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Observer Windermere, Horizon West, Dr. Phillips
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 7, NO. 47
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Former music student takes teaching role. 6A.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
City proposes no millage increase Winter Garden staff recommended keeping the 4.5 millage rate for the next fiscal year. SEE PAGE 2A.
YOUR TOWN ONP PRESENTS OUTDOOR ESCAPE ROOM ADVENTURE
Photos courtesy of Anne-Catrin Wahl
Time, framed Windermere resident Anne-Catrin Wahl is embarking on a new photographic adventure after moving from Germany in late May with her husband and two daughters. PAGE 4.
Bloom & Grow abuzz with new mascot Peyton Cottle’s Buzzy will be featured on all Pollinator Power signage and social media. SEE STORY PAGE 6.
READY TO SERVE Nick Marotta will teach English in Madagascar with the Peace Corps. SEE PAGE 3A. PRSRT STD ECRWSS US POSTAGE PAID WINTER GARDEN, FL PERMIT NO. 81
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Girl Scout Troop 1109 of Citrus Council has created a fun outdoor escape room adventure at the Oakland Nature Preserve, 747 Machete Trail. The rules for escape room participants are simple: Enter a magical world to find the 10 clues within one hour and “repeat them three times to save the preserve from a toxic air release that threatens to turn all the taxidermy animals into zombies.” Trail markers will help participants stay on the correct trail. Information and a link to a Google form that participants fill out are available at bit. ly/3ArAeMa. Rick Thomas at Branch Out Parks – Outdoor Escape Rooms was the adviser on the girls’ project. Do you have what it takes to Escape at the Preserve? Those who complete the ONP adventure can collect an Escape at the Preserve patch created by one of the scouts.
OCLS NAMES NEW DIRECTOR/CEO Orange County Library System’s Board of Trustees has selected Steve Powell as its new library director/CEO. He has been serving as the library’s interim director/CEO and COO since January. He was selected from among three finalists for the position, all of whom had impressive backgrounds in library service. After an eight-month search, interviews by the library’s Director Search Committee in July and final interviews Aug. 20, the board selected Powell.
GAME OF THE WEEK
West Orange vs. Apopka Both standing at 6-foot-8, the Riffe twins anchor the Warriors O-line. PAGE 1B.