2417, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand as the Clerk of said Court and the Seal, this 24th day of January, 2022. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (Court Seal) By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 9:30am and RUNS CONTINUOUSLY. U-Haul Ctr Baldwin Park: 4001 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32803 02/8/2022C197 Toja Burton, C106 Mystery Unit, C104 Paul McMillan, B196 Omar Cisse, D152 DavinaFielder, F105 Amanda Philipsen, C194 Kirsten Zanoni, D104 Trevor Bertran, C117 Brett Kolmetz, D126 Deborah Roberts, D248 Mystery Unit, C159 Jodi Pfiester, B152Antoinette Johnson, C149 Carlos Borrero, C215 Emma Simpkins, C172 Donald Gibson, C146 Mystery Unit, D142 Sherie Baker, D240 Verrisha Graham, C173 Donald Gibson,B113 Laura Roark, C141 Brackston Helms. U-Haul Ctr Orange Ave: 3500 S OrangeAve, Orlando, FL 32806 02/08/20221633 Matthew James, 1811 ShaquriaDaniels, 1114 Roderick Williams, 1037 Erik Aquino, 2303 Elizabeth Orozco, 1906Christopher Anderson, 1042 Marie Alvarez, 1435 Veronica Henley, 1831 AndresBautista, 1138 Priscilla Fernandez, 1505 Byran York, 1403 Michael Brown, 2208 RubyFrancois, 1125 Charlomonte Johnson, 1529 Dyanda Lubin, 1065 Thomas Davidson, 1419 Allison Hicks, 1168 Mystery Unit, 1833 Enrique Singaglia de la cru, 1913 RubyFrancois, 1604 Vontressia Howard, 1826 Dena Khoury, 1017 Pamela Medina, 1150Anthony Ramey, 1270 Christina Batista, 1838

Crystal Grace, 1526 Angel Davis. Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that Value Store It 27, will sell the contents of the storage units listed below at a public auction to satisfy a lien placed on the contents (pursuant to Chapter 83 of the Florida Statutes). The sales will take place on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022. The sale will be conducted under the direction of Christopher Rosa (AU4167) on behalf of the facilities management. Units will be available for viewing prior to the sale on www.storagetreasures.com. Contents will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder. A 10% buyer’s premium will be charged as well as a $50 cleaning deposit per unit. All sales are final. Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. No one under 16 years old is permitted to bid. The property to be sold is described as “General Household Items” “Personal Property” unless otherwise noted. Unit # – Name – Description. Value Store It 27 at 1700 Celebration Blvd, Celebration, FL. 34747 will list storage units on www.storagetreasures.com at 9:00 AM. 1016- Kenneth Blakely; 4007- Jim Verdi; 5049- Trisha Cuadrado; 6086- De’Aundre Michael Torres NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on February 11, 2022 at the locations indicated: Store 1333: 13125 S John Young Pkwy,Orlando,FL 32837,407.516.7005 @ 10:00am. Heydee Lacen-Beds dressers t, April Knight-home items, Bryson Leverette-home items. Store 1631: 5753 Hoffner Ave. Orlando FL 32822, 407.212.5890 @10:15 am Cynthia Colon, long dresser, bed, chest, night stand, vanity; Darnell Lloyd Dean, Household items; Nancy Vasquez, boxes of clothes; Jennifer Contreras Alvarez, Furniture and boxes. Store 7057: 13597 S. Orange Ave Orlando FL 32824, 407.910.2087 @ 10:30 Am Nicholas Albright – Furniture and house items. Damone Jones –Households goods, Furniture. Store 7107: 6174 S Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, FL 32822 (407) 955-4137 @10:45 Am. Angelo Ortiz; Bins, boxes. Contona Thomas; furniture. Store 7143: 6035 Sand Lake Vista Dr, Orlando FL 32819, 407.337.6665 @ 11:00 am Arturo Duran Furniture, boxes, John Jean Jacquees Furniture, Emma Smith Boxes and household items, Howard Grunwald Clothes coffee maker and a few other items, Vernon Williams bed dresser tv small couch, Yeshin Maungyoo 1 bedroom apt, Faustino Torres Marcano furniture boxes books, Courtney Turner two mattresses, ottoman, Mariel Garces Appliances, boxes, olivia dancey Furniture and boxes, Mike Sammon 10x20 knew

size needed unit today. Store 7306: 408 N Primrose Dr. Orlando FL 32803, 321.285.5021 @ 12:15 pm Grace Dinkins bed, couch, chair, mattress, bags, boxes, mirror Store 7590: 7360 Sand Lake Rd, Orlando FL 32819, 407.634.4449 @ 11:45 am Sharaketa McCray Bedroom set, washer, dryer, TVs, Boxes, Edward Meyer Furniture, home goods, Katrice Houston Futon, Box spring, queen mattress, totes, Michael Bohorquez Furniture Winona Richardson Personal items, bags, totes, Miesha Hardy Clothes. Store 8136: 3501 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL 32839, 407.488.9093 @ 12:00pm. Latonya Cummings - five-bedroom sets, Latonya Cummings - house hold furniture. Carlos Rubio - Bar set and Clothes. Store 8460: 4390 Pleasant Hill Rd Kissimmee FL 34746 (407) 4298867 @ 12:15 PM: Nelson Navas 1 queen bed set, 1 king bed set, couch, love seat, boxes and other household goods, Ruth Medina electronics & furniture, Kamal Perry Boxes, TV stand & sofa, Adelaida Faramawi Boxes & miscelaneous, Luis Armando Rodriguez Mori Housegoods, Salliann Walter Household items. Store 8612: 1150 Brand Ln Kissimmee, FL 34744 (407) 414-5303 @12:30 pm. Carlos Magno Malavet Business items, Robert Stearns Household holds, Matthew Soto Boxes, Allison Bryan Household items, Elizabeth Nash household items, Edward McCord Boxes, household goods. Store 8753: 540 Cypress Pkwy Poinciana FL 34759 (863) 2400879 @ 12:45PM Doralyn Roldan household items, Stephanie Torres Household items, David Lopez household items, Boxes Store 8778: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321.270.3440 @ 1:00 PM. Isache Gardner Boxes, and furniture,Irene Garcia house hold items,Anthony Williams Clothing, Household Items,Melleah Hook House hold goods,Nina Gadson clothing, furniture,Irene Garcia 3pcsectional king split set 2dresser w/d sm entertainment table,Eric Hood bins and boxes of clothes. Store 8840: 11261 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, Fl 32832 407-280-7355 @ 1:15PM. Edward Drescher: Household goods Store 8931: 3280 Vineland Rd Kissimmee FL 34746, 407.720.7424 @ 1:30 PM pm: Jonthomas Lore Household, Emily Lorenzo personal items & clothes, Shannon Lamar Jackson household goods, Elson Berton boxes, Nikolai Lundy clothes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Notice of Public SaleNotice is hereby given that Value Store It 29 – Ocoee will sell the contents of the storage units listed below

at apublic auction to satisfy a lien placed on the contents (pursuant to Chapter 83 of the Florida Statutes). Thes ales will take place on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022. The sale will be conducted under the direction ofChristopher Rosa (AU4167) on behalf of the facilities management. Units will bea vailable for viewing prior tothe sale on www.storagetreasures.com. Contents will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder. A 10%buyer’s premium will be charged as well as a $50 cleaning deposit per unit. All sales are final. Seller reservesthe right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. No one under 16 years oldis permitted to bid. The property to be sold is described as “General HouseholdItems” “Personal Property”unless otherwise noted. Unit # – Name – Description.Value Store It 29 at 1251 Fountains west Blvd, Ocoee, FL 34761 will list storage units on www.storagetreasures.com at 11:00 AM. A094-Kristine Nelson Henderson;A098-Davin A Dunbar/ Davin Alex Dunbar. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Mindful Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the following times and locations: February 16, 2022 9:30am Mindful Storage facility: 900 Cypress Pkwy. Kissimmee, FL 34759 (321) 732-6032 The personal goods stored therein by the following:#C132-Furniture, #1170Households, #1052-Households, #G229-Furniture, #2136-Music Equipment, #2005- Toys, #1032-Household, #E217-Household, #M312-Furniture. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Mindful Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Notice of Public Sale: Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on February 18, 2022 at 9:00 am, Riker’s Roadside Of Central Florida, INC, 630 E Landstreet Rd, Orlando, FL 32824, will sell the following vehicles and/or vessels. Seller reserves the right to bid. Sold as is, no warranty. Seller guarantees no title, terms cash. Seller reserves the right to refuse any or all bids; 1B7FL26X0VS207937 1997 DODG 1FDHF37Y2PNA45724 1993 FORD 1GRAP0629GT609708 2016 GREAT DANE TRAILERS 1J8FF28W77D291475 2007 JEEP 1JJV532D7DL739760 2013 WABASH NATIONAL CORP 1JJV532D8CL377730 2012 WABASH NATIONAL CORP 1JJV532W59L320573

2009 WABASH NATIONAL CORP 1UYVS2530J2223712 2018 UTILITY TRAILER MFG 1UYVS2535FU155483 2015 UTILITY TRAILER MFG 1UYVS2539FU155258 2015 UTILITY TRAILER MFG 4F2YZ94105KM04685 2005 MAZD 5GZCZ23D36S835809 2006 STRN JTHBA30G945036359 2004 LEXS KMHCG35C13U269372 2003 HYUN. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates, 08:00 am at 2603 OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY KISSIMMEE, FL 34744, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/ or all bids. FEBRUARY 14, 2022 4T1BK1FK3CU006059 2012 TOYT FEBRUARY 18, 2022 JN1AZ4EHXCM563315 2012 NISS FEBRUARY 19, 2022 1B8GP25B01B118115 2001 DODG NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates, 08:00 am at 10850 COSMONAUT BLVD ORLANDO, FL 32824, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/ or all bids. FEBRUARY 19, 2022 5N1BV28U55N117088 2005 NISS 5TDZA23CX6S397311 2006 TOYT NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Preston’s Towing. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates, 07:00 am 605 E Donegan Ave, Kissimmee, FL 34744, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on hand at time of sale: 2/25/2022 1N4AL24E39C148481 2009 NISS 3VWCB7BU8KM247571 2019 VOLK WDBFA63F1TF138530 1996 MERZ 1HGFA16536L062291 2006 HOND JTLZE4FE5CJ006298 2012 TOYT

T1KU4EE3AC262966 2 2010 TOYT 1ZVBP8AM5C5250021 2012 FORD 1FTEE14N5SHB22618 1995 FORD JM1BM1U76G1338582 2016 MAZD 1G4HP54K5Y4216014 2000 BUIC 1FMFU15557LA91862 2007 FORD 5J6RM3H70CL031194 2012 HOND 4A4MM31S58E011378 2008 MITS 4A3AB36FX6E032927 2006 MITS 1D7HA18N98J171993 2008 DODG JN1CV6AP7DM715145 2013 INFI 3/5/2022 JTEKU5JR1M5864700 2021 TOYT. NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicles will be sold at Public Sale for cash to satisfy lien pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on February 17, 2022 at 9:00 am at Dynamic Towing, 6408 Old Cheney Hwy., Orlando, FL. (407) 273-5880 2009 TOYT JTDBL40E499090653 2006 YAMAHA JYARJ08E56A008341 2015 KIA KNDJN2A21F7797795 2000 GMC 2GTEK19VXY1352815 2011 CHEV 3GCAAAFWXBS549753. NOTICE OF SALE Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on hand at time of sale: 1996 Isuzu VIN# 1GGCS1440T8701877 2008 Pontiac VIN# 2G2WC55C281142145 2005 Toyota VIN# 2T1BR32E05C353697 To be sold at auction at 8:00 am. on February 23, 2022 at 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC

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Legal, Public Notices NOTICE OF SALE ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personalproperty described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under The Florida Self StorageFacility Act. Bidding takes place on lockerfox.com and concludes Friday the 11th day of February, 2022 at9 :00 AM with payment following in CASH at the facility. Store Space Millenia, 4912 S. John Young Pkwy,Orlando, FL, 32839. Freeman, Andrew Household Items; McBride, Dana Household Goods; Gardner, Latrese Household Goods; Prudom, Clark Household Goods; Sprauve, Michelle Household GoodsPurchases must be paid for at the time of purchase by cash only.All purchased items are sold as is,where is, and must be removed at the time of thes ale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event ofsettlement between owner and obligated party. Dated this: 26th day of January and 2nd day of February, 2022.

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