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Orlando Weekly June 16-22, 2021

News & Views

11 Briefly: News briefs, Tweet of the Week + Clay Jones’ comic 12 Opinion: Informed Dissent — why the GOP fears CRT 16 Cover story: Rebekah Jones — liar or whistleblower?

Arts & Culture

26 Juneteenth: Parties and events all over town 29 Live Active Cultures: Theme parks drop the mask

Food & Drink 33 Restaurant review: Kombu Sushi Ramen 33 Tip Jar: local food news 37 Recently Reviewed: short takes

Film & Music

47 On (small) Screens: streaming premieres 49 This Little Underground: local music

Back Pages

51 The Week: local event selections 53 Savage Love: relationship advice 53 Gimme Shelter: adopt a pet 55 Classified advertisements

Cover: illustration by Daniel Rodriguez.

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TWEET OF THE WEEK

Joe Biden vows to make Orlando’s Pulse nightclub a national memorial On the fifth anniversary of the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub that left 49 people dead, President Joe Biden vowed to make the site a national memorial. The former nightclub never reopened after the shooting and currently serves as an impromptu memorial. Biden called the space “hallowed ground” in a statement shared on June 12. A bill to declare the space a memorial passed the Senate and headed for Biden’s desk last week. That bill was pushed by Central Florida representatives including Val Demings and Darren Soto. Biden also marked the anniversary on Twitter, indicating that he plans to move forward with legislation that would make it more difficult to purchase weapons without first passing a background check. The anniversary was marked both at the site and throughout the city of Orlando, with remembrances both official and otherwise. — Alex Galbraith

Orange County Animal Services, a kill shelter, is overflowing with dogs If you’ve been on the fence about inviting a new pet into your life, now is the time to leap. Orange County Animal Services is near capacity, which means many dogs are facing down euthanasia at the county kill shelter. The shelter recently shared a video of its kennels, each of which have at least one and frequently up to three dogs in them. They asked that locals consider adoption, donations, volunteering or fostering animals. “There are almost two hundred dogs currently in our care. Even under the best of conditions, this is not ideal,” the shelter wrote on Facebook. “We have two, sometimes three dogs per kennel. All these dogs are hoping for is to be noticed, to be found, to be taken home. And that’s where you come in. We need your help, to make sure each one of them has a second chance at happiness.” The shelter is hosting an adoption event where fees are reduced to $10 per eligible dogs and cats. The event lasts for the entire month of June and includes all dogs and cats that have been chipped, spayed/neutered and vaccinated. — AG

Guy Fieri surprises UCF student with $25K scholarship on ‘Restaurant Reboot’ Guy Fieri has more than enough goodwill in the Orlando area. He spent the COVID-19 pandemic advocating for service industry workers, who make up a sizeable chunk of our fair city. And the mind behind Chicken Guy! has legions of fans who were ecstatic to learn that his Disney Springs restaurant was expanding to Winter Park. But Fieri is never really done. As a part of his Guy’s Restaurant Reboot special, Fieri distributed $300,000 in grants to restaurateurs and other service industry members to help in the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Among the winners was Valerie Contreras, a UCF student and server who was awarded a $25,000 scholarship. Contreras said she hopes to open a cafe and community space after she finishes college. “The hospitality industry is as resilient as any but this past year has been a challenge like we’ve never seen,” Fieri said in a statement. “[This] is all about great people and companies coming together to inspire and encourage the future of our restaurants and the hard working entrepreneurs behind them.” — AG

Val Demings officially announces run for Marco Rubio’s Senate seat With the theme “Never Tire,” Orlando Democratic Congresswoman Val Demings last Wednesday formally launched her campaign to try to unseat U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2022. The announcement was not a surprise: Demings last month said to “stay tuned” amid reports that she would run for Senate. Nevertheless, her entrance ratchets up the profile of the race, as Demings drew national attention last year when President Joe Biden considered her as a potential running mate and as she served as one of the House impeachment managers in former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial. — Jim Saunders, NSF orlandoweekly.com

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THE LIES WE TELL OURSELVES What conservatives really fear about critical race theory BY JEFFREY C. BILL M A N

If covering the Trump administration

was like drinking water from a fire hydrant, analyzing the Biden era has been like watching a river cresting to a flood. The former was an incessant torrent of incompetence following outrage following absurdity following criminality, all of which numbed us to the collective obscenity. The latter is a handful of plodding, intermingling storylines drawing to an inevitable conclusion. As recalcitrant Democrats wring their hands over the filibuster and block their party from protecting voting rights or enacting its agenda, Republicans are restricting ballot access, planning an aggressive gerrymandering campaign and planting the seeds “for a more successful version of Trump’s post-hoc effort to steal the 2020 election,” political scientist David Ferris writes. We shouldn’t ignore the fact that the GOP is cracking down on voting in communities of color and delegitimizing elections won with Black and brown votes as self-evidently fraudulent. And it’s hardly coincidental that those things are happening while Republicans rally in protest of “critical race theory” — which, conservative critics contend, is 12

“hostile to white people.” On Thursday, at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ behest, the Florida Board of Education banned “the teaching of Critical Race Theory, meaning the theory that racism is not merely the product of prejudice, but that racism is embedded in American society and its legal systems in order to uphold the supremacy of white persons. Instruction may not utilize material from the [New York Times Magazine’s] 1619 Project and may not define American history as something other than the creation of a new nation based largely on universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence.” “Teaching U.S. history just through the Declaration’s principles is like assessing a 50-year marriage through the wedding vows, or maybe just the marriage proposal,” tweeted Princeton historian and 1619 Project contributor Kevin Kruse. Any American history course that relegates slavery and Jim Crow to “the past” fails its primary mission: using yesterday’s events to understand today’s world. Ignoring the structures that perpetuated white supremacy means

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failing to grapple with poverty gaps, homeownership disparities and overincarceration — or, for that matter, why highways often bisect cities’ Black and white neighborhoods. Few educators teach critical race theory. But for conservatives, CRT has come to represent any conversation about diversity, equity or social justice. As a fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute admitted, their aim is to “eventually turn [critical race theory] toxic, as we put all of the various cultural insanities under that brand category. The goal is to have the public read something crazy in the newspaper and immediately think ‘critical race theory.’” So CRT opposition became the flavor of the month. Arkansas banned state agencies — though not schools or universities — from teaching employees or contractors “divisive concepts” such as systemic racism. Tennessee banned students from learning that “an individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, is inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive.” After Oklahoma passed a law with that exact same language, a community college canceled a class on race theory. Last month, Idaho’s governor signed a bill banning CRT from being taught in schools. Last week, Iowa’s governor signed a bill prohibiting both the teaching of CRT and systemic racism. Texas’ governor will soon sign a bill outlawing anything that makes a student “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of the individual’s race or sex.” On its face, the opprobrium misunderstands the point: CRT is less about blaming white people than interrogating systems of power and privilege. But that’s the very thing that frightens conservatives. If children recognize the culpability of systems, as opposed to individuals, they’ll also recognize societal problems require collective solutions. The myth of rugged individualism will vanish. Fear is the common denominator: fear of losing their place atop the social hierarchy, of their culture being replaced by something that feels foreign, of their children seeing through the self-serving narratives they’ve told themselves for generations. The same fear that justifies misleading students about the history of their country justifies a zero-sum politics that views democracy as the enemy of (their) liberty. These purposes intersect. By minimizing the legacy of the Black experience, by imagining the past is dead, conservatives can sever modern voter suppression efforts from their Jim Crow forerunners. The old version was racist; version 2.0 is about “ballot security” — or, if they’re honest, raw power. They design laws to disadvantage Democrats; it’s not their fault those Democrats are Black. But there’s an irony here. Laws that limit ballot access and gerrymander white conservatives into an outsize share of congressional and legislative seats rest on a fundamental, if unacknowledged, belief that some votes matter more than others. The same, of course, was also true for poll taxes and literacy tests. But connecting those dots requires seeing American history as more than a series of dates and facts — history that asks how and why as much as who and when. The kind of history Ron DeSantis is eager to eliminate. Get more Informed Dissent at billman.substack.com. feedback@orlandoweekly.com

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Dashboard Confessional Is COVID data activist Rebekah Jones a grifter or a hero? That really depends on who you ask. BY AVA LOOMA R

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ne mid-January morning, Rebekah Jones Zoomed into a virtual Leon County courtroom. Though she had spent the better part of 2020 vociferously sounding an alarm, she was quiet that afternoon. Her blue eyes darted across the screen. The prosecution and defense teams sifted through piles of papers, readying their cases as spectators and journalists virtually filed in. A year ago, few people had heard of Jones, a former geographic information systems manager for the state of Florida. Now, everyone wanted to know her story. Her audio on mute, Jones, 31, smiled politely off and on, softening her stance. She needed to make a good impression. Behind her, boxes filled the floor of her new home in a Maryland suburb of D.C. She had moved from her townhouse in Tallahassee late last year after a dizzying few months in the news. She felt she had to; she didn’t think her family was safe anymore, not after a law enforcement raid on her home in December. Her former employer, the Florida Department of Health, contended Jones had sent an email through an internal government account which she was no longer authorized to use. The message warned state workers to speak up before thousands more died in the COVID-19 pandemic. The officers arrived at Jones’ residence with a search warrant, intending to seize her electronic devices. Jones insisted the raid was revenge for her actions back in May, when she told the world that the state wanted her to manipulate coronavirus data so that pandemic restrictions could be eased. “This is what happens to scientists who do their job honestly,” she said on Twitter. “This is what happens to people who speak truth to power.” Now, Jones appeared on Zoom for the latest round with her battle with Florida. This hearing was a chance at a fresh start.

NOT ONE TO BE SILENCED.

By the time she appeared in the courtroom that day, it had been almost a year since her troubles began. Back then, in March 2020, pandemic fears were soaring along with the number of positive COVID-19 cases each day. No one was quite sure how the disease would manifest. As a geographic information systems manager for the Florida Department of Health, Jones knew the power of data. She created a dashboard to track COVID-19 cases in the state; those numbers would be the ultimate weapon against the disease, the only evidence that would clear the state for reopening.

Like other states, Florida’s dashboard tracked the number of new COVID-19 cases reported each day, as well as the number of deaths and hospitalizations. But unlike New York or California, which ordered strict health protocols early on, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican and a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, followed the president’s lead and was slow to acknowledge the scope of the spread. Florida reported its first two cases on March 1. Two months later, Jones sent out an email to subscribers that she had been removed as the dashboard manager. In it, she insinuated the agency, under DeSantis’ guidance, told her to change the data. She said she refused and was fired for “insubordination.” Not one to be silenced, Jones created her own dashboard, FloridaCovidAction, to offer the data she felt the state was withholding. She designed a supplemental website to track cases in schoolchildren. She appeared on television talk shows to rail against the state health department. Progressive groups and politicians showered her with accolades for her commitment to transparency. She gained over 400,000 supporters on Twitter, who regularly expressed their gratitude. Then, in July, she filed a whistleblower complaint against the state. Her detractors immediately questioned her credentials, her intentions and most of all, her word. They raised Jones’ checkered past — she had faced sexual harassment charges in 2019 after publishing an article about a former flame to a sexual assault survivor’s blog. She had been fired from Florida State University over an incident with the same man. Her critics asked: How was she to be trusted? Jones was now either a grifter or a hero. An enemy or a role model. A liar or a whistleblower. Each party attempted to pour Jones into whatever mold best served their purposes, but forgotten in the political turmoil was the woman herself. She has her own values, her own goals and her own legacy to protect. She does not go quietly.

POOR BUT “PRETTY PLUCKY.”

Jones acquired quick feet and a sharp tongue when she was only waist-high. She learned how to wiggle herself free from between a rock and a hard place, but only because she didn’t grow up with stable footing. Her parents took whatever jobs they could find, and the family moved around quite a bit. In Pennsylvania, her father worked on a dairy farm and her mom at Burger King. In Maryland her father sold cards and hung sheetrock and her mom worked as a sec-

retary. In Wiggins, Mississippi, where the family finally settled, her father again hung sheetrock until the housing collapse of 2008 and then became a truck driver. Her mother found a job at a casino, then at a bank and a hotel. But it wasn’t always enough. In an essay Jones once submitted in court testimony, she described going to bed with a growling belly. Relatives sometimes took in the family when their rent money grew thin. When 9-year-old Jones arrived in Wiggins, fewer than 4,000 people lived there; a quarter under the poverty line. At her public parish school, Jones would “give herself ear infections” to avoid explaining why she couldn’t afford a field trip. Her parents fought often over money, and her father would come and go. But they never divorced, even now after 30 years of marriage. Jones attended an underfunded high school that lacked air conditioning, she said on Twitter, and the classrooms felt oppressive in the sweltering Southern summer. She described herself as an “unruly, intelligent and ambitious child,” but she fell back on a piece of advice from her mother: “Education is the only thing that no one can ever take away from you.” Jones held onto that, even as Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf coast, flooding her home and destroying her high school. She couldn’t attend classes for months and her family had trouble getting federal assistance. At only 16, she learned another essential lesson: the importance of having effective leaders during a crisis. Two years later, Syracuse University gave Jones a chance to receive a higher education. A scholarship they offered would cover the bulk of her expenses, though it still wasn’t enough. She worked 60 hours a week to pay the bills while studying journalism at the Newhouse School. In her sophomore year, she met the man who became the father of her first child. He would later become her husband, but Jones spent her pregnancy alone. She considered both abortion and adoption, but the second their son was born, “Earth’s axis tilted.” She chose to study journalism because she wanted to “give a voice to the voiceless,” but just writing about things wasn’t enough anymore. She needed to create a better world for her son. On a whim, Jones decided to take a class called Global Environmental Change. She wasn’t a science student; she wasn’t even sure about climate change. But the professor, Jane Read, ignited a passion for geography within Jones. In a crowded lecture hall, Jones sat in the front row, dead center, with a smile plastered on her face. She raised her hand often, even if she didn’t know the answer to a question. “Pretty plucky in a room of 75 students,” Read thought.

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Jones took every class Read taught. She had so many questions that Read couldn’t tell if her student’s brain ever stopped. Jones never struggled to find a project topic at the end of the semester, focusing mostly on disaster and emergency response. She knew, after all, what it was like to deal with a disaster without a plan. She had lived through one. Jones’ determination impressed Read. She had a newborn at home and yet she did not allow her mothering responsibilities to interfere with her degree. Read could see Jones was the kind of woman who knew how not to be defeated in the face of hardship. Professor and student chatted on Facebook every so often after Jones graduated and earned her master’s degrees at Louisiana State University, Read’s alma mater, and when she began a Ph.D. program in geography at Florida State University in 2016. The two don’t speak much anymore but still, they are cut from the same cloth: women in a male-dominated field. Scientists who try to understand humans, natural systems and how they affect each other.

SACRIFICING SAFETY.

In April, when the pandemic was starting to choke America, a new study showed promise that heat and humidity would drive the coronavirus away. DeSantis hung on to every word of that report, citing it as evidence that state parks could reopen. The study aligned with the governor’s desire to get the state back to its pre-COVID bustle. The state ordered Jones to collect data from each county and decide if they were cleared to reopen. But when Jones’ numbers showed that rural counties were still very much in the red, she said her superiors didn’t like it. That was, she alleged, the first time the state asked her to manipulate the data by omitting evidence that showed Florida wasn’t ready for the administration’s goals. A few days later, on May 4, the state began reopening. The same day, internal emails obtained by the Tampa Bay Times showed Jones objected to removing positive

DEVISING A DASHBOARD.

If there was one thing Jones learned in Read’s classroom, it was this: Good geographers recognize data patterns, both social and physical, and use that information to mitigate or solve problems. People have a hard time understanding data, but if you could visualize that information through geospatial technology, it would be far more accessible. She took a job as an environmental health program consultant at the Florida Department of Health in 2018, managing geographic information system projects. Soon, she rose to be a GIS manager integral to tracking Hurricanes Matthew and Dorian. But soon, a new disaster emerged. COVID-19 cases began to rise exponentially in the first months of 2020, and Jones switched gears. She knew that for Americans to comprehend the gravity of the pandemic, they had to understand the data about the disease. Without that understanding, surely, thousands would die. That’s why she told the health agency that she wanted to create a dashboard. Jones designed the dashboard over one day in March. She felt an urgency to get it online, she said, as the agency had taken two full months to approve the request she’d made in January. It included six maps and tracked the number of tests done each day, the number of confirmed positive cases, hospitalizations and deaths. The dashboard earned Jones praise from geographic information systems companies, as well as the Florida surgeon general and Dr. Deborah Birx, who was serving on Trump’s coronavirus task force. “That’s the kind of knowledge and power we need to put into the hands of American people so that they can see where the virus is, where the cases are, and make decisions,” Birx said on the CBS show Face the Nation. For the first eight weeks, things went well. Jones trusted the data she was using and had faith that the dashboard would work well, she said in an interview with Yahoo News. But that faith quickly vanished. She had devised a model tracking system for the coronavirus and yet, in the end, it was data that would land her in a whole heap of trouble.

Each party attempted to pour Jones into whatever mold best served their purposes, but forgotten in the political turmoil was the woman herself.

head,” the termination email read. “You may, therefore, be dismissed at will.” The state claims Jones deserved to be demoted and fired. Public records from May show that her superiors discussed how to handle some of the alleged inappropriate behavior from the month before, like Jones sharing unauthorized data or causing delays in dashboard updates. But Jones said that their record cannot be trusted. The state, she said, provided no evidence for any of their claims; rather, they conjured up a reason for disciplinary action. Internal emails at the department confirm that her superiors asked her to remove raw data from the dashboard after new reports showed the disease circulating in Florida as early as January. If she did, no outside party would be able to analyze the data. But Jones refused. (A Miami Herald investigation into Jones’ whistleblower complaint revealed that DOH leaders acknowledged telling Jones to remove raw data from public access after receiving questions from the media. DOH position statements also showed that Jones and the epidemiology team’s metrics were not incorporated into recommendations to the governor.) “We have gained national notoriety for being the best state in the country with data transparency,” she said. “I’m not trashing all of that work and progress because he got asked a few questions by reporters.” Jones may seem paranoid in thinking the world was out to get her, but there were people in powerful positions who would have liked to see her fail. If Jones were telling the truth, it would mean that the Department of Health had asked her to sacrifice safety for the sake of the economy. But if Jones were lying, now with the country’s eyes on her, she would have a lot to lose. Her credibility, her career. So, DeSantis highlighted information that cast doubt on her character, knowing that it’s always harder to believe someone with a complicated past.

A TROUBLED PAST.

COVID-19 cases from the dashboard before data was published online. By the next morning, her superiors had demoted her and replaced her with another manager. She continued to help out, but didn’t feel right about it. She felt people were missing the whole story. Jones decided to send out an email to dashboard subscribers that warned them to “not expect the new team to continue the same level of accessibility and transparency.” Her commitment to both, she said, was the main reason she was no longer managing it. On May 18, the Department of Health sent an email to Jones notifying her of her termination. Jones has maintained all along that she was fired because she refused to manipulate data. But the health department said there were many other issues. Ultimately, it said, it did not have to give a reason for firing Jones. She was an employee who served “at the pleasure of the agency head and shall be subject to dismissal at the discretion of the agency

Whistleblowers are either heroes or villains, depending on where one stands. Jones was a villain to DeSantis and his supporters and a hero to many of the Florida governor’s detractors. But she was no saint, and DeSantis reveled in her personal mistakes. They had little to do with the COVID dashboard and everything to do with Jones’ sometimes unsavory past. Jones, argued DeSantis, should have been dismissed long before her termination. Police in Tallahassee charged Jones six times during and after her stint at Florida State University. The first three — felony robbery, trespassing and contempt of court — occurred when Jones was in a relationship with an undergraduate student. Jones, then a 28-year-old Ph.D. student and teaching assistant in the geography department, taught the 21-year-old student in one of her classes. He flirted with her so much that other students began to notice his innuendos, according to the essay Jones submitted to the district court. The two began an intimate relationship, though by then, Jones was no longer his instructor. The first time they had sex, she said, the student removed his condom despite Jones’ repeated objections.

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They continued their sexual relationship after that, and despite Jones using a form of birth control, a routine doctor’s appointment revealed that she was pregnant. Jones said that when he failed to convince her to have an abortion, he sought to destroy her through the legal process. The student did not respond to emails or calls requesting comment about these events. The head of the geography department said in an email that Jones received favorable reviews as both a student and professor. However, FSU dismissed Jones after a Title IX investigation into the affair. All of the charges against Jones were dropped except for one. It concerned an article she posted about her relationship on an abuse survivor’s blog. The student said the post had explicit photos of him, and prosecutors decided to charge her with cyberstalking and sexual harassment. Jones’ personnel file indicates that the Department of Health did not consider those charges an obstacle to her job. Still, the entire episode has served as fodder for Jones’ critics, including conservative media consultant Christina Pushaw, who argues Jones cannot be trusted. In a February article for Human Events, a Breitbartbacked conservative news website, Pushaw wrote “Jones’ story sounds impressive. There’s just one problem: It’s not true.” Pushaw highlighted Jones’ arrest record and the controversy with the student and objected to the characterization of Jones as a “disease expert” and “doctor,” as some media reports erroneously claimed. As for the raid on Jones’ home, Pushaw questioned how Jones could have framed it as violent or illegitimate; the police behaved with “restraint and professionalism” and two judges verified the legitimacy of the search warrant. “What distinguishes ‘whistleblowers’ from ‘disgruntled ex-employees’ is credibility,” Pushaw said, “and here Jones has a problem.” Some of Pushaw’s claims were true; Jones never completed her doctorate and does not have a degree in epidemiology. But she is a scientist who was trained to map and understand data. When it comes to her rocky personal life, Jones admits she has made mistakes. In the end, though, perhaps what distinguishes whistleblowers from disgruntled employees is not overarching credibility. It’s whether or not they told the truth.

POLICE AT THE DOOR.

On that December day when law enforcement officers banged on Jones’ door in Tallahassee, she was upstairs changing. She assumed the cops had come to arrest her and told her husband to keep their two young children on the second floor. A warning message about COVID deaths sent out in November to the state’s health department employees had been traced back to Jones’ computer. The cops were there to raid her home. The officers wore bulletproof vests, and one carried a sledgehammer. They waited 23 minutes for Jones to come to the door. “Search warrant! Open the door!” they yelled, knocking with enough strength to shake the door on its hinges. When she finally came to the door, she saw the guns. “Open the f—g door!” one officer shouted.

“I’m trying, stop grabbing the doorknob!” she yelled back from the other side. Jones slipped out of the house, hands behind her head. The officers grabbed her and asked who else was home. “Call ’em down,” they said. “You want the children now?” she asked, the panic evident in her voice. A couple of the officers walked towards the stairs. One unholstered his gun and held it near the window. “Come down the stairs! Now!” Jones lurched forward slightly. They grabbed her tighter. “Do not point that gun at my children!” she said. “Why is he pointing a gun upstairs? There are children up there!” Her face was pale, but her eyes incensed. Her husband carried her youngest child outside as her eldest followed behind. The officers confiscated her computer, phone, hard drives and multiple flash drives. Jones posted a video of the search for the world to see. One of those people was Ron Filipkowski, a former DeSantis judicial appointee. He was a staunch

Whistleblowing isn’t for the faint of heart. Nor is it a steppingstone to fame.

Republican for decades, twice appointed by former Gov. Rick Scott and then reappointed by DeSantis to the 12th Circuit Judicial Nominating Committee. He had seen all sides of criminal law, working as both prosecution and defense, and educated police academy students in Sarasota on how to legally conduct a raid. That experience, he believed, allowed him to “cut through the B.S.” Filipkowski couldn’t believe what he was seeing. In his view, Jones wasn’t a violent offender, and there was no drug bust. He saw no reason for the police to have drawn their guns. Whistleblower complaints are usually worked out in civil court. Charging Jones with hacking would make her actions a felony in state court, with harsher consequences. After the raid, he resigned from his position. He wanted to do something, anything, in protest. A month

later, after the Jan. 6 insurrection on the nation’s Capitol, he walked away from the Republican Party that he had loved for so long. Filipkowski believed the entire mess with Jones was just an intimidation tactic by DeSantis to stop other whistleblowers from coming forward. Jones, he said, used the situation to her benefit, but he doesn’t have a big problem with that. “Two things can be true,” he said. “There can be questions or issues surrounding her termination, her past. But she could also be telling the truth.”

JAILED BUT UNDETERRED.

In the Zoom courtroom in January, Jones waited for answers. If her legal team could convince Judge John Cooper that the search warrant didn’t show probable cause, she could get her computers back. Maybe even some of her credibility. Jones did not send the emergency message, said her lawyer Richard Johnson. Even if she had, it wouldn’t be a crime. How could it be when the username and password for the messaging system were publicly available? Anyone could access it, if they so desired. And there was no message to warn users that it was a restricted platform. “If you left your car in your driveway, with the doors unlocked and the keys in the ignition,” Cooper questioned, “would it still be illegal for somebody to come in without your permission?” “Why would I be giving that information?” Johnson replied. “If I tell you the keys are under the mat, am I just telling you so you’ll know, or am I telling you that so you can reach under the mat to use the key?” The judge did not seem swayed. Jones stayed silent, chiming in only to joke about life in D.C. She was a picture of composure even as Johnson messed up and referenced the wrong statute in his argument, forcing Cooper to correct him. The only sign of nerves was the wobble of her jaw, as though she were chewing the insides of her cheeks. The news was not great. The judge upheld the search warrant, but he said the police needed to decide whether Jones’ electronic devices offered any evidence. They could not hold them indefinitely without a charge. That was a win for Jones, no matter how small. But days later, officers said they found evidence of downloaded contact information from the health department on Jones’ devices. It wasn’t what they were looking for, but it was enough. They put out a warrant for her arrest. Jones drove back to Florida “to protect [her] family from continued police violence.” She was booked at the Leon County Detention Center for one night. She worried that something bad could happen to her while in custody. She had just sued the police, after all. But she rationalized that “a third of Americans get arrested at some point in their lifetime.” She was just one of them. But not all get arrested during a pandemic. In a twist of fate, Jones found out she had contracted COVID-19 upon her arrival in Leon County. Again, she feared she might die, this time because of the disease she’d been fighting for months. She slept so she didn’t have to remember shivering through the night with only Tylenol for her pain. She posted $2,500 bail the next morning, but walked straight into medical isolation.

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For the next few days, Jones let the fever run its course. She wondered, privately, if it was all worth it — the raid, the arrest, the pain her family has gone through. But when she was well enough, she returned home to them. She recharged. They loved her, and they supported her. If she kept even one person out of harm’s way, she thought, then it was worth it. Nothing, not even jail, would keep her quiet.

one who had a problem with Jones’ history, she said, and pointed to a letter that members of the Florida State geography department wrote to the AAG requesting Jones’ removal as a speaker. Either way, the staff received threats, and event spon-

A SCARLET LETTER.

For as much fame as Jones has gained in the past year, losses still follow. On the morning of April 9, she was supposed to deliver a live keynote address at the American Association of Geographers’ annual conference. She had always secretly wished that one day — far in the future — she’d be respected enough for the honor. It had come much sooner than she ever expected. The association lauded her work on the COVID dashboard as showcasing the vital role of geography in mitigating disasters. The honor was the culmination of everything Jones had ever worked for. But she couldn’t celebrate with her family. She couldn’t engage in a question-and-answer session. In fact, she couldn’t participate live at all. Instead, she was forced to watch her recorded speech from inside a Maryland courtroom. She was there because the verbal fight with Pushaw, the conservative media consultant, had reached a fever pitch. Jones had been excoriated online. Fake accounts popped up on Twitter that were dedicated to defaming her. Jones believed that Pushaw was behind most of the hatred, including a flurry of tweets and emails aimed at the geography association to pressure it to rethink its choice of Jones as a keynote speaker. Pushaw said it was outlandish for Jones to assume she was behind dozens of accounts. She wasn’t the only

UPDATE. On May 17, Gov. Ron DeSantis chose Christina Pushaw to be his press secretary. Shortly after, the state granted Jones whistleblower status in a May 28 decision. The Inspector General’s office informed her that her complaint demonstrates “reasonable cause to suspect that an employee or agent of an agency or independent contractor has violated any federal, state, or local law, rule or regulation.” DeSantis spokespeople, including Pushaw, have emphasized that receiving whistleblower status “doesn’t substantiate any claims.” An investigation will determine if Jones was fired for raising concerns about data manipulation. If so, she could be reinstated or compensated under Florida law.

“Two things can be true,” Filipkowski said. “There can be questions or issues surrounding her termination, her past. But she could also be telling the truth.”

sors saw their contact information released online. For the safety of everyone involved, Jones agreed to record her address in advance. Two days before her speech, she learned that Pushaw knew her home address from public records and lived nearby. She filed for an emergency order of protection, and a Maryland court granted her an interim peace order that would expire in 48 hours. If she wanted to extend it,

After a Miami Herald article revealed sealed evidence from her whistleblower complaint, Jones “overzealously” shared the piece. Twitter banned her for “spam and platform manipulation,” a category that includes both repeatedly posting identical tweets and buying followers to inflate popularity. It is unclear which or how many violations Twitter banned her for. The governor’s office celebrated the suspension, calling Jones the “Typhoid Mary of COVID-19 disinformation.” Pushaw posited that Jones was exiled for buying followers. She shared that a third-party application, Round Year Fun, provided Jones with over 20,000 followers but acknowledged the app couldn’t determine whether Jones or another person actually purchased them.

she would have to appear in person in court with more evidence — at the same time as the conference. It was a bittersweet day for Jones — “I had to do my keynote in a courtroom to protect myself from her,” she wrote in an online newsletter. Pushaw said she has never been a threat to Jones; she just wrote an article about her that she didn’t like. The Montgomery County District Court later denied Jones’ peace order petition, as “the petitioner could not meet the required burden of proof.” Jones plans on appealing that decision with support from her legal team. Whistleblowing isn’t for the faint of heart. Nor is it a steppingstone to fame. No one knows this better perhaps than lawyers Hamsa Mahendranathen and Mary Inman, who work for Constantine Cannon, the largest whistleblower law firm in the country. In the hundreds of cases that they have analyzed, they see a pattern: a disruptor who gains momentary attention but also gets a scarlet “W” emblazoned on their chest. But Jones refuses to be sidelined. She harbors great hopes for a future in Washington and is dipping her toes into elected representation. She hints that big opportunities are coming. Still, many associate her with trouble, and the scarlet “W” persists. She receives messages daily that tell her she’s just a girl with a laptop or worse, a slutty, disgruntled employee who should never have been hired in the first place. Constantine Cannon views whistleblowers as much more than disruptors. They are the guardians of society. They are the brave who fight for integrity in governance. Each year, the firm nominates a class of whistleblowers, and the public votes to determine which person best represents “courage, strength, integrity, selflessness and a deep concern for public health and safety.” This year’s Whistleblower of the Year award recipient? Rebekah Jones. feedback@orlandoweekly.com

A day later, Jones walked back her campaign aspirations. “I was pointing out the hypocrisy in Desantis writing a law to prevent the silencing of government critics while simultaneously celebrating my suspension,” she wrote. On June 4, the FDOH announced they would move to weekly reporting. They removed “17 data layers offline last week from its open data resources hub (which I built),” she said. They also removed data about ZIP codes, case files and hospitalizations. Jones knows the change was bound to happen eventually, but says “we’re still very much in this thing.” According to the CDC’s latest report, Florida ranks 48th in new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people. Jones will continue updating her dashboard with whatever data is available. — AL

Without her usual outlet, Jones turned to her small Instagram account. In a now-deleted post, she announced she was running for Matt Gaetz’s seat in Congress, misspelling Gaetz’s name twice. “Didn’t want to announce it this way, but since DeSantis is now taking credit for getting me suspended for sharing an article that proves he’s a sociopathic liar it looks like I have to say it this way. I’m running for Matt Geatz’ seat next year. No more sex traffickers in congress! Well at least one fewer with Matt Geatz gone!” Under a recent bill signed by Gov. DeSantis, statewide political candidates can fine social media platforms up to $250,000 a day for removing them from the platform. Jones thanked DeSantis for the opportunity to fine Twitter starting July 1, considering her new campaign.

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JUNETEENTH ’21 Celebrate Black liberation with parties and events all over town F R I D AY, J U N E 18 Black Friday Orlando: Juneteenth 2021

Citywide scavenger hunt centered on Orlando’s Black-owned businesses in the morning, then big block party and local market in the evening. This is a “City Skip Day” with a purpose. Must RSVP to participate in the scavenger hunt. 9 a.m., free. 400 W. Church St., eventbrite.com Celebrate Freedom: Juneteenth at the Wells’ Built

An evening of spoken word to celebrate Juneteenth and amplify the voices of the Black community. There will also be opportunities to support local Black-owned businesses with a maker’s market and food trucks on site. 6 p.m., $10. Wells’Built Museum, 511 W. South St., wellsbuilt.org

Juneteenth in the Preserve

Celebrate freedom, family and heritage on Juneteenth with music, activities for the kids, and plenty of opportunities to support local businesses with shopping and eating aplenty. Registration required. Noon, free. Preserve at Crown Point, Stonegate Drive, Ocoee, eventbrite.com

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Annual Juneteenth Celebration: Knowing, Remembering and Shifting the Narrative

Guest speakers, live performances and local food trucks feature in this event brought to you by the Hannibal Square Heritage Center, Winter Park Public Library and Winter Park Parks and Recreation. 10 a.m., free. Winter Park Community Center, 721 W. New England Ave., Winter Park, hannibalsquareheritagecenter. org Black Wall Street: The Juneteenth Remix

Presented by “This Ain’t That” to commemorate Black Wall Street, a safe space for the Black community 100 years ago. The event features six DJs, four clubs and 50 small Black-owned businesses vending their wares. 4 p.m., $10-$40. Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets, eventbrite.com Celebrate the importance of Juneteenth with this showcase of the talents of Black Theatre Girl Magic and other Black and Brown performers from the Central Florida area. All donations and profits go to support Black and Brown women in the arts. 6 p.m., $20. Nan’s Place, 142 South Swoope Ave., Maitland, linktr.ee/btgm PHOTO BY VONECIA CARSWELL

Music courtesy DJ Dalastmo, complimentary food from Jesse’s Rib Shack, sports on multiple screens and $120 for selected premium bottles. 8 p.m., free-$120. Novelty at 101, 101 South Eola Drive, facebook.com/noveltyorlando Juneteenth Celebration!

Winter Haven celebrates African American history and culture at this festival with music, education, kids’ fitness challenges and more. 1 p.m., free. Lake Maude Nature Park, Winter Haven, mywinterhaven.com Juneteenth Celebration at the Bronze Kingdom

The Bronze Kingdom Museum invites the community to

Celebrate with a two-hour painting session led by Ashley Craft in addition to a short production of “Freedom Delayed” by Black Barb’z Entertainment and Community Outreach Inc. 7 p.m., $45. 6700 Conroy Windermere Road, paintingwithatwist.com An evening of comedy, music and good food featuring Tae, Jerry McCarter, Genesis and Desmond Atkins. 7:30 p.m., $10-$90. The Love Bar & Restaurant, 7769 West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee, facebook.com/thelovebarandrestaruant

An R&B party with Sol Cafe and DJ Nasty 305 from Miami. Formal attire is required and food is available until 11 p.m. 10 p.m., $10-$100. Ember, 42 W. Central Boulevard, facebook.com/ emberorlando

HUSH Society: Juneteenth Celebration

Juneteenth Freedom Day

Juneteenth Freedom Day: Comedy Grove

Sol Cafe at Ember: The Black Out: Juneteenth Celebration

Facets of Freedom: A Celebration of Juneteenth

celebrate Juneteenth with live entertainment and local vendors. The event is free, but discounted museum tickets are available to discover unique artworks from the African continent. 10 a.m., free. Bronze Kingdom Museum, 6464 International Drive, bronzekingdom.com

Did you know this avenue used to be Sanford’s Black business district? On June 19, Sanford Avenue will be closed between Sixth and Fifth streets. There will be live performances, a BBQ cookout, special guests and keynote speaker Dr. Alzo Reddick. 11 a.m., free. Shantell’s, 503 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford, sanford365.com Juneteenth Rally

Faith in Florida hosts a community rally in honor of Juneteenth. Attendees can expect free food, great fellowship, entertainment from DJ Young 1NE and a voter registration drive. 3 p.m., free. The CLIC House, 9401 W. Colonial Drive, Ocoee, facebook.com/ faithinflorida Kissimmee Juneteenth Festival

Family event celebrating community, culture and unity. 10 a.m., free. Kissimmee Lakefront Park, 201 Lakeview Drive, Kissimmee, kissimmee.gov Lunch and Learn: A BTGM Juneteenth event for Kids & Families

Little ones from any age are welcome to this story time with books about Juneteenth, acceptance and loving ourselves. Face paint, music and free food on offer. Pre-registration recommended. Noon, free. Orlando Repertory Theatre, 1001 East Princeton St., facebook.com/orlandorep Melanin: A Good Evening Juneteenth Event

The dress code is 50 shades of brown as attendees celebrate Black independence. 7 p.m., $10-$225. Courtyard 390, 390 North Orange Ave., facebook.com/courtyard390 Unity Juneteenth Celebration: Black Excellence: A State of Mind

A celebration of Juneteenth and Caribbean American Heritage Month and African American Music Month with live musical performances. An evening devoted to connecting with, developing and cherishing Black excellence. Registration required for this free online event. Noon, free. unityjuneteenth.eventbrite.com orlandoweekly.com

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Seeing smiling faces at the parks again is both heartwarming and alarming to my now-hardwired Pavlovian response to mask-free mouths If you want proof positive that Central Florida’s theme parks are over pandemic-era spacing and sanitation standards, just look at photos from the June 10 grand opening of the Jurassic World VelociCoaster at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure. I was among the thousands of mostly maskless guests standing shoulder-to-shoulder along the CityWalk lagoon hours before it opened, in a scene not too dissimilar from the packed debuts of popular Harry Potter rides in pre-COVID times. This addictive new airtime machine still dazzles after nearly two dozen dives in the raptor paddock, but the only thing more disorienting than descending from VelociCoaster’s signature 155-foot-tall top-hat might be the dizzying speed with which Orlando’s major resorts have dropped their social distancing restrictions. A year ago, I was telling out-of-state family (as well as USA Today) that I felt more comfortable inside a theme park than at my neighborhood grocery store, a statement that I would have stood by until just a few weeks ago. The combination of limited guest capacity, visible ongoing sanitation and vocal enforcement of social distancing made the Magic Kingdom and its kin feel like oases of safety during the days before vaccinations. It might have been mostly “hygiene theater,” but some measures (like distanced car parking) genuinely made visiting more pleasant. Since around Memorial Day, though, it seems that the floodgates have opened and most of the parks’ pandemic-era strictures have been washed away in their rush to return to normal operations. Universal Orlando was the first to stop mandating that guests wear face masks, instead offering an unenforced recommendation for vaccinated guests to continue masking indoors, a suggestion heeded by less than 10% of the visitors I’ve observed. Disney

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and SeaWorld have since followed suit, although Mickey will still make you mask up on the Monorail. Seeing smiling faces along Main Street U.S.A. again is both heartwarming and alarming to my nowhardwired Pavlovian response to mask-free mouths. In addition, capacity limits have been raised to 75% or lifted entirely, and the spacing markers that previously kept kids behind you from stomping on your heels every few steps have mostly been stripped away, so more people can be packed into the ever-growing queues. Going directly from last month’s Orlando Fringe Festival — where patrons were turned away from “sold-out” shows with 30% of their seats left empty — to once again being instructed to “move all the way down to the end of the row, filling each and every available seat,” certainly induced a kind of cognitive whiplash. On the plus side, the lifting of pandemic precautions also means that ride vehicles can again be fully utilized, while Disney’s FastPass+ remains suspended (though rumored to return as a paid service), which means that standby queues are moving more swiftly than ever. Universal has even reopened most of its time-saving single rider entrances, although pre-show presentations are still mostly paused across the parks. In addition, some Disney rides haven’t yet adapted their calculations to the newly undistanced queues, so posted wait time signs may underestimate the line’s actual length. Orlando’s parks are definitely in an upswing attractions-wise, as long as

you don’t mind being squeezed in next to strangers; Universal’s operations team members should be especially commended for keeping VelociCoaster’s opening-day wait well under four hours with consistent dispatches and swift downtime recovery. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said about food and beverage service, which may prove to be the resorts’ Achilles’ heel this summer. Walt Disney World has been slow to ramp back up its restaurant selection. Several popular venues remain closed, while others are sparking controversy with their reopening. The popular Cape May Café seafood buffet has converted to a family-style meal and cut the crab legs without reducing prices. And ‘Ohana had to bring back its noodles after a social media outcry over their elimination, though the revolt didn’t restore the 86’ed grilled shrimp, nor prevent reservations from being booked solid within hours of opening. The situation is even more dire at Universal, where a combination of woeful short-staffing and a fakakta mobile ordering system made it quicker to get a free churro by riding VelociCoaster on opening day (a generous perk playing on Twitter jokes about the ride’s secretive development) than it was to buy one from the overwhelmed outdoor vendors. The bottom line is that you may want to sneak a sandwich in with you during your next theme park visit, because whether you want a simple sugared dough stick or a sitdown meal, it’s going to cost you more in either time or dough. skubersky@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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PLANTING ROOTS Kombu Sushi Ramen feeds popular tastes in a somewhat neglected sector of Winter Park BY FAIYAZ KARA

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with, “You know it’s going to take 15 to 20 minutes, right?” For a moment I thought, well, maybe I should just leave, but I was still hungry so I countered with, “That’s fine.” The surly demeanor quickly turned to one of annoyance. “Oh, and if I could get a refill on my green tea, I’d appreciate it.” I could almost hear the “grrrrrr” as Angry Pants stomped off. It was comical, this attitude, and I couldn’t help but chuckle at it all. The ramen, however, was no laughing matter. Again, it looked great, but the broth lacked a depth of flavor. To me, it didn’t seem that pork bones were being boiled down for a day or two to make the broth. When I inquired about it, the server (the nicer one) had absolutely no clue. I’m checking their Instagram account as I write this and I see a video posted from February showing a 12-hour tonkotsu broth, so there’s that. But the noodles, limp and overdone, left much to be desired. They curtailed any gusto we had for the shoyu ramen ($12) as well. Here’s the thing: Kombu likely won’t be mentioned among the city’s elite sushi, ramen or donburi spots but, right now, that doesn’t appear to be their primary motivation. What they are doing is exposing a neglected sector of the city to a sort of cuisine that clearly resonates with its foodconscious residents. And, as those residents demand more, there’s no reason why the restaurant can’t respond in kind. After all, it’s the formula for a winning Kombu.

Look for yet another concept by Pig Floyd’s owner Thomas Ward. Peggy Floyd’s Luncheonette will offer breakfast, brunch and “linner.” A location or opening date hasn’t been announced as yet. Last month, Ward and Al Palo of Stasio’s Italian Deli announced they were opening Pigzza, a barbecue/pizza concept, this fall at 1050 N. Mills Ave. … Local pop-up outfit Jam Hot Chicken will open this summer in Hannibal Square in the space that previously housed Turkish breakfast joint Park Cafe & Bakery, Extract Juice Bar and, most recently, Sausage Shack … Pita Mediterranean Street Food is slated to open next month at the 400 North complex in Maitland. Next door, Slidders Pizza is currently being built out for a fall opening … Eggs Up Grill, a breakfast chain based in South Carolina, will open at the West Point Commons Shopping Center in Winter Garden this summer … Over at Margaritaville, the resort’s signature restaurant, Euphoria, has been re-concepted into the Euphoria Fish House. Chef Joseph McFadden, who once ran the kitchen at An Tobar in Maitland, will be the executive chef.

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Fast-food chicken joint PDQ is teaming up with 4Rivers Smokehouse to sell a barbecue chicken sandwich for $6.99 at all their Florida outlets now through Aug. 2. Proceeds from the sandwich, designed by 4Rivers founder John Rivers, will go to benefit 4Roots, a nonprofit community alliance dedicated to investing in a healthy and sustainable food system … Susuru’s Lewis Lin and Charleston-based chef Nikko Cagalanan of Mansueta will host a JapaneseFilipino dinner pop-up from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 19, at the Edible Education Experience in College Park. Cost is $90 … The Sanford Food Truck Festival goes from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, June 19, in downtown Sanford with 12 food trucks, live music and outdoor seating … Tabla will host a Pitch Black: Dining in the Dark event at their Orlando location on June 23 from 6-10 p.m. Cost is $85. Got restaurant dish? Send tips to dining@orlandoweekly.com

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FINANCIER BISTRO & BAR

The French patisserie-cum-bistro in Winter Park serves bistro classics as elegant as the restaurant itself, be it a properly gruyèred and bechameled croque-monsieur or a gorgeous ratatouille with arugula pistou. The pistou also makes an appearance in the burrata with heirloom cherry tomatoes. While perfectly roasted and crisp-skinned, the poulet rôti is a bit pricey. So is the burger with caramelized onions, barbecue-like house sauce and melted gruyère running down the sides, but it’s a beaut. End with chocolate-hazelnut croissants or the flawless Madagascar vanilla crème brûlée. Closed Mondays. (reviewed June 9) 212 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, 321-972-2284, financierbistrobar.com, $$

FIRST WATCH

First Watch has a fresh new look, vibe and approach to daytime dining. Grease and deep fryers have been replaced by a healthier approach to cooking, be it the un-fried chickichanga or the less fatty biscuits and turkey sausage gravy. Other items we’d get again: ricotta pancakes served with lemon curd; the “elevated” egg sandwich; and the roast beef with horseradish-havarti sandwich, a lunchtime (or early dinner) favorite. There’s a separate kitchen and entrance area for takeout orders. Fresh juice tonics and boozy bevs are also offered. Open daily until 2:30 p.m. (reviewed June 2) 140 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 407-287-9034, firstwatch.com, $$

BOMBAY STREET KITCHEN

Specializing in Indian street fare from all over the subcontinent, this spiffy South OBT eatery wows with its proficiency of various regional specialties as well as its efficiency in delivering them. From kale chaat to pani puri (served on a miniature street cart) to Hakka noodles and Himalayan soup, Bombay Street Kitchen is streetwise. Open daily for lunch and dinner. (reviewed May 26) 6215 S. Orange Blossom Trail, 407-240-5151, bombaykitchenorlando.com, $$ CONTINUED ON PAGE 43

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PERLA’S PIZZA

Taglish Collective’s Michael Collantes fires up a slew of nonconformist pizzas from a humble little space connected to the Thirsty Topher beer bar in Ivanhoe Village. Of note: the “It’s Bananas” pizza with pepperoni, Calabrese peppers and bananas, and the “Mr. Fun Guy” with seasonal roasted mushrooms, kale and premium white truffle oil on a lemonricotta and pistachio pesto base. Open daily. (reviewed May 19) 603 Virginia Drive, perlaspizza.com, $$

THE HAMPTON SOCIAL

The kitchen inside this bright and airy nautically themed restaurant in Pointe Orlando nails everything from grilled octopus to lobster rolls to doublewrapped shrimp tacos. The smoked eggplant with a vibrant medley of roasted veg and grated feta served atop slices of watermelon radish is meatless, but holds its own. Airy doughnuts served with hot honey, chocolate sauce and vanilla-bean ice cream are the way to end. A popular brunch is served Saturday and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (reviewed May 12) 9101 International Drive, 689-800-6760, thehamptonsocial.com, $$$

SUSHI KICHI

Tourist-area Japanese joint may well serve the finest sushi rice in the city. So it’s a good thing they specialize in donburi — rice bowls of myriad varieties ranging from spicy tuna to katsu to barbecue eel. The chicken karaage bursts with flavor, while the udon noodles in pristine dashi broth and silken agedashi tofu showcase the deft technique of owners Takanao and Yasue Nakashima. Closed Mondays. (reviewed May 5) 5368 Central Florida Parkway, 407-778-1953, sushikichi.com, $$$

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The strictly kosher restaurant grills up some mighty fine Israeli and Middle Eastern fare, be it their falafel — some of the best you’ll find in Orlando — or unique plates like makluba (a rice dish) or arayes, pitas filled with succulent kefta kebab and cut into quarters. Desserts are dairy-free. Closed Saturdays. (reviewed April 28) 5615 International Drive, 407392-2292, koshergrillorlando.com, $$

SHANGHAI LANE

It’s all about the soup dumplings at this Shanghainese joint, though the panfried pork buns, also filled with a porky broth, offer a more substantial bite. Other notable dishes: sliced boiled chicken served with a soy-scallion-ginger dipping sauce, and pork-and-cabbage noodle soup highlighted by pickled greens. Closed Tuesdays. (reviewed April 21) 5034 W. Colonial Drive, 407-985-3684, $ n

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Christine Lee as Kyungsun in Black Summer PHOTO COURTESY OF NETFLIX

ON (small) SCREENS IN ORLANDO Streaming premieres you won’t want to miss by Steve Schneider PREMIERES WEDNESDAY: Penguin Town — Remember March of the Penguins? Here’s an eightepisode series that shows a bunch of the tuxedoed little scamps descending upon an African resort to pair up and party. I’m hoping the show’s a big enough hit to justify a second season, so we can see them all sent to Key West for Fantasy Fest. (Netflix)

PREMIERES THURSDAY: Black Summer — Season 2 of this series adds another challenge for its cast of humans as they try to survive a zombie apocalypse: the arrival of winter. Hey, there’s a hardship that’s going to play well with the Florida viewing audience in the middle of June. I think I left my sympathy in that hooded sweatshirt I get to wear three days out of the year. (Netflix) iCarly — This revival of the Nickelodeon hit about teen internet stars faces an obvious challenge: What kid these days doesn’t have their own web show? You want to take risks, you show that they’ve all moved over to Onlyfans. But I’m not holding my breath for that kind of relevance. (Paramount+) Katla — Iceland sends us a sci-fi series in which the eruption of a volcano releases weird and mysterious forces that have been lurking below the Earth’s surface. Just as Black Summer is a prequel to Z Nation, I’m assuming this show is a prequel to the entire existence of Björk. (Netflix) Summer Camp Island — Season 4 of the whimsical animated hit finds pals Oscar and Hedgehog having new adventures on that magical island where anything can happen. Listen, I didn’t think anybody could get a viable family show out of Rikers Island either, but there it is. (HBO Max) Superdeep — A Russian urban legend provides the jumping-off point for this horror flick, in which a research team discovers something sinister at the bottom of the world’s largest borehole.

To these ears, “the world’s largest borehole” sounds like something your 13-year-old niece would call Rand Paul. But far be it from me to throw shade on what must have been a traumatic experience indeed for the bored Muscovites who totally made it all up. (Shudder)

PREMIERES FRIDAY: Chivas: El Rebaño Sagrado — A Mexican football club tries to come back from a multiseason losing streak in a four-episode docuseries that seems noticeably out of step with this week’s other international offerings. I mean, unless the ground beneath the soccer field opens up at some point and Cthulhu comes slithering out. (Amazon Prime) Fatherhood — In real life, Kevin Hart divorced one wife and cheated on another while she was pregnant. In this movie, his onscreen spouse dies a day after giving birth to their child. See, that’s the great thing about streaming: You can make life turn out the way you’ve always wanted it to! (Netflix) Jagame Thandhiram — Fans back in India are upset that this dramatic portrait of a gangster’s crisis of conscience isn’t being released to theaters. But let’s be realistic. Going to a theater in India when there’s a pandemic raging is only slightly less dangerous than going to the Central Florida Fair when there isn’t. (Netflix) Luca — Pixar’s latest is a sun-drenched character study of two young boys enjoying a summer together on the Italian Riviera. The twist: They’re both actually sea monsters from the world below. Jesus, who programmed this week, anyway? The Mole Man? (Disney+)

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You’d be forgiven if you didn’t know that experimental Orlando musician Jonas Van den Bossche could play it straight. I didn’t. He’s a well-known figure in the city’s outermost avant-garde circles, usually in the society of noise and free-jazz freaks. But popular music? Come on. As it turns out, though, he can and will do it from time to time. His latest release — a two-track record titled A Little Insecurity Goes a Long Way — is astonishingly … normal. While not quite like Rat Bastard suddenly turning into Taylor Swift or anything, it’ll be at least a mild shock to anyone who’s ever seen one of his raw improv performances. Van den Bossche, an artist who’s typically just as apt to play his guitar with a toolkit as with a pick, is here actually strumming (!) melodies (!!) and even singing (!!!). Across the two lovely compositions “Nothing Goes to Waste” and “∞”, he goes all singer-songwriter on us with acoustic contemplation that daydreams without the schmaltz. The music’s up on his Bandcamp, but there are also fitting videos for each song worth checking out on YouTube. Made by fade theory (the nom d’art of Van den Bossche’s creative and life partner, Rachel Kinbar) using found footage, the videos are warm with vintage texture and flicker with handheld human character, all of which suits the reflective and halcyon music well. Orlando artist As Seas Exhale has been on an ambient sabbatical for a while now. Finally, though, the pulse has picked back up for the recently released Light Source.

You’d be forgiven if you didn’t know that experimental musician Jonas Van den Bossche could play it straight. I didn’t. As it turns out, he can and will do it from time to time

acts Rainbow Park and Fools’ Gold, expect a buoyant blend of alt-rock and grunge. (8 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, Will’s Pub, $10)

Elizabeth Ward: This Americana songbird was, until recently, a member of formidable Orlando country-rock band Jordan Foley and the Wheelhouse. Anyone who can hold their own singing alongside Foley, as Ward did, is a voice to be reckoned with. And now that she’s back focusing on her own music, we’ll get to see how bright it can shine in Filled with elegant post-rock that packs its own spotlight as she commands the climactic drama, it’s an album sprawling Laundry Sessions outside on Will’s Pub’s in expanse. The songs go from around back patio. (7 p.m. Friday, June 18, Dirty five minutes on the short end to nearly Laundry, free) 20 minutes on the marathon end. And in scope, they range from ambient meditaTchami: I still don’t know what “future tion to day-breaking, Explosions in the house” is, but this French DJ and proSky-esque release. The 11-track collection ducer coined the term. What I do know is is up on Bandcamp. that his clean house sound is gilded with sleek EDM strands and he’s good enough Orlando’s Jankyswans just released an for Lady Gaga. (9 p.m. Friday, June 18, the EP of nicely distilled electronic music. Vanguard, $25-$75) The five-song By Post is minimal without being stark or background. The sounds are Daniela Soledade and Nate Najar: serene but not comatose, kept in motion This St. Pete duo bring some real bossa with a crisp rhythmic sensibility. The nova cred to the scene this weekend. result is instrumental pop that’s abstract The granddaughter of Paulo Soledade, but intimate. By Post is up on Bandcamp who composed with titans like Antônio as a name-your-price download. Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes, singer Daniela Soledade’s Brazilian pediMUSIC EVENTS THIS WEEK gree runs in a straight line back to the Rainbow Park, The Blumes, Fools’ very roots of bossa nova. Nate Najar is a Gold: So you gettin’ down on that nu- Charlie Byrd disciple of unconventional indie-tonic-death-wave-trap-core or technique and dazzling style. If anyone what? Well, this latest Montgomery Drive can turn this Florida summer-bummer showcase eschews all those niche sen- swelter into balmy Ipanema zephyrs, it’s sibilities and just delivers three straight these two. (8 p.m. Saturday, June 19, Blue shots of melodic guitar rock. Between Bamboo Center for the Arts, $25) Orlando band the Blumes and Daytona baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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with the end result being a live album. Livestream tickets also available. 7 p.m., $5-$25. Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave., timucua.com

performance times vary. Online, orlandofringe.org

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The Tennessee Williams classic put on by these local players will have you screaming “Stelllaaaaaaa!” long into the night. $25. Osceola Arts, 2411 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee, osceolaarts. org

Preserving the Past and Looking Towards the Future Opening Reception

Opening reception for the new photo exhibition chronicling the past, present and future of the historic Hannibal Square community. This is the Heritage Center’s largest exhibition to date! Free, 2 p.m. Hannibal Square Heritage Center, 642 W. New England Ave., Winter Park; hannibalsquareheritagecenter.org

Taking Back Sunday

Taking Back Sunday, Emery and Evergreen Terrace all throw down in the outdoors Backyard space at Ace. 6:30 p.m., $35-$60. Ace Cafe, 100 W. Livingston St., acecafeusa.com S U N D AY, J U N E 2 0

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Third Thursday Gallery Hop

Free art for the looking and experiencing in downtown Orlando, brought to you by the good people of the Downtown Arts District. 5 p.m., free. CityArts, 39 S. Magnolia Ave., orlandoslice. com/group/cityarts

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Exhibition Tour: Creatures in the Margins

A virtual exhibition tour for animal and allusion lovers alike! 11 a.m., free. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, facebook.com/cfamrollins F R I D AY, J U N E 18 - S AT U R D AY, J U N E 19

The Little Merman

Fringe hit that sends up 1950s monster movie returns for a twonight stand in downtown Orlando. 7:30 p.m., $25. Haos on Church, 123 W. Church St., haosonchurch. com

The Tal Cohen Trio

The Trio hold a weekend residency at the Timucua House with special guest Ignacio Berroa,

A Streetcar Named Desire

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Black Mary

Photo series by journalist Renata Sago and her mother Kanika that reimagines Mary Poppins as “a modern-day Black woman invoking joy, power, and selfdetermination.” Free. Eatonville Branch Library, 200 E. Kennedy Blvd., Eatonville, ocls.info T H R O U G H A U G . 15

Community: Five Years After the Pulse Tragedy

Veteran stand-up comic, actor and man behind the HBO history of Black comedy Mo’ Funny, Kirkland holds court in Orlando for one night only. 7 p.m., $32. Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive, theimprovorlando.com

Memorial exhibition looking at the impacts of Pulse on the local and global community. $8. Orange County Regional History Center, 65 E. Central Blvd., thehistorycenter.org

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Creatures in the Margins

“Chemotaxis and Cochineal: Microbial Insights into the Permanent Collection”

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A skin-crawling virtual lecture about the bacterial tenants of your favorite works of art. 6 p.m., free. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, facebook.com/cfamrollins

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DigiFringe

The city’s premier celebration of adventurous performing arts goes digital, for those who missed the just-wrapped IRL Orlando Fringe Festival. Ticket prices and

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Contemporary Art

Annual exhibition spotlighting the best and most cutting-edge work by Floridian artists. $15. Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave., omart.org

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The Grand Portraits of Mr. Eddy Mumma

Rare exhibition of paintings from this Florida original and beyond-prolific outsider artist. $5. Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St., mennellomuseum.org

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Multiple Voices/ Multiple Stories

Dive into the history of portraiture in this exhibition of 30 works from the Cornell’s permanent collection. Free. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park, rollins.edu/cfam

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On Seeing Segovia

A travelogue by Maitland Art Center founder Jules André Smith of his 1921 travels in Spain in the form of paintings, drawings and a short story. $6. Maitland Art Center, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland, artandhistory.org T H R O U G H D E C . 31

Preserving the Past and Looking Towards the Future

As a visual complement to the Winter Park Public Library’s “Tails & Tales” summer reading, this exhibit looks at representations of animals in art. Free. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park, rollins.edu/cfam

A photographic look at the history of Hannibal Square’s African American community from 1900 to the present day. Free. Hannibal Square Heritage Center, 642 West New England Avenue, Winter Park, hannibalsquareheritagecenter.org

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Cynthia Holmes: Sweet Surrealism

A world of fantastical botanicals. $10. Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, 633 Osceola Ave., Winter Park, polasek.org THROUG H AUG . 2 2

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“Depictions of the city’s eccentric dwellers vibrate off the paper” in Richard Lindner’s bright, erotic prints. Free. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park, rollins.edu/cfam n

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“THE EURO ZONE” We’re a happily married couple from Europe, longtime readers, both in our 30s, and both interested in having sex sometimes with other people. Before the pandemic we were invited to a private sex party in a major European capital. It was an age- and facecontrolled swingers night with background checks on every participant. It was our first experience and it was eye-opening, wonderful and very sexy, even though we were too shy to fool around with anyone else. But we promised ourselves we would return and explore further. Then COVID-19 happened and we couldn’t travel. We decided to hook up with other people locally. We had amazing threesomes and foursomes and it all went ridiculously well, up until the part when we got herpes from another couple. This other couple didn’t know they had it or didn’t bother to disclose. Herpes isn’t as common here as in the U.S., as far as my research went, and it was a huge bummer, but after educating and medicating ourselves, we decided to continue having hookups with others. We tell everyone in advance because we believe it’s the right thing to do. Some cut us off, some don’t care, some admit they also have it, which always leaves us wondering if they would have admitted it without us “coming clean” first. We are still part of the online community that organized that wonderful party and, with things opening up here, they are beginning to plan the next event. We would love to go back. My question is: Can we? Should we? Should we tell everybody about the herpes? Or is that a risk you take at an orgy involving 50 or more people? We’ve read a lot about transmission and know that sometimes skinto-skin contact is enough. We also know that it’s possible to have herpes and not be aware of it, which means other participants may already have it and not know. So what’s the right thing to do? Should we just pass up this orgy for the rest of our lives? Take the viral suppressants that weekend and fuck as many people as we can without worrying about it? P.S. I found a piece of advice online about this issue from Betty Dodson, written in 2009, but I’d love to hear your thoughts. Sincerely Wondering About Post-Pandemic Explicit Disclosures Hm. I would think an invite-only swingers party with “age- and face-controlled” background checks (meaning: no olds, no uglies) would also put a few questions to prospective attendees about sexual health. If the organizers of this party don’t require you to disclose that you have herpes or other sexually transmitted infections — because they enforce safer-sex protocols that minimize the risk of transmission and/or they quite

rightly assume that anyone down for sex with 50 strangers in a single evening either already has herpes or at least is willing to chance it — then I don’t think you have to disclose. Don’t confuse “don’t think you have to” with “don’t think you shouldn’t.” I think you should disclose — I think you should keep disclosing — and if disclosing gets you scratched off the guest list, SWAPPED, you will have other opportunities to fuck other people in major European capitals. You’ve been disclosing to couples locally and haven’t lacked for opportunities … even during a pandemic. (People who weren’t worried about catching COVID-19 during the pandemic — which isn’t over yet — probably weren’t too worried about catching herpes.) Yes, some couples ghosted after you disclosed, but it sounds like just as many weren’t scared off and/or already had herpes themselves. It goes without saying that some of the couples who ghosted on you may have already had herpes — and HPV as well, SWAPPED, as both of these very common STIs are easily transmitted through skin-to-skin contact. Anyone who wants to avoid being exposed and possibly contracting them shouldn’t have multiple sex partners — or arguably any sex partners at all, considering how common these infections are. (And adults can and should get the HPV vaccine!) But, yeah, while I officially think you should disclose — because, like you, I think disclosing is the right thing to do — unofficially I think anyone who has sex with 50 strangers in a European capital, major or minor, has volunteered for herpes. P.S. The late, great Betty Dodson was never one for mincing words. Not only did Dodson tell a couple with herpes that they didn’t need to disclose unless asked in the column SWAPPED found, Dodson also shared that she didn’t tell her own partner she had herpes until she had an outbreak ten years into the relationship. (“Orgy Guilt Because We Didn’t Share We Have Herpes,” dodsonandross.com, July 7, 2009). “I abhor how our society has turned herpes into an STD,” Dodson wrote. “My first genital herpes outbreak was in the ’70s. If you didn’t have herpes back then, it meant you weren’t having sex. It was more like a badge of sexual abundance.” I’m a 24-year-old heterosexual French man. (Sorry for my English.) I really love my girlfriend. Our relationship is deep, we listen and understand to other, and we take care of the other. The sex is great, truly great. We try many different things and we try to fulfill our common desires and the desires of

the other. Long story short: Everything with her and our relationship is perfect. The only thing is that she wants our relationship to be monogamous and I would like to have sex with 75% of the girls I bump into. Normally this is not a big deal, because I’m not particularly attractive, so there are not many girls that want to have sex with me. But during the four years we have been together I had some opportunities to which I had to say no. Once I kissed another girl and the day after I confessed this to my girlfriend. Now every time I find myself attracted to someone else, I immediately tell my girlfriend. She doesn’t blame me for finding other women attractive or even when I confess to flirting with another woman, but I know she doesn’t feel good about it. If I have to choose, I will always choose her, but I love to flirt. I would also love to see how is sex with someone else, as I have never had sex with anyone else. But at the same time, I don’t want to hurt her and I feel childish for not being able to control my instincts. How do people get out of these sorts of situations? Diligently Escaping Sexual Intercourses, Relentlessly Excited First: Your English is way better than my (nonexistent) French. No need to be feel bad about that. Second: If you wanna feel bad about something, DESIRE, feel bad about being a jerk to your girlfriend. In other words: OH MY GOD, DUDE, SHUT THE FUCK UP. Stop running to your girlfriend to “confess” every time you have an impure thought about another woman. Constantly and needlessly reminding your girlfriend you would like to fuck other women is just cruel. She knows that, DESIRE, so you don’t need to tell her. You’re not being honest, you’re not being transparent, you’re being an asshole. This is a relationship, DESIRE, not a meeting of Reluctant Monogamists Anonymous. (“Hi, my name is ASSHOLE BOYFRIEND and I’ve been monogamous for four years and each day is a struggle.”) If you don’t want to be in a monogamous relationship with this woman, DESIRE, if monogamy isn’t the price of admission you’re willing to pay, end this relationship. But if it is a price you’re willing to pay, DESIRE, then pay it and SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT IT. If you can’t keep these thoughts to yourself and/or find someone else to confide in about them (a friend? a bartender? a pompier?) your girlfriend is going to realize she’s paying too steep a price to be your girlfriend and dump your ass. mail@savagelove.net

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Legal, Public Notices AUCTION Extra Space Storage – Store 8138 1001 Lee Rd. Orlando FL. 32810 Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: June 25, 2021 @ 12:00 PM Blake Miller Christmas decorations, Reginal Welch – Household Items, Myra Blackwelder - Sofa set table and chairs household items boxes and totes. 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: June 25, 2021 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:00PM Extra Space Storage 11971 Lake Underhill Rd, Orlando FL 32825, 407.516.7913. Anthiony Morcilio- Bed, Chair, Dresser, and household goods; Tyron Brownhousehold items; Steve WaschkaTotes,Tools,Chair, Canoe, Boxes, Ladder, headboard. 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 at the location indicated: June 25,2021 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 7221: Koran Lane/Corend I - Clothing, Richard Wilkerson Fencing, Bicycles 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 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: June 25th, 2021 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 610 Rinehart Rd. Lake Mary, FL 32746 (407) 333-4355 Jamyra King - Clothes, John Sadowski Banker Boxes, File Cabinets, Nick Provetti - a Queen Bed, a couch, a table, 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.

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Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1420 North Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL, 32804 (407) 312- 8736, on 6/25/2021 @ 12:00PM: Michael Parker household goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made withcash 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 June 25, 2021 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- Valda Parks TV, Bins, personal 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: 342 Woodland Lake Dr Orlando FL 32828, 3218004793 on June 25, 2021 at 2:30PM : Michael Lloyd: Misc Items. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 12709 E Colonial Drive, Orlando FL 32828, 4076343990 on June 25th , 2021 at 12:00PM : Maria De Los Angles Martinez Ayala: Household Items, Decor, Pots, Pans, Personal Items, Rommel VonDyke: Dresser, Mattress, Totes, Mirror, Plastic Drawers Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 11071 University Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32817, 321-320-4055 on June 25th 2021 at 12:00pm: Mikala Bowden-totes, Arianna Ellis-boxes Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:10959 Lake Underhill Rd Orlando FL 32825, 4075020120 on June 25, 2021 at 1:30PM: Taylor Causey, Boxes. David Whitaker, Household. Priscilla Petit, tiles, truck parts. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and

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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 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: July 7, 2021 9:30 am at the Mindful Storage facility located at: 900 Cypress Pkwy. Kissimmee, FL 34759 (321) 732-6032 The personal goods stored therein by the following: #2106-Households, #C132Furniture, #2133-Households, #1052-Households, #2015-Furniture, #1184- 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.

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Legal, Public Notices Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 5603 Metrowest Blvd, Orlando, FL 32811, 407.516.7751 on 06.25.2021 @ 11:00 am. Jamiesha Ross toddler beds, boxes; Nilka Oviedo boxes; Tiffany Green boxes; Jeffrey Bumgarner household goods; Roosevelt Little household goods; Stephen Veal vitamin supplements; Midway Labs USA supplements; Cora Kaufman household items, craft supplies, holiday decorations. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 3820 S Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32806, 321.270.3440 on 06.25.2021 @ 11:30 am. Nina Gadson Household goods; Dylan Ely Boxes, Furniture, Personal Items; Harry Gadson Household item. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 408 N Primrose Dr, Orlando, FL 32803, 321.285.5021 on 06.25.2021 @ 12:15 pm. Clifton Wright-Household items. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 7360 Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, FL 32819, 407.634.4449 on 06.25.2021 @ 12:30pm. Giulliana Luza Household items. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 5592 LB McLeod Rd, Orlando, FL 32811, 407.720.2832 on 06.25.2021 @ 2:00 pm. Lavonga Young, boxes, bins, tv; Yadira Serrano, household goods; Robyn Robertson, household goods; Emerly Francois, two units, household goods. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 3501 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32839, 407.488.9093 on 06.25.2021 @ 3:00 pm. Arkeia Cassamajor Bags, clothes, shoes, totes, toys, stroller; Clevonna Jones Bags, clothes, shoes, toys; Kirstin Dempsey Dresser, bookcase, boxes, clothes, totes, toys; Kirstin Dempsey Armoire, books, boxes, clothes, bookcase; Timothy Connelly Chair, table, microwave, boxes, Christmas tree, futon, vacuum. 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

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the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on June 25th 2021 at the location indicated: Store 1333 : 13125 S. John Young Parkway Orlando FL 32837 (407)516-7005 @ 11:15 AM: Richard Eckles-home items,tools,Spenser Gunacafurniture,Fidelia Reyes-home tems,Nanay Gonzalez-home items,Jonathan Ortiz-home items. Store 1631, 5753 Hoffner Ave, Orlando, FL 32822 (407) 212-5890 @ 11:30 AM: Michael Stephan-Household goods, Jessica Hill – household goods. Store 7057: 13597 s orange ave, orlando, florida 32824 @ 11:45 AM: Lourdes Yajaira-household items, Ruben Carrasquillo- household items, Steven Taylor- personal items, Ronald Hooper- moving/ household. Store 7107: 6174 S Goldenroad Rd, Orlando Fl 32822 @ 12 PM: Leandro Pontoni-Household Goods, Petra Ines GeneraHousehold Goods. Store 8841: 9847 Curry Ford Rd Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 495-9612 @12:45 PM: Jermaine Smith, Household goods. Store 8460: 4390 Pleasant Hill Rd Kissimmee, FL 34756 407-4298867 @ 1:15PM: Carlos Dupuy Small gardening tools, Mark Davis P1079 1995 SPTN Moter Coach Vin# 4S7MT9K0XSC017401 Owner: Adesa Impact. Store 8753: 540 Cypress Parkway Kissimmee, FL 34759 @ 1:45 P.M: Christina Parker Furniture and Totes. Store 8931: 3280 Vineland Rd Kissimmee, FL 34746 (407) 720-7424 @2:15 PM: Jason Bowers clothes & bins. 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. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 2020-CP-26–6692, AMENDED SUMMONS (JURY TRIAL REQUESTED) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF HORRY. VILLA FIRENZE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs. VILLA FIRENZE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, MYRTLE BEACH FARMS COMPANY, INC., GRANDE DUNES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, BURROUGHS & CHAPIN COMPANY, INC., HARRINGTON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., PARADIGM ENTERPRISES, INC, STOCK BUILDING SUPPLY, LLC, MILLER, MILLER & MAC- FLORIDA, INC., CUSTOM CONCRETE, INC., KMAC OF THE CAROLINAS, INC. D/B/A KMAC NORTH CAROLINA, ECONOMY WATERPROOFING, INC., AND

D&D WINDOWS & CONSTRUCTION, INC., Defendants. TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Amended Summons and Amended Complaint in the above action was filed with the Horry County Clerk of Court on January 11, 2021, and YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and are required to answer the Amended Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscribers, at Chakeris Law Firm, 234 Seven Farms Drive, Ste. 128, Daniel Island, South Carolina, 29492, within thirty (30) days after the service thereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Amended Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint. THE CHAKERIS LAW FIRM By: s/ Alicia D. Petit John T. Chakeris Bar No: 7060 Alicia D. Petit Bar No: 102801 234 Seven Farms Drive, Ste. 128 Daniel Island, SC 29492 (843) 8535678 john@chakerislawfirm.com alicia@chakerislawfirm.com SEGUI LAW FIRM, PC Phillip W. Segui, Jr. Bar No: 7029 Mary Abigail Young Bechtol Bar No: 102414 720 S. Shelmore Boulevard, Ste. 100 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 (843) 884-1865 psegui@seguilawfirm. com abechtol@seguilawfirm.com AND CRANFORD LAW Shaun W. Cranford Bar No: 75165 P.O. Box 50684 Columbia, SC 29250 (803) 779-6444 shaun@cranfordlawfirm. com Attorneys for Plaintiff. Charleston, South Carolina, Dated January 11, 2021. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/ CRANER. WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.: DP17320 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILDREN: K.J. DOB: 05/27/2012, S.M. DOB: 03/20/2014. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Kerry Jacquet (Address Unknown) A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the abovereferenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before Honorable Judge A. James Craner on June 28, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TRIAL. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. This hearing will be held telephonically on the above date and time by calling 407- 8365646 and entering conference code 517180# 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 MIGHT

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LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THESE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 18th day of May, 2021. This summons has been issued at the request of: Jennifer McCarthy, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 0086793, Children’s Legal Services jennifer. mccarthy@myflfamilies.com By: /s/ CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 3/Craner CASE NO.: DP18-243 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: L.S. DOB: 06/18/2018. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA To: NICOLE BLANKENSHIP Address Unknown WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the above-referenced child, L.S; you are hereby commanded to appear before the Honorable A. James Craner, at 10:15 a.m., on the 28th day of June, 2021, at the Thomas S. Kirk 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 phone number: (407) 836-5646 (or toll-free 1-800-346- 8020) and enter participant code number 517180# (the # key must be entered after the participant code number. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS TRIAL 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 ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. “Pursuant to §§ 39.802(4) (d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes (2020), you are hereby informed of the availability of private placement with an adoption entity, as defined in § 63.032(3), Fla. Stat. (2020)” WITNESS my hand at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 25th day of May, 2021. This summons has been issued at the request of: Chelsea N. Bogdan, Attorney for the State of Florida FBN: 0123752, Department of Children and Families, 400 West Robinson Street, Ste. N211, Orlando, FL 32801, (407) 712-0193. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 3/ CRANER WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.: DP18-195. IN THE INTEREST

OF MINOR CHILD: S.D DOB: 3/19/18, NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, ADVISORY HEARING. STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Anthony Goyens, 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 the Honorable A. James Craner, Judge on July 29th, 2021, at 10:45 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 HEARING WILL BE CONDUCTED BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE. TELEPHONE CONFERENCING INFORMATION: Phone Number: 407-836-5646 Conference Code (Judge Craner): 517180# FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. 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 4th day of June, 2021. This summons has been issued at the request of: Rachel Stawski Dlugokienski, Esquire. Florida Bar Number 1010876, Attorney for State of Florida Department of Children and Families Children’s Legal Services 400 W. Robinson Street, Ste. N211 Orlando, FL 32801 rachel.stawski@myflfamilies.com. PLEASE CALL THE ATTORNEY AT (407) 563-2324 IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. 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 - DP - 118 IN THE INTEREST OF B.P., DOB: 06/08/2012 Minor Child. NOTICE OF ACTION AND OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: ISRAEL DIAZ (unknown address) A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child; you are to appear before Judge Laura Shaffer, on July 9th, 2021 at 9:15 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 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 17th day of May, 2021. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (Court Seal) By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA DIVISION: 41 Case No. 19-DP-151 IN THE INTEREST OF: W. L.-C., DOB: 03/06/2017, J. L.-C., DOB: 07/02/2018, W. L.-C. DOB: 07/11/2019 Minor Children. NOTICE OF ACTION AND OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: SHARLENE CRIGGER (unknown address) A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced children; you are to appear before Judge Laura Shaffer, on July 27th, 2021 at 10:45 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 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 19th day of May, 2021. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (Court Seal) By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA DIVISION: 41 CASE NO. 19-DP-008 IN THE INTEREST OF M.G., DOB: 01/17/2019 Minor Child. NOTICE OF ACTION AND OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Quinton Conner (unknown address) A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child(ren); you are to appear before Judge Laura Shaffer, on June 29th, 2021 at 11:30 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. Due to the Pandemic please dial (407) 205-0551, code 880146. 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 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 26th day of May, 2021. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (Court Seal) By: /s/ Deputy Clerk.

Foundation, Inc.” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 6/6/2021

LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY FOUND OR RECOVERED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA. PROPERTY NOT CLAIMED WILL EITHER BE SURRENDERED TO THE FINDERS OR RETAINED FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT. PICTURE IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED. June 2021 DESCRIPTION, FOUND PROPERTY: keys 100 Block of E Central Blvd multiple keys 200 Block of N Eola Dr phone 5900 Block of Universal Blvd keys 100 Block of W Washington St phone W Colonial Dr/ Dr Buick Ave phone 1200 Block of W South St Keys 100 Block of W Washington St phone W Washington Blvd/ N Garland Ave book Pres Barack Pkwy/ Cason Cove Dr phone N Eola Dr/ E Robinson St watch 1000 Block of Lake Davis Dr purses 2000 W South St electronics 1100 Block of S Westmoreland Dr phones 4600 Block of S Kirkman Rd phone N OBT/ County Club Dr phones, wallets 700 Block of S OBT backpack toiletries, headphones, flashlight, phones 600 Block of Lake Dot Cir phone Pinckney Dr/ North Ln phone 100 Block of W Washington St mattress 2700 Block of S Orange Ave phone S Orange Ave/ E Central Blvd money 4600 Block of S Kirkman Rd money 6700 Block of Conroy Rd money 600 Block of Lake Dot Cir money 7100 Block of Rothchild Ct bike 4800 Block of S Kirkman Rd bike 5300 Block of Lake Margaret Dr bike 5300 Block of Lake Margaret Dr bike 5300 Block of S. Bumby Ave bike Harston Ave/ Lake Baldwin Ln bike E Kaley St/ Hollenbeck Dr bike W Colonial Dr/ I-4 W bike 2400 Block of N Orange Ave bike 1200 Block of Hardy Ave FOR INFO CALL (407) 246-2445, MONDAY – THRU FRIDAY, 9:00 AM TILL 4:00PM

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Robert Leroy Barron Jr, of 228 Ellsworth Dr, Kissimmee, FL 34758 in the county of Osceola, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: Wolverine Home Services It is the intent of the undersigned to register “Wolverine Home Services” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 6/7/2021

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, James T. DeShay, of 830 W. Lake Mann Drive, Orlando FL 32805, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: The Community Care Learning Foundation, Inc. It is the intent of the undersigned to register “The Community Care Learning

Notice of Public Auction for monies due on storage units located at U-Haul company facilities. Storage locations are listed below. All goods are household contents or miscellaneous and recovered goods. All auctions are hold to satisfy owner’s lien for rent and fees in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self-Storage Act, Sections 83.806 and 83.807. The auction will start at 8:00 a.m. on July 8, 2021 and will continue until all locations are done. U-Haul Moving and Storage at Maitland Blvd, 7803 N Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, Fl 32810; C25 Maria Lopez $1143.40, B45 Connelly Gerard $818.90, C73 Peachlyn Farmer $850.80, C14 Monique Bryan $1213.80, L75 Karen Roessle $1378.10, C68 Costadaryl Hugley $105..80, D07 Steven Rhem $1062.70, L67 Regina Lanear $514.20, B56 D’Marco Benjamia $726.20 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Apopka, 1221 E Semoran Blvd, Apopka, Fl 32703; 1306 Yvette Capetillo $1796.85, 1293 Ginni Estrada $1169.48, 1141 David Potts $853.50, 1051 Sylvia Rodriguez $1231.00, 1317 Tashein Turner $1788.80 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Semoran Blvd, 2055 State Rd 436, Winter Park, Fl 32792; 1450 Alexander Kokolis $378.00, 1156 Corey Tigue $1448.60, 2474 Marshall Umsted $694.39, 1006-09 Milton Smith $1589.50, 1691 Barbara Martin $456.00, 1083 Lenora Grice- Whiteside $527.00, 1681 Mike Garcia $739.60 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Longwood, 650 N Ronald Reagan Blvd, Longwood, FL 32750; E006 Bruce Leenim $1386.84, C002 Traci Washington $1285.67 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Lake Mary Blvd, 3851 S Orlando Drive, Sanford, Fl 32773; 1577 Kevin Brady $633.36, 1077 Karen Torres $1293.68, 1406 Dustin Spencer $1144.56, 1422 Roland Sattler $1496.32, 2589 Nicole Carter $655.00, 2533 Alberto Torres $601.50, 1007 Mary Thomas $1541.28, 2068 Alex Murphy $601.50, 2813 Josephine King $676.00, 2712 Kevin Brady $612.08, 1607 Kevin Brady $1208.48, 2585 Derek Taylor $676.00, 1462

Karen Torres $633.36, 1545 Dustin Spencer $633.36, 1411 Dustin Spencer $1144.56, 2051 Derek Taylor $601.50, 2811 Josephine King $601.50, 1162 Derek Taylor $1144.63, 2510 Josephine King $601.50, 2614-18 Juleina Jimenez $1347.00, 2534 Alberto Torres $601.50, 1301 Patrick Sneed $534.19, 1452 Sherry Weber $534.19, 1158 Robert Bookman $1144.63 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Sanford on Rinehart Road, 1811 Rinehart Road, Sanford, Fl 32771; 4047 Eric Rawlins $1347.87, 3040 Taquan Lemon $1474.72. 2021 Kirk Reed $2642.59, 4164 Kirk Reed $1534.99, 3082 Brandie Wagner $678.15, 1071 Katrina Doe $1171.46, 4191 Kirk Reed $1673.44, 3088 Linda Jones $806.25. 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 Orange ave - 3500 s. orange ave. Orlando Fl. 32806 on July 6th, 2021: 2204 Amber Wagner, 1837 Ruthay Marrero, 1007 Brett Barr, 1914 Michael Tudor, 1910 Jose Centeno, 2121 Amber Wagner, 1927 Andres Bautista, 1904 Mystery Unit, 1005 Mystery Unit, 2014 Ryu Phillips, 1019, 1019 Julian Melendez, 2139 Yves Joseph, 1445 Christina Robinson, 1116 Stolen Truck, 1809 Guy Hanley, 1706 Antoinay Brant, 1610 Lashell Moten, 1907 Michael Tudor, 1525 Joann Mccullough, 2002 Michael Tudor, 1903 Chester Colbert. U-Haul Ctr Baldwin Park - 4001 E Colonial Dr. Orlando Fl. 32803 on July 6th, 2021: D202 Loss Prevention, B197 Mystery Unit, D125 Angela Kidd, D147 Loss Prevention, E113 Loss Prevention, D218 Isai Gomez Concepcion, C141 Brackston Helms, D210 Victoria Garcia, A121 Gordy Stingh, F104 James Turner. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Orange Co. Inc. will sell at public lien sale on June 25, 2021, the personal property in the below -listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 09:30 AM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www.storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the

time of the sale specified. PUBLIC STORAGE # 07031, 1355 State Road 436, Casselberry, FL 32707, (407) 574-4516 Time: 01:00 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 3106 - Drymedics Velez, Fred PUBLIC STORAGE # 25973, 250 N Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, FL 32807, (407) 9017489 Time: 01:15 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. A023 - Marc, Michael; A062 Jessee, Michael; A099 - Hamilton, Mary; A233 - montcourt, iralish; A285 - Montalvan, Saudi; B320 Torres, Carmen; C381 – Newlan, Cynthia; C385 - Jimenez, Christian; D405 - Clem, Davis; F566 - Granera, Enrique PUBLIC STORAGE # 27221, 1625 State Road 436, Winter Park, FL 32792, (407) 5453653 Time: 01:30 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. B048 - Mitchell, Tristan; C019 - Sanchez, Melvin; D044 Caldwell, Kimberly; E051 - Barrero, Andrew; E084 - Reveron, Isidro PUBLIC STORAGE # 24105, 2275 N Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32807, (407) 545-2541 Time: 01:45 PM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 1265 Feldmann, Shevawn; 1366 - GONZALEZ, CYNTHIA; 2001 – Navarro, Marcela; 2042 - Cater, Charlene; 2064 – Sims, Jennie; 2158 - Acosta, Digna; 2167 - Keaton, Andrea; 2214 - Pew Mortgage Research Lavalle, Aneurin; 2286 - Richardson, Alvin; 2365 – Pitlak, Catherine; 3015 – Phillips, Lawrence; 3126 - Arriola, Arturo; G477 – Hayden, Bert; G515 - Thorstenson, Jerome; H553 - Clarke, Tyrone; I674 Alago, Savannah; J715 - Couteau, Meagan PUBLIC STORAGE # 25781, 155 S Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, FL 32807, (321) 2476790 Time: 02:00 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. 1203 - McClenton, Cory; 1204 - Garcia Moreta, Narciso; 1737 - Solano, Jan-Ling; 1787 Perez, Migdalia; 2266 - Butterfield, Raj; 2469 - fuller, donsalo; 2603 - Martinez, Santiago; 2616 – Abreu, Margarita PUBLIC STORAGE # 25897, 10053 Lake Underhill Rd, Orlando, FL 32825, (407) 9016126 Time: 02:15 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. 3064 - dennis, brittany; 3094 - Rivera, john B; 5013 - Cleckley, Mahogany; 5023 - Edwards, Elisa; 6021 - Simpson- Gonzalez, Holly PUBLIC STORAGE # 25851, 10280 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32817, (407) 901-2590 Time: 02:30 PM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 1234 - Rodriguez, Roberth; 2261 - Jackson, Denise; 2274 - Moseley, Diandra; 2326 - Rivera Sandoval, Hector; 2427 - Feliciano, Aishanet; 2534B - joseph, Brianna; 2621 - Harris, Joel; 2670 - schilling, Lisa; 2699 Chevere, Luis PUBLIC STORAGE # 08765, 1851 N Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32826, (407) 513-4445 Time: 02:45 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0045 - G4S Secure Solutions / Wackenhut SPRINGBORN, KARIN M.; 0229 - Belen, Nicholas; 0232 - Daniel, Jeannine; 2007 - Cruise,

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Christopher; 2018 - Simpson, Teniah; 2021 - Boston, Tajianna; 4041 - Stubbs, Jennifer; 4050 - Prince, Georgie; 4082 - Perez, Robert; 5038 - Bottum, Doug; 6044 – Dahill, Patrick PUBLIC STORAGE # 08711, 3145 N Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32826, (407) 613-2984 Time: 03:00 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1155 - Torres, Abel; 1196 - Rich, Danielle; 2030 - Gustin, Tanika; 2166 - Fowe, Mag; 2296 - Jackson, Denesha; 4196 - Williams, Diane; 4206 - Wilson, Scott; 5034 – Morales, Derrick; 5053 - Espy, Melody; 6003 - Ambassador Trucking Inc Smith, Vincent; 8001 - Beck, Lyle PUBLIC STORAGE # 08720, 1400 Alafaya Trail, Oviedo, FL 32765, (407) 487-4695 Time: 03:15 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0109 - Millspaugh, Jennifer; 0128 - Thompson, Faunte; 0204 - Williams, Eddie PUBLIC STORAGE # 25974, 1931 W State Rd 426, Oviedo, FL 32765, (407) 901-7497 Time: 03:30 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. A032 - Hughes, William; C107 - Morales, Lisandra; D322 – Cook, Darline. Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. By PS Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080. NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicles will be sold at Public Sale for cash to satisfy lien pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on July 2, 2021 at 9:00 am at Dynamic Towing, 6408 Old Cheney Hwy., Orlando, FL. (407) 273-5880 2006 HYUN KMHDN46D96U376987 2011 BMW WBAFR9C56BC758449 2000 FORD 1FTYR10V1YTA30886 2002 MERC 4M2ZU66E02UJ21991 2013 AUDI WAUHGAFC1DN136388 2011 TOYT 4T1BF3EK3BU711069 2001 SUZU JS1GT74A312107125. 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. 2009 HONDA VIN# 1HGCP36849A037908 2007 CADILLAC VIN# 1G6DP577570168792 To be sold at auction at 8:00AM on June 28th, 2021, at 2809 N FORSYTH RD., WINTER PARK FL 32792 Around The Clock Towing inc.

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Legal, Public Notices Notice of Public Sale: Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on July 02, 2021 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; 1FMCU0DG2AKB78308 2010 FORD 1G1ZD5ST6JF176557 2018 CHEVROLET 1J4GX48S33C506006 2003 JEEP 2HGFA1F57AH527824 2010 HONDA 3GTU9DEL5KG266484 2019 GENERAL MOTORS CORP 3N1CN7AP1EL859078 2014 NISSAN 5YFBU4EE3CP025073 2012 TOYOTA JM1DE1KY2D0155179 2013 MAZDA JN8AS5MV5DW635143 2013 NISSAN KNAFG526887160034 2008 KIA KNDJF723157080331 2005 KIA SHSRD68434U202840 2004 HONDA WBA3A5G59ENP30196 2014 BMW WVWAR71K27W224560 2007 VOLKSWAGEN. 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. JULY 5, 2021 1GNET13M062357457 2006 CHEVROLET 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. JULY 8, 2021 1LNHM87A42Y637347 2002 LINCOLN 2G1WG5E34D1154848 2013 CHEVROLET JULY 9, 2021 1G1JE5SH8C4198791 2012 CHEVROLET

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Notice of Public Sale: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures. com ending on July 9, 2021 at 11:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage, 14120 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32826. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. #1720 – Michael A. Damsel #2140 –Brandon J. Shields. 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: 2002 Honda VIN# 1HGES16562L078018 2008 Acura VIN# JH4CL96888C019233 2009 Toyota VIN# 4T1BE46K29U401903 To be sold at auction at 8:00 am. on July 07, 2021 at 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC NOTICE OF SALE ADVERTISEMENT 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 2nd day of July 2021 at 9:00 AM with payment following in CASH at the facility. Store Space Millenia, 4912 S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando, FL, 32839. Rodriguez, Jasmark Household goods; Woodward, Jimmy Household goods; Peterson, Gregory Household Goods; Sanchez, Ana L. Household goods Purchases 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 to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Dated this: Wednesday June 16th, 2021, and Wednesday June 23rd, 2021. SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): STYLE & COMPANY L.L.C., a North Carolina limited liability company; TEON ATKINSON, an individual, DBA eshop4u2; IBRAHIM JABARIN, an individual, AKA AVI GABE, DBA eshop4u2; and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL

DEMANDANTE): SUTRA BEAUTY, INC., a California corporation. Case Number (numero del caso): 20VECV00589. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. as the person sued under the fictitious name of (specify): ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por

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incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Los Angeles Superior Court, Van Nuys Courthouse East 6230 Sylmar Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91401. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): STELMACH & STELMACH, LLP.11630 Chayote Street, Suite 3, Los Angeles, CA 90049; 424652-6590. Date (fecha) 5/26/2020. Clerk (Secretario), by /s/ Deputy (Adjunto)

Employment Civil Project Manager: involved in the dvlpmt of commercial & residential subdivision construct’n projts; estimate & plan resources like materials, equip, & manpower after anlyz’g engrg plans & tech specs using tools like AutoCAD; cntrl the planned schedule, equip maintenance, & materials quantities to conform to projt budgets; prep rprts about projt productivity, costs, materials consumpt’n, & equip use; communic w/vendors, subcontractors, & clients; assist w/ logistics, product’n, & safety compliance of each projt. Req: Bachelors in Civil Engineer & 24 mths exp w/Civil Projt Mgr, 1 yr of autoCAD exp.Resume to: Michael A Romack Contracting Inc., 2551 Princess Way, Kissimmee, FL 34746 Kitchen Staff Night Shift: To assemble menu items, food prep, follow recipes, serve food to customers, ensure service quality, stocking, dishwashing & general kitchen cleaning. Req’s HS/GED &

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